The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-29

MILWAUKGH'S DISASTER
Many Injured Throng the
Hospitals--Several
Dead, Too.
LITTLE PROPERTY SAVED.
Many People Lose All But the
Clothes They Wear-Great
Suffering Ahead.
The Wind Bitter Cold and Food
and Shelter Are Badly
Needed.

ri Dlocks, yesterday covered with Dullulu2S
~ devoted TO manufactures, trade and COM
w merce. were mass of snoulderlng ruins,
ad and where 500 houses-the homes of 5000
,Ineople-stood, there was nothing save
triflins If blackened bricks and smoking
the other
rear sacfion in money will probably not ex-
completely 1000, on which there is about
= ~@,J -.Uj0 insurance, but the collateral
damages, the immense shock to business
and the Inconvenience and positive suffer-
ing entailed upon those doing business in
the place, cannot be computed.
Every effort will be made to relieve
distress. Even, while the confiagration
was at its height. P. Bacon, President OF
the Chamber of Commerce. issued a call
for meeting of citizens of Milwaukee at
the Chamber of Commerce at nine C'clock
this morning TO take measures for the
relief of those lett homeless aud destitute
by the fire.
WORK OF RELIEF.
The call was addressed not to the men,
bers of the Chamber of Commerce alone,
but to all citizens who are ready to join
in this work of imminent necessity.
Hundreds of families are left shelterless
and with nothing but the clothing worn
when they fed from the flames. I'M
mediate measures for their relief had to
be adopted.
The Germania Society also held meet
ing last night and decided to turn over
all the money received at its fair. which
takes place next week, to the Citizens
Committee, to be used for the benefit of
tbe fire sufferers
Mayor Somers said this morn,ng:-"At
least one half of the Third ward is
burned away. and l think that fully 5000
persons are homeless. The loss cannot be
estimated. We are especially thankful to
the cities of Chicago, Ksnos ha, Racine
and Oshkosh for their prompt aid In send
ing fire apparatus. The citizens will
organize Relief Committee at once"
MANY ALARMS
There were several alarms during yes-
terday afternoon for fires. all of them the
result of the heavy gales of wind that
sDrang up shortly before noon and in
creased until at five o'clock it reached a
y, velocity of about fifty miles an hour
tui- Between five aud six o'clock there were
elactye alarms. and the IRE depurtmene was
sattered In various parts OF The city
the then. shortly before six o'clock, an
was iarm was sent in from the box at the
mn rner of Detroit and East Water streets.
ne was for a lire in the Union Oil COM
mopany's store at No 275 East Water street,
~ situated on the west side of the street
about midway between Detroit and Buff
falo streets. the rear OF the store being on
the river,
The fire originated from an explosion of
something in the cellar. Fed by the in
the three upper floors. 1t was ten min
uies before the nrsu engine, comiag from
smaller fire some distance away, hal
reached the scene, aud by that time the
entire building was in flames.
RAPID SPREAD.
From this point The flames spread until
the lower part of the Third ward was
burned over.
At forty minutes past two o'clock this
morning it Was announced that the fire
was under CONTROL having burned over
about twenty squares. destroying about
fifty stores aud factories and about 500
private houses.
Notwithstanding the marvellous rap
idity with which the fire spread and the
numerous falls of brick walls, the injuries
and loss OF life was surprisingly small,
and it was said this morning tnat not
more than four or five persons lost their
lives. although the removal of the debris
RI might, 1t was thought, disclose other vic
tins.
Those known to be killed are:
Ii Henry Pruddenbuck, fireman.
- Charles Stair, fireman.
Mrs. Callahan, widow.
An unknown woman, suffocated by
smoke.
There are many persons at the Emer-
a gency Hospital. Two of these are seri-
SO ously injured and may die
THE CITY PARALYZED
9 There was so much confusion and ex-
fl element that no one seemed to go to the
ri Morgue or Hospitals to seek for injured
friends. Many schoolhouses wers called
OF into use as temporary Hospitals, and
n many injured persons are at st. Mary's
n Hospital 1t is in the suburbs north of
w the city on the lake front, and telephone
connection has been destroyed
a., AT the Emergency Hospital, on jackson
u and Onefda streets, there is the greatest
sci suffering. Wives and daughters are
j. there nursing husbands and fathers aud
" brothers, ana the house is filled with the
I'd Rroans of the sufferers Out on the walk
al this morning crowd was standing. shiv-
erng In the cold and waiting for first
st glimpse at every new arrival. Every cab
ii that drove up was surrounded imme-
diately.
81 The nurses In the Emergency Hospital
NJ are working braVely
Those who saw tue Chicago fire can re-
alize what Milwaukee suffered last night
Il 1t was the same thing on a smaller scale.
i BITTER WIND
The cold wind was furious last night.
Before a building had been half burned
1t would totter and fall, cloud of burn-
ing brands and sparks gefng high above
the smoke to show the place where it
had fallen The great hames would
reach outa hundred feet or more, en-
velop building for an instant and
be blown another way by the wind. A
building once touched by The fame would
need no further urging, but would flash
up in flames, which in turn would leap
up and ignite the next building, and SO
the fire swept OH, deyouring everything.
There was so much warning for every
one that efforts we're made In many places
to save articles that could not possibly be
moved hundred yards. There were Il
lot of thrashing machines lined up
on Menominee street, for instance,
and their removal only saved
them from the flames an hour or two
Wagons loaded with furniture, stoves
and bedding, clothing aud various house
hold articles, filed the streets. The
drivers mad no particular destination,
they simply wanted to get out.
WORK OF SALVAGE
Every available truck express and de-
livery wagon was called into requisition.
Occasionally a large load of household
goods would be seen moving at lively
rate, propelled by man power instead Of