Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-14
CHANGE or WIND SAVED II
Fir> Depa<smras Ps~erie.s and Man
sE.e1srss< wipsd oat--Be
Island Lad Waste.


shs feeble eIorts % the oxaers ot
threalensd property saved ths greater
portAan of the msnofactaring and resi-.
dencs poFfinns of the east side. The
IRE hsd gained sach headway that NJ
humsn agsncy coail snench il. and
only a change la the direction 81 the
sind prevented an axfui conaagration.
IL was a little after I'D O'Clock whea
satehnan saz . small blaze on the
river AIDE q >. .. Clarke 4 Co.'S box
fzrfors on the so0fh end q Nico'let
island AZ the head Il 81 Anthony falls.
A alarm quickly followed b 4 second
ana third. vs. turned IN. hut by the
time Ghs. department had arrived the
1asnes. famed - , furious seufh wind.
had gained such heaeiSay that al the
firenen c5uid DO was % turn their
attengson @ adloining property. Where
The IRE arsf started - mystery, bat it
A. fhouxht it originated either IN Lrn-
haFta wagon worxs or In an Ice house
beloncing 70 the Cedar Lake Ice con-
pany Immediately adjoining. Nearly AL
the structures in this vicinity were of
wood. dry - tindsF, and made splendid
fuel Tor I'D nnnes- IiaIke' box factory
Was doomed before even a streafa of
u4ter vac thrown upon it. Next 20 IL
l.snhafts aagor works and the Cedar
LAKE zee houses we're wiped out OF ex-
istence- k1Fti,er north were Idnfges K
Cornell's bosler works. aud here the
heaviest loss on the island took place.
This tirm bad stock valued at over
$1,000. aud not a cent % insurance.
The other losers arc fairly well insured
Boorn Island Laid Waste.
While this tire Was at its height
spark carried high In the air alighted
on boon island nearly half nile above
The fire on Nicollet island This island
- occupied a. a wood yard ~ the lum-
Der frn q Nelson. Tcnney a Co. No
one noticed the spark Fall. but the whole
island Vas soon ablaze. IL Was this
spark that caused the greatest loss.
Quickly jumping across the small
stream Of water surrounding the island
froul the main land the flames gained
footing IN Nelson. Tenney 4 Co.'S lum-
bcr yard where there we're piled some
100000 feet Of lumber. The FIRE
fairly walked through this yard and
iofo that ~ T.. ". Backus 4 Co. al
joining By this tine Il was impossible
o. stop Il. even had the whole
fre department. been on hand Great
em5cTs fiex through the air and started
Ares many blocks beyond the places
Ehere the hremen we're at work. The
hames we're simply Irresistible. Brick
and atone structures fsll as cay victims
a. the morrst shells Behind the lum-
Ter yard were the two mills belonging
q r. " EAclxas & Co. OF these moth
inx restains except the snokestacl<s and
mass of twisted machinery and charrcd
tmfesa. = r. Chatscntons cedar post
mai went The way q the others. a did
the sssh and door factories IL Fulton &
I.ittey aad J. ". Wilcox 4 Co. At the
corner u Marshail street and Thirteenih
avenue U0rtheast stcod the mammoth
brewery q the Minneapolis brewing
COMPANY.
Tho Wind Changed
This lf seemed must surely 20. but al
this Tine the wind changed. and al.
though the brewery vas surrounded by
wooden buildt1CE, d vas sayed. and q -
tie only ttrurtare bctscen Sixth ave
nue. aasi 1hirtecuth averue northeast.
aad from The river hack tD Marshall
street a distance ~ three blocks. that
sscars,l rho IRE. The TX brewery acted
o. .ort oi shieil. and In a Measure,
Erasecfed the property O. tho north.
vsntei tae tre from running north "a
fAr a. Is could 6nd anythiag T. burn
Along fas firer we're situated TIE saw
mills 8nl xood aGd iumter yariis. AMI
: theee tf,o. Nouid have gone the Eay II
the others and nearly .ae entire eaw
uil industry II The city would have
been destroyed. The change IN The di-
rcc:ion n the wind imperiled tie iom.
ter yards aa1 uflls on the vest sido q
tte river ard Trey were ainost 1t the
mercy - fhe tying sparks and
ersheta Aianx the east tank %
the river we're iocated the mills and
lumber varfis which we're burned. while
east q them we're located many stores
nnd rseislencrs. Most q them sere
frame huilli.ngs occupied by the en-
piayes q the mills AMI laforinx men.
FsE owned their dseihngs sDd their
principal losses wiil - taeir prfnnal
-ffsctA Large numhers saved their
h,riashold goods. when ;hey stacked 10
giies ovsr which they strod guard -
prsent their beiox carried swey ~
thieves AZ TIE brewery. shere the hfe
eas tderked The citizens eii much %
a. tte fremeu " Wlth gartien ao@e apd
bpr<sts tiey extinEni<hed All ineiptans
tiege- AMI kifh fAs change in the niad
81 'NN' ~ ~ 81 N|Nt'lItI w ~ W. A-A~
IRE Ras sitssetl - burn itself out
Al Frosu 81 paul.
tli tne araaeii. Hr- apparatns 10 the
cify Eae ~ aee ard - Psoi se1f two
ecEtae r.npanles "a response g. calis
~ assistance A. set no ,cs@ = life ~
ferefted aiai e = tehevasl that al the
tcuctnts ef the arnses escaped ,rath
th,ir avVt thsf we're al esrned in tInae.
ard no 1eet u have t~~u lost n -
ro.not-i tAaf f'sr ~ three men isere
pssu,,,i n ~ tnr sanes wtile irving -
reecue s1ue - tf<lr rropert4 III - nexf
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