Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-05-25
sAGlNAw's WOE.
rhe Beautiful Michigan City Visited BY =
Conhagration Which Destroys Properly
Worth 5000, 900.

80 'ossu AAchA8an City visited by .
confiasration Which Destroys Property
Worth 100000.
SAGINAW, Mich, May 22.-saturday
afternoon the metropolis Of the Sapi-
nav valley was visited by the worst
;onhagration in her history and one
of the most destructive which ever
visited any city in the state.
The loss will amount to about
1900, 900. The total insurance will
aggregate about 100000. The extent
OF territory which was burned is about
twenty-five squares, and includes large
portions of the Sixth and Seventh wards.
Ibis territory was swept nearly clean
OF every building. A close estimate
places the number of buildings de-
stroyed at 275. Over 200 families are
homeless, and 500 men are thrown out
Of employment.
Ihe first alarm was turned in at 3:45
o'clock from box So. The department
was called to the mill of Sample &
Camp on what is termed the middle
ground" south of Bristol street and on
the east side of the river. just how the
hre started is not certain, but it is sup
posed it caught from sparks, possibly
from a passing tug boat This build
ing was not occupied and the loss was
q few hundred dollars.
A strong gale from the southwest
drove the flames to 100000 feet of lum-
Der owned by Brown & Ryan. The
sparks from this set fire to the eastern
span of the Bristol street bridge, burn
ing it down and cutting off
street railway communication.
From the .bridge thence the
flames leaped to the east side, just be-
low Bristol street and north of the city
hall, where were located a large num-
Der of buildings, including hose house
No. 6, j. F. Winkler's ice houses, all
residences on Tilden street, and on both
sides of Washington avenue down to
Holden street. These were quickly
licked up.
Then the sparks were carried across
the old bayou into the premises of the
George +. Cross Lumbe company, the
Planing-Mill Lumber company, the
yard and dozen tenement houses
melting like snow. Next came the
Arlington & Curtis Manufacturing COM
pany's extensive plant and Passolt's soap
factory, all of which were wiped out.
Here the fire struck jefferson avenue,
and in an hour some of the finest
residences in the city were in ashes,
the sweep being north to Emerson
street, where the fire continued east
ward south of and along Emerson street
out toward the city limits. 1t cut
wide swath on Owen, Howard, Sheri-
dan and Warren avenues and other
streets east st. Vincent's orphans
home succumbed early, but the inmates
were all removed to places of safety.
The patients were all removed from ST.
Mary's hospital, which was in extreme
danger for a time. but was saved
An old man named Robert Turner,
80 years of age, lost his life, his body
being found in front of his residence
burned to crisp. This is the only
known casualty, although several per-
sons are reported missing. People
were frenzied in their desire to remove
household effects and everything
in the shape of vehicle was
pressed into the service.
A partial list of the losers is as fol-
lows:
T.. Germain, loss $685., 900, insurance s31 ,Oo0
J. F. Winkler, loss $4,000, insurance s6,2O0 L.
L. Holden, loss S17,O00 insurance IS 600: Thorn.
as Steele, loss $4,000 no insurance: p. H..
Aetchum, loss $4,000, insurance $4,000; w. H.
Presser, loss Sl2, 900, partially insured: FL Pas
soil, loss $1,000, partially insured; Peter Nc
Arthur, loss sl2, 900, fully insured; S. Gasoline,
loss s5,Ooo, insured George =. Brooks, loss
5000, insured; John Otto, Jr., E. R. Ayres, G..
A. Mitchell, d. e. Skinner, Horace johnson,
Charles Holland, Frank PlnmD, D. A. Swinton.
*. Blakely, Nicholas Schneider, w. G..
Dalle, H. N. Doty w. T. Cooper, J.
r. Cooper, A. Simpson and about thir-
ty others losses each from $1,000 to $4,000, all
partially insured; the Valley Machine company,
loss $4,000; insurance not known; Cross Lum-
Der company, loss $4,000; Abingdon Curtis