The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-08-08


as if as an appeal for prote,
coming element marching in
"Save the Church !" was the.
hundreds Of men were on and
water, and wettng the roofs
time it seemed doubtful whether IL
large edifce would not bow before
stroyer at last. But human effort pl
The buildings above burned lower, an,
y the last one fell in, sending show
sparks heaven-ward and the danger was
Each one toiIing in the heat breathed fire.
and as if exulting in its safety, the bell ran,
forth merry peal from its sccrched belfry
above.
Across THE STREET.
Only the har 8. /; or saved the frame
blocks owned by Mr. j. w. McClung and
>. Munger, Esq TIE buildings were Sc
verely scorched, but escaped burning.
THIEvING
Was carried on to great extent. A box of
watches was carried out of jewelry store
and set down, by the owner, from where they
were instantly stolen. Nothing was safe
from the "smashers;" they carried off any,
thing they could lay hands on. Even after
daylight they continued their pundering.
Mr.. G. HI. Williams, of the firm Williams 6
Sons, found an Irishman attempting to carry
off some brushes from their goods where they
had been piled. On stopping him, the thief
attempted to bluff him off, when Mr.. W.
'gave him one under the ear" whereupon
Mickey dropped the plumber and sloped.
Four persons were arrested ba the police,
for stealing. A report will by found amorg
the police items.
One case which seems to throw some Ioht
upon the mysterious origin of the fire. occur
red at its beginning On the first alqrm and
before any body had arrived the clerks sleep
ing in the Offices of Mr. Nninger, and Mey-
er and Willius, opposite, ran out leaving the
doors unlocked for moment On returning
they found that their gold watches and other
jewelry and money had disappeared. This
would seem to indicate that that the thieves
were on the ground when the fire began, and
who knows but what it was a plan of their
own to afford chances for "busness 2"
There were probably other cases of thiey
ing which we have not heard OF.
INCIDENTS
j. Y. Caldwell, whose large stock was
burned, had another lot of goods worth sew
eral thousand dollars landed on the Leyee.
the day before the fire, about 5000 worth
OF them were in the store and destroyed.-
Luckily the rest were not brought up.
L. Il +. Rose, wholesale liquor dealers had
anarrow escape. They had moved out of
the store they occupied just the day previous
to the fire, and thus Saved their bacon"
An elderly German was aroused from his
maps by the FUSS and on surveying the scene,
ran back into the house to move his valua-
bles. A child lay sleeping innocently in a
cradle. The frantic father siezed-a key Of
beer and some pipes and made off with them
to place Of safety. A gallant fremen bore
Oft the cradle. We give this incident as we
heardit: our informant vouches for it.
Teams were busy all day yesterday con-
veying the rescued goods to places of safety.
Tue sidewalks presented a mixed up appear
ance, yesterday morning, piled up with fur
niture and various kinds ofgoods. a squad of
police were on the ground, faithfully protect
ing the exposed property.
With the energy and go-ahead nature of
our st. Paul men we are sure it will be but
few months ere splendid row of substan.
tial buildings will rise, phoenix like, out Of
the ashes of yesterday mornings fire. All
the sufferers Immediately removed the re-
mains of their stocks to other places, and
made arrangements for continuing business.