The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-11-05

MiLwAUkEE. oct. p" Milwaukee was
visited last night by the most disastrous
contiagratOn i'll her history. as we'll as by
the largest fire that has occurred in the
West since the great Chicago fire OF 1871.
The lower part OF the Third Ward is a
mass of smoking ruins. Wholesale houses.
immense factories. and scores of dwelling
houses have been laid in ashes. Hundreds
OF people have lost all, and are homeless.
he fire swept over and destroyed twelve
bio KS. The burned territory extends
from the river on the west TO the lake on
the east. and from Detroit street south to
Erie Street as far east as jefferson, AMI
from Buffalo Street south OF line east o!
Jefferson Street.
Among the buildings destroyed was fire
engine house No. 10. situated on the east
side of Broadway, just south OF Chicago
Street.
Two fremcn lost their lives in the fire,
AMI two women died from the effects of
excitement. \ dozen or more people
were injured. among them chief Foley.
The condition Of some OF the wounded IS
serious.
The property loss is estimated at from
So 000.0Oo to S6.00o0oo. Few OF the hus-
ness houses We're fully insured and the
poor people whose residences were de-
stroyed carried no Insurance in most IN
stances.
Among the principal buildings burned
We're the stores OF +. DOhman X Co.
Union oil Company. Vi. Block x o.. j. =.
kiosngcr u Co, !. +. Patton \ Co., Leld-
erSdorf x Co., lnhuSch Bros. Pilcneard "
Co. \. J. Hilbert X Co. Delorme Soan
Company. Fernekes x Co., Bub IL kIpp.
Jacob Nellauer X Co. Roundy. Pccknam x
Co, SheftclS IL Son, National DIStllllng
Company. Milwaukee Chair Company,
Hammel Il Wirth stables. Ricdeburg 4
Bodden Vinegar Works. McLindcn Hotel,
Weisel Il Niltcr Works, Bayley,s foundry,
.JohnSton'S bakery, GreenSlade,S foundry.
Hansen malt houses and the IGrfer
Works.
The worS, featura of the terrible vista
was the loss Of human life. Ihese were
many narrow escapes. and four fatalities.
The dead are:
HENRY J. pEDDESBRUcH. fireman, aged 81
years. resided at o52 Reed Street. died from sut-
location
CHARLES sTAHE: fireman. aged % years. re
sided at 522 Fourth Avenue; sutfUcated.
MRS. CALAHAN, who died from the effects OF
the shock, after being rescued from a burning
building and being carried TO the Third Ward
school house.
Mrs. MARY O'BEIEN, aged 60, liv ed with her
brother at loo Chicago street. Found on the
street dying. Expired on the way TO the hos
pltaL
The injured are:
RICHARD GAsCIxER. machinist aged ~. resi-
dence Humboldt Avenue and Aucr street; frac-
.ure OF leg and badly wounded about the head;
critical condition.
j II. EoEscH, p&ttern-maker, aged -, Isl Gar
field Avenue; seriously injured about the head,
WILLIlN WHITE tiuiSher aged q, 90 Green
field AN nnuei compound fracture OF the ieg.
AUGrsr BERGENTHAL. distiller, aged II: head
very much bruised; taken TO his home, 10
Twenty ninth street.
RICHARD SNYDER, police officer sprained
an sle and badly cut up about the head taken
to his home on Eleventh and sycamore.
FIREMA< GUSSEH. overcome with smoke, taken
tn his home: he will recover.
JAMES kEGAN, fireman truck ?; head and body
bruised
Street, injured about body and head.
The small list of dead and injured is
really a marvel in view OF the extent OF
territory and rapidity OF the flames.
The fire was discovered in the store oc-
cupied by the Union OIL Company, 215
East Water Street. AT about 5:i5 O'Clock. by
a letter carrier. There We're three hIeS IN
ether parts of the city, and there was a !
slight delay III responding 10 tie call from /
box ~. The wind was blowing gale |
from the northwest amt TINS, together ;
with the intammabie character OF the con !
tents of the building. made the deluge |
of water apparently of no effect. Ap- |
preciatlng the danger. Chief Foley |
had general alarm OF ire sent IN from /
box - corner of East W ater and Chicago /
streets at 6:l5 p. VI. This brought all OF |
the eighteen engines of the cIty onto the
scene. The water tower was put up III /
'front.' OF the burning building, ana 1t tlld |
effective work. II was not long before the
streams OF the engines and the deluge Of
water thrown from the river by the tata- |
ract had their effect.
The Gale stitfened and at $50 O'Clock the |
firemen felt the fire getting start on
them Other tanks of oil had caught fire
and there We're numerous explosions.
1t was lust at 1o'clock that the wind car
rled some sparks over to the corner Of Buf
oil AM, RTD1i WaN Inp fiery
ders lodged in Buh X kipp'S SeTen-Story
new brick building. and III less than i've
minutes the whole building was IN flames |
II was then the ire got beyond human
control. About the same time the flames
crossed East Water Street anG the tiremen
had to retreat. 1t was not long before the
two fires met. Then a mountain of flame
was swept eastward over the Third Ward
At 80 o'clock Chief Foley saw that as
Sistance would lie needed. and Mayor
SomerS sent kilograms To Chicago and To
the cities around here The first response
was BY kenOSha tlremen. They cameup
on special tram IN iifty-seyen minutes.
and brought a steamer ana 1.aUJ feet OF
hose. They arrived At 10 T: NJ. Racine
men were unfortunate in getting tranSpOr
tafIon, and did not reach here until l0:4n.
Oshkosh sent a steamer and plenty of men
on a special train on the Northwestern
road.
Marshal SweDie. of Chicago. ordered out
engine companies l, !. - and y, placed
them in charge of Assistant Chief NuSham
and sent them on special tram. .
For the first time since the riots OF l.eo
rhe alarm for the assembling OF the Ma
rional Guard was sounded last night on
tha FIRE alarm bell There was 80 much
racket around TIE tIt th3t many Or the
cua;dsmen dad not hear the alarm GUAR
Termaster-Gen Faik had bugicrs go doHn
into the crowds and sound the call. Il
was not many minutes before the