The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-11-21

Sioux City, Ia, Nov. 1.-THE entire
packing plant Of Armour & go in his
city was destroyed by fire early Sum-
day morning. s,g, 'g'-
Efforts to quell the ~confIagration were
hopeless from he first and the entire
establishment was swept out Of exist
ence in three hours, r
The loss is estimated at $S75, 600; in
surance, $721, 600. Six hundred. men are
thrown out of employment, but plans
are making for taking care Of them.
Armour &c Co.. announce their buyers
will be kept on the market here and
purchases sent to Omaha, Kansas City
n Chicago.
The plant will be rebuilt at once n
on a much more extensive scale than
the old institution and more modern.
The Cudahy Packing company will in
crease its capacity to take care of the
stock coming here. ~.
The accepted theory of the fires Or
igin is spontaneous combustion. (;
Manager c.. w. Lennon is confident
the plant will be rebuilt.
START OF THE FIRE. ..
1t lacked just 81 minutes Of 1 o'clock
Sunday morning when a queer crack
ling noise attracted the gaze Of Night
Engineer James Bailey toward the, fer
tilizing building of Armour s. Co.
Flames shooting through the shut
the second eoor +o1d tho c+or,, ond
without hesitafinr an instant he
pulled the A. d. II. fire alarm. Then
he rushed to the whistle. Three
blasts. The alarm was given and in
hundreds of homes 1isbts annea rod as
IL by magic. men arose from their .sleep.
donned their clothes hurriedlv and
FASTENED to the scene to give battle to
the fire fend ~-
The Armour hose con1panv of siy
men, under Chief James Hanson was
the first to reach the fire, The men
were sleeninp In their room, between
the fertiliaing BUILDING ing and the hoe posI kill
ing room. It was but q few moments
until they had a stream playing on the
fire. ~
ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THERE.
Then the city companies began to
reach the scene. The entire department
was soon there. THE C11dahv denart-
ment lent their efforts to the others.
1T was soon realized that the fire
would win the struggle; 1The rcd de-:
mon advanced direcfly in the face of q
strong wind from the northwest and
| roared derisivelv at the eight streams
of water -
THE ferti,,zinr dena rim a Mt ,vas , fo,,v
story b11i1dinp In tha s%onthaast Gowns.
Of the miami r,he corner IN the second
aoor ,,bara +ta sra startad 80 80
axs I,;nad h, ora Sa+nh,a, ~ $50
noin,,1as bafosa ~ q w $50 az mSn -
another NO chn,an Nv ea,,n , = ~ " "
fora n ginaar paiian 800 nout 4,a llau.s -
The n,asto ond oty, az iaS ALL -
h,,iia;," 49,, AZ III .aa ~ ~ .le
49, 800 saa, ~ y 49,. ~ 1e a. - "ds,
S go ~" 49,, - nI IimS tiaa reapeu mo ene
aana uou t lie.e ne 5ioors mao peeh
sa, ~ : W. sasasS ~ pioou ana lne
4'e augancea Iaploly ana slthont hesl-
tating leaped the yiaduct and entered
Inc power mouse. from mere the lard
Tennery was but a step away n it was
aust Lao When the flames entered the
greasy bulldlns..
EXPLOSIONS TAKE PLACE.
Inc lard refinery was filled with am
mona. COILS, winch began TO explode,
n $a1ter the other, until twenty-four
mao pursted. Ihen the flre reached the
Immense reserve tank ana the explo-
sion llaS IoiloWea snook the ground.
by inls,E1rne the names had gained
such headWay. mat trey could not be
Tesisted ana the ire laddies turned
Lneir attehtlon 70 saving the hog house
WHlcn was the pu1idlng 70 the north
anu&sne OF al. But enc Will OF
NE auEAHceu, and2 soon the I'M
tnSnse y was enyeloped. Ihent
Loilo y oIe ol3ths slaLdest sights the
psopis ~, oipoolu3AA ~ liaVe EYER VIII.
n ssSE. idI,l e.. silo upmaius from az