The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-01-04
FIERCE FLAMES.


Milwaukse Again Visited By . Destructive
Firs-Two Firemen Lose Their Lives ana
Another Fatally Hprt-A Big Blass At
Omaha, Neb.--A Pennsylvania Colliery
Burning.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2S.--An incendiary
fred the large tannery Of the Bee ier
Leather Company yesterday morning.
The flames spread to the tannery OF
Conrad Brothers adjoining, and tAat
establishment was entirely destroy d.
The mairf building Of the Becker p.,int
was saved.
When the flames leapeduto the build
ings Of the Conrad Bros. plant he
building was filed with fremen, W III
ing on the Becker buildings So qui' l;ly
did 1t spread that the hosemen at work
in the upper story were cut of Many
firemen jumped from the windows
Thomas Sullivan attempted to find
his way through the dense smoke to the
entrance, but was obliged to retreat
Reaching the window he was overcome
by smoke, but managed to draw him
self up and fell to the ground outside.
He died almost Immediately.
The cause OF the fire is mystery.
The watchman affirms that he visited
the place at which the fire started q
few moments before and that all was
well.
"There is no doubt" said Mr.. Becker,
the president, "that it was incendiary.'
The plant of the William Becker Com
pany is valued at about 100000 and
that of Conrad Bros, as stated by the
senior member Of the firm, at S40O, 900.
Both are partly insured.
The firemen succeeded in saving the
main building OF the Becker plant, but
the Conrad establishment was reduced
to ashes. The total losses to the COM
pany is about $3.50, ia rly we'll Gov
cred by insurance. The body Of the
missing member of the fire patrol was
found on the third floor Of the Conrad
tannery. 1t was that Of George Rick
man. He was suffoca ed by smoke.
Sullivan's body has not yet been
found, being buried in the debris. While
the fremen were making search fol-
it last evening, they found the body Of
another man in citizens clothes. II
was beyond recognition, but is believed
TO be that Of Martin Labode, an en-
ploye of Conrad Bros julius Hueper
fireman, was probably fatally in
jured.
OMAHA, Dec 28-The Continental
block, a four story brick building 10
Gated ut Fifteenth and Douglass streets
was destroyed by fire last night Th'
loss TO the building and contents will
reach fully 100000 The immense car
pet and furniture establishment Of s. A
Orchard & Co., occupying four floors
was completely gutted, not dollars
worth of goods being saved from tn,
ruins The loss here will, II is esti
mated, reach fully $4,000, OF whicl
about sos, 900 Is covered by insurance.
The Continental Clothing Company
occupying the first and second floors
the building, suffered severely fror
FIRE, smoke and water The firm car
ried about sl25, 900 worth Of stock an
was insured for ss5, ,O00
The building was owned by j. Is. BY
ers, of Leavenworth, Kan, and wa
|, fully insured. II was erected in lss
and was one Of the handsomest stru'
!, lures in the city. The FIRE is suppose
, to have originated in the basement
the carpet store from an explosion
some kind. %.
MAHANoY CRY, Pa, Dec. 9a-Tf
= fire discovered Saturday in North MI
hanoy colliery Is still burning, althoug
confined to the old Buck Mountain drif
= in which II originated Alright ba
teriss have been built at each side
= the fire to cut off all draft and the pa
a Of the mine thus enclosed Is being fill
up from the surface with "slush," "
= mixture Of coal dirt and water. To {
: this will require two days' time and
Is expected by this means the fire W
q be extinguished. Until the boilers tn
4 dropped into the burning drift can
!. replaced this colliery will be idle.
! The FIRE, which will cost the compal
= many thousands Of dollars, IL Is nc
:, learned originated from the fires und
:, y, the boilers, which communicated TO
!, rock or slate bank on which the boil
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