Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-06-09

the Headquarters. Only one bank is
left in the city-the First national. All
are of almost solid business blocks. Two
blocks wide and five blocks long was de.
stroyed. The loss will foot up in the
Millions.
Fargo's Fire.
The business portion of the city of
Fargo was almost completely devastated
by fire between o'clock yesterday after
noon and II o'clock last night. AS
nearly as can be learned the fire origin
ated in the Magill warehouse, and spread
rapidly along Broadway and Front
streets. It communicated at once to the
building of the Western Union Tele-
graph company and other adjacent
structures and soon got beyond control
of the fremen. Assistance was tele-
graphed for and the Grand Forks, Moor
head and Casselton departments at once
responded. 1t is learned, however, that
the Fargo waterworks are so constructed
that but eight streams of water can be
thrown, and so the only assistance which
could be rendered by outside companies
would be the replacing of broken appara-
tus and other work aside from the
throwing of water. All efforts to get
the fire under control seemed to be in
vain, for it spread to the business blocks
on Broadway, and soon these buildings
succumbed to the flames. As nearly as
can be learned, four banks, the Mer-
chants State (whose cashier, L. S. Cham
pine, was in the city yesterday increas-
ing it's capital to $1O000O', the Citizens
National, the Red River Valley National
and the defunct Mears institution are
gone; the Forum and Republican Offices
were destroyed, as was also that OF the
Commonwealth, whose editor, Mr.. Grant,
left for Fargo last night. Mr.. Grant es-
Inmates his loss at $4,000, with insur-
ance at $1,000. The plant of the Dakota
the new independent paper which was
to take the place of the Grand Forks In
dependent, was to have been moved yes
terday, and if it was, and no permit to
move obtained from the insurance COM
pany, will be total loss. The Columbia
hotel, Fargo's finest hostelry, is also
among the ruins, and the Elliot house,
another hotel is gone. The warehouses
of the Mccormack and Deering COM
panies are among the ruins, and the en-.
tire business portion of the town is in
ashes.
Zerxas' store, and the Headquarters
seem to have come out all right. Al
about II o'clock last night the fire was
gotten practically under control. The
loss cannot be estimated, but will reach
into the millions.
PROBABILITIES.
From what could be learned through
the railroad telegraph Office, it is evident
that the fire started in the old Magll
warehouse on the railroad track, south
east Of the Headquarters hotel. From
that building it must have spread south
J and north. The Western Union tele
graph office was the second building te
20, and nothing was saved but the mes
shges and few instruments. Tht
Headquarters hotel and Yerxas' store or
Broadway escaped, but everything elst
, on both sides of the street was destroyed
north to the Great Northern depot
This takes four bank buildings, thret
newspaper offices, the United States
court rooms and fifty or more good stores
| and stocks. Going north on the cas-
, side Of Broadway the fire consumed th'
!. telegraph Office, law Office of Francis {
Southland, William Deering 4 Co..
, Office, Red River National bank, in th'
, rear OF which were the offices Of the st
, Paul Fire ard Marine Insurance com
pany and in the upper stories were tn
, land office, Col. Geary's Office and tn
, Standard Oil company's office. Mex
to this building was Allin's plumbing
establishment, Morton & Co.'s land office
| the Forum, r. s. Tyler's Office. Farg'
: Loan agency's building, in which wa
, the Great Northern's city ticket offic
and Ball & Watson's law offices ant
! Hildreth's offices. Going on north from
, Northern Pacific avenue was tn
. Merchants state bank on the corne
. with the opera house in the upper story
3 Great Northern's express office ant
: several other buildings, including tn
i, double store OF Appel Bros, clothing, u
3 the corner Of First avenue. Crossing