The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
BURNT ALL NIGHT.
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shortly before midnight it became APP
parent that the whole block south of
East Wellington street was doomed.
The Gordon-Maclxay building on the
northwest corner of Front and Bay
street, which for nearly 70 years was
one of the finest establishments in
the city, made a. fierce blaze. The
Copp Clark building and Warrick
Brothers and Rutters WIS destroyed
at about the same time The heat
was so great and the smoke and fly
ing embers so thick that The firemen
were helpless and could not get near
enough to the fire to play a single
stream on it. To add to the terrifying
effect of the scene came a lombard
ment of exploding giant crackers and
fireworks stored in the CoDD Clark
pudding The fire next leaped across
Front street to the Mcpherson Bro
theirs boot and shoe warehouse and
the adjoining buildings
In forty-five minutes the flames
had levelled every building between
Front street and the Esplanade on the
west side of Bay street.
Firemen Forced Back.
The hremen who had been forced
to retreat slowly on Front street and
the Esplanade collected their forces
and made another desperate stand.
They failed this time The flames
leaped across the street below Front
street and destroyed Mclaughlin com
pany's flour mills at the southwest
corner of Bay and Front. From there
the fire took an easterly course toward
7 onge street and dangerously near
the WharVeS. On the southwest it
burned itself out for lack of fuel The
flames were also spreading toward the
east along both sides of Front street
and the east side of Wellington street.
At o'clock the Eddy Warehouse
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the Kleinerle Rubber company's ware
houses on Gle north side of Front
street were burning. On the south
side the warehouses of H. S. ShOal &
Sons & Co, the Dogsby Paint COM
pany and the Dodge Split Pulley com
pany were burning.
On West Wellington street, opposite
the Borck building, Wild & Darling
warehouse, Buntin- Reid company's
store, the warehouses of w. & L. Sam
uel Benjamin company, A. Bradshaw
& Sons, Kilgore Brothers and the
Union Bank works were destroyed
The customs house, four-story
stone building at the corner of Young
and Front streets. was the barrier
that stopped the progress of the flames
towards the eastern end of Front
street. Tons of water were thrown
against the sides of the customs
house. That structure was not seri-
ouSly damaged. Dynamite was used
on several small buildings.
E1unuIeOS OF streams OF water are
still being poured into immense de-
posits of glowing embers. but the fire
has spent its force and all danger has
passed.
List of Losers.
Following is a list of the more i'm
portant firms burned out:
S. Currie, ties; Pugley, Dingman &
Co., Toronto Soap company, loss
100000, insurance $4,000; Gillespie
Anley & Co, hatters; w. R. Brock
company, dry goods, loss on stock
100000, insurance $45O,OOO; RoIph
Smith & Co, photographers, Brown
Brothers, statiOners, loss 100000, in
surance $4,000; Gordon, Mackay &.
Co, dry goods, loss $55O,0OO, insur-
ance 100000; Atkinson Brothers,
canned goods; Cockburn & Rhea, mill
liners; Dignum & Moneypennys wool
ems, loss 100000, insurance $75.00O;
Dogs Medicine company, Laight &
WestwoOd, notions. loss 100000, in
surance $75,0OO; Ritchey & Ramsey
paper; Z. W. Gilmore & Brothers, sill
verWare; Canada Paint company;
Grown hotel, Brereton & Manning