The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-22
SIOUX CITY BLAZE.
ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE
IN ITS HISTORY.
100000, But Much of it VIII BE
Covered By Insurance.

Sioux City, Ia, March 21.-One of the
most serious fires in the history of Sioux
City completely destroyed the warehouse
of the Western Transfer company today,
together with its contents, entailing a
loss of more than 100000. The high wind
which was blowing blew the fire to the
linseed oil mill across the street and it
was partially destroyed and the greater
part of its contents consumed, making a
total loss of 100000.
The wind, which had been from the
southeast now changed and increased in
velocity, blowing for time directly from
the east. This communicated the flames
to the two big tanks owned by the lin
seed oil mills, and the platform on which
they rested began TO burn. Thousands of
people had cOngregated by this time and
when they saw the tanks on ire there
was a wild stampede. The storage build
ing was an immense structure 50Ox60
feet, including the brick storage annex.
The main part OF the elevator was five
stories high and had capacity of 10000
bushels. In the bins at the time were
stored 100000 bushels of fax seed. and on
the lower floor several thousand tons of
linSeed oil cake was ready for The mar
ket. In the annex, the oil was in huge
tanks, having an estimated capacity OF
nothing could be done towards saving the
implement warehouse, the flremen turned
their attention to saving the oil mill
storage house: Mayor Fletcher tele-
graphed to LaMarS and Missouri Valley
for the fire departments in those towns,
and they were soon ready to respond,
but when it was found that the fire could
be controlled messages were sent to hold
The back end of the transfer company
was a mammoth frame structure, six
stories high, covered with corrugated
irorl.t The iron aided the flames, as it
kept the water from reaching the wood
work. The huge four story and basement
warehouse, l00x150, was filled from top TO
bottom with farm implements and ma
chiiiery, valued at about 500, 600. This ma
chinery was owned by about twenty I'M
plement companies in different parts of
the United States
Rock Island Pillow Co., Rock Island, Ill;
Nebraska Moline Plow Co., Omaha, Neb.;
Sandwich Manufacturing Co., Sandwich,
H.; Walter A. Wood Harvester Co, st.
Paul. Mimi; ]. F. Seiberting & Co. Ak
ron, o.; Aultman & Taylor Machinery
Co., Mansfield, o.: Advance Thresher Co,
Omaha; Norwegian Plow Co: Dubuque,
Ia: Chambers. Boring & Quintan Co,
Decatur. Ill; f. B. Tate & Co, Decatur
IL: Hurst st Dunn & Co. Co Peoria, III;
ling Mfg. Co., Sterling. ILL.,; Stoddard
Mfg. Co.. Dayton, O.: James Selby & Co..
Peoria. Ill: Selby. Starr & Co, Peoria,
Ill: Acme Harvester Co.. Pekin. Ill.
The contents of the burned warehousue
carried insurance aggregating 81, $50. in
the following companies: Insurance Com
pany of North America. SO $50; Liverpool,
London & Globe. $1,000; Royal, 5000;
Commercial Union. $1,000; Phoenix, $500;
Norwich Union, $1,000: Traders SO 800;
Franklin: $1,000: Philadelphia Underwrit-
ers. $1,000; Pennsylvania Fire, 50 900.
The warehouse itself was protected by
$50. 900 insurance in the Liverpool London
& Globe company. Insurance on the oil
mill cannot be aScertained.
The Franklin and Pennsylvania compa-
MES each carried 50 600, and the CONNER
cial Union $1,000 on seed in the elevator
The value of the contents of the eleva-
tor at the market price would make the
loss 100000.