Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-21


teen buildings were destroyed and
it Is estimated that 5000 people
are thrown out Of employment by
the fire.
Toronto, Ont. April 20. - Fire thai
ragged throughout the night and up to
an early hour today in the wholesale
and retail business district caused q
total loss of several million dollars.
The principal warehouses of the city
were burned.
Big Area Burned.
Tho area covered by the fire is three
blocks in length and varies from half
q block to two blocks in width. Every
building on Bay street from Melinda
esplanade at the water front is wiped
out. The fire spread on Wellington and
Front streets and the esplanade, along
the river front from their intersection
with Bay street for distances Of 200
feet to whole block.
Neighboring Cities Aid Firemen.
In answer to appeals for assistance
London, Hamilton and Montreal, Can.
ada, and Buffalo, New York, sent en-:
gines and men hereaon spS siaI trains.
but it was long after midnight before
the first one arrived and In the mean
time tim the local fireFssn had fsgsfss az
Wind Favors City.
From the time the fire started on
Wellington street in the rear Of Cur
rie's neckware manufacturing plant un-
TIL OF burned itself out ut daybreak,
there was not moment when a shift
of the wind to the north would not have
resulted in the destruction Of the great
er part Of the city.
One Man Missing.
The only person injured was Fire
Chief Thompson, who jumped from the
top of building to save his life and
who received broken leg. One man,
a traveller from Montreal, is believed to
have perished in the flames.
Custom House Proves Barrier.
The custom house, four story
stone building at the corner of Yonge
and front Streets was the barrier that
stopped the progress of the flames.
The structure was not badly damaged.
Dynamite was used on several of the
small buildings.
The losses run from $4,000 to $780,
900 and the insurance is about three
quarters of the losses.
Firms Burned Out.
| Among the firms whose places Of
business were destroyed are the fol-
lowing:
! Gillespie, Ansley & Co., hats and furs.
| Dignum g. Moneypenny, importers.
| Comfort Soap works.
Davis & Henderson Wholesale sta
| TONERS.
Jessop Steel company's building, oc-
lf,,, ir,l I, T t,l,t ~,
wholesale woolens.
Alcott. Sargent & Westwood. fishing
tackle.
Dodds Medicine Co.
/ Western Steamship Co.
Richard L. Baker Co.
Il. T. Corset Co.
c. II. Westwood & Co. fishing tackle.
Garland Manufacturing Co.
f. Fl. Craig, agent.
Rothschilds Bros. & Co, nanufac-.
turers.
c. w. Bangard & Co., brokers.
Richard e. Ramsay Co., paper manu-
! facturers.
Thomas Hoslsln. manufacturers
A agent
I Knlieth Paper Co.
Andrew Muirhead Wholesale pairt-
4 ers.
T.. w. Gilmore & Bro, silverware
w. FL. Payne & Co., commits ga
agents.
f. NJ. Slater & Co., wholesale dry
goods.
/ international Brokers. limited.
Gale Manufacturing Co, white wear.
; Whiteman e Brown Bros, wholesale
stationers.
] Ralph Smith & Co. photographers.
Geo III. Hess. Son & Co. window
shades.
Menzies Manufacturing Co., window
shades.
n F. Sharp & Co. photograph sup.
plies.
Crown hotel.
Office Speciality Co.
The Evening Telegram office,
w. r. Brock & Co., dry goods.
Toronto Soap Co.
Jugsley. Dingman & Co.
Gosdou. Malkay & Co.. dry goods.
Atkinson Bros, dry goods.
Cockburn & Rea, milliners.
Laight & Westwood, notions.
Canada Paint Co.
Brereton e. Manning. furs.
W. J. Gage & Co, stationery
Warwick Bros. 6; Rutter.
Chas Cockshut & Co. woolens.
ECkardt Caskct Co
wild Darling Co, dry goods
Dominion Fence Co.
Buntin Reid Co, stationers.
Corticelli Silk Co.
Carlow building.
4 Ganlt Bros. &, Co.. dry goods.
T. ". S. Currie