The Globe-republican., 1893-05-26
FIRE AT SAGINAW.
The Michigan Town is Severely
ScCrched.
Nearly Three Hundred Houses Burned
The Loss of Property Nearly One mill
lion Dollars Fatal Glucose Ex-
plosfon at Geneva, Ill.
Fire at Saginaw.

SAGINAW, Mich. May 23.-The fire
Saturday night started in Sample q
Camps mill plant, thence communl-
Gated to the east tern end of the Bristol
street bridge, thence northeast from
the corner of Tilden and Bristkl streets
for a distance of mile in length and
four or five blocks in width. The scene
was, one of Undesirable excitement,
people becoming frenzied in their
desire to remove their household
effects from the devouring ele-
ment, which rushed madly on its
journey of destruction, burning every
thing in its path. Drays, delivery,
wood, ice and coal wagons, buggies,
hand carts. cabs and everything in the
shape OF {; vehicle were pressed into
service to move household goods beyond
the reach of the fire. Vehicles loaded
with household goods drawn by horses
on frantic run were rushing in all di-
rections to places beyond the reach of
the devastating flames, and vacant lots
were soon occupied by household goods.
In many instances these precautions
were unavailing, as property after be-
ing removed to places of safety was
found by the fire and destroyed.
All the hacks in the city were pressed
into the service to remove the invalids,
old people, ladies aud children to places
of safety. and the scene was one which
no description can do justice to and
which will be long remembered by
those who witnessed it. Many people
became frightened without cause and re.
moved their furniture. only to have the
trouble of moving it back when all
danger had passed. The body of the
man supposed to be John Clark
who persisted. was identified as Robert
Turner, aged 50 years. He was feeble
and resided with his daughter, Mrs
Charles Holland. Clark is still unac
counted for. There are scores of in
stances in which entire families lost al
their effects except the clothing or
their backs. There will be some desti-
tuition. but the majority of the losses
are sustained by people in comforta BILE
circumstances.
Prominent citizens met at the club
house last evening 1T which plan was
formulated for the people of Saginaw
to take care of the needy ones and no
appeal will be made for outside aid. A
close estimate places the number of
buildings destroyed at 275, and the
total loss sustained 100000. Two of
the agents of insurance companies hold
ing risks have not yet made out losses
of individual companies, and it is i'm
possible as yet to give q correct list OF
the companies represented. The total
insurance will aggregate about 5000, 600
Gulccse Explosion.
GENEVA, ILL.,, May &c. /. Pope's
glucose factory was the scene of a most
disastrous explosion by Which six per.
sons lost their lives and one man was
fatally scalded.
The killed. are: Victor Anderson,
Louis Schultz, Fred Storm, +. Lund,
Alfred Anderson. J. DanielsOn. Fatally
injured: J. Kalberg. Seriously hurt:
William Pratt.
The factory was a large four story
structure and there were eighty en-
ployes in the building at the time, most
of whom escaped with only slight in
iuries
The explosion occurred in genera
tor and scattered things right and left.
The shock was a terrific one and was
felt throughout a radius of three miles.
That more lives We're not lost borders
on the miraculous.