The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-30
AILWAUKEE's FIRE.
AND nrIanf YARDS
WIPED OUT.
1aAneA ~ . Southeast Gale Fire
sweeps Through the WaRohouse
District, Causing . Less oe About
0ale Q 4llllOA Dollars.

Milwaukee, Aug. PA flre which
threatened to make a havoc equal to
that wrought In the Third ward three
years ago, broke out ut O'Clock In the
warehouse of the Union Steamboat
company ON the Menominee river. A
80-mile wind was blowing, and the
flames spread with such raptdity that
there was no telling where they would
stop.
The fire originated on the dock Of
the Union company ut the river and
Reed street bridge, and is supposed to
have been caused by smoking Or by a
spark from a passing steamer. 1t
burned underneath the dock planks, at
q spot about midway between the east
and west ends Of the warehotNA and
gained such q start before It wis dis
covered that 1t involved the whole OF
the great freight shed 2wlthsincredible
rapidity. The building was construct
ed entirely Of wood, and as It burned
belched forth smoke like a volcano.
Within few minutes the flames had
burst through the roof and caught to
9 row Of Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul freight cars standing just north
Of the building. The Union Steamboat
c0mpany's building was COO feet in
length, and in 1t was thousands of
tons Of freight, all of which were de-
stroyed with the building, which was
In ashes in less than half an hour.
Over 600 freight cars belonging to
the st. Paul company and in process
Of being loaded or ready to ship We're
soon enveloped In flames, the fire
jumping from one building or line of
cars to another 80 rapidly thnt the
cOMpany's employees did not have time
to remove oil Of them out Of the line
of the fire, which was swept before
the wind from the southwest at u
lively rate.
Within half hour after the fire
broke out in the steamboat freight
house, the Wisconsin Central freight
house, just north Of the river, and 800
feet In length, was totally destroyed.
This, like the other, was filed with
freight, and large humber of the
company's cars, standing near at the
time. were destroyed.
Within n few minutes after the cars
began burning. fire broke forth from
the cup0la of the oil md grease cstat,.
asnment OF II. ]. Delaney & Co., on
Third street, q half a block from the
tracks where the burning cars stood.
Following this. the plumbing estab-
lismlnents Of e. T. Doyen. on Second
street, was quickly destroyed, and the
wagon shop Of II. Trinckner, adjoin.
Ing, caught fire several times, but It
was put out each time and seemed in
fair way to stand. A row of small
dwelling houses on Fowler street, di.
rcctly opposite the Milwaukee freight
house, between Second and Third
streets, took fire one after the other
and were destroyed. The occupants
were able to get nearly all their furni-
ture out before the heat and smoke
drove them back.
The principal buildings burned. not
ircliding the frame dwellings that
were destroyed on Fowler and Second
streets, were as follows:
Cnion Steamboat company's ware.
house. Anchor Line warehouse, Penn
sylvania railroad freight house. wis.
consln Central freight house (owned
by the Milwaukee Railroad company).
part OF Pritzlaff's warehouse, Delaney
oil warehouse (damaged). e. n. I)ov.
ems plumbing shop.
What the loss is cannot be told with
any degree of accuracy until It ia
known what the character and value
OF the freight was, nut 1t Is believed
that the damage amounts to upwards
OF $4O0.OND, and come estimates nlace
the loss Mt 100000.
The S-ycar-old son of Detective WIN.
McAlanus was run over by q fire en-
glne and instantly killed.