The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-11-10

who volunteered for the fun of the thing
played on the cmbers.
sights Among the Ruins.
At every corner fiattencd mass of
half burned wood and brick was pointed
out as the site of a big warehouse.
Nothing except the brick corners of
Rcideburg's vinegar factory was left.
a lot Of galvanized iron sheets and
big hill of malt and grain was monu-
ment to Hansen's malthouse. The folk
who saw that building burn thought it
was finer than fireworks. For moment
the windows narcd like the singlass
front of Il parlor stove. Then the fire
died out there and Il ring of green gas
cous flame ran around the building. in
another minute the elevator walls parted
and the mass of flaming grain tumbIed
down in a tremendous Catara
The Weiscl .S Niltcr machine shop,
where falling wall killed two of the
tremen, was only a lot of brick and
plaster. and Bubb & Kip factory. which
gave the second start to the fire, had
been absolutely slelled. At the gas
works the ruins OF one end of the hold
cr- was still blazing in spite of the flo d
of water poured in hy the firemen. and
the machinery was tangled and lrOken
beyond repair. In nearly every mass
of ruins men were cropping for valuable
papers and books and at every corner
employees could be seen pouring water
on smoking safe.
On the skirts of the burned district
the scenes are sometimes pathetic.
Little unprotected piles of bed clothing.
pictures, and small household be-
lonSngs had been left by re'ing thou
sand-. Once in a while a shiveriny boy
was seen standing beside the wreckaSc
of Il home-a broken clock, batter ed
image a lag OF tableware and some
poor clothing. In the middle of Buffalo
street deserted truck stood loaded
with one trunk and little rocking
chair decorated with neat tidy. y
These things We're the wrcckage of
small homes burned out in the Third
Ward, where hundreds Of cottages Of
workingpen were swept away by the
fire.
The Distressing Feature.
The burning of these poor houses was
the distressing feature of the fire. Mil
waukee can stand well enough the de-
structiOn of big warehouses, for there arc
many Zig warehouses there and many
rich men able TO put up buildings in the
pIa.c OF those ruined. The cottages
destroyed belonged to the poor laboring
men. Some Of these men squatted along
the lake shore years ago, and nearly all
the houses represent hard saving and
long work They went like tallow
before the fire and left no monument
al ruins TO mark their site. Family
after family applied to the relief
organizations or crowded into st. John S
Cathedral and the Northwestern depot.
Prompt relief was given to them as
soon as the excitement of the night was
settled, and there was as little suffer-
ing as ever followed a big fire. The
hotels fed hundreds of hungry men.
Pabst's Hotel loaded up the Chicago
firemcn with coffee and steaks, and with
the other houses sent patrol wagon
load Of 70, d down to the smoke-staincd
men who were slugging the fire neal
the lake.
The people of Milwaukee had hardly
turned out Of bed to sec the fog Of the
fire r.s;ng before men were hustllne
around 10 raise money for the unfortu-
nate folks. TeleSrams came in from
roundabout towns, from Oshkosh and
Madison and GAINESVILLE and Racine, al
OF which are tributary for Milwaukee,.
business. These little towns all offcrc;
to help as far as they could. A telegram
came in from Mayor Washburnc, O
Chicago. The Mayor evidently though
Milwaukee had leen shovelcd clean of
the earth, for he telegraphcd in a good
hearted way about Chicago rising from
its ashes and hoping Milwaukee woult
rise from Milwaukee ashes. These tel
esrams and letters were taken thank
fully but Milwaukee went about help
ing its own people with its own hands
Milwaukee Raises &31 900.
Hundreds OF business men poured int
the chamber Of commerce building ant