Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-11-03
A FIERY CYCLONE.
Hundreds OF Acres of Milwaukee's
Business Section Burned.
fire seeoaa osfv to that 90 rha~ax. l..
fsst-Haaar~f. ~ People Homeless
aad Many Lives Is-t-uh.
less May NtfIlaoa

NuwsUSEE. Oct ss.-Scur~< %
blocks Of Nlwauke~'s largest business
firms together with hundreds % frarn..
houses were destroyed by firp last
night Commencing at $50 o'clock in
an oil establishments on East Water
street NEXT ~ the river. the flames.
driven by the fearful hurricane whirh
was blowing. spread with fright
ful rzpiirty ~ the lake over
half mile IN the east II
is utterly impossible 10 estimate the
loss with any degrre Of accuracy.
Even a complete lit of the bix tr~i-
s-'>s houses csuuot be obtained. while
to these must ~ added th.. small in
divalual losses ~ hundreds Of small
prup-sty owners whose houses and
household xco.i> havv be-ru destroyed
As Il i. the loss will probably amount
to ssn. ooo. .Sssl or e.. 0oo. ooa
The tract burned II ever half a mile
wide east and west. and a mile north
ard south. commencing in th. e~tah-
.ishment Of the t-ninu Ol Ca. at 80
last Water street The fire was burn
ing tiergelv when the city department
rvschsd tbs. scene oyvin. u the hurri-
cane that was blowing the men were
utterly unable - do anything. and for
any practical results might a. we'll have
done nothing. In spite ~ this ths,
men worked bravely and aid every
thing in their power riSI<inx their
lives IN the burning buildings and en-
deavcring by tearing down blo.,IS~ in
advance Of the path ~ the fir,s ~ check
H. This wa~ in vain. AMI all night
long the flames continued along their
wav- Frpsn th- establishment On East
Water street. where the biax,- started.
the path 20 the Are was in the shape OF
an immense the connecting points
OF the two arms being the oil
establishment. while ons. line eNtentiesl
directly east u the lake. the other
running 10 the lake in a >Dutheriy dircc-
tipn- Through inu~n~.. n tories. from
four to seven stories high. which were
supposed 10 he fre-proof. the flames
spread with aS unch ease A. through
the frams. cottages which they at
taelzssi further east After vipin- out
the factories and vholesaI.. establish
ments the fire found easy prev in tn,
ssorvs - blocks filed with frame
houses which extend east of Milwaukee.
street
PROM these an. flames leape,i - the
freight hoa~es If the Milwaukee. Lake.
Shore 4 Western Thess caught 90
the extreme southern emil and in a
nsornen, were sblaxe along their whole
fsssssa - 4
the depots we're th. freight var,is of
the SANE raiirssad as well a. of the
Chicago & Northwestern. These yards
were fiied with hundreds of loaded
ears. all Of which were quickly con-
Sums-L ~ sG-sa A. IL vas seen that the
yards xer. n tine path Of the holocaust
n s<,ors of switch engines were st at
work u eusteaFor - get the loasie,i ears
cut VI the yard The men worked
hravely and saeceeleI in removing
some Of the trains. but they could only
take them further south. the Yards -
the north being blo--iSesI This dit no
good a. the Wind sslsi.ieuIv shifted from
northwest to almost direct north. and
in a moment the ears which had iust
e>cape,I the flames in one place were
burned in another
IL was in these yar,is that Soms ~
the most pitifal sights were seen In
one placr half dozen poultry ears full
of ducks and chickens were roasted
alive As soon n the destruction Of
the railroad yards was assured. the
wind. a. though prompted by malice.
veeresi from west t0 north. Had IL re-
| mained in the west the fire would have
| exhausted Itself in the lake
Chief Foley kept the fire confined To
one block on East Water street until :
o'clock, when it got away from him and
| leaped across the street and began a
rapid march toward Lake Michigan.
six blocks away. cutting down in short
order the following stores +. Dohe-
men 4 Co. wholesale drugs ". Bloch,
wholesale liquors. Bub & Kipp's seven
story furniture factory. Rouudv, Peck
ham & Co. wholesale groeers, Jacob
OeIlauer & Co. Wholesale groeerS:
johnson Bros. cracker factory tAmeri-
can Biscuit Co. and the National Dis
tiliing 90.
The entire lower part Of the third
ward inhabited largely by poor Irish
families. i devastated
About 90 cottages have been de-
stroyesi. and the p,or people are wan
dering abaut the streets loudly lament
| ing their losses> Some plan Of relief for
them Will no doubt be made. but at this
time people seem 10 be stunned and
are dong nothing
/ AI.r-,s --.-u.. - s-.-r- v-~frus. F-.,r.,
| different parts OF the city widely separ-
ated. and il Is Thought tha. fire bugs
helped in the work of destruction
The elegan. residence Of l. p. Hodges.
memb-r of the board of trade. at
Ninth and Cedar streets, two miles
from the place where the fire started,
has been destroyed
Up 10 o'clock only two fatalities
had been reported. one fireman killed
and a woman sEffccatesl
The gaS works are burning and fire.
| quent explosions occur that shake the
whole city Many of the scenes of the
great ERE of 1871 IA Chicago were re-
enacted, the dynamite explosions. the
| Ieapinz flames and erumbliux walls.
adding to the terror of the situation
1t is reported that four of the crew OF
| the life-saving station were killed By q
| falling wall at Werssl * Vnte's ma
chine shop. while coming To the assist
| auee of the Ere department The Light
Horse squadron and the Fourth battal-
ion have been called ous to guard prop
| erty.
shortly before o'clock the various
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