Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-29
+, DAY OF FIRES.
Milwaukee Swept by a c'nlla-
grafton.
TWENTY BLOCKS BURNED.
ri,e Of Them in the Heart OF the
Business Quarter.
OS. SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
Nan, roO' People Rendered Homeless
Two rataIitics-Fires and Loss
OF Life Elsewhere.
7rrNTY BLOCKS BURNED.
Ass. SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
IL ,olocrapn . the DIspaioh.l

.,..-.r,sp. WIS. October 2S.-A IRE which
t.,s.c0 o'clock this evening IN the Union
..,aorys sore on east Water street.
g. ~ s T. NJ. 10 destroy the entire
,. ,-s.ocs, section of Milwaukee cast OF
.....,.,,c river aud below Huron street.
,.,r he fre department; struggled
-,..s ,ro elements, which were famed
-. mat slowing at tho rato Of thirty
.,rU.- ga u,p-.
lrt GAKFs GIT AWAY.
.,v.,., tef; tho ERE confined 10 ono block
i. t..t.- street until O'Clock, when II got
,r, MN hn1 lcapcd The street, and began
tFa' ,...r.t toward AXE Michigan, six blocks
~ 'o,H-g down IN short order L. Dohmen q
tt'' ''.t.-.saIe druggists; v. blocn, wholesale
t'' s.,ror. Bob q Kipps. cyen-story build
.. ...-c fertury: Roundy PeCkhaIn a Co,
rf .-..-.-s. Jacob Wellauer & Co, whole
- -. Johnson Brothers. crHcker-tactory
2 -. Bic uit company, and tho National
~ oy Company
1r fIEg SPREADING.
....-'.-t .lc flames had crossed Broadway
p.0rfu and Detroit streets, taxing III
-... wooden strutiIres and mon advancing
...r.1k.. street.
. ro rnmce had reached Jefferson
40 ..-.. .-trlre- from where Il broke out,
'.... nav burning private residonces Inc
''. aa, u2 fully 100000 and perhaps
TuR CITY Is DARKNESS.
...--..l.... T.. NJ: The Ere is spreading.
-.....,tsat ttIs hour IN total datkiicss' Inc
-.r.-s. hlyo bocn burned.
.fsf Or TIES TIRE CHANGED.
.. Tho course OF the fire changed Mt S:15
A. and 20 nov seems liz oily 20 consume
..,. bsfucch Broadway and jefferson
~ ...tr eastward md the west branch OF
I..1s.p river. The fire has reached the
,.tfre tic Angus Smith grain elevators
-.f,t. iai. Al broadway bridge the llre ~ J
.,s-I-. .uI iI .s fesred that the portion ot
.-i ,n the ship-yari district will be
rrr FFrNCN FOWERLEsS.
-. 10. srtment, known all over the
a. 0-' ~ tte hest equipped and disci-
.'. .. t.f,r'.ss 60 stay its progress. Not
| i.. a.a 'rra sItaucing with the Wind on its
0tt..fru-tion, but II has begun TO back
..rt vhere 10 BEGAN ana where there
-.t-..f s'av.ng ,t5 progress. Tho loss
| ..t-..r r..t.h Iut0 The millions The freight
.....ltl. ItCaCo ana Northwestern road are
..tsr1 vaols trains o. cars loaded with
...ts...-s. uyc siocE. and grain are burn
SEVERAL TREsH FiREs.
....t-I.. Gre SIS stli Burning fercely.
-..-.--.. ...f.aI ores iu Oiher par;s OF the city,
r...-. ~. a. engines 20 respond.
r... rlU-LE MADE HOMELESS,
........l l..s- rart ~ the Third Ward, IN
| ........ I. roIr Irish families, II devo =
. s-t cottage lave 0aen destroyed,
... r r..rI. ago wandering about the
-.. .., .H.uuug tLeir loss Some plan
.... ..tf. .r t,I.l no doubt be made, but az
-. .e seem 20 be 50 stunned anu
NF I,g7-tUGs AT VOEE?
l.--.r r.e coming in every few minutes from
.-. .. t. .''r Wide s seraratcd, nud u is
..tr rt .I.-fu-s aff hclping IN The WOfk
.....l ... clseaut residence OF l.. +.
.. ......r q he Board Of Trade, at
.-.f t.t.r streets, two miles from the
d. .r. ts. ..e1 destroyed. IN alarm has
..U.. t--..I l from the House oi Correc-
ItoFATNuIEs.
r...' only two fatalities have been
Que ..,nqu was kiue1 md woman
.'..... Frequent g8s-eXplOslons occur that
.... t.... H.y. Tho department. Is using
.... ..i .. ut 10 stop the advance OF the
a..... several buildings have been blown
Il. ASIA. rr. .1ll telug turned IN irOm VIDE
..,..4l prs u tae city.
l.a RoM u-EwHERE.
r---s.'-.. Ul-luc aue ken0sha are playing
t....-..t .i..s where they can DO the most
So. ..ss 'eH ,u trains south OF the tire, and
..r t...utrc b. 90 tho north bank oi the
lI h tllAti 81 ttlih AiA i'Ah 20
f..t. O...f IoIey announces that the hre 4
.-.'..'-.
I.r>Ty-TwO BLOCKS GONE.
tH.J.i1 t4is vine the IRE has licket
o. -.rr...t.n iuc territory bounded on the
t.. b. rs north branch OF the Milwauket
:.t .tet.-t = Tue lake, and on the south 10y
L..i-.t ir.l-. ~ the riyer--twenty-tWo solo
...,. TIE nj l.ra were occupied by WHOLESALE
tr.-. f...u-.. uul dlslileries, etc, anC
t.f ty r-.i-lce-. his does not include
-.fl.. Il-i- .. tAr Chicago ana Northwestern
E-.. t.u.r..5 of cars were burned. There
t.rg 80 ju- hour a. o'clock what IN,
r.... r.r r.r Viii Do. II Is extending sOutl
.a..y t,.rc and backing up Detroi
E.t...t r.tt- front and 10 the lake.
joss 500 PAR sT.OOO,O0O.
-'-rl-. ..r estimate that the entire los
...--8'. 1900, 900 up 70 this hour Il li:3'
.-tt. l.. l.e .- suu spreading.
ettS ~ CHICAGO.
.iH lLl. O'tobcr 2S.-The reflection
-'- .,yU .tr Milwaukee IRE, eighty-hv'
..- Hts.. va> distinctly visible from III
''. . ue Auditorium for several hours 70
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