The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-06-15
FURIOUS FLAMES.
a Number of Destructive Fires the
Past Week.
Milwaukee suffers Serious Loss-Ths
Work OF Liz htniag--Fire at Arkan-
sas City, han.-A West Virginia
Town Destroyed.
nIiIwaukes's Blaze.


MILWAUKEE, June lt.-Fire broke
out at . o'clock yesterday morning in
the barns of the Forster Lumber Co.,
spread rapidly to adjoining coal and
lumber yards and soon covered an area
of three blocks along both sides of the
canal. Sparks communicated the
flames to the large barns of the Schlitz
Brewing Co. and the roof was de-
stroyed before the fire was gotten un-
der control. The upper works of the
steamer Raleigh, lying ut Uhrig's coal
docks, were badly damaged and the
schooner Lucy Graham's spars and
rigging were destroyed. The princi-.
pal losers were Ii. Uhrig g. Sons, coal
dealers, and the Forster Lumber Co.
The coal hosting apparatus and coal
sheds were swept away and q large
amount of coal ruined. Forster & Co.
lost the greater part of their lumber,
besides their barn and sixteen horses.
Barns in the immediate vicinity of the
fire contained at least 800 horses and as
the animals were released by police
men and firemen they ran through the
streets TO the terror of the crowd which
had been attracted to the scene.
The loss will reach more than ST.
900, 600
Freak of Lightning.
KIowA, I. r., June l2.-During the
prevalence of thunderstorm here
about IL o'clock Monday night light
ming struck Mr.. Thompson's residence,
tearing out the end of the house and
setting fire to the furniture and cloth
sr< 81 l.,f hA ott m ~
room, and but for the timely arrival OF
neighbors, all would have been
cremated alive. Mrs. Thompson
and Miss Leila Collins were
knocked senseless, the hairpins
and corset stays of both ladies
being melted. while their heads, faces
and the left side of their bodies were
paralyzed and frightfully burned, the
bolt tearing one of their shoes into
shreds when it made its exit.
West Virginia Town Destroyed.
CAMERON, w. Va, June f1.-The esti-
mates of the loss by the fire at Gamer
on early yesterday morning are entire
ly inadequate. The standing property
of the town was probably worth $780,
600 and the latest itemized list of the
loss foots over $500, 600. The insurance
is but q drop in the bucket, only $50. 600,
of which $50, 600 is in three Wheeling
companies. Fifty-two houses were
burned when the fire finally spent its
force. OF these twenty-eight were
dwellings and the balance business
houses.
big Fire mt Arkansas City.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, June 12.-At
o'clock this morning the Santa Fe
roundhouse and repair shops in this
city caught fire and, with their con-
tents, burned to the ground. The
greatest excitement prevailed, as the
volunteer fire department was totally
inadequate to cope with the flames.
| No one knows how the fire caught.
There were, it is said, from ten to fif
| teen engines in the roundhouse, and
the best estimate that can be made
during the excitement Is that the loss
will be from 500. 900 to Sl50,000
FLAMES In Hoiton, Kan.
| HoLToN, Kan, June 10.-All Of the
warehouses back of the stores on the
west side of the square, the city build
ing, the w. C. 7. U. library and Mauk'!
paint shop were destroyed by Gre
Saturday. By hard work the FIRE com
pany was enabled to save all the bust
ness blocks, though much damage wa
done to goods. One man was over
come by the fumes of burning gasoline
II Damaged by Lightning.
!, HUTCHINSON, Kan, June 12.-At
late hour last night, in the the midst o
thunder and rain storm. Docherty
Kramer G. Thompson's dry goods stor,