The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-06-15
FARG0's FIERCE III = !
THE BusrLlNo NoaTf, lSA1xoTA'
TOWN IN ROaN4. 81 ~ s. s
Warehouses Filled with 0oode MA11 -.
Easy Prey to the Fismes-Thx x1l4sls
sand People Homeless -sax Lavse Iese
Thirty-,ix Blocks Burned OYcr.
The Loss I..Fuily -, ESQ, 60.

81
The Loss Is.Fully 13.sso.o .ooo
Practically only one hotel 81 town II
left-the Headquarters. The Are b1rDel
all around 1t. but it was savod. 0nlEa
one restaurant is left In the t0Wns
Moorhead hotels a, Q full Largo np1n-
bers Of peopleare compelled 70 slNG h
the rt-house and school-houI1 I1 .
the south side.>Gnly two 1HQoery3t0ge9
are left in the town, onss t1618 S
upon which the princtpal e0O( eDk tNOs
companies were directed all cveniAg n
order'to save the -ffeadquarters Hoeel
The three-story Citixen6 Baak1
opened, opposite, made VERY hot In
but Yerxas' was eAyod though bnd6
scorched, end had stak9h f1re ssveral,
''' Origin of ths cenn.srassass
Later dispatches fnlly saflm ~
first reports as. to theeext9nt Of The eia
astrous conhag, q ion ct FarRo, Nce<a
Dakota. Over half fhe city waD }At6 tn
waste by the Destructive element IT,
flames were mot got under control unf4
after 3 o'clock the following npe1ine
Thirty-hke stores and sbusineae 0tcekg
and 22s residences were burned. entail
ing a loss of fully $3.9-O,OC0. TAEeos
thousand peoples are honelosss and ~
the churches, school houses and paolle'
buildings left standing are being use4
of the town whose hQu&ee eoeapod.
turnod out in trigades and organized ~.
feed the unfortunate OneA
The fire was started By hot asA0o
from the Gem restaurant thrown out
behind, ignittng some. loose papef hack|
Of Hoseman's 8 dry goods store. 601nes
| body left the front door open. lnsGde'
of three minutes the wind had driveN'
the flames through the buiiAing and
| burst out OF the roof. During the next.
| fifteen minutes tho flames rAn two
blocks west, taking brick buildings md
all, then jumped across the street. ~
Mayiirs big machinery warehouse con17
| ia ming So, 900 worth OF twlno and =, ,O00
machinery. North ami east of this foe
| two blocks eech way are the biz ma
chinery depots, mostly two-story wooden.
buildings, and at this time of the yoat
a:c filled to the roof With r
years supply Ct farm ma.hineEy
for North Dakota. Tor. perhaFs u
| quarter Of an hour tho nremen
kept the flames from jumping the ratl-
road track; then first on one rcOf, then
another, tongues OF fame broke out -
whirling fire fakes settled on tho SHIN
|
! space for four bl cks was . whirlwfnd
OF flame. The only machinery hOa1es
saved are the Walter A. Wood apd Ncni-
tor Press Drill. Both werC on firo sew.
eral times, but the firem made . stub
born fight and managed 10 arrest the
fan es, SO preventing them spreading
cast to Moorhcad. The sfremen now
tried to confn, the flamee south a
Northern Pacific avenue, lut tho wind
was carrying cnders couple Of blocks:
Coles stable caughtfiro and tho operas
house block soon followed. while the
Grand hotel was burning ON tho eaat.
An eddy Of wind sent the Gemes over
toward Front street, carrying every thing
in their pa.h. The Aames then took I
shoot north toward the Great NOrthern
freight depot, burning tho new Method
list Church on Robert street, and = large
number of residences and small st0rs q
The secret societies gu fere severely.
The Masons, Templapk Knights Oa
Pythias. knights OF Honor. Odd-Fel-
lows, Captons, Rcbekahs. Grand Army,
United Workmen, and Woodmen oil lost
the r halls. with nearly all their prop
crty. Every open space 10 filed witt
confused collections of household goods,
buggies, merchandise -'a~sl lfbraf1eA.
etc. hurriedly carrie
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