Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-04
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 From All Quarters. GREAT DAMAGE BY FIRE. It Was the Worst in the
 History of Toledo. COnBETT FLEW Inyo | PASSION, But He Signed the New Ar- E. tieles for the Fight. sPERaY OPPOSES 1HE INCOME TAX. He Declares He Will Vote
 Against it.
COaBETT FLEW Nyo | PASSION,
sPtRRY OPPOSES TIE INCOME TAX.
TOLEDO HAS A RIG FIRE

TOLEDO HAS A RIG FIRE. It Was the Worst That It Has Ex. Perienced in Hts History-Flamea Spread From Building to Building -The Firemen Were Slow in Ar -xaving-The Losses VIII be Very Heavy.
 TOLEDO, Jan. 3.-After enjoying immu. nifty from disastrous fires, this city today experienced the worst confagration in its history. At tsn minutes before 6 o'clock flames were seen to break from the top
 story of the Quale elevator, corner of Wat
 erson street, on the river front. The fire.
 men were slow in arriving, and when they
 put in an appearance the flames had reached
 the top of the elevator Five minutes later four explosions followed in quick aucces-
 sion and fire issued from all sides. .
 The fremen experienced considerable delay in getting water on the blaze and
 bsfore they realized the gravity of the situation they were driven up Madison street and along Water street by the fury of the flames. Within fifteen minutes after the first alarm was sounded the ele- vator of 0. A. King & Co. caught fire, and the heavy wind blowing from the southeast carried the flames to tho Chamber of Oom- merce, seven-story building on the corner of Madison and Water streets. At this point while fighting the flames on the rear of the Quale elevator, 0. P. Fraser, of en- zine No. 1, was struck by timber and fatally injured.
 From tho chamber of commerce the fire spread to the adjoining seven-story lrfI 4f r ooornsol o "Wonderland Museum" by Colonel J. H. Moore, who has like enterprises in Detroit and Toronto. Next to this building stood the fve-story building occupied by West & Trua, wholesale druggists. In an in- credibly short time these buildings were one mass of flame.
 Taking a northwesterly direction from the King elevator the fire found It's way into the King block, @ four-story building running half the length of the block be- tween Madison and Adams streets. This was one of the oldest structures in the city and proved an easy prey to the flames. from the King block to the elevator of Young & Backus. At that hour the wind was blowing partial gale. The Hartford block, four stories in height and having a frontage of about eighty feet, standing opposite the chamber of commerce, took fire from the chamber and in a short time it was complete wreck inside, but the damage was from water only, as the fire men succeeded in confining the flames to the cornice of the building.
 To the right of the Hartford building stood the three story building occupied by the Toledo Rubber company, J. A. Roos- man, gentlemen's furnishings; N. Judd, jeweler; I. N. Reed, drugs, and others. This building was deluged with water to prevent the flames from spreading, and the contents will be . complete loss.
 The losses are: On the Quale elevator, $120, 900, insurance $95, ,000; on the cham ber of commerce $140, ,000, ,insurancs $100,- 900; on the King elevator $60, 900. wholly insured; on the King block $35, ,0OO, wholly insured; on the Hartford block $75, ,000, ,in surance $25 ,000. The minor losses will aggregate $85, 900.
 The fire was got under control at 10 o'clock, after having destroyed property the aggregate value of which is estimated it $s50, ,OOe. On this there was an insur- ance of $700, 900. Julian O'Dsll, hosemsn, was run over by his cart and was fatally fniured