Evening star., 1907-11-09
GREAT GRAIN FIRE;
LOSS, S3,000,O00
Starts in Great Northern Eie-
vator al Superior. Wis.
EIGHT PLANTS INVOLVED
Some Shipping Burned, But Other
Vessels Saved.
HEAT DRIVES OUT FIREBOATs
Forty Homes Are Also Destroyed.
One Man Thought to Have
Perished.
EIGHT PLANTS INVOLVED
HEAT DRIVES OUT FIREBoATs

DULUTH. MINI. November 9-Firs
which started in the Great Northern eie-
vator at Superior, Wis. about Q o'clock
last night was brought under control at
an early hour today. after having destroy
ed the elevator. three -four mills. forty
homes and 100000 bushels of grain. Two
scows, a derrick and two tugs were also
burned.
One man who entered the plant of tho
uluth-Superior Storage Company to res
cue a tool chest was not seen again. and
1t is thought he perished in the flames.
The total loss is figured AT s. 26s 900.
including about three-quarters of n mil
lion in wheat. All firms except Whitney
Bros, marine contractors, have insurance
covering large proportion OF the losses.
Property loss in detail follows:
Great Northern elevator A and power
houses 81, 250 600.
Grand Republic mill sl5O.OOO
Freeman mill and eleAtor, S3I5 600.
Minkota mill and elevator $4,000
Webster Manufacturing Company, $780,
Republic elevator and contents. $225 600
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Com
pany. s250Oo.
Great Northern merchandise docks. &c.,
600
Whitney Bros, 81, 900.
Superior Shipbuilding Company, $500.
Small dwelling houses, 5000.
Where It Started.
The fire, the cause of which is un-
known. started at the southwest corner OF
elevator dock, and before 1t was dis
covered had spread to the elevator proper.
An alarm was turned in, and four fro
tugs responded. The intense heat, how
ever. drove the tugs from the slip, and.
70 fO ba olo
vator. they concentrated all their efforts
in an attempt to save the adjoining prop
erty.
When the fire started the steamers w.
A. Parent and w. A. Rogers were in the
elevator slip loading with wheat The
steamers Utica. Aiva and Chilli were on
the opposite side Of the slip at a mer-
chandise dock. All were pulled out by
tugs and thus saved from destruction.
Flying sparks from the burning elevator
soon ignited the Grand Republic mill, the
dock of the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
Company and the plant of the Duluth
Superior Storage Company, which con-
tanned the finishing plant Of the Webster
Chair Company.
The Globe elevator. owned by the Pea
vey Grain Company, also caught fire. as
did the sawmill of Peyton, kimball
q Barber, but the flames at both OF
these buildings were extinguished before
much damage was done. The dock of the
ST Paul and Western Coal Company
caught fire, but the blaze there was quick
ly brought upder control The Northern
Pacific bridge, connecting Duluth and Su-
perior. was damaged enough to interfere
with traffic between the two cities.
Fire Under Control.
The fire at the Great Northern elevator
was under control at midnight. but all
the other fires were not controlled until
o'clock this morning.
The elevator was owned by the Great
Northern railway. but was leased 10 the
A. D. Thomson Grain Company of Duluth.
The grain therein was fully insured. The
losses on the Grand Republic mill and ee
yator and the Minkota mills and elevator
have not yet been ascertained.