Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-20
Several of the Finest Blocks il
the City Entirely Demolished
or Ruined.
A Strong Wind Carried Fire Brands
Four Blocks, Setting Fire
to Buildings.
A Million Dollar Fire.

Hardly were the early risers astir when
the whole population was sud-
denly reused by cries of "tire," "Hogan
block going, and all of Fayette street
going" The first show of fire was at
$50 o'clock and in less than half an
hour the splendid new Hogan block was
only a ghost of its former self. The fire
was spreading in all directions. Chief
Engineer Kelley of the fire department
was quickly on the scene with all the
available apparatus. The fire soon
spread to the north side of west Fayette
street and Chief Kelley quickly saw the
threatened destruction was too great for
his apparatus to fight. He wired to
Utica, Rome and Oswego to send relief
and he had hardly done so when the
danger suddenly doubled. The fire and
smoke burst out without warning from
the top of Roscoe Bros five story block
in east Washington street, four
blocks way. A flying brand
from west Fayette street
had caused this and before the over
worked iremen could send relief the
flames were beyond control. The crowds
of people running to west Fayette street
were appalled, to see the fire rapidly
spreading in Roscoe's, with only a single
stream playing upon it. At $50 o'clock
a fierce conhagration is raging in thetwo
upper floors of the Yates block along the
entire Genessee street front and was rap
idly making its way around the Mont
gomery street corner. The wall and
floors fell in and a man is thought to
have lost his life in the building. From
the Vanderbilt house and the old and
new Montgomery flats the people rushed
in all stages of dress. Beds, furniture
and cooking utensils we're hustled out of
the rooms only to be entangled in the
meshes of the wires. About 9 o'clock an
Oswego relief came by special train, hav-
ing made the run from Lamsons, nine
teen miles in seventeen minutes. A
half hour later a Utica engine
with a hose cart and a company of fire.
men came in and began playing on the
fire. The flames, urged on by a gale,
was hardly checked by the fremen, and
two locomotive fire engines from the
Central shops were sent to the Wander
bilt house corner They have probably
saved the hotel. The whole loss is esti-
mated at $1,000,000 and at II a. m. the
Tires are under control. The Journal
opened an office on Warren street and
printed their paper in the Courier office
this afternoon. In the west Fayette
street fire, the Hogan block, a six-story
stone front building, was first destroyed.
The center store, occupied by HER &
LEIGHTON, cigar manufacturers, and the
next by v. P. Walsh, hardware. T. P.
Hogan's loss on the block is
$4,000 with $25,000 insurance; Heir &
L1ghton loss $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance. Walsh $4,000 insurance and his
loss exceeds this. A four story building
next east was burned, it was also owned
by Hogan, valued at $4,000, insurance
$4,000; Furnace company loses $4,000,
nearly covered by insurance; Chryst &
Sehl $4,000 insurance and claim that
their loss exceed that; Justin Zuberts
cigar factory was damaged by water,
stock valued at 100000 with $4,000
insurance; John H. Link, wholesale
liquors, suffered some damage from water;
United States hotel, which burned, was
owned by Daniel O'Keefe, his loss is
$4,000. On the north side of Fayette
street the Rensselaer, block, owned by
William Ayers, first burned, and
the Seneca house next east, also
burned. Loss on building, 100000; in
surance, $4,000. Several tenants lost
small amounts. David Davis owned the
next building east; loss, $4,000. John
+. Kaufman owned the three-story brick
building next; loss, $4,000. J. J. Davis,
broker, lost $4,000, with $1,000 insur-
ance, and W. G. Tucker, furniture, lost
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also went. The block was valued at
Supply company had a stock of $$35, 900;
Bros. of Pittsburg had a stock of $l2,-
600; insured for $4,000. Other losses
here amount to $4,000. In Montpom-
cry street the five blocks burned were
the journal, Roscoe, Yates and Mont
gomery fats and a part of the Candee
house. Among the individual losses
were: Kinney & Doolittle, liquors,
$4,000 to $4,000; insur.
ance, $4,000. The heaviest
loss in the East Washington street
fire is on Montgomery. The
buildings owned by the Yates estate,
loss 100000, with insurance of 800, 600.
A hundred tenants lose $4,000, partly
insured. The Journal company's loss
is $5O,OOO; insurance t~wo-thirds. Loss
on the Christian Cook block, $4,000;
partly insured. B. w. Roscoe, whole
sale fruits, loses $4,000; partly insured.
Other losses by this fire is about
$65,0O0.
The Launching of the Marina.
CHICAGO, March 13.-To-morrow the
first, big steel steamship ever built
upon the great lakes will be launched
from the yards of the Chicago COM
pany at 10th street. Instead of sliding
from the stocks stern first, in the usual
fashion, the huge craft will travel side
says, and, crushing the supporters at the
waters edge, will make a sheer drop
of six feet into her element. She is
the Marina, 308 feet long, and will be
used for carrying ore.
Satisfied all Round.
CHICAGO, March 13.-Buffalo Bill has
secured the consent of Secretary Noble
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