The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-11-03
MINIATURES BLAZE.
pcsu Cctiye CoEfsprstion at the
Wisconsin City.
Asr~~ sG 1E.di 20 ard dIIIIsrs 81 Dollar.
wordh &c Property 80 Up In smoke
several FataIItIes-Thou-
sands Homeless
Eearfnl l1nInes


ruwATKEE- Oct 30-Scores OF
bIa-ci<s Of Mi;waukee's largest business
firms together with hundreds Of frame
kouSs-sA WERE destroyed by fire FRIDAY
night Commencing IN an establish
ment On East Water street. next to the
river, the flames driven by the fearful
hurricane that was blowing spread with
fTightful rapidity 10 the lake over half
q mile % the east II Is utterly impos-
sible 90 estimate the loss with any de-
gree q accuracy Even a complete list
Of the big business houses cannot be
obtained while 10 these must be added
the small individual losses Of hundreds
of small property owners Whose houses
and household goods have been de-
strovsd
The tract burned i over half mile
wide east and west and a mile north
and south Commencing in the estsb-
lishmeut Of the Union OIL ca. at 275
Water street the fire was burning
6eroely when the city department
reached the srene- Owing To the hurri-
cane that was blowing the men were
utterly unable 20 do anything and for
any practical results might a. well have
done nothing In spite Of this the men
worked brav-lv and did all in their
power risking their lives in the burn
ing buildings and deavoring by tear
ing down blocks in aivance 81 the path
of the FIR % check it. This was in
vain. and all night long the flames con-
tiHued along their way from the estab-
lishment on East Water street
II.
ward. iuha bited largely by pDOr Irish
families j. devasted About 800 dwell
ings have been destroyed and the poor
people have been wandering about the
strrets loudly lamenting their losses.
Some plan Tor the relief Of them will
mo doubt b. made but al this time peo-
pie seem % b. stunned and are doing
nothing
Leading insurance men say tina.
about half 81 the los i covered by in
suranc-- some 81 the losses are a. fol-
lows. Eubb a kipp furniture. $4,000:
! Mott a Co. paints and oils $50. 600;
J 2. Eissinrer. wholesale liquors. So
90 Milwaukee mirror works $50
600 y L-edersdurf tobacco. ESQ.,
eBG. Nugl-r Litb0yraph CON-
panv SI5G. 600 E0undv. Beczham 4 Co,
wholesale products. Sas.0el. r. Scher-
teis a Co. wholesale grpcers eco. 600:
: Nellmur- A Co. wholesale grDccrS,
$50. B8O. Milwaukee Chair company.
$50. 0O5s North western freight houses.
contents and ra-s 500. 0sO; Milwaukee,
lake Shprr and Western freight
f0us-s $50 01B. p Flugo 4 Co. CON
fs-s-tlane-Ees- S5s.081. Sau-r & Co,
gl1ves- sIG. ugtf. fifty smaller business
buildings. $500 eos. $50 dwellings and
cottage So Bgg- 7 T. Dusmsn 4 Co.
SIl.O BsB We--el 4 Tftler. machinery,
SIeuyegR T.-pner Ei~rns. machinery.
So Sae BayleE a >Gns- machinery. So
obo- lHbusrh Erps. Enu-rrs. Ss50. 600;
F-Belzer a R-srautr-d. SI5. zoe: Della
vrH-e q eueHtin, TOD shops. S250. 600;
Milwaukee Rag Co. SO 600. A ] Hill
he-t a Co. flsvorInE extracts $1,000.
Ths EstaIifB-S-
EuWATEEE at ag-When the sun
E-y-ss ove- ms pla-e il looked down
upn bio-.Zs % blazing or smoking
ruin IN the southeastern portion
a. this cfry. furious flames which had
-zZ-o al night having swept away
~ fEuiidIurs rau-ed -. 0lO. coo lOsS.
man :. 8sE Ts-0pir homeless and killed
i've Is---suns Il > now entirely under
s-sut-oL tu- the ruins in places are
burning fSs--relv and II viii be several
dsTs t.-fa-s the last spark i extin-
E-ussis-G- The victims Of the ravenOus
slams-s v---s-
H-HI--E T'--ddeut-s-h fireman.
Cha-is-s stab fireman.
NJ halahau. die6 f71n the effects
~ tn shs-s zfIer being taken 70 the |
Third HE-G school
Al unl-n5En uamAn- 60 years old
-zfrhmzu for BuGS & Kipn
tullv . tsse p-npie we're made home |
l-ss ~ TIM co1farrzfi1n The great |
-. parton % the l0ss has fallen upon
Essuuls VINO are unable 70 bear IL and /
~-ho oz-T8-c 10 insurance Hundreds /
~ tEm5lies have lost everything they /
MAD ~ ttBs world and do not know
--b--r -hrr vii sleep