The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-05
A ! ERRlfIC EXPLOSION.
Somebody Throws n Bomb Into "A Stree,
Railway Compar Us Building.

MILWAUKEE. DEG. 2S.-A bomb
was thrown into the main building OF
TIM South Side plant o. The Milwaukee
Street Railroad Com .,any at 3 O'Clock
this morning. There W ls il tren endous
explosion, and in a moment the interior
of The building was in blaze. In a few
minutes the fire was belo d control,
and IN less than an hour the entire
plant was consumed, entaiing loss of
$4,000.
The street railway South Side plant
includes the immense storage house for
el' ctrlc motors. the machine shops and
stables. In the barn were fifty new
motors and nearly all of the summer
cars. The machine shOiss were built the
past season, and rtre filled With very
tlae machinery for the rebuilding and
repairing OF cars. In The stables wt re
sixty horses, hut these were gottan out
alive. The cars ihc.! stood la :ke bui, d.
ing were valued at $3.50, 900, while the
'uuciuic itself was worth 500 600. The
machinery is valued at fully SIS, 900
while The stor. 3 of The company which
W. re kept in the building we're burned,
ana amount to $40 600 The barns
which were destroy ed were the princip n
depo, OF the company and the fire greatly
crlpplcs the 'mpany.
The only prison who saw the bomb
thrown was Night Watchman Wordep
lie says that he was standing noar the
main doorway of the barn, in which the
motor Cars were g ored. There was a
wh'Z, flash and terrific explosion. 1t
came through the main doorway aud
struck in the barn near the entrance,
The piClecti must have been filled " ith
some highly intlammable material, as
hardy ten seconds elapsed before the
cars in The building were in flames. The
manage OF The company ia convir ced Of
the trl-lhlulness of the watchman',
Story.
a small cottage next to the plant Ct
the rll"ay company was also wrecked
a W oman residing in The house became
paralJ zed, and had 10 be carried out of
the house after 1t was in flames.
Az $3.50 o'clcGk tins morning the fire
was under control. having been confined
TO the building OF he Milwaukee Street
Railway Company.
IL said that Chief Foley has received
an anonJ NOUS letter declaring that the
big lncendiary fires of the last few weeks
are a part of II concocled plan to destroy
The city, and that the lire bugs intend to
lay the town in ashes be.ore July |.
Insurance compauies ore instrucliu
their ageots to write no more r skis in
this ci.y.s Several outside Insurance.
companies here are alarmed BY the ter
rlble fires which have visited Miiwau zee
recently, and one or two of them have
tele grarhed their agents to take no more
risks until Especial agent shall arrive
IN milwaukee, TO investigate the csuse OF
the fires and make report to hs com.
panY on the subject.
Nearly all The foreign com pan,es have
given orders TO lake smaller risks than
ls their custom on all manufactur,no
plants. Thus. a company which has uo
to this ime been willing to take a risk
OF $40, 900 on Get tain kinds of property.
will in the future refuse TO carry a policy
for more than $5 900 on same property.
,spe cial meeting OF the city council
Reld W take action toward stop.
sendarism, and IL Ia
Srand jury will be
matter.