Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-29

Fire H9epS a Large
PaYl Of i'.lWaukGe.
MANY FAMILIES } LESS.
Damage 20 Property Wi High
Into the I.i,liO-s.

MLwArEaG, oct 2)-The ? por-
tiou OF the cet side Of Nilwn vent
up in vh.rW.nl Of fame yht
The burned portion comprises {. uole-
sale district, the Northwost,l way
yards and the gas works. II also
thiohly inhabited by Italians. Pu. Ger
mans and Irish, most Of whom hay, lost
everything. Tho loss viii be bet Gu
NaOOU,UUe a-.. ,y,v.y..yL
The fire started shor,Jy L.io~o ''lo.c
in the wholesale liquor Lou ads
&, Son on the west side O. Water
street, between ID ,:... t4l Bg. reefs.
The wind lt rb, time was blow '-J
sixty miles an hour. As the fire Ike
through the roof tho hurricane Z. nc
mp c hrnl- and, whirliug them n
The block, tuHg them on the root
srycu.sJugy uII. ..r ~ Bubb s. XII a
tho corner ..r.lHlr all Bu.l.o
street. J. , engines on u third
alarm Coz. ,. and come into a0.ion,
tho .. .ui.lu. WAS u mass OF danes.
I'll nls
Tho beginning OF tho Fire.
7'y sparks were caught mp by the gallo
fuI VAr.eI Htrhcr and thiJhcr, wh.lo tho
.men, Gghtiug bravely in the fiery
.IpYcr found their efforts powgriess to
stay the prngrr-s of the flames.
a general alarm was turned I'm, bringing
tho entire Glrirg force of The city into
action, but 10 WuH unable 10 stly the
steady march ur tae Games, which now
were riotiue blocks away. From this on
il was steady. .Juquarius march. The
big streams OF water looked like squirt
r.' Ina Of
flame.
From Bab5 g. E'1p's the fire had eaten
backward 90 ENst Wutnr street, but there i5
was held by hard lgdt.0y, with the fire
companies cnyel0prd In smoke and flames,
uudietlugu ea.HIr, except "a tho wind
wuirlod the cur,tln gplut at times for
second. l.A.d here, the flames threw
themselves
with Renewed Vigor
on t'a Territory to the eastward and
lr'v. Iu... uJ oo mes stayed their
pro. aul tuay riy,al down across
Broadway, ,f1gv fur moment in tho
bloc. between tu4t street and Milwaukee
street; thea jumped over that and con-
tiuull their uuim~odol career toward
tho lake, hall-.le away, carry
iug destruction, ruin all despair TO poor
fsm,l.,s who were in their path.
Th.s, people hurried from their homes.
carrying with them wh't they lld, and
gLcge this uls impossible by tie sudden
onset Of tao hurricane Of fire, tuey fed
swiftly, not stopping TO look behind, only
glpl % escape with their lives.
W G1i in with t4S small wooden buill-
in 20, which were the dwelling - Of
these uufurtuuat.s, were In. Ioesalo
houses. The fire king ma .p invidious
distinction The big trade warehouses;
went with the humber HON 3. Tho only
difference was tEgt Lea,ay.a longer with
the former
The rcr-''.ry Burned out
is IN the shap. sligh tly obtuse tri.
angle, with tine .I,N at Blade 81 Co.'s on
the river, the u. silo of Detroit street,
the lower Memo. zee street 70 Milwaukee,
and then 10 the Milwaukee river and tho
bnsr OF L1k. |,.isla. Roughly, it is
space twO-tairI5 of mile vide aud three
quarters Of mile long,
Tha scenes OF Ch.cago's biz fro were re-
poar.I. Hundreds uf poor Louseholders
carrie. .u t. .r arms, in carts or wagons
whatever ta.y had been ahlo TO seize
before they were obliged 20 fly from their
homes. They did not f.al .,te until they
put the Milwaukee riy.r between them
and the iigp.
There were hunr Is Of cars in the
Northwea t-gu yard which were lost. The
sw!tchmeu II the rad worked like beavers
in moving as many rs possible, going back
and forth iu q storm of fire. and smoke.
Again aud again they went in, returning
with trains, until the available tracks
were full and the heat drove them away
The flames would jump across buildings
for n block, leaving them untouched, only
TO return later and wipe them out,in spite
OF tho efforts of the lgcmen.
Troops Guard Property.
The Fourth regiment, uud.r command
of Colonel King was callri out "a assist In
guard dutv.a. che crowds ia the vicinity of
the burned district numbered thousands,
aad the police needed assistance. \
platoon OF On. FOIrJh. which assembled at
the armory, was sent to the house Of cor
rcctiou, near which institution fire was
Imported raging, with ro police guard on
duty.
Companies and L did guard duty
along Detroit street, where there were
piles of household goods hastily removed
from the burning houses. Company \
was on guard around the Northwestern
yards. where thieves had attempted to loot
box cars.
Tho heaviest sufferers viii be tho poor
people driven out of their homes. On ev-
cry hand are heard accounts OF narrow es-
capCs.
J In the majority Of cases no insurance
was carried. There is nothing standing
on the fire district, extending from Detroit
street To Broadway and the lake, except
here and there chimhey.
Conservative insurance men estimate
The loss at S5.C15Op.
II G Golden secret of Long life.
Keep the head cool. the feet warm and the
bowels open. Aunt Fpun - Health Rrstorer
is a vegetable preparation uuI acts a
natural MNuilNy, uud Us tur greatest remedy