The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-03-29
Milwaukee Suffers From a Ter
Eible Ooniagration.
a KANSAS CITY PACKING HOUSE
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
Four F1remen Meet Death While
Fire at Denver.
4 REHAREABLE FlRE AT CHICAGO
A Store Crowded Will Customers Takes
ELrs, But No Lives Are LOst-Ths
Z. n. Ca. BUlIding at Milwau-
kee Destroyed.

MILWAUKEE,, March 27.-Lower Grand
sysaue, where the heart Of the whole.
sale and retail commeros of the west
nde throbs was the scene early this
morning Of one Of the most serious con.
eagrations in the history Of the city.
Some Of the leading mercantile institu.
aons Of Milwaukee are in ruins. The
psonnisry loss will reach $1,000. 600
The fire furnished a magnificent $3.50.
tacie for the thousands that filed the
sTenue sud watched it from surround.
ing buildings. There were no fatalities
Among the ruins is the 2. NJ. @. A.
building, one Of the finest Of its kind in
the country, and the large brick build.
iSss owned By she Piankintou estate
and covering half 8 block. The latter
we're occupied by the Landau company.
Wholesale dry goods, and the Tanner
Furniture company, adjoining Landaur
> Co., on ths east, the buildin2 in the
Eess was occupied BY the Reliance Store
company end the Library building at
eAe northwest corner Of Forty.eighth
aRd Grand avenue.
Of the losses 1t can not yet be sscer.
ta!ned definitely what companies were
.nvolved Principal losses are: Plank.
iaton estate and building occupied by
4andaur g Co., and Tanner 8 Co., and
pablo library buildings, $3.50, OdO; Lam.
eaur q Co., wholesale dry goods, 500.
600; Tanner q Co., furniture, etc., slOO..
900; Reliance Storage company, $50, 900;
Baking s. Wambold, retail clothisrs.
V90,o00i Columbia Clothing company,
e35s0O0; 7. N. C. A. building, SIS, 900:
otber losses, $4,000. Total, 81, O65, 900.
Plaakint0B Building Ia Aahes.
Before o'clock the flames had crossed
Fourth street and were feeding on the
z. n. G. a. building, and 90 minutes
letes the two upper floors of the library
hloek were a seething mass of fire,
About the time the department, under
Chlef Folsy's direction, had began its
work to saws the library and the three
q ScuE clothing and dry goods stores it
contains, the fury Of the blaze had spsnt
Itself on the south side Of the avenue,
sfteP having reduced the Plankinton
estates block TO ashes.
The 1rsbrands scattered broadcast By
the flames soon caught in the upper
portion Of the library block. 1t was
0nly By desperate work that the library
vas saved, and then only after the top
dOoF Of the buildisg had baen damaged.
Tia Are leaped across to the north side
Q! the avenue and quickly ruined the
AIT store Of Roebel & Reinhart, two or
three little saloons and lodging houses
and cheap ramshakle buildings. The
boas IN The library Building is believed to
- confined TO the floor occupied BY
Meyers business college and the Ger.
aenis society.
The Foster building, at the southwest
corner Of Grand avenue and Fourth
streets, contained Il Or Is suites, all of
which were occupied BY families. Many
Of the occupants owe their lives to a
clerk IN the postof6ce. Passing the
building during the fire in the Tanner
hailding, be ran upstairs and aroused
the unsuspacting sleepers. There was
barely time to escape before the build
Jag caught fire. Many Of the women
we're frantic with terror and in the
great excitement TO save their belong.
ings came near losing their lives.