The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-29
MILLIONS MADE ASHES.
CONTEMPLATION IN MILwAUHEE
Carried Death and Destruction In its wakes
A Space Half Mile wide and Nile
Long Burned to the Ground.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. @.-special.-
Scores of blocks OF Milwaukee's largest
business firms, together with hundreds OF
frame houses, were destroyed by fire to-
night Commencing at p. NJ. in an oil
establishment on east Water street, near
the river, the flames, driven by the fear
full hurricane which was blowing, spread
with frightful rapidity to the lake. over
half a mile to the east. It IL utterly
impossible to estimate the loss with any
degree of accuracy. Even a compiete
list OF the big business houses cannot be
obtained, while to those must be added
the small individual losses or hundreds
of small property-owners. whose houses
and household goods have been destroyed.
AS It Is the loss Will probably amount 70
s2O. .O00. 900 or s25, 100000. The tract burned
Is over half a mile wide east and wests
and a mile north and south.
Owing to the hurricane that was blow
ing the firemen were utterly unable 70
do anything, and for any practical res
suits might as well have done nothing.
In spite of this the men worked bravely
and did everything in their power, risk
ing their lives In the burnint buildings.
and endeavoring, by tearing down blocks
in advance Of the path Of the fire, to
check II.
TIE FLAMES had FULL SWAY.
This was in vain, and all night long
the flames continued along their way.
From the establishment on east Water
street, where the blaze started. the path
Of the fire was In the shape OF an i'm
mense v, the connecting point OF the two
kole tp "a
while one line extended directly cast TO
the lake, the other running to the lake
in a southerly direction. through immense
factories from four to seven stories high,
which were supposed TO be fire proof.
the flames spreading with as much ease
as though they were frame cottages,
which they attacked farther east. After
wiping out the factories and wholesale
establishments the fire found easy prey
in the scores OF blocks filed with frame
houses, which extend east OF Milwaukee
street. v
From these the flames leaped to the
freight house OF the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore and Western railroad. These
caught on the extreme southern end, and
in a moment were ablaZe along their
whole length. over two blocks. Adjoining
the depots were the freight yards Of the
same railroad. as well as of the Chicago
anu ANOItHWtSltIU. lHtSt ydIuS WtiS
quickly consumed
TO SAVE THE TRAIN.
As soon as il was seen that the yards
were in the path of the holocaust, a score
Of switch engines were set to work to get
the loaded cars out of the yard. The men
worked bravely, and succeeded In remov-
ing some OF the trains, but they could
only take them further south, the yards
to the north being blocked
This did no good as the wind suddenly
shifted from the northwest TO almost
direct north, and in a moment the cars.
which had just escaped the flames "a
one place were burned IN another. IL
was in these yards that some CT the most
ptiful sights were seen. In one place
half dozen poultry cars full OF ducks
and chickens were roasted alive AS
soon as the destruction of the railroad
yard vas assured. the wind, as though
prompted by malice. veered from west
to north. Had II remained In the west
the fire would have eXhaus ted inself in
the lake.
SOME or THE BUILDINGs BURNED.
Chief Foley kept the fire confined 10
one block on east Water street until
o'clock, when 1t got away from him and
leaped across the street and began u
rapid march toward Lake Michigan, six
blocks away cutting down In short order
the following stores; +. Dohme Il CO.,
wholesale drugs: Nj. Block, wholesale
liquor dealer; Bubs & Kip's seven-story
building. furniture factory; Roundy,
Peckham & Co., wholesale grocers, Jacob
Wellauer & Co., wholesale grocers; john
son Brothers cracker factory (American
Biscuit Company and the National Dis
tilling Company
The entire lower part of the Third
ward, inhabited largely by poor irish
families, Is devastated. About 800 cot
tages have been destroyed and the poor
people are wandering about the streets,
loudly lamenting their losses. Some plan
of relief for them will be made, but at
this time people seem 10 be stunned and
are doing nothing.
Destructive Incendisrv Fires.
Cleveland. O., Oct. 2s.-An incendiary
fire I'm the Cleveland window glass ware
house destroyed $40, 900 worth or property
this morning. NJ. +. Sullivan and Kate
Nolan, employees, were overcome by
smoke They were removed by the fire.
men. but the girl died half an hour
afterward and Sullivan Is not expected
to live. The loss is covered by insurance.
While the fire In the Cleveland VIM
dcw-glass Company's works was raging.
flames broke out In the large sash ana
door works OF A. Teachout & Co. An
explosion while the fire was raging In.
jured a dozen people. Fortunately none
of them sustained serious wounds. Teach
outs establishment was almost entirely
destroyed, causing loss Of 100000. In
surance, $75.O .O00
Huntington, w. Va. Oct. 8.-Thls af-
ternoon at o'clock an alarm was sound
ed for the twelfth incendiary fire here
within month. This time II was the
Albert FIGURING MILL which was set on
fire once before. The flames were got
ten under control before any damage