The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-28
THE MILWAUKEE FIRE.
Tremendous Losses Sustained By
Wednesday Mornlng'a Dlnao.
LOSS OYER A MILLION DOLLARS.
Several Prominent business Firms
Hnrnci 0nt-rho Big plnulsinston
building Among These Destroyed.
Narrow Escape of Shopping Innntcs.
Tho y. N. c. A. building Burned.


MILWAUKEE WIS, March T.--l.ower
Grand avenue, wherc tho hcar. Of tho
wholosulo nnd ,.,,iI c,nwor., =, a..
w,., iii, ,t,,.h. .L-". ~,
vs. ''N0 '"'oo', Ma' 'no hcona TINS
morning oil ono Of tho moDt disastrous
fires in tho history OF tho city. Some OF
tho leading mercantile in,,Iu,,io,o ,ro
In r,,,. nm. a.. n.y., H. '''' ., az
:" '''us' ,ne nto was 'ne most d'sas'
troua sinco tho Third ward conila2ration
Of October %, 1892, aud tho loss will
cxccod 81 600 OOo I, fur,;ohod NAV.
,,G.o., 49,, =, n
49, 'p'e'"''o ''' INC thousands thas
h'ied tho avenue and Watched 1t from
surrounding buildings. There were.
bowovo, lrcLilr -, t,,,l;,;., Tbo
.;..;., 1' "
p' ni' 'oases arc: ~
t;"iiIh'nE'ol ealAto. on pu'i1lnga &C.
I q W Wy iInuauSt " 20. anu Iannof
go S o"o nuu puplic library pui,dins'
S-ov,oVe 90 d;a Un " 20, wholesale dty
soous, % Az IVY ihnnef q 20, furniture.
esS noS S'ov'ovyi NcItanSe storage 20;
s9o,9oo; Darling 4 Wom6oId, retail
Gt SgV,VGo; Coiamoia Ciosmihs
gu SytrpShy' sTo'oVVi l. M. =. a: oui'uinG,
:, ~ Coo o'nes iosses' s'o'VOo; total
S4,vo?,Vov,
r. nSi4se CLOCK tue names iiad crossed
ioI,Ih Street anG "efe Iehuihe on tho
- ~; =. a; ouIluihS anu twenty min.
t utes lases inc Two upper iioora oil tho
',pialy o'ock were mass oil names.
H Hl tne timo 'ne department. unIet
on1E1 to'ey direction hau nGgun l's
WITS 10 save Ihe library ouii9ihG ana
'ne 'h,ec OF iouf ciolhihS ana Gry Gooaa
sores 1t eonIains' lhe Jury OIL mo oIaze
nM spcpt 'ISe'' OIL me soutn siuo OF 'ne
a : "''es na'lpg feduceu me RANK
NIXON es'ate oIocS; occupied oy
i'aHauuef " 20, 10 asIcs. 4hete was
no itnineu,ate surrounding property on
,ie %est soc OF routth street near mo
l. VI. y. a. puiioin: ana from hteoranus
cast o'oaucass the names caught IN mo
upper portion Oh lie library piocE' IL
wa, ms on'! w uespe'ale wore tnat INC
,ro'ar! was saved ana az CLOCK inc
.HorSa" STORE nau oeeh saved from all
possible oauaSe except 10 inc upper
s'Vry.
lho nre brands ieaped across TO tho
norm siue OF the avenue, running tho
ART store OF hooeiand heinhast, anu Two
or thfee little saloons.
Inc pubic library onildlng at tho
northwest corner oil GRAND aVennSan
rousth street was saved oY hard York.
Inc loss on inc building IS believed TO
20 conhned 10 the ionrtn and NTH
iIooFa occupied Dy the Movers businoss
Soi!e:e ana the 1ernania society. Inc
oailuihg Is owned by the fiankineton
estate. At one time IL was thought
notnins coulli save the structure.
On inc iourth: hoor are the rooms oil
me 1ermania Society. In ono OF the
rooms IS the library containing ABOUT
l,Voo DOORS. Water ana smoke did
great damage mere: a-r
Inc roster building, at the southwest
corner OIL ufani avenue and tourtli.
containeu fourteen or plteen snltcs, all
Oh Which were occupied by families.
Many oil the occupants owe thor lives
to Luxe McCormick, a clerk in the post
ONCE. fassln. the building during the
neEcest OIL the ire IN the Tanner build
ing, no ran up stairs and aroused tho
s'eepefs. Ihere was barely time to cs.
cape before tho building caught fire.
Inc buildings owned by tho Plankin-
ton estate were the large brick structure
covering nan BLOCK, occupied by Ian
daucr q Co., wholesale dry goods deal.
er5, corner Grand avenue and Fourth
street, and the Tanner company furni-
ture. and adjoining Landarer q Co., to
the east, the building IN the rear OF
Landaner X Co., occupied by the Reli-
ance Storage Com pany, and tho library
building NJ the northwest corner OF
Fourth street and Grand a>enue. The
estate VIII suiler los2 OF about $50, 600
on the buildings occupied by Landauer
q TO-, tanner d 20. and the Reliance
Storage Company. which were pracii-
cally DESTROYED. The insurance ia esti-
mated at 81 per cent. which makes the
loss 70 the insurance companies about
S200'ooo on the structure alone,
MAX Landauer, OF Lanuauer d Co.,
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