Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-14
"WV VI llLlunna U : From All Quarters. WIPED OUT BY FLAMES IA Two Million Dollar Fire
 In Minneapolis. was KILLED BY AN ELECTRIC GAR. Alleged the Motorman Gave
 No Warning. END OF Pl1TsBURG's BIG STRIKE. The Men Anxious to Re-
 turn to Work.
END OF PlITsBURG's BIG STRIKE.
WENT UP IN FLAMES.

| WENT UP IN FLAMES.
 Two Million Dollars Worth o1
 Property Destroyed In Minneapol1l
 by Fire - Great Embers Flew
 Through the A1r-The Flames Were Irresistible and Brick and
 Frame Buildings Went Down Re. fore Them-Hundreds of People Are Homeless and Without Even
 the Necessities of Life, Having
 Saved only What They Wore
 Believed That Some Lives Are Lost
 As one Charred Body Has Been Found.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 1.-Two million dollars worth of property went up in flames here this afternoon. Over 200 houses were burned and at least 1,5OO tpersons were rendered homeless. This is the zscord made by the destroying element in the short space of two hours. A kind Providence and not the fire department or the feeble efforts of owners of the threatened property, saved from destruc- ton the greater portion of the msnufsc- turing and residence portions of the east side. The fire had gained euch headway that no human agency could quench it, and only change in the direction of the wind prevented an awful cenhagration.
 It was little after 1:30 o'clock when a watchman saw small blaze on the river side of J. B. Clarke & Co.'s box factory, on the south end of Nicollet Island at the head of St. Anthony Falls. An alarm, quickly followed by second and third, | =. 1,,,k hvv $hn &t,1 la pertinent had arrived the flames, famed | by furious south wind, had gained such headwsy that all the firemen could do was to turn their attention to adjoining pro- l perty.
 Where the fire was first started is mys- tery, but it is thought 1t originated either ! in Lenhart's wagon works or in an ice house belonging to the Cedar Lake Ice company, immediately adjoining. Nearly l all the structures in the vicinity were of wood, dry as finder, and made splendid fuel for the flames. Clarke's box factory | was doomed before even stream of water | was thrown upon 1t. Next to it north, | Lenhart's wagon works and the Cedar Lake ice houses were wiped out of existence. Farther north were Lintje's and Collins boiler works, and here the heaviest loss on the island took place. This firm had stock valued at over $50,000, and not cent of insurance. The other los CTS are l fairly we'll insured.
 While this fire was at It's height spark l carried high in the air alighted on Boom Island, nearly half mile above the fire on | Nioollett Island. This island is occupied | as & wood yard by the lumber firm of | Nelson, Tenny 6 Go. No one noticed the ! spark fall, but the whole island was soon ablazs It was this spark that caused the greatest logs. Quickly jumping across the small stretch of water separating the island from the mainland the flames gained footing in Nelson, Tenny & Co.'s | lumber yard, where there were piled some | ten million feet of lumber.
 ! ~The fire fairly walked through the yard | and into that of E. w. Buckus 6 Co. ad joining. By this time 1t was impossible to stop it, even had the whole fire depart ment been on hand. Great embers flew through the air and started fires many blocks beyond the places where tho fire men were at work. The flames were simply irresistible. Brick and stone structures fell before them as readily as the merest shells. Beyond the lumber yard were two mills belonging to E. W. Backus & Go. Of these nothing remains except the smoke stacks and mass of twisted machinery and eharred timbers. J. B. Chatterton's post mill went the way of the others, as did the sash and door factories of Fuller ton & Libbey and J. W. Wilcox & Go. At the corner of Marshall street and Thir- | teenth avenue stood the mammoth brewery of the Minneapolis company.
 This 1t seemed must go, but at this time the wind changed and although the brew cry was surrounded by wooden buildings it was saved. It is the only structure from the river back to Marshall street, 8 distance of three blocks, that escaped the fire. The big brewery in measure pro tected property to the north. Had it burned, nothing could have prevented the find anything to burn. Along the river were situated the sawmills and lumber yards, and these too would have been con- stunned and nearly the entire sawmilling industry of the city would have been de- stroyed.
 The change in the direction of the wind imperilled the lumber yards and mills on the west side of the river, and they were almost at the mercy of flying sparks and render assistance, for to reach the Ply mouth and Twentieth avenue bridges it would have been necessary to pass through ! furnace. The bridges were all on fire. The employees of the yards stretched lines of hose, and any sparks that found foot ing across the river were promptly quenched. Along the eaat bank of the river were located the mills and lumbe, yards which were burned, while east of them were located many stores and resi- dences which aleo were destroyed occupied by the employees of the
 mills and laboring men. Few owned theil
 dwellings, and their personal losses. will
 be their personal fleets. Numbers saved | househoid goods. At the brewery, where
 the fire was checked, the citizens did muci to aid the firemen with garden hose ani a buckets. With the change in the wind al
 was allowed to burn itself out. All th
 available fire apparatus in the city was 1, ! use and St. Paul sent two engine compa . nies in response to calls for assistance. 2 It is believed all occupants of the house . escaped with their lives, although it is ru {. mored that two or three men were penne {. in by the flames while trying to rescu ,. their property.
 Nelson, Penney & Co. lose about te
 million feet of lumber and some wood Backus 6 Co., two saw mills and probabl ,. a like amount of lumber. Their loss wi }. probably be at least $250, ,000. A. G. WI ;. COX & O. Joss is about $100. 900. Fullerto & Libbey's about the same. The bottlin works and stables of the Minneapoll
 Brewing company are burned and the loi
 will be at least $500, ,000 They were we insured. On small buildings the loss ca
 only be estimated. There are probabl 's 200 small buildings burned, together wit their contents.
 y The damage to Clarke's box factory Fl estimated at $50,000; insured. Thom'
 Maloney, an old man, fell dead from hes
 disease caused by excitement. Sever
 fremen were alightly injured.
 ,+ About six o'clock the fire jumped u ,n, river and for some time the west side mil sit district was in danger. Fortunately tl m m flames were extinguished before nut damage was done. At 10 o'clock the ca side ruins were ablaze but the fire is und
 control. Hundreds are recipients of chs
 ity. Many saved only the clothes on the
 backs. Three men were injured wh
 fighting the flames.
 Later estimates make the total less
 Nicollet island $175, ,000. E. ". Buckus
 Go. place their loss at $1, ,000, 900. It
 believed they are we'll insured.
 Late last night 1t was reported tha
 woman had been burned to death.
 charred body was found in the ruins.
 Thousands Are Homeless. 2. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.-Adviees fir, .. or China say: Later reports with reference