Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-17
Went Up IN SMOKE.
Planning Mill Plant Of tho Falls
City Mfg Co. Destroyed by
Fire This Morning.
OTHER MILLS NARROWLY ESCAPED.
Great Damage Done to }
Denis Machine Sn0p,
and Foundry. = E>a

! anu FOu0OTy. &E
Another costly conflagratiOn s.,c'
CURED ON the West side yesterday
m 'rning, resulting In the total de-
suructiOn OF the Falls city Mann.
featuring company's planning mill
plant. and 4 great deal of damagsStO
John Denis machine shop, situated
just north Of the planing mill.
The fire was discovered at about
2 O'Clock in the morning. and when
discovered the en- ire building was a
mass of flames. The planning mill
was large frame structure now
used as Il stOrehouse, AMI tanned by
a brisk north west gale the fire made
rapid progress in it's work of lestrnc.
tion, and owing to the situation Of
the burning building, i1 threatened
the destruction OF all the mills in
that locality for u time. Fs
The tiremen We're pot long In ar
irving ON he scene ana getting to
work. aud as it was evident that
the planning mill was doomed the
freuicn directed their work toward
saving the adjoining property. just
south Of the building On fire was
Mahan & Kopacz's planning mill, also
freme structure. TO keep this from
burling it was necessary to keep n
stream OF water playing on it con
stantly for about an hour. II
Denis machine shop was within
two feet Of the burning building. and
despite tile efforts of the fremen,
who turned several streams ON It.
the building was badly damaged
and considerable property destroyed
in the second story. In the second
story Of the machine shOu was kept
the patterns, and they were all de-
stroyed us we'll as all the machinery
belts--andsza large portion OF the
building. Some Of the patterns de-
stroyed were the property Of the
Pine Tree Lumber company. and
some belonged to the Hennepin
Paper company. The former
it's patterns worth
about $4Oo, the latter estimates it's
patterns at $3.50. and Denis had pat
terms destroyed that were said to- be
worth fully as much as both tho
other lots.
The high wind that was blowing
carried burning brands from the
building q great distance, one Of
them setting fire to box car near
the Interstate -four mill. There were
b string of box cars on the sidetrack
east Of the building. and three OF
these were on fire, at one time, and
one was quite badly damaged. /
Had the fire caught in Mahan's
planning mill 1t would have been diff
cult to have saved A. Tanners flour.
mill and the other frame buildings
along the west side of the canal.
1t ia difficult to estimate the loss
On the planning mill destroyed. The
building cost, it is said, about $4 800,
and property of considerable value
was stored in it. The Interstate
Milling company had car load of
1our barrel stock in it, which is u
;otal loss, and there was some ma
'hinery. including an engine and
'oiler and some planning mill machin-
'ry, and all are completely ruined.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
,ut that it was set on fire by some-
me, either Intentionally or bv acci-
lent, is the general opinion. l.
The title to the real estate and
,ther property has been in litigation,
Ind it is not determined, so far, who
would be the owner of the buildings.
There was an insurance Of $1,000 on
he building.