The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-20
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IN. American Grape sugar WORKS MT
lnfYslo. y. y. An Extensive itghf->t"rs
nuiiding. destroyed by isrr AZ "a" '."ss
a. Twelve u.ndred Thousand p"l'ar-'
With but Partial Insurance ~~iNir lives
pnp-ril.d. Twelve Men Mi>-ins ana sew
cal injured.
HrFFAro. y. y. April II. AT
a.. lock tonight flames were seen
breaking out Of the front windows "f
tn. American grape sugar WORKS on
Scott and Chicago street, one 81 the
largest concerns of il kind IN the
CO ntry.
general alarm was promptly re-
srpndcd to. hui when the hremen
RI iched the scene the entire structure
was a mass of flames. >ixtv men were
employed AT night on the top floors 81
the works. How many Of these es-
ca ,cd is not known al this hour ~ r.
m
Among those employees seriously IN
irrcd by jumping from the windows ~
TIE eighth floor are: James Young.
head bruised and badly burned: Will
liam Maurice both legs brolSen: viii
de. William Lawndoski. badly cutand
hirned: John Stein. badly cut
Lieut. Schraeder of Fire Company
No. was badly hurt by falling walls.
and Joseph Weber. pipeman. was
badly burned and had a leg broken.
At io:so o'clock the fire had spread
~ the public fish market and the
~ holesalc meat district, and was not
vet under control. The total loss will
exceed si.000.00
Under Contributors. Twelve Hundred
thousand Dollars.
BrFFALo.N. ". April 3. The fire is
now under control. The total loss will
be about 81. FOG. 900. upon which there
is an insurance Of bout 100000.
All but twelve Of the sixty men en-
ployed in the building at night have
been accounted for. II il feared that
the unaccountcd for are in the ruins.
The names can not be learned to night
The fire was caused by an electric
wire on the top floor.
The main building Of the grape
sugar works, eight stories high. had a
frontage of - feet on Scott street.
extending 20 the corner OF Scott
street. and depth Of ls0 feet. reach
ing To the banks Of the Hamburg
81 nal while TIE feed. drying cstab-
li.hment. warehouses. machinery and
o.aer subordinate structures occupied
the south side Of Scott street. directly
opposite the main property. and with
their respective railroad tracks and
freighting facilities. stretched nearly
TO Perry street. 500 feet TO the south
ward.
The historic American Glucose Co.
in Buffalo presents a phenomenal i'm
stance of enterprise and skill. Fifteen
years ago the extent of the infant en-
terprise was measured by a daily con-
sumption OF but 800 bushels Of corn.
From this small beginning ii has at
tanned gigantic proportions. which
have at times involved a capacity OF
over ~, 600 bushels Of corn in this city
alone. and although the westward
movement OF part ~ the trade necessi-
tated the transfer Of a portion 81 its
capacity TO western fields. yet the Buf
falo works have been operated contin-
uously at a capacity never less than
5000 bushels of corn daily.
The annual product of the works
including grape sugar glucose. scraps
and animal products, reached 10000.
900 pounds Employment was furnished
TO 200 men. who are paid annually il
salaries 5000. 900.
The company. composed OF G. J
Hamlin. and his sons Harry aud VIM
Hamlin. has an invested capital of
$1,000. 900. in part represented by four
factories. located at Peoria. Ill: Leav
Tippecanoe City. O.. these western
houses having an aggregate capacit,
of 1900 bushels daily. and with TIN
Buffalo plant composed nearly two
thirds of the active productive capac
itv of the country in tins line Of prod
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