The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-06-15

banks and trust companies. which still !,
stand in the midst of the debris. Several
safes We're opened and their contents I
found burned Tonight it is reported |
that a little child was burned to death,
Late tonight q relief meeting was called |
by the mayor and III half an hour S., 900 !
had been subscribed in aid Of the suffer
ers. Those who contributed are as fol- |
lows: g. S. Moulton, who is at the
EIeadquarters, $500: Bishop Walker, $50:
Weir s Campbell 500; Cass county,
$500: ohm Haas, $500; Moorhead, $500;
J. D. Benton, 5000; w b. Douglass, |
$500; a H White, $500; First National |
bank, $500; o. B.. shotwell, $500; Moor
s. &. ComstocE, $500; ". Reiss, Is
suits of clothing. The vaults Of the
| Northwestern Trust company have just |
been opened and their contents found to
be burned to a crisp. w. +. McKinstry's
safe Was also opened and that Of Col
c. A: Morton; The contents were found
well preserved
! The Work nf Rebuflilinr,
~, In the as ::; the Insurance is 81, 200,
| 900, and will all be paid here within sixty
days though a great deal will be discounted
for casn., Hence it is probable that there
in ten days. Times are hard, but this is
work Mayor Smith has e cailed for 70 e meet
ana as soon as the ruins cool of, the Red
River r. VA Valley Bank will begin Immediately
ranG Forks FOR hae fsls
brick, and will comm ence rebuilding at
once; efforts to arouse the people from the
men. Sticking in the ashes of many
burned ed blocks are little signs saying @AeEe
ever before, This evening the council
ders for immediate rebuilding of the city
hall and jail, The Citizens National bank
and the Northwestern Loan company have
taken hasty action looking to immediate re-
and an it looks ooh as if Fargo win surely rise
grander and better than before: Every
available room or bit of space is being used
in Fargo tonight. No stranger can secure
scene on entering the place beggars descrip-
ton. Haggard men, women and children
stand gazing at the ruins
In Dumb Despair.
J The heart Of the business portion is a vas
| smoking square: The, cold wind from tn.
, prairies drives the smoke through the streets
and people are almost vainly trying to mcye
, about in the darkness. Hundreds of Moor
head citizens went oyer the river early IN
l The previous reports sent out from here
l We're not exaggerated in the least: On the
, Of the :! Sad picture Of woe and devastation
here, tonight. It is safe to say THAT 3vt
people will pass this chilly night on the opeE
8 lngs will be held by contractors, builder'
e and business men to fan into life the smol
Ig be- Wiz
e people. Strange to say, the residences burnc'
!, belonged for the most part to the poore
,: classes. They are the suffering ones. 70
they lose not only ho%e but 1 food AN an
n to purchase any: SIoerhead u.s. Of course
# the center Of trade. Only half dozen store
i remain in Fargo. No one is taking advan
All are working in one common interest, lie
\ by Mayor Smith r and f Coy; Burke
+ his loss at $4,000. with $500 insurance
Bristol Sweets loss is $4,000 With $40
h church's loss is s., 90; Red River Nation;
bank building. loss $4,000, insured for g $ I5
2Ss GS o j q Mpz HarSy c. SN 1890
@ o e AgPss a3a M
il School H 6uidng S2o6o6 G. n Fuer ST
ii 900, Insurance $500; Deering 4 Co.. $50
=. = tional bank $1,000, insurance 49,, 90
cCormiek Mover and Il Rsaper works Si9G
ne 10000; 3 y; Quinby, So, 500; Day; Beal,
~; Son, $1,000 $1,000 3: j.: Beal, $1,000
5s 8 Harrington Wright Sc go 900 The Fac
A' y. n" 1eIAtt plO.OOU, w. a. ocO
a ae $780,: NJ 4 He.drsth: SSS Piano Biad
- and Reaper company. 100000; Mihneso
Ut Thresher company, $3.50 900; Austin Grade
lie $1,000: j. O.! F. ~ Holmes = Co. 81; 800; W.
, ,aI Ehrinan, $4,000; Hops Bros, IS, 900; Z
nd ranging from $500 to So, 900 on residence
he stores, livery, stables and personal propert
~ Agent Walker reports the losses by, CO
ne pa lies he represents as follows: Commerce
at Union Assurance company. $27 900; La1
nd ashire, $1,000; Hamburg-Bremen, S21, &c
nu Northern Assurance company, $4,000: NJ
ITS waukee Mechanics, SIS 900; Phoenix
ey London, $4,000: Aetna of Hartford, So, OK
as Liverpool and London and Globe, $50 ,Ot
a.. as German American, New York, $4,000; r
Ire association, PHILADELPHIA $4,000; Royal
IA London, SIS, 500; Hartford Of Hartford, 81;
nd 600; Phoenix, Hartford, 10000; Springi,
~ Fire and Marine, $120 600; London and L;
yas casnlre, $50, 900; Connecticut. Hartford, So
100 00O st. Paud Fire and Marine 5000
mt Orient of Hartford $50, 900: Worcester. Ell
'u' land, $1S, 900: National, Hartford. 500 o.
me Merchants, $2O,OOO Greenwich, New 70
les $3S, 900. Total, $233. 700.