The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-11-15

On Friday night, between eleven and twelve
O'Clock, the building on the cornrr Of W aoAshaw
and st. Anthony strcets. occupied by Mr.. H..
SAspvoRD, as o grocery store, was discovered
TO be on FIRE. The alarm was Immediately Civ
en-, and the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Compa
ny, were promptly on the ground. with their
Gre engine aud hook and ladder truck. Cpfor'
tanately. powder bad bsen stored in the burning
building 10 considerable amount. AMI the fro
quent explosions thcrefrom, warned. and pre-
vented our citizets from making attempts 10
rescue any portion Of Mr. SAxDvonD'a stock,
from the burning house IN comparatively
short time there was nothing lch Of the corner
building and Of m adjoining frame house, occu-
pied by Mr., AarDos, stoe cater. but mass
Of Wondering ruins
Tho FIRST explosion Of the powder, IA kcg pro
babiy) 10 Mr.. SAsDyoaD's store. was treInep
doas and caused serious damage to the build
inga between Wabasbaw and Cedar streets, in
the article Of window glass. Tbcr we're tl,ree
or four other explosions, but moi Of ~ violent a
character. Very fortunately ,niraculo'isly, W.
might say.--no person was injured by any Of the
explosions
Mr.. SAsDvoRD had heavy stock Of go,sls
stored iMthe building b. occupied al u which
were dcs,royd. His stock consisted Of all
kinds Of groceries, provisions, and an assortment
Of hardware. lie estimates bis ioss nj $4,000
mo insurance
Tho building destroyed was Owned by Mr.,
Bmows. Of Bcetown, Wisconsin II was m
old shanty, worth about tho value Of thc lumber
in ii. The binding. however, WIS an object u
interest 10 many ~ the old citizens II ~. Paul.
II WINS usal M the Protestant place Of worship.
in 1850. after the destruction Of the building
erected under Mr.. MINIS superintendent by
fire., in the same year. For upwards Of six
months. the building destroyed OH Friday
night, was the only Protestant place ID worship
In st. Paul
The frc. II Is supposed, originated from the
stove pip lsading from the stove To the roof If
the building,
The mos, serious damage, caused by the OK.
PVsf"H, VIA w tt' EtHt'HiauH nh''N
Of Messrs. uAnrrr 4 Tnoarsos. on the corner
opposite tho building destroyed The shelving
on one side Of the store room, was thrown down.
aud much damage done 10 the stock In this
building ~-thc Old Democrat Office tho damage
caused by the breakage Of window glass was
heavy. On the vest side Of the building every
pane Of glass was broken. with hut k'w cscer
tions.
The conduct Of the mqinbers If tx Pioneer
Company. at this IRE. deserves all comnenda
ton. They were prompt IN attendance. worked
hard, and elected rren, good IN staying The
progress of the flames. Had Il not BEEN for
the little engine owEe,l by this Company, the
entire block from llr corner III Wahashaw
street 10 MCload- store, would have son DC
strnyed We canno' forbear repeating, what
VIZ have heretofore saal that this company dtN
erves all encouragement, hot only hpm ci'genA
Individually hut from the municipal authorities.
We were pleased to harn, that quite u hand
some sum Of money was contributed without
solicitation on Saturday, by ecatlemen who oh
served the conduct Of the mrmhere At the fire