Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-30
FIRE SWEEPS DOCK LINE.
STEAMER PLYMOUTH is BURNED
AND CITY OF LOWELL DAM
AGED AT EARLY HOUR.
A MILLION DOLLAR LOSS.
Fort Wrangel, Alaska, Burned and Many
People Made Homeless-Cripple
Creek Has Explosion.

early today destroyed the Fall River
| line steamer Plymouth as she lay at her
dock here, the north pier Of the freight
| shed and hosting apparatus adjoining,
and damage the freight steamer City OF
| Lowell. Much other property was tenn
| porarily threatened. The loss is esti-
mated at $1,000,00O.
The docks of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, which con
trolls the Old Colony Steamboat com
pany, are situated at the end of Long
| wharf, at he north side of the city. Be
| SIDE the passenger station at the end of
the railroad line from Boston the com
pany has maintained Il large repair shop
near the docks. The entire property was
| Il valuation of several million dollars.
The steamer Plymouth was n side
wheel vessel of 1880 tons net burden.
She was built at Chester, Pa, i'll 1890.
She was constructed of steel. Her
| length was 361.
| At 2:20 IL. III. the freight steamer City
of Lowell was hauled out of the dock.
| She was somewhat damaged before Il tug
| could get line to her, but the flames OH
| board were soon eXtinguished.
Waterman Finds the Fire.
| The fire broke out in the Plymouth
| shortly before > O'Clock this morning.
| The Waterman discovered flames burst
| ing from the saloon in the after part of
the boat He quickly aroused the men
| sleeping III the lower hull. AS the men
| tumbled out of their hunks and sought
the stairs the flames were already
sweeping toward them and scarcely one
of them had time to seize his clothes in
| the rush for the upper deck.
| Within 4 few minutes the entire city
fire fighting force had been summoned
to the scene, but before the first effec-
tive stream had been turned on, the
| Plymouth was doomed and the entire
| plant was threatened. The steamer City
! Of Lowell, which had caught fire, was
towed out into the harbor by the tugs
4. w. Morse and Solicitor. and the
! flames on her were extinguished by the
| crew OF one of the tugs.
Flames Run Into Piers.
In the meantime the flames had en-
| ycloDcd the Plymouth from stem to
stern and had jumped to the tall wooden
| hoistug shears overhanging tho vessel,
and to the pier shed. BY half-past =
the liremen gave up hope of saving the
| shears and the she'd The fire by that
time had attacked the paint shop and
| the old railroad station at the head OF
! the pier and they were quickly de-
stroycd The Morse aud the Solicitor
| steamed in again through the smoke and
burning bran Is and lowed the remain
[ ing steamers to safety.
The Puritan and Priscilla were
scorched. but except from smoke, their
interior fittings were not damaged. The
| Naugatucb was unchanged. The fire
! men were able to prevent further
| spread Of the flames.
Fort Wrangel Is Burned.
TACOMA. Wash. March pa spe-
| cial says: Fort Wrangel, Alaska, was
| entirely destroyed by fire started in the
| barber shop of the Pioneer hotel late
| Sunday night. The entire town was
| wined out with the exception Of dock
| and one store. Thirty-eight houses that
composed the towns residential district
were burned to the ground
Wrangel has population OF 400 per
! sons, half of whom are Indians. The
| town has no fire department appara tus.
| and was at the mercy of the blaze. News
| Of the fire was carried to Juneau this
morning by tug and word was received
| by the H. S. cable Office this afternoon.
Large Damage in Cripple Creek.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. March -.
| An explosion III the powder room Of
shafth0use 80. | of the Portland Gold
| Mining and Milling company, one of the
| largest mines in the state caused fire
which destroyed the shaft house engine
| room. boiler room, blacksmith shop and
ore houses. The loss will exceed Sl00,-
| 600. fully insured.
| Two hundred men We're working iii
! the shaft and had a narrow escape IRON
| death.
Chicago Has $i5o,ooo Blaze.
CHICAGO. H., March 2T.-Fire last
! night in the SiX-Story brick binding. 25t-
$50 Market street, occupied by several
| wholesale clothing merchants, caused
| loss of $1J0,000 before it was got under
| control The principal losers are Berg
| man Brothers company; White Goods
| Manufacturing company; Finkiesteln y
| Co. and David NJ. Ottenhcmmer " Co.
Palmer House Stops Panic.
CHICAGO. H.. March 27.--Only by
| the prompt action of the management
was panic among the guests at the
| Palmer house averted last evening when
| fire was discovered i'll the basement of
| the hosiery. AS soon as the alarm was
| sent in bellboys were sent to every toor
| for the purpose of allaying the fears of
i the guests. The appearance OF the hre
| apparatus in front Of the building, the
| smoke and the shouts of the iiremen
| frightened guests and it was with diff
Guilty that the bellboys persuaded them
| the tire was of little consequence.
MANY guests on the State street side,
| directly over the fire, prepared for a
| hurried departure. They gathered their
| belongings and hurried out.
| The fire started i'll that part of the
| storeroom where paints and oils were
| kept and resulted from spontaneous com
| husticE. The loss was but little over
| $100.
Explosion Fire Sweeping.
! BRADFORD, Pa, March 21.-The
| explosion Of Il gasoline engine last night
! caused nre which destroyed Il large
| part of the town of Kane. near here. en-
| failing a loss of $4,000 with very little
| Insurance
| The blaze started in the livery stable
| of Wickham 81 Johnston and cremated
| thirty-two horses in their stalls. \ doz-
| rn buildings were destroyed before the
| fire was controlled. Among the struc-
| lures burned were city hall and the Bap
| fist church.
| Twenty roomers in Mrs. Jacobson's
| boarding house lost all their belongings.
Gotham Fire Was Underestimate.