The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-11-03
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ID ss0s Left E1pmolesl 49,
MILWAUKEE. Oct S1.-Four hundred
and sixty.fve buildings destroyed
Three hundred and fifty-eight fam.
ilies--including. q total Of $500 persons
made homeless.
RI A total property loss of SIS, sos, ooo,
with insurance amounting to about
81. 500. GOO. xrfry.fy,k1k~x
-Four persons killed ana eikht or ten
ftnjureds
Such, in brief, is the result of the
fire which threatened for q time on
Friday night to sweep Milwaukee of
the face of the earth. ma '..sr AT
There are many sorrowful faces to be
seen along the streets in the vicinity of
the fire district. Many families lost
everything but the clothing they wore,
still there is not as much gloom. as
might be expected. The general relief
committee held meeting and issued
the following: 49,.
It's estimated that there will be needed the
sum Of 100000 to properly care for the people
meeting OF citizens held in the chamber Of COM
merce Saturday morning the sun of
e5S.0OO was subscribed: and, while we
appreciate the kindness of those out
side who have already made gener.
GUS subscriptions We desire to say that we are
confident the remaining amount required will
De subscribed BY our citizens without 1t being
necessary to appeal to the outside public We
confidently appealto QUE citizens to raise the
full amount needed"
There is promise that those who were
rendered homeless will not be permit
ted to suffer. Already $62, 96S has been
raised, aud all 4bute4about, SIC, goo came
from this city. Many offers Of assist
nnce have been received and accepted.
SO that there is no doubt that a fund
of 100000 will be available with
in few days. Many of
the people made homeless by the fire
and now in actual want may soon be
placed in comfortable circumstances.
Their homes are gone, Tut their land
Is still there, and it is valuable land.
Wealthy corporations, business men
and spectators will be ready to buy
these lots
The greatest individual financial loss
sustained by the great fire was that
suffered by the Chicago & Northwest
ern> Railroad Company, which officials
and local agents of the road now
estimate will foot up from $780,
600 to S1,o0O,000 and will likely
go nearer the latter than the former
sum. The burned property includes
both of the great freight houses. one
for incoming and one for outgoing
freight They were nearly 100 feet
wide, covering the length of about
three blocks That devoted to .iDcom-
ing freight was thoroughly filled with
merchandise of all kinds and de-
scriptions which had been un-
loaded during the day and was
ready for delivery. That devoted
to outgoing freight Was but partially
filled. AS a rule an average of 1875
cars are loaded there daily with out.
going freight The usual number of
cars had been loaded during the day,
and many of them were standing on
the switches ready to be taken out
during the night. As to the value
VA viz AAS Ho Al WIG uOOScS duO
in cars ready to be taken out no
accurate estimate can be made until
the losses are adjusted between the
company and the shippers. One car is
said to have contained $50, 900 worth of
holiday goods just shipped by local
firm, and tits expected that many others
were filled with valuable goods. There
were burned in all on the freight house
tracks 1913 loaded freight cars, per-
haps three-fourths of them received
and ready to unload. Their contents
can only be ascertained by a. complete
checking up of the way bills. Many of
them are said to have been loaded with
valuable dry goods of various. kinds
which merchants were providing for
their holiday trade, and on such
the loss will be heavy. There were
good many cars loaded with grain
of all kinds shipped to this market
and a number of cars loaded with
potatoes. The freight cars empty are
estimated to. be worth an average of
500 each, but those values are small
as compared 10 the contents of the cars.
There were also forty to fifty of the
Northwestern's coal cars in the com
pany's coal yards, all loaded, which
were completely destroyed.
The aggregate of the insurance car
ried on the burned property, as COM
piled by the insurance men. exclusive
of that carried. by the Northwestern
road, is S9,75O,OO0, and is divided
among about 165 companies, which,
with one or two exceptions, the
insurance men say, could easily
stand ten times the loss sustained
here without crippling> them in the
least. There are one or two mutual
companies which lose heavily and may
:. be seriously. affected, Unfortunately,
one of these is most largely represented
in the residence district burned, where,
should it fail to pay in full, the losses
will fall upon class of people who can
least afford to stand them.
Following. are the insurance compa-
MES which sustain the heaviest losses:
Hartford. ....:.......... $4,000
Home. ... $500 7Cm
Lancashire ttCngland). :. g. COO
Milwaukee Mechanics .........:.... 1000
CommQAweal; h New York; 100. ......., 1000
an-Amcrican (New York;. go. 6a,OOO
OHIO Farmers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS coo
London and Lancashire. ............. -. $1,000
PhGn!x OF brooklyn .....:.......;....-... $1,000
commercial Union. ....................... 50 OOO
Continental