St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
RIVERSIDE FLAMES
FIRE SWEEPS AWAY RAILWAY
AND STEAMSHIP WARE
HOUSES.
MILWAUKEE, HAD A SCARE.
HER NARROW ESCAPE FROM
ANOTHER WIDESPREAD
CONFEDERATION.
1T. PAUL ROAD A HEAVY LOSER.
Many Buildings and an iEnOr-
nous Quantity of Freight
Burned.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. pa fire
&hlEiI threatened to make havoc eqral
to that wrought in the Third ward
three years ago broke out at l o'clock
this afternoon in the warehouse Of the
Union Steamboat company on the Me-
nominee river. A thirty-mile wind was
blowing and the flames spread with
such rapidity that there was no tell
ing where they would stop. The fire
involved the whole of the great freight
shed with incredible rapidity. With
in few minutes it had burst through
the roof and caught a row of st. Paul
freight cars standing just north OF the
buildings. The Union Steamboat com
pany's building was GOO feet in length
and in it were thousands of tons of
freight, all of which was destroyed
with the building, which was in ashes
in less than half an hour. Thirty
five freight cars belonging to the ST.
Paul company, in process of being
loaded or ready to ship, were soon en-
veloped in flames. Within a half hour
after the fire broke out in the steam
boat house the Wisconsin Central
freight house, just north Of the river
800 feet in length, was totally de-
filled with freight, and a large num-
Der Of cars standing near at the time
were destroyed. The cupola of the oil
and grease establishment of H. j. De-
laney & Co., on Third street; the
plumbing establishment of E. T. Doyn,
on Second street; the wagon shop of
II. Trinkner, adjoining, and a row of
small frame dwelling houses on Fow-
Low. c+r
house, were all destroyed. The main
freight house OF the st. Paul company,
extending from the southwest corner
of Fowler and Second to Third streets,
had very close call, but was saved.
The burned territory extends from
West Water street along the river
front up to Sixth street viaduct. This
strip is principally the warehouses of
the Anchor Line company, the Union
Steamboat company, the Wisconsin
Central company's freight house and
that of the Pennsylvania lines.
The principal buildings burned, not
including the frame dwellings, on Fow-
Ter and Second streets were: Union
Steamboat company's warehouse, An
Choir Line warehouse, Pennsylvania
railroad freight house, Wisconsin Cen
trail freight house Owned by ST. Paul
company, part of I'ritziaff warehouse.
Delaney oil warehouse (damageO, e.
I. Doyn's plumbing shop. So quick
We're the flames to take the freight
mouse of the Wisconsin Central COM
pany that the office employees were I'M
able to close their safes or rescue their
valuable records and all these were
destroyed. The company also had two
loaded freight trains nthe yards at
the time, of between twenty and TWEEN
ty-hVe cars each, and these could not
be hauled out - the way and were
destroyed. AT 2:30 the fire was under
control. While the fire was in progress
Joseph McManus, son of Detective
William McManus, of the city police
force, was run over by engine No. G.
at the corner of Third and Fowler
streets and instantly killed. The bow
h2d gone to see the fire and was irving
TO get across the street when the ac-
cldent occurred. He was eight years
Old
The five freight warehouses burned
We're owned by the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway company. as
were the docks, comprising 1900 SQUARE
1eet. The railway officials claim that
there was very little freight in the
warehouses and the thirty-five cars
burned, but shippers and brokers are
preparing claims for the thousands of
barrels of -four, sugar, oil and general
merchandise, which will probably ae-
gregate over $250,GO0. The total loss
Will be nearly 100000 The loss of the
Wisconsin Central Railway company
on freight house No. and contents.
ABOUT eighteen freight cars, is es-
timated at $4,000 fully covered bv in
surance. The loss of the ST. Paul com.
pany on brokers' warehouse No. / and
contents, most Of which was brokers,
merchandise, was estimated at $40 0OD
SAID to be covered by insurance.