Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-05-27
SAGINAw's WOE.
The Beautiful Michigan City Visited by a
Conhagration Which Destroys Property
Cd. Worth SOOO,OOO.

The Beautiful Michigan city Visited by
Conhagration which Destroys Property
Worth S0OO,0OO.
SAGINAW, Mich, May 22-Saturday
afternoon the metropolis of the Sagi-
nav valley was visited by the worst
conflagration in her history and one
of the most destructive which ever
visited any city in the state.
The loss will amount to about
100000. 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.
This 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.
The first alarm was turned in at 3:45
o'clock from box 81. 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
fire started is not certain, but it is sup
POSSN ~ 1uuShu llOll bDdlhS, DOSStDly
from passing tug boat This build
ing was not occupied and the loss was
few hundred dollars.
A strong gale from the southwest
drove the flames to 700, 600 feet of lum-
ber 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 large num-
Der of buildings, including hose house
No. 6, j. +. Winllcr'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 F. Cross Lumber company, the
Planing-Mill Lumber company, the
yard and a 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 We're 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. Vincents orphans
home succumbed early but the inmates
We're 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,
50 years of age, lost his life, his body
being found in front of his residence
burned to a 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:
E. Germain loss SS25 900, insurance s3l 900;
| ]. f. Winkler, loss S2OO0U, insurance 5000; l..
| l. Holden, loss $4,000, insurance IS 900: Thorn
as Steele, loss $4,000, no insurance: p. H
Ketchum, loss $4,000, insurance slO,5OO w. H.
Presser loss $4,000, partially insured; H. Pas
SOIL loss 5000, partially insured; Peter Nc
Arthur, loss ST., 900, fully insured s. Goseline
| loss S5000, insured George B, Brooks, loss
| $1,000, insured; John Otto, Jr., E. r. Ayres, G.
! A Mitchell, d. E. Skinner, Horace Johnson
! Charles Holland, Frank Plnmb, D. A. Swinton
! *. Blakely, Nicholas Schneider, w. G.
| Dalke H. n. Doty, w. T. Cooper, j.
| F. Cooper, A. Simpson and about thir-
ty others losses each from 5000 TO $40, OO0 all
partially insured the Valley Machine company,
! loss Sl5,0O0 insurance not known; Cross Lum-
ber company, loss $500 Abingdon Curtis
Manufacturing company S25,OOo both well in
! sured.