Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-12
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FIRE ATI'.1IB|:' Is X
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Capital City Of North Dakota
Experiences, q Million iH
4. Dollar Blaze. 9'
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Business Portion. ,!,'u !. i and
Scores Of Residences a2
Wiped Out.
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FIRE FIGHTERS HELPLESS
FIRE FIGHTERS HELPLESS {
Flames Spread So Rapidly
Their Efforts We're Of .
No Avail. =. ".-'.
Estimated the Insurance Will
Cover Just About Half =.
the Loss.


best portion OF the city OF Bismarck
during the evening. destroying prop.
srty valued At nearly d! 900, 600: The
line Of fire extended from tho Northern
Pacific tracks to Thayer street on the
north, aid from Fourth to Third streets
on the east and west. Every drug
store in. the city was burned, Ill the
groceries but two or three. two news
paper Offices and the great bulk Of the
business portion Of the city. with sew.
eral blocks Of residences. Many peo-
pie are homeless.
i: The Sheridan house had . narrow es.
cape, but was saved. All the postofhoe
supplies and fixtures were lost -
The exact loss 10 not known ct pres.
emit, tut will be In the neighborhood Of
81. 00O, 900. with insurance Of half that
amount. All wires are burned out.
but temporary cut.in was made to
handle imperative business. E..
spread with Great K.pidity.
The flames originated in the agents
office Of the Northern Pacific depot
from some unknown cause. Almost
before they were discovered the entire
building and the immense warehouse
of the company were in flames. In.
6ammable oils and powder contributed
to the heat. and before the flames
could be checked they had spread to
the block Of brick buildings across tho
alley, destroyin The Tribune build.
ing, Hare's hardware store and the
entire row Of structures. r.
The flames then leaped across the
street to the magnificent First National
bank building. which melted away in
. few minutes. The Central block fol-
lowed, and the flames spread TO tho
postofice, sweeping over the entire
block and carrying down tho postonoe,
the Merchants' bank block, the Griffin
Block and all the intermediate frame
and brick structurss.
The fire then spread across tho street
and devoured Kupitz store and the
greater part Of tho block. The resi-.
denoe district was then invaded, tho
firemen being helpless to check the in.
roads Of the flames and scores Of build.
iugs were licked up.
Partial List Of Losses.
The following are among the build
inRs completely destroyed:
Penwarden's confectionery store, Nor
ris' shoe store, Hare's hardware, The
Tribune Publishing company, Braith-
waite's shoe store. First National bank,
Beardsley's drug store, Eppinger's cloth
ing house, Remington drug store, Guss.
ner's grocery, J. G. Kuntz' cigar factory,
Gorsuch's bakery, Wen's cigar factory,
Smalis restaurant, Wilcox's dry goods
store, Phelps stationery store, Sweets
grocery store, postofflce, Kuntz' res
taurant, Slattery's grocery store, Mas.
sens paint shop, The Review office,
Kupitz' grocery, Mericles' pool room,
Boobies Restaurant, Moorhouses' station
cry store, he Crafts clothing store, Mrs.
Dunn's millinery, Steinmetz harness
shop, Justice Tibbaps Office, Dohl's cloth
ing store, land Office, surveyor generals
office, Best's dry goods store, Northern
Pacific Office, baggage and express Office
ind freight warehouse, Wills seed store,
Melons bank building, law offices Of F.
H. Register, Boucher & Philbrick, States
Attorney Allen, County Judge F. Ort. G.
ID. Edick, Alexander Huges, A. T. Pat
terson and several others.