Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
HEAPS OF ASHES.
Nothing Left Of Thirteen Blocks
in Milwaukee, Wis.
I've Persons Persisted, Half Dosen
Were Iajured.


six million dollars is about The sum totsl
If the loss to property By a FIRE which
tarted from the e Sp!osion Of a b, rrel of oil
n III United O Com any stors in Mil
waukee, WIS, swept over thirteen blocks
In destroyed yer four Hundred buildings
All Of the important films turned out will
stsume lusness at nee and many are al
ready pl eI aring 10 retuild, The Hansen
Malt Company, whose loss was $500. coo have
architects at work on plans fer two eight
story buildings. The Northwestern Railway
Company has rebuilt 10 tion Of i.sfreisht-
nouss switches and already has a rev rolf
IN one OF the great freight-houses. oue end
If the bui ding was under roof while the
ruins Of the freight which had been sto ed in
The other end was still baEisg The COM
9any is ready fer fire. ght business.
Insurance men are conhdsns tlat tle in
surance will ach three million dollars The
aggregate loss will / e double that sum. Sub
;criptions to the rel eff fund have sched
$500. Among the large additioJs TO /. to-
/ lay was 81 000 from Clara Barton, Of the
Rel Cross S9ciett. The citizens relief com
mittee is thoroughly Grant ed and the
hom less are a icing proyi led VITA the
I ne,, ssaries ita The dis rbution 0 cloth
( ing 10 the need WI iegin at once. Oacc
/ 1900 meal t.c4ets W re issued to ay aud mo
4 eating-houses We Q crowded all day. Many
/ 81 the homeless are being cared for y friends
/ and about Fix hundred are located IN the
I third ward school house, where beds mi cots
are provide ,.
Forty six acre, OF busn SIS and residence
/ property valued at 10 001, 600, We g burned.
J A IN were
I I65 buildings burned and 3sS families rem.
! der home es Residents of ihs third ward,
/ familiar with its population, say the families
I " Ii average seven persons czech. IL Is q
4 aservative estimate to say there are >, 900
I persons homeless. Four p rsons lest their
/ Tvs.
! One locomotive and about 400 cars belong
/ ing to the Chicago aud Mort ives ern Raj
| road were lost on Q tia. ks Many Of th-m
7 we're empty and many we're load d. The
/ only cargo that showed up AZ er tue q. had
I done its work was one Of hubb I'd squashe' :.
/ J hey came through without being totally
4 Destroyed, but they no sxceedin sly well
/ done. In addition b the ears the freight
house ami all its contents wers reduced TO a
net suit of four are blac wall IL VIII
I be several days bs;ore the Northwe IN can
( do more than guass at the extent Of the dam
7 age it has suffered. Tue company has "A
blanket policy Of So $50, COO divided among
4 l75 compani-s.
I The tai 10 Of insurance companits viii
! be bs weel 81, 81, 900 and s2,0Ol0O, as estt
! mated up to noon Saturday by cons rya I've
/ nsura ce men. tn total loss will be di-
| vide1 b tween nearly one hund oil c3mpan-
4 ie', list OF which is practically lmpos ioie
I TO obtain at present.
/ The homeless people are a sheltered under
4 hcspitable roofs. Many were taken int
4 private dwellings vii G Others sought shell
/ ter in the churches and the schooiho
/ Money for the relief Of the sJfferers ar'
/ pouring in from all Parts Of the United
I States, aud local tu iness men are cuntritu
! ting literally Every one Of the unfortun
ate people viii be well cared fer.
Several hundred business men met IN thi
+ Milwaukee Chambtr of Commerce at thu
4 call Of Presid, n Bacon, to adopt measures
/ Of relief Within twenty minutes after sub
! scriI tions was Gale for, there was ported
( F. b. Armour, Chicago, 5000; Wisconsin
Fire ami Marite Insurance Bank, 81 coo
john l.. Mitche l. 81 900; q. f. llseS $40 ..
| Cudahy Bros: 500; Henry g. Payne, 81 0JO
4 J. H. Cook, Chicago Chairman OF the HI
/ nois Raru ] can Committee, $500: {. ID
Nash, $500; jeremiah Quinn, $50; +. =
Bacon, 81 600: ST. John Cathedral, 500 Mr.
Rosseau; LOO, Democratic candid ties N
the county 5000; Milwaukee Brewers A.
( soc at on s., 100; Captain Fred. Pabst, y, coo
Numercus other subscriptions in sinai Of
amounts ran tie total up u nearlJ S5o.oOo