Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-29
A GREAT FIRE.
The Chicago COnlasratlOn in
Miniature.
MILWAUKEE, THE sCENE.
Six Million Dollars Worth Of Pro-
peTty Consumed by Flames.
:TuaEE THOUSAND HOMELESS.


MINIATURES, Oct. 2s.--Tho great
Chicago fire on small scale was
enacted In Milwaukee tonight. Three
thousand people are homeless, four
lives lost, 81, 100000 worth OF property
swallowed up, and many acres desc
lated in the boundaries of the city
mark the path over which the fire
has swept. The police mud soldiers are
guarding the property aud watching
the efforts OF thieves TO steal.
The flames started In the Union OH
compauy's building on Water street,
near Detroit, were famed by furious
gale, md swept eastward across TO.
ward the MonOminee river and moth.
ing could etay their resisiless rush.
Dynamite was used but without effect.
Mighty pillows OF flame swept over
blocks OF buildings, jumped acrOsl the
streets and leapod over the river.
Thousands OF people Viewed the great
spectacle. All sorts OF cOnveyances
were hurrylng about the Third ward
loaded with the belongings OF people
ON whose hOuso8 the flames were rush.
ing. The entire fire department
was powerless. Chicago, Racine anu
other cities were asked for, ana by 10
O'Clock onginesand ilremen flo N out-oi.
town were beginning TO arrive. More
than eleven blocks OF solid territory,
including much OF the most extensive
xtfhpIa.uI. .INafrisf hat ham huFnaH
over. Nearly seventy buildings, two.
thirds Of which were frame reFidenceB,
faded into smoke as fast as Tissue
paDor.
Tho territory burned out Ia In the
shape Of an obtuse triangle, with the
apex at the base on the river, tho up.
per side OF Detroit street and lower
Mendminee street to this river and the
base OF Lake Michigan. Roughly
stated II In space two-thirds Of mile
Wide ana three quarters OF mile long.
The tmllitis did good service dur
ing the night aiding the police to por.
form guard duty. Captain Davis Of
the United State, revenue cutter
johnson rendered his crew TO Chief
Foley for use'in fighting the fire. They
were gratefully accepted aud did gal.
liant and effective service.
LEADING INSURANCE MEN
say about halt the loss IL covered by
insurance. They estimate the losses
IA tOllows; Bubb 4 Kip, furniture,
100000; J. Il. Patten X Co., oils ami
paints, 5000; j. l.. kissinger, whole.
sale liquors, $4,000; milwaukee Mir
ror works, $4,000; Is. Lidersdorf, to-
bacco, s250,OOO; Guggler Litho Co.,
100000; Roundy Beckham n Co.,
wholesale produce, 100000; ii. 3.
Cheftel d Co, wholesale groceries,
100000; Milwaukee Chair company,
$3.50, 900; Northwestern freight house,
contents and ears, 100000; Lake
Shore ~ Western freight houses,
$50, 900; McLsndon hotel, S25, 1000; T..
Fluger q Co., confectionery, s2b, 900;
Sauer n Son, glove manufactures, slO,-
600; fifty Hmaller business houses, $780,
900; Il. u. Doehman a Co., drugs, $780,
900; Woisel < Vilter, machinery, $780,
600; Toepfer d Sons, machinery, S4O,-
600; Bayley d Sons, machinery,
s3O,OOO; lnbusch Bros, grocers, $780,
900; Foraker * Bro, confectionery,
s2b, 900; Delaware n Quentin, toolshop,
$4,000; Milwaukee Bag company,
$4,000; A. j. Hilbert Il Co., flavoring
extracts, $40, 1000; total, IS, 776, 900.
The fire. started between $3.50 and
$40 p. IN. In the store occupied by the
Union OH company at go East Water
street. At that limo three fres In
various sections OF the city had called
many engines,so 1t was fifteen minutes
before response could be made to the
alarm from the corner OF Detroit and
East Water streets. In n short time
seven or eight streams were directed
upon the flames. There was series
OF explosions, but In half mn hour after
the tiIe a tug aud u dozen engines were
playing on the fire. 1t seemed ns II
the very current Of the Milwaukee
river was being emptied on tho red
brick blocks.
1t was stated that the fire was caused
by the
EXPLOSION OF AN OIL BARREL
but how, IL not known. Thousands
OF people attracted by the continued
alarms reached the conclusion that It
was not much Of a fire after all, and
went home. That was about $40 D. ~.
Only black smoke issued from the
building. Fifteen minutes later the
tired firemen began TO feel the enemy
getting out OF their grasp. Renewing
their efforts they fought with desperate
energy. II was useless. A gale blow
ing fifty miles an hour was driving
CLOUDS OF heat anu smoke into the faces
Of the firemen, deiying all the water
In the Milwaukee river, and seeming
only TO gain In power us the stream
was emptied into Its jaws. II was too
much for them. AZ toe FIRE hastily
gained footing In an adjoining store,
II got beyond all human efforts 10 stay
1t.
AT 7 O'Clock the big upholstery fac
tory OF the Bulb a Kip company
facing on Broadway almost full block
away, began to blaze. The fire had
been started with the wind In the
northeast, but II had now veered nj
most duu east, and tho merchants In
tho business section OF the east side
grew fearful. The flames had jumped
across the stores on the east side OF
East Water street aud had taken "a
newer grip In the big Bubb 4 klpp
factory. Five minutes more and jacob
Wallsnr d Co.'s wholesale grocery