The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-04
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
Toledo Visited by a Disastrous
COnflagration.
HIGH WINDS LEND THEIR AID
Many Buildings We're Destroyed
but No Loss of Life Has
Been Reported.
Associated Press.

Toledo Jan. "A fire tonight caused
the loss of fully one and one-half mil
lion dollars. 1t broke out few minutes
after in the elevator of F. n. Quale &
Co on the river, fronting on Madison
and Water streets. The cause is yet
unknown. An explosion at dLsk caused
general alarm, The elevator. with its
contents, was entirely destroyed. a
strong northwest wind carried the
flames across Madison street to the
elevator and business block OF {. A
King & Co., also total loss. Tit
lanes also spread wc5twarri across Wa
ter street to the rear of a large five
story business block known as the
Chamber Of Commcrc1 bIiidingi pwiet,
by T. p. Brown and occupied by the
Western Unioh Telegraph Co., the Am
orican District Telegraph Co., and 4
large number of offices, which were also
destroyed, From this the flames splead
south to the next building, five stories
high, occupied as museum and thea-
tire. This was gutted within few min.
utesl The next building outh, was a
wholesale drug house of Western &
Truax, also a total loss. To the west
the flames leapt across Summit street,
the chief retail street of The city, IN
iuring Hartford piock, but the rire herc
was checked without great damage. IN
the rear Of this building is the ohlce
OF the Postal Telegraph 1o.. the mar
ager of whi III removed all the appara-
tus possible, thus cutting of all tele-
graphic communication for the present.
as the Western Union office and instru-
ments were destroyed. 4 two-stnry
b'nck 3n the northwest corner OF Water
and Madison streets, 1iagonally across
from the Quale sleyator is also Gcs-
tfoycd.
The losses, so far us ascertained. ar,
as follows; T. p. Brown, Chamber Of
Commerce, 100000; r. N. Quale & Co.,
elevator, 100000; e. A. King s Co, rie-
vator and stock $S6JOO, fully Insured;
c. l.. Luce estate, $4,000; j. H. Moore,
museum, $4,000; West & Truax, whole
sailed rugs and b Iilt ing, $4,000; Second
National Bank, $4,000, and $aO0,GrO in
currency in the vaults thought to be
safe; Shotsheer & Co., bankers, $780, 900
and a quantity of bonds in the vault
possibly lost. Theloss of the other ten
ats Of the Chamter Gf Commerce
building are heavy. The Western I'm
lCH ItltEi dpll ~ . lOSS 10 REJ,UOUt AM
erican District Telegraph Co, $4,000,
Union Central Life, $4,000; Bacon &
Huber, architects, $4,000; E. o. Falls,
architect, $4,000; a. b stlrgls, archi-
tect, $4,000; r. G. Dunn & Co., office.
$25, ,OOO Other offices were occupied by
attorneys, brokers', Insurance aeerts,
and others, who lost aIl their lilrarIes,
furniture, and fixtures. S. Coud. iwo
buildings and saloon stock, $50 ~. Tie
principal buildings damaged suffer "a
follows: Hartford Block. siG.pc9, An
derson block, $4,000; street railway oii-
ces, $S,OOO
owing to the high wind, help was ".
luested from the nearest cities, NJ d
responded to promptly by Cleveland,
Detroit, and Adrian. The two lauer
reached the city before the Ire vas
ln1er control and rendered efficient
service. 1t was the largest fire which
has visited Toledo in the past twenty
years.