Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Reading (Pa.) Eagle November 10, 1907 $2,000,000 FIRE. Elevator, Flour Mills, Houses of Grain, Etc., Destroyed. DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 9. - Fire which started in the Great Northern elevator, at Superior, Wis., last night, destroyed the elevator, three flour mills, 40 homes and 700,000 bushels of grain. Two scows, a derrick and two tugs were also destroyed. The loss is estimated at $2,000,000. One man who entered the plant of the Duluth- Superior Storage Company to rescue a tool chest, was not seen again and it is thought he perished in the flames. The Losses The estimated losses are partially distributed as follows: Great Northern Elevator and Power House, $1,250,000; Freeman Flour Mill and Elevator Com- pany, $250,000; Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Com- pany, $75,000; Minkota Flour Mill and Elevator, $50,000; Webster Chair Company,$30,000; Superior Shipbuilding Company, $25,000; Northern Pacific Railway Bridge, $5,000. Origin Unknown The fire, the cause of which is unknown, started at Elevator "A." dock, and before it was discovered had spread to the elevator proper. Four fire tugs responded to the alarm. The intense heat, however, drove them from the slip and, unable to do anything to save the elevator, they concentrated all their efforts on an attempt to protect the adjoining property. The steamers W. A. Parent and W. A. Rogers, which were loading wheat, and the steamers Utica, Alva and Chili 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 contained the finishing plant of the Webster Chair Company. Bridge Damaged. The Globe Elevator, owned by the Peavey Grain Company, caught fire, as did the sawmill of Pey- ton, Kimball & Barber, but the flames at both these buildings were estinguished before much damage was done. The dock of the St. Paul & Western Coal Company caught fire, but the blaze there was quickly brought under control. The Northern Pacific bridge, connecting Duluth and Superior, was damaged enough to interfere with traffic between the two cities. The fire at the Great Northern Elevator was under control at midnight, but all the other fires were not controlled until 2 o'clock this morning. The elevator was owned by the Great Northern Railway, but was leased to the A. D. Thomson Grain Company, of Duluth. The grain therein was fully insured. The losses on the Grand Republic Mill and Elevator, and the Minkota Mill and Ele- vator have not yet been ascertained.