The Lamar register., 1893-06-17
rARo o, DAKOTA. BURNED.
a Yrercs WIND Drives the Planes Acsess
tie City. and >, 900 fsopis are
Rendered HomelcsA

d!spatch from Moorchead on NeoncoAy
evening stated that Fargo WAS In fAuaes
The Gre started from hot ashes In the Gem
~StaurAnt, igniting some loose paper back OF
HosemAn's dry goods store Somebody LETT
he front door open.
Inside of three minutes the wind had driven
he flames through the building and they
,urst out at the roof. During the next nj
zen minutes it ran two blocks west, burning
,rick buildings and all Then 1t 'c,ped
,cro-. the street to McGlllis' big machinery
warehouse containing s9,opo worth OF twine
and q. coo in machinery. North and east oil
his for two blocks each arc the big machinery
iepots. mostly two-story wooden buildings,
,nd at this time OF the year arc hiled to the
-oof with years supplies of farm machinery
Tor North Dakota
In perhaps . quarter of an hour the fremen
kept the flames from jumping the railroad
track, then first on one roof then another
.ouyres Of fame broke out As -hirllng IRE
fakes fell on the shingles. Inside OF an hour
the whole space for four blocks Was a vhlri-
Wind of fame the property consumed being
valued Al 81 800 600 The only machinery
houses saved arc Walter A Wood and Nonl-
tor pres. drill Both we're on IRE several
times, but the dremen made stubborn nght
and managed TO arrest the flames, so prrTent-
Ing iis spreading east TO Noorehead- The
sremen now tried TO eonhne the hauies south
Of Northern Pacific avenue. but the -ind -as
carrying cinders q couple of blocks 5 Coole' 8
stable caught fre add the Opera House soon
followed, while the Erand hotel vas burning
On the east.
The hrrnen fought stubborniy, bat the
lanes rapidly crcpt up the east side o; Broad
way, thoagh they were prevented from cross
Ing. The hrc took a sudden start 10 the
norihezsi In the residence district, north OF
the Great Northern track, -hero it left a
clean track four or ave blocks vide AID ten
feet long. while isolated arcs could be seen a
nile north. caused by syias cinders-
Then the wind changed a little and the
flames caught the MIzneapoli. And NoFthcru
elevator, containing 100, 600 bushels Of ~he=i,
Quilted the north side school and set he Grrai
Northern depot 90 iire several tlmes, bat The
came. al the latter were eItinguished The
essi side Of Broadway ~as now Elighi =; both
eads, .iI blocks apart
Al 10 O'Clock the are sAs SIN burning
herceiy In couple Of dozen places The
Wind changed to the parth and drove the
flames back. The hzrnei district {, four
blocks eide and ,ea blocks ioag Aad !. =
biAekeael plaza Of AsAes with 10; dazss
bgildinEs left standing.
The aeree south Wind drove Il Ike prairie
Gre. Brick bziliings seemed To melt away
iato heaps OF eranbllns saad aud It was i'm
possible to force enough paier ihrusEh the
mains to hght the fire A conservative esii
mate Of ,he lo-s Is $500. COO. with not to e1-
eeed oae-quzrteF Insurance Pienty OF help
was there, Grand Forks havia. sent three
bose companies br .pecial train wahPeion
hose company made the run Ia forty. avc
minutes and Casseiton cent Steamer.
Over 500 people are homeless, and IL IA
almost impossible to verify reports Of seet
dents.
James + Lynn, s-year-old .on o, a former
alderman, Is reported burned, also three
children Photographer Cutter, aud an an.
knorn man arc reported burned to death In
the third story Of the Chaplin block trying ia
save some MAsonio property.
Practically oaly one hotel In ;ora Is le:L
The fire burned all around IT, bat 1; was say
ed oniy one restaurant Is left In the tosn
MooreheAd hotels are already full Large
numbers OF people slept In the court house
aRd house. or the south side.