Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-03

Milwaukee TONES ana BUSINESS nouSeS
Sucked Up by Flames-Over So, OOO,-
900 of Property Destroyed and 2,5nO
People Turned into the Streets With
out Shelter-lnsurance Covers Hard
Nv Half the Lose--Four People Lose
Their Lives-The Worst Fire Since
the Destruction of Chicago.
MINIATURES, Oct. 29.-Milwaukee was
visited last night blythe most disastrous
conf1agration in her history, as we'll as by
the largest fire that has occurred in the
West since the great Chicago fire of 1871.
The lower part of the Third Ward is
mass of smoking ruins. Wholesale houses,
immense factories, and scores of dwelling
houses have been laid in ashes. Hundreds
of people have lost all, and are homeless.
The fire swept over and destroyed twelve
blocks. The burned territory extends
from the river on the west to the lake on
the east, and from Detroit Street south to
Erie Street as far east as Jefferson, and
from Buffalo Street south of line east OF
Jefferson Street.
Among the buildings destroyed was fire
engine house No. 10, situated on the east
side of Broadway, just south OF Chicago
Street.
Two firemen lost their lives in the fire,
and two women died from the effects of
excitement. A dozen or more people
were injured, among them Chief Foley.
The condition of some OF the wounded is
serious.
The property loss is estimated at from
So 900, 600 to $4,000, 900. Few OF the bust
ness houses We're fully insured, and the
poor people whose residences were de-
strOyed carried no insurance in most IN
stances.
H. 1,,,;l1 INV, RI
were the stores of F. Dohman d Co,
Union Oil Company, NJ Block q Co., }. 2.
kissinger d Co., J. E. Patton & Co., Leld-
ersdorf d Co., InbuSch Bros, Pheugard u
Co., A. j. Hilbert q Co., Delorme Soap
Company, Fernekes Il Co., Bub & Klpp,
Jacob Wellauer d Co., Roundy, Peckham IL
Co., Shettels & Son, National Dlstilllng
Company. Milwaukee Chair Company,
HammeI IL Wirth stables, Riedeburg IL
Bodden Vinegar Works, McLinden Hotel,
Weisel & Vilter Works, Bayley's foundry,
JohnstOn's bakery, Greenslade's foundry,
Hansen malt houses and the TOPPER
Works.
The worst featura of the terrible vista
was the loss of human life. There were
many narrow escapes, and four fatalities
The dead are:
HENRY J. PEpDENBRUCH fireman aged 81
years. resided at 552 Reed Street; died from sut-
location.
CHARLES sTAHR fireman. aged 26 years. re-
sided at 522 Fourth Avenue; suffocated.
Mrs. CALLAHAN, who died from the effects OF
the shock. after being rescued from burning
building and being carried to the Third Ward
school house.
MRS MARY o'Bn1EN. aged 60, liv ed with her
brother at l60 Chicago Street Found on the
street dying. Expired on the way TO the hos
ptal.
The injured are;
RICHARD GAsCHNER, machinist aged %. resi-
dence Humboldt Avenue and Auer street; frac-
ture OF leg and badly wounded about the head;
critical condition
J. H. RoEscH, pattern-maker, aged %, 1874 Gar
field Avenue; seriously injured about the head,
and n leg broken.
WILLIAM WHITE, finisher, aged "a, S79 Green
field Avenue; compound fracture of the leg.
AUGUST BERGENTHAL distiller, aged Al: head
very much bruised: taken to his home, ITO
Twenty ninth street.
RICHARD SNYDER, police officer sprained
ankle and badly cut up about the head; taken
10 his home on Eleventh aud Sycamore.
FIREMAN GussEN. overcome with smoke, taken
to his home: he will recover
JAMES REGAIN, fireman truck 2; head and body
bruised.
LOUIS BALsTED, fireman, residence 34S Clinton
Street, injured bout body and head.
The small list of dead and injured is
really marvel in view of the extent OF
territory and rapidity of the flames.
The fire was discovered in the store oc-
cupied by the Union Oil Company, 275
East Water Street at about 5:45 O'Clock, by
letter carrier. There were three fires in
other parts of the city, and there was
slight DELAY in responding to the call from
hOx 28. The wind was blowing a gale
from the northwest, and this, together
with the inf1ammable character of the con-
tents of the building. made the deluge
of water apparently of no effect. Ap-
preciatlng the danger. Chief Foley
had general alarm OF fire sent in from
box %. corner of East Water and Chicago
streets. at 6:15 p NJ This brought all Of
the eighteen engines of the cltv onto the
scene. The water tower was put up in
front of the burning building, and it did