Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-29
| IN FLAMES.
Milwaukee the Scene
of a Fierce Fire
That Battles All Efforts of the
Firemen to Check.
The Loss Will Reach Into the
Millions.
Thought That Firebugs Aid in
Spreading the Flames.
The Business Part Of the City Suffers
a Terrible Loss
While The Flames Wipe 0u. Many Handsome
Private Residences.
Thought That Fifebugs Aid in
Spreading the Flames.
The Business Part Of the City Suffers
a Terrible Loss


DO" i"i' e'NHlh% NJ 'lI' "'"" va '"i'
pany store on last aier Stfee'''hrea'ehs
Ia destroy the en'lre business sect'o'i OF
Miiwaiikee' east "i me MILWAUKEE, fiaef
btio" huron street. fof an hour 'he hre
department Struggled prsNeiy WIN ohe
iiAnies which were tahi'ei ny gaze Do"
ing at the rate OF ." hliles an hohr.
thief Foley Kept the hre eonhhed 10 one
block on the Fast water street untii I.
clock when II got away lfoh nun ana
leaped across the street anu began rapia
march toward Lake Michigan, SIX blocks
away
At O'Clock the halnes had crossed
Broadway between buhalo anu Detroit.
taking numerous ~ooi"n structures ann
then advancing to Nl!wankrc street At
'.i5 the ilAH' f''d reached jefferson street,
three sGh.f'S ff"n' where IL hf"ke "G' ah''
( Is now blrn.ns private resfhhreS. Iht
loss Will foot up iuiiy o'oo'Uoo ana per
haps more.
At o.''5 the fire Is suii spreading. The
city is at this hour IS IN total darkness the
gas works having been burned.
The course OF the hre changed at SD
and 1t now seems likely to consume the ter
| ritory between broadway and Jefferson
streets to the east and west branch OF the
Milwaukee river 1he hre has reached the
river and the big Angus smith gram eieva-
tors are next to fall.
At Broadway bridge the fire has Just be-
gun and it is feared that portion of the
south side, in the shipyard district, VIII be
licked up. The hre department, known all
over the country as one OF the oest equipped
and disciplined, is powerless to stay It's
progress. Not only Is the hre advancing
with the wind on Its MISSION OF destruction
but 1t has also begun to back up at the
point where 1t began ana where there Is no
means OF staying ITS progress.
The loss threatens TO reach INTO the
millions. The freight yards OF the 'hicaSo
Northwestern Road have been reached
and whole tram OF cars loaded Win
merchandise hve STOCK ana gram are
burning.
800 L. M.-Ihe hre Is stlii burning
Hereby. There are several hres IN other
parts of the ctty and no engines to respond.
The entire lower part OF the Ihlrd ward
inhabited largely by poor lrlsh fahlilies
is devested. ABOUT ''W cottages
have been destroyed and the poor
people are wandering about the streets
loudly lamenfing their loss. some plan OF
reliet for them VIII no doubt be made nut
at tins time the people seem to be stunned
and are dong nothing.
Alarms are coming IN every ie" minutes
from parts OF the clty widely separated ana
Its thought that 1re bugs are helplng IN the
work OF destruction Inc elegant residence
OF J.. r: Hodges, member OF 'he ooard oI
trade, Ninth ana CEDAR streets, Two miles
from the hre distric', mas heef destroyed
An alarm mas Just Deeh ruhg IN from Tue
house OF correction ohiy tWo iataii'ies
have thus far beeh reported ne gas
works are burning ana freqnen' explosions
occur mat snake the whoie elty.
The department Is using dynamite IN the
efforts 10 stop .ne advance OF ,ne han'eS
and several huihtings nave peeh pio"h up
Alarms a e suii being turned IN from "ideiF
separated parts OF 'he CITY;
Two engines nave peeli Drought oach 10
the place where the hre hrst started ana are
now trying TO keep the haines from ea.ihg
their way north on East :" a'er street al
Detroit street Inc wind IS sun blowing
gale ana blows the water from Tue hoz-
zIes INTO harmless spray.
hercuiean ehof' Is oelng maae at ihe'
Gug'er iltliograpthng establishment 10 save
that bullding ana the nlock 10 'he hoFth-
hou@h the VIII" IL pio"ihg away from ,he
sentinel once on Lower broaa"aE' oe-
tween tiuToh aii' bt'Fol.' 'he ian'eS aie
Slowly ou. seFeS ea'iig ''rh way .o""ids
II ana thc wealth. contained i'll 'he vast
"noiesaie ho"scs III 'he ,iui'u! >
Mahf oi the scenes VI 'ne ste"' ~. "i
i7'i Ill lineage are peihg re'enaclc''' ny,
haihite eN''osi"n$' "ap'iis haii'e 'i''
crumnilhg wan m.d 10 tue terror Vi '"e
hoi'iei'SS i"ith aiu'ie
report comes rom '''e iiie saving s'a-
uoh ','a' iouf OF hs crew WIG ca.ne ~
bfo''"as 10 i',i aSS''.,'',e :" '',e n'o M
paf.nieh', ua,t pten "'i''e', ~ ia'i'''s wan
III !" t'sei anu iftet p''cpihe s"ufS-
o''eIef haS JuS' p'S"td nov" nfoa""aF
ealiihs 'oge'her ''e inehioefs Vi ,nc h,s"'-
morse sf"a'rou ana ""r'" "au'i.'o'' ih'S
"l' ASSIST Tue Poiice l" eaa'"''s Pfof-
cry
'ne engine from hac,"c anu o"r i'o"'
Wahktsua haFt aFfiV'" anu arr 'o'"''''
a'ohS huron street. "hsfe ah"t'''r wing "i
hfe Is adsahc'ns hor'n 'o""r" "'S."",' W
street. me progress OF '"e names l" 'nat
diter'io" Is SLOW anu II Is ''o' Pfop'"'e 'H1'
any t'iihg WIN "e ues'rost" ,aI.ne' ""l'''
ai, sor;ons,,' ;ninret hv fai,;nc wsI,s
1895 L. M.The fire commenced at the