The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-10
FARGO TN ASHES.

MINNEAPOLIS, June IA special to the
Tribune from Moorhead, MIMI, says: Hall
tf Fargo is in ashes. The fire started at {
O'Clock In a restaurant on Front street. a
strong wind was blowing from the north. Al
4 O'Clock the fire had reached the Great Nor
them track three blocks north, cutting Tile
entire district for three blocks east to Broad,
way. A strong fight was made to prevent
the flames crossing to the west side Of Broad.
way, but by 4 O'Clock they had crossed al
several places. The telegraph wires are all
burned. so that 1t is impossible to reach any
town except Grand Forks and Hillsboro te
ask for help. Probably 1000 people are home.
less. Fire has just crossed the river to the
Moorhsad side at the Fargo roller mill, which
will burn. Among the principal firms al
ready burned arc Herman, dry goods;
Crahe'srestaurant; Mastll, farm machinery,
Northern Pacific elevator buildings, West.
ern Union telegraph offices; Morton, real es-
tate; Red River Valley National bank, Daily
Forum, Merchants state bank, opera house,
E. 8. Tyler. real estate; Plano, Mccormick;
Walter A. Woods, Minnesota Chief. Desring
and John Deere implement warehouses,
Coles livery, Wilson's restaurant. Grand
botel, Fleming's drug store, Yoder & Lewis,
groceries, C~hristianson's drug store, Shori-
dan hotel, Appel Bros, Minneapolis Dry
Goods company, Logan's studio, Ames' Iron
works, Continental hose house, Van Brunt
implement ware house. TT strong wind
made the fire travel so quickly that hardly
anything was saved. The flames went
through brick buildings as easily as wooden
ones. The loss will be over 81 LOCO, 900, as prac.
tically the entire business district Of the city
is Quilted already.
STILL BURNING. .
At 10 O'Clock tonight the fire was still burn
ing fiercelyin a couple of dozen places. The
wind mas changed to the north and is driv-
ing the flames back on the burned district.
A block in the middle of the city from Rob-
ert Street and front Street south four blocks
wide and tenlong Is q blackened plain Of
ing. The fierce south wind drove 1t like o
prairie fire. Brick buildings seemed to melt
into o heap Of crulnbling sand, and it WAS
impossible to force enough water through
the mains to fight the fire. A conservative
estimate ofthe loss is So 1000, 200, with not to
exceed o%ne-quarter insurance. Plenty of help
Is now here. Grand Forks having sent their
hose companies by special train. Wapheton
hose company made the run in forty.ave
and Casselton sent a steamer
Over three thousand people tonight are homeless,
and it is almost impossible to verify reports of
James Flynn, the s-year-old son of a
former alderman, is reported burned, also three
Photographer Gilbert and an unknown
third story of the Chaplin block trying to save
some Masonic property and persisted. Practically
only one hotel in town is left. the Headquarters
house. The fire has burned all around it, but SO
far it has been saved. Only one restaurant is
in town. The Moorhead hotels are already
full. Large numbers of people will sleep in the
court house and school houses on the south side.
President James j. Hill wired to open the Grand
Pacific hotel at Moorhead for the fremen. Only
two grocery stores are left in town, one being
Yerxas. upon which the principal efforts of two
were directed all the evening in order
to save the Headquarters hotel. The three story
bank just opened up opposite made a
very hot fire, but Yerxa's was saved, thoughs
The fire started by hot ashes from the Gem res
thrown out behind, igniting some loose
paper back Of Hosman's dry goods store. Some
body left the front door open. Inside of three
the wind had driven the flames through
the building and they burst out of the roof. Dur
ing the next fifteen minutes the flames ran two
blocks west. -
TAKING BRICK BUILDINGS AND ALL.
hen jumped across the street to Magills big
warehouse, containing s 5000 worth of
wine and S.. ZOO worth Of machinery. North and
of this for two blocks are big machinery
repositories, mostly wooden buildings, and at
time. Of the year are filed to the roof with a
years. supply Of farm machinery for North Dakota.
For, perhaps a quarter, of an hour the fremen
kept the flames from jumping the railroad track,
hen FIRST on one roof, then another, tongues of
aames broke out as rhirling flakes settled on the
shingles. Inside half an hour the whole space
for four blocks was q whirlwind Of flame. property
being valued at a million and a half.
The only machine houses saved are the Walter
A. Wood and Monitor press drill. Both were on
fire several times, bnt aremen saved them.
The underwriters recently advanced insurance
in the city, and citizens retaliated by cutting
down the amounts of their insurance. And the
insurance win probably not exceed one-fourth Of
the amount OF the losses.
- -O-
A Travellers Jingle.
To most Europeans the varying pro-
of English words with similar
examinations is a source Of confusion and
vexation. We all remember the story Of
the Frenchman's flounderings in the at
tempt TO pronounce ''bough," tough"
dough" and cough words just alike
except the initial letter. yet all pronounced
differently. That could occur in scarcely
any continental language. Sometimes the
same. word has two pronunciations, ac-
cording to the fancy Of the speaker. For
instance route, being spoken as root"