The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-10
THE FIRE AT BUFFALO.
Immense Loss of Property----FuIl
Particulars.

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The Buffalo papers give the following
accounts of the disastrous fire in that city
IT'S OEIGIN.
The fire was first discovered in the prem
Uses of Mr.. Peter Diehl, No. 1913 Mair
street, about half-past four o'clock or
Thursday morning, and is supposed to have
originated in the coOking-range of his res,
taurant. The fierceness of the gale, in.
tense cold and binding snow rendered the
handling of the hose exceedingly difficult.
MANY of the lines were frozen and rem
dered comparatively useless, by being ce,
mented solidly to the streets. These en-
barrassments to contend with, the best eff
forts of our gallant firemen were impo-
tent. The flames soon communicated to
ether buildings till the Bernheimer Block,
embracing the clothing store of Conrad
Sippel, Mr.. Diehl's restaurant, Richard
Jenner's drug store, and Van Velser's bak-
cry, was utterly destroyed
THR AMERICAN HOTEL.
Attention was then directed to the
American Hotel, but up to heavyweight
o'clock it was confidently thought the
building could be saved. The high wind
blowing from the southwest pressed the
flames towards that building, and soon
after the hour indicated the hotel was on
fire, and the flames spread through the
structure with fury that could not be
assuaged. The fire burned vieiously, and
reaching down as it went northward,
swept the stores of A. L. Schryver & Soa,
Rosenau Brothers, Hoekstetter & Straus,
Dowi & Gelershofer, Paul Buyon, J. J.
Samelson, and the barber shop of @. F.
Berthauer. American Hall and the rooms
recently vacated by the Young Mems As
ISOLATION had been destroyed, and only
few hours were required to leave the splen-
did structure, which had been the pride of
the city, blackened mass OF ruins
BUILDING BLOWN UP.
About II o'clock Mayor Fargo and
those whom he called to his aid, deter
mined to blow up the old Eagle Hotel
building, Immediately north of the Amer
lean, for the purpose of preventing the
further spread of the conhagration. Al
derman Finch and others were entrusted
with the duty, and at noon one hundred
and twenty pound key Of powder had
been brought from the arsenal and depos-
tied in the building to DO blown up. Col.
A!berger, and P P. Miller, Chief Engineer
Of the Western transportation Company,
attached the fuse, and the latter set FIRE
to it. In minute and half the explO-
sion took place, the roof and interior walls
fell in, and Immediately the front and rear
walls fell with crash The shock was
severely felt on the opposite side Of Main
street, and the windows Of the stores in
the Arcade Building, and the upper rooms
were nearly all demolished
The gap made by the explosion between
the burning building and the store of Mr..
Bullymore, arrested the progress Of the
fire, relieved the tiremen from numerous
embarrassments, and allowed them to give
attention to the rOw of residences on
Pearl street, which wsie threatened from
the rear of the hotel. By the destruction
of the Eagle Hotel, the variety store OF
Edward Volger, the tobacco store of Hen
ry Diehl, the liquor store of Mr.. knight,
and the photograph gallery Of Mr., Epson,
We're wiped out at blast.
APPALLING CATAsrHOPHY
James Il. Sidney, assistant foreman Of
Taylor Hose Company No. /, aged about
Twenty-Five; ". H. Gillett, aged abous
twenty-one, ard 6. II Tiff, aged abOrs
twenty -four, the latter two also members
of Hose Company No. I, are no more.
The men of Taylor Hose Company had
taken position On the. floor, under The
main hall extending from main street to
to Pearl, near tie Pearl street end, aud
were "wetting down" the burning ruins by
means of stream through the upper floor.
Jas. Peabody and Henry Bull had charge
Of the pipe, and little after five O'Clock,
Tit and Gillett, accompanied by assistant
foreman Subway, entered the hall torelieve
them. They had been there bat a few
minutes when wall crashed in, carrying
down the floor with it, and burying Pea
dody, Subway, Tiff and Gillett in the ruins.
Mr.. Bull escaped unhurt.
THR FIRE IN THE NIGHT.
| The cornice work on the building oceu-
pied by Mr.. Richard Bullymore, was no.
ticed to be on fire, about halt-past six
O'Clock in the evening, and although
prompt efforts were made to extinguist
the blaze, they were truitless. A thousand
feet Of hose had been received from Roch.
ester during the afternoon; and still later
two thousand feet accompanied by a score
or so of 6remen, arrived here, but the hose
were soon frozen up. They were wholly
unequal to the business to be done, ant
so the flames ragged hour after hour, til
the entire north ED OF the block was de
stroyed. The buildings destroyed by thi
second disastrous fire were occupied b.
the Erie County Savings Bank; Mr. Rich
ard Baltimore, meat store; Mr.. Ransom
halter; Mr.. George Gage, grocer; an
Mrs. Young, millirer. A number of office
were located on the second floors, anon
! which was the law office ofO. A. Marshal
= tn bank removed its moreys, book
Y and securities before the fire broke out
= second time
THE LOSS.
y The loss is variously estimated at frol
t $4,000 to 100000, but We have Z
. figures upon which to base an estimate