Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-23

Milwaukee, Wis, August pa fire
which threated to make havoc equa 10
tla, wrought in the Third ward thee
years ago, broke out at one o'clock this
afternoon in the warehouse of the Union
Steamboat Company, ON the Menom.nee
river. A thirty-mi,e wind was blowing
and the flames spread with such rapidly
that there was no telling where they
would stop. The fire originated on the
dock of the Union Company, at the
river and Reed street bridge, and is sup
posed TO have been caused by a spark
from a passing steamer 1t burned un-
derneath the dock pianks al ,ne spot
about midway between the east and west
ends of the warehouse, and gained such
d start before it was discovered ,hat It
involved the whole of the great freight
shed with incredible rapidity. within
a few minutes the flames had burst
through the roof and caught to a row
Of ST. Paul freight cars standing just
north of the building The Union
Steamboat Companys building was six
hundred 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.
| Over SIX hundred freight cars belong
ing to Jhe ST. Paul Company, and in pro
cess of being loaded, or ready to ship,
We're soon envel0ped in flames.
Within half an hour after the fire
/ broke out in the steamboat freight house
I the Wisconsin Central freight house,
| just north of the river, ana three hun
Jred feet in length, was totally destroy
/ cd. Iais. like the others, was filed
with freight and large number Of the
/ company cars standing near at The
time. We're destroyed.
Within q few minutes after the freight
cars began burning, FIRE broke forth
/ from the cup0la of the oil and grease es-
adjustment Of n. j. Delaney & Co., on
Third street, a half book from the
tracks, wlere the burning cars stood.
Following this the plumbing establish
men- of +. L. D0yu. on Second street.
which was quickly destroyed. ana ..s
wagon sI0p of f. Tr.nbner adjoining,
/ took fire several times. but it was put
out each time and seemed in a fair way
/ TO stand
A row of small frame dwelling houses
/ on Fowler street, directly opposite the
/ ST. Paul freight house. between Second
+ and Third streets. took fire, one after the
/ other, and were destroyed The occu-
, pants were able Cd get nearly all their
| furniture out before the heat and smoke
drove them back.
The main freight house of the St
| Paul Company, extending from the
/ southwest corner of Fowler and Sec
ond and Third streets, had a very close
/ call. 1ut was saved.
The burned territory extends from
/ Western street along the river front
up 20 Sixth street viaduct.
This strip is principally the ware
house of the Anchor Line Company
The Union Steamboat Company. the
/ Wisconsin Central Company's freight
house and that Of the PENNSYLVANIA
lines. The fire from the Anchor Line
I C0mpanys warehouse Jumped across
I the barns and warehouses of the John
PriJzlou Hardware Company and
found a lodgment in a frame building
near the southeast corner of Second
and Fowler streets Inside of a few
seconds hot blaze was rattling among
the r00keries in this vicinity and it
swept westward as far rs Third street.
where it seized upon the tower of the
old engine house, now used as an oil
warehouse The tower of the estab-
lisbment was all that was burned.
From the brick building occupied by
the Buudle-Spence Manufacturing
Company, on Second street. The fire
burned southwark, destroying TWO
dwelling houses. Downs plumbing
establishment and Triukner's carriage
works and partly destroying the roof
of the saloon ON the corner On Fow-
ler street from Second west 10 Third
street. row of twelve dwelling houses
We're more or less siuged.
The principal buildings burned. not
including The frame dwellings. were
destroyed on Fowler and Second streets
and were as follows:
Union Stamboat COmpauy's ware
house: Anchor Line warehouse: Penn
sylyauia railroad freight house: Wis
cousin Central freight houset owned /
by ST. Paul Company; part of Pritz-
lofts warehouse; Delaney oil ware
house tdamaged); Z. T. Downs plumb |
ing shop.
So quick were the flames to take !
the freight house of the Wisconsin |
Central Company that the Office em- |
ployes were unable to close their safes !
or rescue their valuable records. and /
OH these we're destroyed with the |
building The company also had two |
loaded freight trains in the Yards at |
the time of between twenty and twen-
tvfiye cars each. and these could not |
be hauled ont of the way and were de-
stroved. The fire started under the |
floor OF the Union Steamboat ware |
house
At $50 o'clock the fire was under |
control and there was
No FURTHER DANGER
of its spreading. What the loss is |
cannot be told with any degree of ac- !
curaey until it is known what the |
character and value of the freight de-
stroved was. but it is believed that the |
damage amounts TO upwards of $780, |
900. and some estimates place the loss /!
M 100000. While the fire was in |
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