Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-17
FIRE IN MINNEApr
LUMBER YARDS, FAcropu..
RESIDENCES Rra,aaIEs
The Loss Amounts to r..
Dollars and Fifteen Hnns =
pie Are Homeless-s..'red
Probably Lost. Nui

Hundrsa
pie Are homeiess-se,e.a,a
Probably Lost. ="
Minr eapolis, Aug. 14.-Tuo
lars worth of property WEI. niill
yesterday. Over 200 honsaup
md at least l,5O0 persons are
homeless. 1t was a lit,lo ~
o'clock when the watchman .o al'e1
blaze on the river side Of +
Co.'S box factory on the soD,d ~
Nicoilet island at the head of 9.
falls. An alarm, quickly fons
second and third, was turned
the time the department
flames. famed by. a furicnS |
had gained such headway th,, arni
men could DO WIS 10 turn their -
to adjoining property. Nna...
structures in this vicinity war
dry as finder, and made splenda
the hames. Clarke's box fa...,
doomed before even il sira.m,
was thrown upon it. Neyt -
north was Lenhart's wagon
the Cedar Lake ice houses. wh;as
wiped out of existence. F,..l'
We're Lintges d ConneIrs ho;@s
and here the heaviest loss On !.
took place. This firm had ! s
ue'l at over $4,000 and nor :
sur&nce. The other losers arc 81
insured. While this fire was A. =,
a spark carried high in the mir alb
Room island, nearly half > ~
above the lire on Nicollet avanna
island is occupied as q wood v,sd
lumber firm of Nelson. Tennev g
ona noticed the spark fall hnt Il.
island was soon ablaze, II
spark that caused the praatosl
Quickly jumping across the small
OF water separating the island e..
mainland the flames gained q co.
Nelson, Tenney & Co.'S mmho,
where there Were piled some mnd
feet Of lumber. The fire wortoa h
this yard and into that of + w :
x Co., adjoining. Beyond iba
yard were tie two mills belonyi,.1
W. Backus x Co. OF these nom
main except the smoke stack
mass of twisted machinery and !
tin'hers. J. r. C~hattrntoy's -
mill went the way of the Others
the sash and door factories Of FpIl
Libbey and j. f. Wilcox & Co
corner of Marshall street and Tbir,
avenue northeast stood the moul
brewery of the MINNEAPOLIS M
company. This. it seemed. must
90, but at this time the wind cbl
and, although the brewery was snr1
Ell by wooden buildings, il was
and this was the only ~structur
tween Sixth avenue and Thirteeut1
nue. northeast, and from the river
10 Marshall street, Il distance Of
blocks, that escaped the fire.
The change in the direction of the
imperriled the lumber yards and
on the west side of the river. and
were almost at the mercy Of the
spGrks and emberS. The fremen
pOwerlcss TO render any assis
fcf 10 reach the Plymouth or Twe
avenue north bridges ii would have
necessary to PASS through Il furnaea
bridges, too, ere on fire, and Their
nothing TO 10 but hope for the besd
some apparatus could make a detj
three miles and reach the fire. It'd
ployes in the yards, however, bad
beeir idle. They stretched lines Of
and any spark that found a footing
the river was promptly squelehed.
the east bank of the river were
tn, mills and lumber yards which
burned, while East of them were
many stores and residences. Nd
them We're wooden structures, and
orally occupied by the employees
mills and laboring men. Large md
saved their household effects whie1
stacked in piles over which they
guard to prevent their being
away by thieves. About 6 oelOd
fire jumped the river and for sona
the west side saw mill district v
danger. Fortunately the flames wa
tirguished before much damage was
Hundreds Of people We're either
cipients Of charity or slept in the oH
night. Many saved only the
their backs.
Ii is next to impossible TO estina
loss, The owners of the property
in many cases are unable
any estimates. Nelson, Tenney \
about 100000 feet of lumbd
some wood; Backus Il Co, two saw
and probably Il like amount OF
Their loss will probably be S2JO,UY
Wilcox & Co.'S loss is about sh1
and Fulton 4 Iibbey's about the
The bottling works and stables
Minneapolis Brewing company are
and the loss will be about S3O0,VI
Were well insured. On the small
the loss can be only estimated.
are probably 200 small buildings y
together with their contents. Inc
age to Clarke's box factory is es'l
az $4,000: insured.
Thomas Salone, seventy years 2
fell dead from heart disease, cauj
excitement. Several firemen were
injured.
1t is reported that several nVe1
lost, but the rumors have not gee
led. The body Of a boy was founa
debris. Several tiremen were
but not fatally.