The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-29
MINIATURES FIRE
WAREHOUSE AND FREIGHT Yarns
WIPED OUT.
Famed by a Southeast Gale Fire
sweeps Through the Warebousc
District, Causing a Loss Of About
Half "A Million Dollars.

Milwaukee, Aug. GA fire which
threatened to make a havoc equal 70
that wrought in the Third ward three
years ago, broke out at l o'clock in the
warehouse Of the Union Steamboat
company on the Menominee river. A
80 mile wind was blowing, ana the
flames spread with such rapidity 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 supposed to
have been caused by smoking or 10y a
spark from a passing steamer. II
burned underneath the dock planks, at
a spot about midway between the east
and west ends of the warehouse, and
gained such "a start before it was dis
covered that it involved the whole of
the great freight shed with incredible
rapidity. The building was construct
ed entirely of wood, and AS it burned
belched forth smoke like a volcano.
Within a few minutes the flames had
burst through the roof and caught To
a row of Chicago. Milwaukee & ST.
Paul freight cars standing just north
OF the building. The Union Steamboat
company'S building was o feet in
length, and in il was thousands of
tons of freight, all Of which we're de
stroyed with the building. which was
in ashes in less than half an hour.
over 600 freight cars belonging TO
the ST. Paul company and in process
Of being loaded or ready TO ship were
soon enveloped in flames, the fire
jumping from one building or line of
cars to another so rapidly that the
company's employees did not have time
to remove all of them out of the line
of the fire, which was swept before
the wind from the southwest at a
lively rate.
Within a half hour after the fire
broke out in the steamboat freight
house, the Wisconsin Central freight
house. just north of the river. and 800
feet in length, was totally destroyed.
This. like the other, was filed with
freight, and a large Lumber of the
rompany's cars, standing near at the
time. were destroyed.
Within n few minutes after the cars
began burning. fire broke forth from
the cupOla of the oil and grease estab-
lishment of III. J. Delaney & Co, on
Third street, q half a block from the
tracks where the burning cars stood.
Following this, the plumbing estab-
lismlnents Of f. T. Doyen, on Second
street. was quickly destroyed, and the
wagon shop of Fl. Trinckner, adjoin-
ing. caught fire several times, but IL
was put out each time and seemed in
a fair way to stand. A row of small
dwelling houses on Fowler street. d.
rectly opposite the Milwaukee freight
house, between Second and Tll"d
streets, took fire one after the other
and were destroyed. The occupants
were able TO get nearly all their furni-
ture out before the heat and smoke
drove them back.
Tie principal buildings burned, not
irclnding the frame dwellings that
were destroyed IN F0v Ter and Second
streets, were as follows:
Union Steamboat cOmpany's ware
house. Anchor Line warehouse. Penn
~sylvania railroad freight house. Wis
consin Central freight house (Owned
by the Milwaukee Railroad compauyl.
part OF l'ritzlaff's warehouse, Delaney
OH warehouse damaged, f. T. boy
ems plumbing shop.
What the loss is cannot be told with
rny degree of accuracy until il is
known what the character and value
OF the freight was, hut ii is believed
h h damage amounts to upwards
OF 100000. and some estimates place
the loss at 100000.
The ~S-year-Old son Of Detective Win.
McN.anus was run over by a fire en-
CINE and Instantly killed.