The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-02-15

Columbus. Progress club. st. Joseph's hall.
! Hamilton club.
/ OFFICE BUILDINGS.-Rom build
ing, Katz building. Marshall & Balls, Cohn
| building, Old Town Clock. Old Kline
building, Stevenson building.
| TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. - Western
| Union Postal Telegraph.
THEATER.-The Garden.
| NEWSPAPERS.-The Evening News.
Sunday Chronicle.
STORES. = Quackenbush & CO.. dry
! goods; Boston store, dry goods; Globe
/ store, dry goods; National Clothing COM
pany. Kent's drug store, Kinsella's drug
store, Muzzy's, hardware and, general mer-
chandise; Marshall & Ball. chothiers; John
| Norwood, paints: Oberg's grocery, Vert
| endykes grocery, p. II. e. w. G. Shields,
! grocery; THE Paterson" dry goods; Jor-
dams plano store: Sauter & Co., pianos;
| FEEDER & McNair. shoes: Bendler's confec-
| tionery; Tarpan's tea store. Ragowskfs
millinery. Brochal & Mueller. shoes; c. T..
Beach, automobiles; Morehead q Son,
clothiers; Paterson Gas and Electric COM
pany. Skye's drug store and Macintosh
drug store.
Five Hundred Dwellings burned.
An estimate made from general in
spection of the smoldering ruins
placed the number of dwellings and
apartment houses destroyed at 500 and
the number of families left without
shelter at 1000. A reestimate when
order succeeds confusion may alter
those figures.
Spread of the Flames.
The fire began it's work of far-reach-
ing destruction at the power house of
the Jersey City, Hoboken & Paterson
Traction company, which fronted on
Broadway and extended block to the
rear on Van Houten street. 1t COM
| menced in the car shed and was burn
ing fiercely when one of the employees
detected it. 1t was leaping through
the roof and the gale was lifting it in
forks and swirls when the fire apparat-
us came changing into Broadway, Main
and Van Houten. The fremen tried
to hem it in, but it speedily
crossed Van Houten street in one di-
rection, Main street in another, and,
gaining vigor as it went, burned I'M
! checked down into the business dis
trict Every piece of fire mechanism
in the city was called out, but fire and
gale were masters. N/
Canopy of Fire.
Main street was soon arched over
with canopy of fire for block, and
then for two blocks, as the flames
fastened themselves upon building
after building. The fremen fought
with every resource of their craft and
the impulse of desperation, but the
flames found new avenues in Ellison
and Market streets and got beyond
all control. Calls for relief went out
to every city in this portion of the
state, and the jaded firemen labored
on through the hopeless hours of
the morning.
City Hall Burns.
The city hall, magnificent struc-
ture, surmounted by q great clock
tower, situated on Washington, Eli
son and Market streets, finally caught,
and with it went all of the splendid
business structures that surrounded
it. They made great furnace of
fire that burned with a fierce roar.
There was series of explosions and
scores of walls fell when the fire left
them strengthless. Flying firebrands
carried the conflagration over some
buildings and around others and it
therefore burned in an irregular
course.
A Second Fire.
These brands finally cleared the
tracks of the Erie railroad and Ram
apo avenue and alighting on Straight
street started another great area of
fire, in which the destruction and des-
olation wrought was nearly as great
as in the other. This second great
fire started at the angel OF Park av-
enue and Washington street and
swept almost unchecked until on
these two thoroughfares there was
no more fuel. On the right hand side
OF Market street, it encountered
Sandy Hill cemetery as barrier to
check it, but on the left hand side at
Carroll street it claimed st. Joseph's
church, great classic stone build
ing. 1t was on this second great fire
that the volunteer firemen from the
outside cities did their most heroic
and effective work
Few Casualties.
Up to II o'clock Sunday night no
serious accident was reported at po-
lice headquarters. Mayor Hinch-
cliffe, while watching the flremen at
work during the afternoon received a
slight burn on the cheek from a fly-
ing spark. Several firemen were over
come, but none of them was inca
pacitated for more than a few min
utes.
Scores OF persons were hurt and
burned, but the loss of life is not
thought to be great. There are many
persons supposed to be missing. but
in the excitement and fright most of
these are supposed to be separated
from their families and friends. Tn
til order is brought out of the chaos
which has existed here, nothing def
mite can be known.