The herald., 1893-08-14
FLAMES IN MINNEAPOLIS.
A Big Fire in the Lumber
District.
Over a Million Dollars Gone
Up in Smoke.
The Firemen Unable to Stay the
C0nfiagration.
Tho Entire Department. Out and Aid
Sent From st. Paul-Numsro
Aocid dents-Incendiarism
Suspected.

By the Associated Press.
MrNNEAPoLls, Minn., Aug. 13.-Two
fires, presumably the work OF incendia-
ries, destroyed over million dollars
worth OF property this afternoon. The
fires broke out within a short time of
each other. The fret FIRE broke out in
q stable in the rear OF the Cedar Like
ice company's house, and soon spread TO
the ice house proper. From there,
famed by . quick breeze, it spread to
Clark's factory, and then destroyed the
boiler works OF Lintzs, Connell & Co.,
including q $27, 900 riveting machine.
The Lenhardt Union wagon works were
totally consumed3 also quantity OF
lumber belonging to various firms
The Cedar Lake ice company lose $4,000,
Clarke box comsany $4,000, Lintzs, Con-
nell & Go. 1900, Union wagon works
$751; OF this the total insurance IL
about half. m
While this fire was at its height an
alarm was turned in from the lumer dis
trict at the other end Of the island.
Boom leland, as the place is called, was
a mass of wood and lumber piles belong
ing to Nelson, Tenny & Co. and Backus
& Go. This was blazing 6ercely and,
famed by brick wind. the flames soon
epanned the narrow stretch of water and
began eating their way among the big
cav mills and residences in the vicinity
OF the river bank. One after the other
the planning mills of the Wilcox COM
pany, the Backus mill, the Hove mill,
Smith & Corrigan and Nelson. Tenny &
Co. felt the blast OF fire and were either
totally destroyed or badly damaged.
The flames left path of blacknese
through Marshall street and were prac-
tically stopped by the brick structure of
the Minneapolis Brewing company, al
though their loss is put at $l10, 900. All
along Marshall street and through that
entire section were email frame houses
occupied by laboring mill hands. They
went like finder when the flames FIRST
struck them, but the residents had am
pie time to remove their belongings. In
Although a general alarm WAS turned
in, the entire city department proved
inadequate to the occasion and aid was
asked for from St. Paul, and that city
promptly responded and sent over two
steamers and hose cart, and did excel
lent service. The fire on Boom island
was burning iercely at q late hour to-
night, and the only hope seems to lie in
letting it burn itself out. For a time it
looked as though the entire part of
Northwest Minneapolis would be de-
stroyed, but by the concentration of the
department further progress of the
flames was checked.
There were several accidents caused
by spectators attempting to run logs and
falling. Two boys are reported drowned,
but the rumor cannot be verified.
BerthS Street, residing on Washing
ton avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, fell out of third story window
while looking at the FIRE and was in
stantly killed.
The following is list Of the losses 80
far as can be ascertained tonight. It is
impossible to give the detailed insur-
ance tonight: Wilcox planning mill,
$4,000; Fulton & Libby warehouse,
$25,000; Chatterton mill, $4,000;
Backus mill, $4,000; Hove mill, $780,
000 Smith & Corrigan mill, 10000;
Nelson, Tenny & Co. mill, $4,000; 40.
400 600 feet of lumber ut $12 per M,
$3.50 600; 0,0O0,0 900 shingles at 50 per M,
$40, 900; 10000, 900 lath at 50 per M,
$4,000; cedar poste, etc., $4,000;
Minneapolis Brewing company, $l10,-
600; liz houses at an average of $500
each, $4,000: Nicollett Island fire,
$l25,OO0; bridges, $4,000; total, ST.
057, 900.
The Northern Pacific bridge and the
Plymouth avenue bridge were rendered
useless by the fire.