The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-27
MlLW RUIN
Fire Sweeps Away Over a
Million Dollars Worth
Of Property.
PUBLIC LIBRARY IN DANGER
Books Badly Water Soaked :
Y, NJ. c. A. Gutted-Paaic
in Hotels.
PUBLIC LIBRARY IN DANGER


MILWAUKEE,, March q, lSS9.-At I'D
o'clock this morning one Of The worst
of the many destructive Tres in the ms
tory Of this city WIS finally got under
control. Az that time oveT AV9V'Vo5
w1ath Of property mad been aesesoyeo
and twenty business firms had lost tne4r
stock and buildings fners were a4so
many minor losses, including oi1ees' h&lS
and small shops.
The fire originated at a few minutes
after midnight in the wholesale clothing
house of Landauer q Co, on the corner
OF Fourth street and Grand avenue. AS
the alarm was turned in the flames burst
out of the top Of the big four-story paild-
ing, which covers a ground area one hun
dred feet square, and by the time the
first engine could get a stream on, the
entire interior was a mass Of flames,
The entire department. with the two hre-
boats, was soon at the scene, Fifteen,
minutes aaser the fire broke out it look.
- - ~ an4;re tlaciv pea5,la 90 ana
81 q - rs eH :.
the fire sweep eastward 10 the river me
F,slldins on The alley on Fourth street
49,, If mo -Tsansauer slore held for a
tims, and it was hoped this would ehaek
the fire in that direction. but the flames
$3.50 .ba;r 10, - I,.l,., ana tba t1ra-
men had a hard light to hold them in
control.
-o.
On the strand avenue stae Ns i1i
swept through the building occupied by
the Tanner Company with hou%sefurn-sh-
- rooa- ~ 5,~t aa5o;r;,a he Lam
ing sooas, ana lGSt @GJ"AAi-o :"
dauer store. and ate this up almost as
o~3,inllv &c tba f-E+ b1,I6frg and then
passed over % q A@o-ssofS D"Hp1AS -
cupied by Barring & Wambola; retail
l
-oan.;,.a 10
work, neio tAe hfe. II .Ae ZIG
Ia - rrana a.a,no a. tbo cornar of
He = - - 80
toErtn street, causht mrs. anu ~ ses-
enty-fye or eighty feet were practically
.sae.
ueS
LEAPED II
IN tbe west side of Fourth street. in
s r.mor4 axa~tio, IF {ba ara-
spite Oh the Utmost eAe.tAoH = -
bsndsoma fonr-storv building of the Y.
M - ub;cb, ,ras nar.3arv desfroved
5afora fhe FIRE eouiS bs he'll. The Foster
Do d,I on sp5 G9and eSan,,e ea11obf
put was not paGiy da9eagea- lfg pm
Asarchs erug Sto n{s sesseaneS9 W in slieShf
me other occupants esS@p0 va
loss. 49, p,,,1;o ;b~,rv bli14-
ing, on the northwest corner q Grand
avenue aAu PGultn roI,noSia rio46inS
a. y-S5a1ar e. Wilson Saving
Machine Company and smell ofaeef: d2a
western nan o. BIS y ou1TJ jbrssr ~ vsiiied
the Eau au9AiG aip oIaesy' esfhtting
At $4,000. BY hard ana GlosS n ISb1ar =
the nremen We're aoLs 70 oaEe 80 orr- ~ lii = . .
pnllalas and Ils syoEas 49, - Y II Z
building was completely gut5ed. the up
per story PENS puIned eh o ! ~ - 1 D. n
ped here the alfe began fal5ng eeasauvnia5
agal1st tne DanaaSon -, gooss aefab4-
Iy A.orsan > d a. 80 aao~ nj M ofiees
seAl IN ~ , aonrs Have WAS one
~ tne NE u9-'et - - +ba niobt
OF tae narGesd 1r1SS shsats of Aaame
1dlng oS ~ +bba bngsleIag End fhe arenle1
81 etopsp II tNae = a1tesfi1n WIENER
p ~ and stone coIld stand such heat.
= I'D stand however. and in eonsequ-
anoa M Iir9it If me fire an The east was
,asrl-e = nv lie sfn,t briek sides The
fra ar cue time burned around the one
yyss anvelanaT in fire on TWO sides, but it
did not take long to knock the fire out of
III was nearly three o'clock when the
fire eepartment gained contro1.of the con-
1iagraffon. although up to five o'clock
this morning engines were playing upon
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