The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-03
MILWAUKEE, IN FLAMES
TENTY-Tw0 OF THE MOST VALUABLE
BUSINESS BLOCKS DESTROYED.
10 Fire Still Burning and Engines Are on
Hand From Neighboring Cities-Rail.
road Switch Yards Destroyed With
All Their Freight.

Oou' lo.-ln0 IRE
yhich started ats5:3O this morning in
ne Union Oil company's store has al
most destroyed the entire wholesale
business section of Milwaukee east of
6ne Milwaukee river below Huron
street. For an hour the fire department
struggled bravely with the flames
which were famed by gale blowing
thlrty-slx miles per hour. Chief Fol-
ey kept the fire confined to one block
on East Waters street until O'Clock
when'it got away from him and leaned
across the street and began rapid
march toward Lake Michigan, six
blocks away, devouring in short order
f. Dohme u Co., wholesale drugs; M,
Block, wholesale liquor; Bub g. Kipp's
seven-story building furniture factory:
Roundy, Peckham & Co., wholesale
grocers; Jacob Wellauer & Co., whole
sale grocers; Johnson Bros, cracker
factory, American Biscuit company:
National Distillery company. At s
o'clock flames had crossed Broadway
between Buffalo and Detroit, taking
numerous wooden structures, and
then advancing Milwaukee street and
reached Jefferson street, three squares
from where it broke out. The course
of the fire changed at S:15 and began
licking off the territory between
Broadway and Jefferson streets to the
east and west branch of the Milwau-
kee river. The flames soon reached
the big Angus Smith grain elevators,
which fell. At the Broadway bridge
the fire began on the south side ship
ward district. The fire department,
known all over the country as one OF
the best equipped and best discip-
lined, was powerless to stay its prog
ress.
The freight yards of the Chicago
and Northwestern road were reached
and whole trains of cars loaded with
merchandise, live stock and grain
were burned. Aside from the fire the
city is in total darkness, the gas works
having been burned. The entire
lower part of the Third ward, in
habited largely by poor Irish families,
is devastated. About 300 cottages
were destroyed and the poor people
are wandering about the streets loud
ly lamenting their loss.
Alarms came in every few minutes
\ from parts of the city widely seperat-
Nd. and it is thought firebugs are
helping in the work of destruction.
The elegant residence OIL. Il. Hodges,
member of the board of trade, two
miles from the fire district, is des-
troyed. Ar alarm was also rung in
rom the house of correction.
Up to o'clock only two fatalities
we're reported. One fireman was
killed and woman suffocated. The
department is using dynamite in their
etforte to stop the advance of the
flames and several buildings nave
been blown up. Engines are trying
to keep the flames from eating theii
way on Northeast Water and Detroit
streets. The wind is still blowing a
Gale and blows water from the noz'
zles into harmless spray. Herculear
efforts are ching made at the Gugle
Iithographing establishment to save
that building and the block north
and though the wind was blowing
away from it the flames were slowly
but surely eating their way towards
it and the wealth contained IN tht
vast Wholesale houses in the vicinity
MANY scenes of the great fire OF 1871
in Chicago were re.enacted. Dyna
mite exp,osi)ns, leaping flames ano
crumbllng walls add to the terror o
the homeless Third warders. Repor
comes from the life saving station Una
four of its crew, who came up broau
%way to lend assistance to the nre ae
nartment. had been buried by faillne
walls at Weisel d Vllters machin'
shop. .. ouood dow,
Broadway, calling together th n, nn ~
bers of the Light Horse squadron any lily
the Fourth battalion. They VIII as
sist the police force IN guaruins
One engine from Racine and on
from Waukesha have arrived anu ar
located along Huron street, Where an
other wing of the fire is adVanc nll
north towards Wisconsin street. ln
nrooress of the flames in thai ulrec
zion is slow, however, ana IL 10 ~ ~
nrobable that anything Will oe ue
stroved further than Huron. fo GU
additional men have been taken 10 rn'
emeroency hospital seriously injured
~ II f to Il O'Clock the fire had iapp9ee
everything in the territory Doun l, -
on the west by the north pfanen - -
the Milwaukee river, east by 'a If it th'
and south by Harbor Branch 81 svs sr q
river, twenty-five solid blocks i,d nse i
which were occupied by w lto am'
houses factories, distilleri,es, et ccs a nn
the rest by residences. ms 1 TSioo n o.
include the vast yards of the Onlc%g
and Northwestern road' co''iin'
many acres. w., - what exten
FIRE will be. 1t is spreading sotnh no q
broadway bridge aad backing up lake Ike
troit street at the river front ana lake
LAST REPORT. o.
The fire is raging ferces 81. at bo n,:e
,uat n north and west Of the gas a no con
Esst n Of the gas house the fire d mas # to
sume d. every thing and Pidd Tesr " vim
suar works has just been c 70 aotb t.
g gIba fire is also eating its way h sT con.
Fne street and will pr facsitv '0n
sum aeu u men estimate ma oon 1n nn tbis