The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-12-29
MANY DISASTROUS FIRES
REPORTED FROM DIFFERENT
STATES OF THE UNION.
A Dynamite Bomb Thrown by an In
cend1ary In Milwaukee CausesG reat
Loss of Life and Property
other Fires.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dc ga bomb
was thrown into the main building Of
the south side plant of the Milwaukee
street railroad company y 3 o'cl k this
morning. There wss tremendous ex
plOsiOn and in moment The interior OF
the building was in blaze In a few
minutes the fire was beyond control, ar d
in less than an hour the entire plant was
consumed, entailing loss of $50 900.
The street RAILWAYS south side plant in.
cludes the immense storage house for
electric motors. the machine shops and
stables. Ia the barn were fifty new cleo
tic motors and nearly all of the sum
mer cars owned by the company. The
machine sh ps were built the past sea
son and were fitted with very fne
machinery for the rebuilding and repair
'ng of cars. In the stables were sixt,
horses. but these were gotten out alive.
The cars stored in the building were
valued at 1850 600 while the structur
itself was worth $50, 900 The machin
~ry is valued at fully So, 900, while tn,
stores of the company were kent in III.
building and amounted to $40 900 The
o4rns which were DESTROYED were the
principal depot of the conn pany, and tne
fire greatly cripples the company.
The only person who saw the bomb
thrown was Night W4tchman Worden
He saws that he was standing near tn.
main doorway of the barn, in which the
motor cars were stored. There was =
whiz, flash and terrible explosion II
came through the main doorway and
struck in the barn near the entrance. The
pre .ctile must have b en- filled witt
some highly inf ,mmable material rs
hardly ten seconds elapsed before the cars
in the building were in fl .mes. Manage
Lynn, of the company, is convinced o.
Tue truthfuluess If the watchman's stor,
A smalP cottage next to the plant o
the railway company was also wrecked
A woman residing in the house became
parslyzed and had to be carried out O
| The house after it was in fl ines.
| At 3 80 his morning the fire was unde
| control, having been confined to tn,
| building of the Milwaukee street railwa
company.
1t is SAID that Chief Foley has receive
an anonymous letter declaring that tn
big incendiary fires of the last few wee k
are part of concerted plan to destro
the city. and that the fire bugs intend I
lay the town in ashes before Jnly Is,
lnsuran companies are instructin
| thor re m
this city. Several outside insuranc
companies holding risks here are alarme
by the terrible fires which have vislte
Milwaukee recently, ard one or two {
them have telegraphed their agents t
take no more risks unit a special sger
shall arrive in Milwaukee to investiga
the cause of the fires and make repo
Of his company on the subj ct. Near
ali the foreign companies have give
orders to Smaller RISKS then is their Gu
tom on All manufacturing plans Thu
p company which has up to this tin
been wilhug to take a risks Of $40, OF
m certain kinds of property, will in II
future refuse to carry pol .cy for mo
than s., 600 on same pr aperty.
A special meeting of the city counc
i, to be held andthe action toward sto
ping the reign of lncehdiarism. and it
lik -ly that a special grand jury will
ca led to investigate the matter
The mayor this afternoon issued
proclamation offering 50 500 reward f
evidence that wi | lead To the detectit
of the incendlaries The entire poli
force has been set to work, and priva
detective agencies will probably go att
the reward also. One hundred speci
police have been placed on duty aud "
remain for two weeks.