The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-11-03
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APPEALS FOR HELP,

APPEALS FOR HELP.
Chicago. Racine. Kenosha, Sheboy.
| gam and other points were early ap.
peated to for help and responded
promptly, firemen and apparatus ar.
irving from the several points as rap
idly as steam could bring them. They
left the trains south of tie fire and did
much to confne it to the north bank OF
the river below the turn at Walkers
Point bridge: At 12:45 Chief Foley an
nounced that the Sire was under control
HOW IT STARTED.
The fire originated from an explo-
sion OF something in the cellar Fed
by the inflammable stock it soon spread
through the three: upper floors. 1t was
ten minutes before the first fire engine,
coming from smaller fire some dis
lance away, had reached the scene, and
by that time the entire building was>in
flames.
From there it spread to the large
wholesale drug house of the Dohman
company. A third alarm had brought
to the scene nearly the entire depart
ment Of the city. Despite the gale the
hremen for an hour did excellent work
and seemed to have the fire entirely
naaoer control when suddenly there was
an illumination of the heavens from a
fire in the Bab & Kipp furniture facto-
ry, large, new seven-story building
occupying half a block on the
north side of Buffalo street at
the corner Of Broadway The tar
roof of the big furniture factory
igrited from sparks carried from the
fire over block away: The fremen
We're powerless to reach the Ere on the
roof of the big furniture factory and
within fifteen minutes the entire in
terror of the factory was like an i'm
msnse furnace.
SPREAD OF THE FLAKES.
Tae fire spread down both sides of
broadway for three blocks and east to
the Sake. West of Broadway several
large business blockse scaped- owning
to- she wind being favorable to them,
but the extensive machine shops Of
Wessel & Vilter and the Bailey foundry
were among the building west OF
Broadway that were destroyed.
East of broadway the entire district
south of Buffalo street, with the ex-
ception of few houses along Buffalo
street, is burned to the lake and south
to the river, covering four blocks
square. Within this section are the city
gas works, which were partially burned
HOMELESS. FAMILIES.
The entire lower part of the Third
ward, inhabited largely by poor Irish
families, was devastated. About 500.
cottages were destroyed. The poor
people were wandering about the
streets loudly lamenting their loss.
Some plan of relief for them will no
doubt be made, bat the people seem to be
so stunned that they are doing nothing:
RELIEF NEEDED.
Efforts are being made looking
toward a temporary housing of the
homeless hundreds. Manager Chase of
the Plankinton hoese notified the au-
thorities that there were twenty-five
vacant rooms at the Plankinton house
ready for anyone who had been burned
,out and had no place to stay.
This generous example was followed by
others. But a relief fund will be nee
essary to give the assistance that will
be needed before the sufferers can get
on their feet. The fire district is as
barren as the American desert except
for here and there a chimney stackwhich
has resisted the embrace of the flames.
RESULT OF THE FIRE.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 3l.-Four hundred
and sixtyfve< buildings destroyed.
Three hundred and fifty-eight families
including total of $500 persons
made homeless. A total property loss
of SIS, sos, 900, with insurance amount
ing to about 50, 800. 900. Four persons
killed and eight or ten injured. Such,
in brief, is the result of the fire which
threatened for time on Friday night
to sweep Milwaukee off the face OF the
earth. There are many sorrowful faces
to be seen along the streets in the
vicinity of the fire district. Many fam
lilies lost everything but the clothing
they wore.