The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-17

Over Two Million Dollars Worth
of Properly Destroyed.
OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOMELESS
Two Hundred Hsa.e. " ped cat ~ the
Firry Element People Forced 10 " .ds
fraGn Cremation

Pier, Element People Forced to " .ds
into the River TO save Th~sHs%txr.
fruIn Cremation
MI>~EAEofEs Au. - Two million
dollars worth 81 property went uu in
flame yesterday afternoon Over 90
houses are burned aud At least '.a per
,Dn> rendered hom-lr-, This l. the r.rsrsi
made by the tesErDsin. element in ne
short space Of two hug.r, \ kind pr1vi-
dence, and not the Gre department or the
feeble efforts ~ the owners Of threatened
property, saved the greater portion Of the
manufacture. and re-ld~nce port ion. Of
the East side The fire bad gained such
Roadway that no human agency could
quench It, aud only a change in the d.s.-c-
ton OF the wind prevented an awful con
fiagratiOn
W lille this fire was at its height spark
carried high in the air alighted on Loom
Island, nearly half mile above the fire on -
Nicollet Isl and This island j. occupied
As wood yard by the lumber firm of Mel
sou, Tenney & Co No one noticed the
spark fall. but the " hole island was soon
ablaze. II was this spark that caused the
greatest los, Quickly jumping across the
small stretch OF water separating the isl
a footing in Nelson, Tenney & Co.'S lum-
Der yard, where there were piled some o =
600, 900 feet of lumber. The fire fairly
walked through the yard and into that of
+. " Bachus x Co, adjoining Great
embers flew through the air and started
fires many blocks beyond the places where
the firemen were at work. Tie flame,
were simply irresistible Brick and stone
structures fell a. easily victims as the
| merest shells
| AT the corner of Marshall street and
| Thirteenth avenue stood the mammoth
| brewery Of the Minneapolis Brewing com
! pany. This it seemed must surely go, but
! at this time the wind changed, and al.
though the brewery was surrounded by
wooden buildings it was saved. Had it
! burned, nothing could have prevented the
fire from running north as far as it could
| find anything to burn
| Thomas SalOne, an old man, fell dead
from heart disease. caused by excitement
Several iiremen were injured FxZs2
About 6 o'clock last evening the fire
| jumped the river, and for some time the
west side sawmill district was in great
danger. Fortunately the flames were ex
tinguished before much damage was done
Between the Plymouth and Twentieth
avenue bridges. on the east side of the
river. there juts out into the river point
Of land upon which some 100 people, prin
cipally labOrersand sawmill hands, reside
The fire soon cut off their escape by land
aud they were in imminent danger of be
ing burned to death No boats were al
hand, and the residents were forced into
the river in order to save their lives.
Previous to this they attempted to save
their personal effects. Bedding, too
chests, furniture and even clothing were
thrown into the river the owners hoping
that they might be able to recover then
some time. All this time great crowd:
lined the bridges and watched a big fiat
boat max ing slow Roadway toward the IN
fortunate people in the river. The heal
was most intense. and many of the mef
in the water were compelled to duck thei
heads under it to prevent the flames from
scorching their faces and heads On
brave fellow stripped himself and brough
a number of his neighbors across the rive
before the fatboat arrived, when all wer
rescued.
1t is reported that Mrs. Thomas Salone
an old lady who was bcdriddcn, was burne'
in her home. The charred remains of
boy were found i'll the debris.