The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-22
Sunday Evening Fire Does a Great
Deal Of Damage to the SchrOe-
der, DonIey Tannery.
LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT $4,000.
Plant of the Kenosha Creamery also Dam
aged but Damage to This Plant lie not
Large.-Building Total Wreck.

kenOSha mad announcer SERIOUS HIS
Sunday night when blaze which
broke out in the Donley Schroeder
tannery at the corner of Market and
Exchange streets caused a loss Of
nearly ten thousand dollars before the
flames were under the control Of the
firemen.
The FIRE which originated IN stock
room on the second floor of the por-
ton of the building. used by the tam
merry was discovered just before eight
o'clock by Night Waterman Millager,
who turned in the alarm. The mem
bers of the department responded
quickly but before they had arrived
the flames had spread rapidly to other
portions Of the big frame building and
the smoke had become so dense that It
was almost impossible for the fremen
to get near the scene of the spreading
flames. Great clouds of smoke issued
from every window in the building
and for time it looked as If the old
building which has stood for many
years would be completely wiped out.
AS soon as possible six lines Of hose
were playing on the FIRE but the flames
gained fearful Roadway. The spread
of the fire caused great excitement and
many of the families occupying the
frame buildings adjoining the property
on Market street began to move their
belongings out into the street. For
time it looked as if the entire row of
frame buildings would be destroyed.
The fremen displayed great heroism
and breaking through the den Sc
clouds of smoke, they finally man
aged to break into the building and to
get the water 10 the seat of the fire.
For more than an hour the fight with
the flames continued and it was after
nine O'Clock when the whistle blew to-
show that the FIRE was out.
The loss from the FIRE will be
heavy one amounting to at least ten
thousand dollars. The loss will fall
heaviest on the Donley-Schroeder COM
pany. The new tanning company had
the second story and attic Of the build
ing filed with finished stock which
was Just being made ready for ship
been IN the tannery packing the fin
ished leather and marking it for ship
ment. It is thought that there was
fully eight thousand dollars worth of
this finished stock in the building.
Much Of this stock is completely ruined
and the remainder is badly damaged.
Some of the machinery owned by the
tannery is badly damaged. The loss
to the tannery is estimated at eight
thousand dollars. The insurance on
this portion of the plant was five
thousand dollars and it will not cover
the loss.
The building was owned by Piper &
Thomas, the proprietors of the Keno
sha creamery, and they estimate their
loss at $4,000. II is fully covered by
insurance. There was little dam age
done to the creamery and the loss to
Piper & Thomas in this section Of the
building will be less than hundred
dollars. The building will be rebuilt
at once.
The origin of the fire is shrouded in
mystery. The men in the tannery had
been at work during the day but they
had scarcely been in the room where
the flames are alleged to have origi-
mated. It is thought possible that the
FIRE resulted from spontaneous COM
bustion in one Of the rooms.
The stories that the FIRE had been
set by people who opposed the location
of the tannery seem to have found no
support and have no foundation in
truth.
The companies carrying insurance
on the property and the amounts car
ried by each are as follows: