The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-28
NNHAUhEE'S MIGHTY FIRE
4 Million Dollars Worth Of Prop
erty Reduced to Ashes.
TWO WOMEN BADLY INJURED.
a List of Those Losing Heavily. Only
Checked After Raging Furiously
Many Hours. The Great
Milwaukee Library Saved
After Hard Fight.
By Southern AssoclateI Press.

MrlwAuKEE, Wis, March 27.-At
2:45 O'Clock this morning one of the
worst of the many destructive fires in
the history OF this city WIS finally got
nnder control. At that time over ST., :
10000 worth OF property had been
destroyed and twenty business firms
bad lost thci, stock ana buildings.
Tho fire originated u few minutes
otter midnight III the wholesale cloth.
inG house of Lsrduser ~ Co, on the
corner of Fourth street aud Grand ave-
.uc. On the Grand avenue sido the
flames swept through the building oc
cupled by the Tanner Company with
AouseiurnIshingE goods. aud ute this mp
nlmost rs quickly as the first building,
and then passed over 10 the two story
building occupied by Darling n VAN
Loid, retail clothiers. Here the tire.
men, 10y heroic work, held the fire.
AT 1880 q. III. The Public Library
building on the northwest corner OF
Strand avenue aud Fourth street
caught. Ibis was occupied by tho
columbia clothing store, Wheeler Il
" Milson Sewing Machine Company and
small offices. The western half OF the
building contained the Milwaukee
public Library, valued 1T $3.50 600.
By hard and close lighting tho iircmen
were able to save the library building
ANA tue storage aud forwarding com
sauy's building. The \. NJ. &, a.
bnlldIng was completely Hutted.
1t WAS Dearly } q clock when the fire
department gained control OF the con.
1uSratlou, although up to 3 O'Clock
this morning tue eu2ines were playing
upon the pies OF debris, which now
Gud then broke into flames.
The principal losers are: plnnkiutop
estate, on building occupied by Lnn
dHuar " Co. aud Tanner n Go. uud
public library building, $3.50, 600: Ian
dnuer y Co., Wholesale dry goods, ,SiUO,
Nu0, Inuner X Co. Wholesale furniture.
GlUO, 600, Reliance storage COMPANY.
t45, 900; BuriuR ~ Namoold, retail
c,othiers. $50, 600; Benedict X Co,
Wholesale ciothlers. S.5,uOJ; Columbia
Company, $40, 600; \. NJ. q. A. build
:ng, so, 900; other losses III library
0uIldlug, $1,000; RoeDel y heinhardt.
art store. $4,000
On the north side of the avenue the
principal losers are: Joseph Allschiet.
saloon aud household goods, 80. ODO;
Joseph HOrwitz, pawn shop, 81, 600;
SchlitH Brewing Company, binding.
$4,000; liallmnn buildings, 3lS to 31l
Nrhnd avenue, S',UUu, damage to other
buildings Oh the north sIac OF Grand
avenue, 5000. The Public Library
had a narrow escape and there Is some
damage by water. The Foster build
ing. on the corner of Fourth and Grand
aycnne, WAS partially destroyed; loss
about $4,000.
The fire aid little damage to the
d.eproot Matthews block, on the cor
Her OF Third and the avenue, but JAS.
Morgan " Co.'S stock of dry goods was
damaged by water to the extent OF
900, ,UU0.
In tie building No. 3lS Grand ave.
nue. there were u number oi women.
some of these were panic stricken
when tue fire swept across the avenue.
and stood on landing on the side of
the bui'ulnB wildly gesticulating and
unable to move or do anything to help
themselves. Two OF them jumped from
the second story ana struck on pole
III the a!iay way. Both were injured
ont how badly they were could not be
learned. US they were carried oil by
friends III the crowd.