Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-04-13

From the st. Louis Times April lstl

| From the St Louis Times April lst1
1t IS with great sorrow are cunpe led
to announce, This morning, hat ih- Liudel
motel Is a ru'n-a mass OF stone, brick. NOR.
tar aud rbish, with a series oi SCARED and
broken c''Iumns, demo ing the ,ast and sweep
ing desola,ion Of the FIRE king This an.
nonnc-m-n' is a'msss unnece sarv. for there
10 h'rdly c,tiz-n-mar, woman or child
in the city, who was not ccgnizant of the
terrible loss sustained 10y the city last night.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
The lire commen' ed 10 a room fronting on
Seventh street, i" the fifth story, occupied
we W. re informed, by dom este 8, and was d 8.
covered at a little after o cock
1t seemed to spread along the roof from
west to east and from north to son,h, slowly
but surely, and before the engines reached
the spot it had attained a slight foo,hoid in
all parts OF the roof urar The ,ornice.
The building being seven stories in heiz ht,
the streams attempted to he thrown by the
! hremen f. II TAR sh .rt Of their mark, and the
volume OF water scemsd TO i-sue s'ugg:shly
from the nozZles-wth not half The usual
| force
Crowds gathered from every quarter The
cry, "The Lnd-Il is urning!' resounded in
al parts OF the city. and many thousands OF
people rushed to the Seem. All was a. f st
chaos in III. crowd, and 1t was a difficult
matter for the police to heat back the swell.
ing, surglng masses, to enable The tiremen to
perform their lab"rs, aud permit the removal
of goods and furniture.
| The fire department has been 50 successful
OF late IN staying the ravages Of fire, that
few were pr, sent who did 10, entertain the
surp' s','on and the hope that the flames
wouli be stayed cr" they reached the lower
stories; and la"oi:nG under this misaken
idea. the merchants and s. oImen in the low
er story re t"'dy in renewing their goods
and IF Cts 'herwrse nearly everything con.
t"i"ed in these stores nj ipLt have been saved
from the flames
The forts of the f,en',n were futile.
he small volumes of w,ter which were
hr' s-h' N intact with the iite produce no
Observable 'tf"c', Nothing ,ho,t of torrent
! on torrent cou d have been rnct tual
CLEARING orr
The large humber ut guc.ts nj oCce acted
"p"n the instinct OF self preservation. They
seized such rsut al effects as were portable
and escaped from The b.Ii d.. he ladies
were PLACED IN carriages az q taken to other
h' tets, o. escorted t" places "i safety. After
takng view OF tn" Sc nr, many gentlemen
rriu' nrh to t ,ir apHrtm' MS. and by The aid
"t k'Id ,e;'!s. strai Ecr* r. servants. trans
ported tie heavipI lugA-n to IL pace OF
ahty. \ vua, 4mouuj oi h,-g !" was SAY
I'd in hi~ mahler. though Il ev,'>>l.Y mach
~a> c h'UH.,J. lie cor, i.t> ut Sulue II the
trnnA~ we're very valuanIt-4I =, r. uuye.i by
II dis",l e Of E>cu!npus, con,ui z Jewels
VA u, u al over 80 $50.
SANtD BY the llNDtLi riUrIiIT, RS
Thanks TO ~" rT,Srnce OF mind OF thr
.'"p''.''r.. J"h" Is N,n~... . IN | L. II rch
" f,Il and John II s. arr they were
"b'e 10 save S me II tie NalUabl.s. The
vault, t. g"th'r with al ia deposits Of tie
guests and valuable papers we:e saved.
About one hat of the Nire~ and LOU rs,
of VIII ch a new and valuable imported stock
bad b en laid in, and one-huIf Of he silver
ware WAS saved, aud a very | tie furniture
on the frs, floor Nne Of tie ljIen, and
n.he TT 'he tLrnlture on arv OF tie upper
ST r''- Was saved. There were 3o4 guests in
the Lo el at the Time
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The loss i va,i,usly esrin.ateI at from
81 500 900 to 81 UVu. 600, aii when every
thing Is included 1t caruct fall Tar short Of
he last fgur". By c'mrt tent authority 1t
wa asserted last night that III. luiing ol
Itself Was worth Sl3OOOoo 1t was also
stated ,ha, the furnishings, stock. etc, would
loot up 100000 more; aud add to this the
oS~ on the several stores and offices. personal
fleets of gut St.. etc, 1t won q brus the loss
up t" the high s. figure.
From he best affirmation oh,"inable we
place III" insurance on the building al S32D,-
Il H., &C., 49,,
hnteI. Sl2O 600 IL WAS impossible to pro-
cure tie names Of ths companies. 1ut W. are
assured that all the home compet les have
Iolic'eS ranging tr III 5000 to 81 0uu and
he ha ance IL divide! amorg line various
shi> r"n'-thr Liverpool and Lor DIN b wing
co"sid ralle sic.
OWNERSHIP OF THE LlNnEIl ETC.
This uagnllicen, edtice wa> uilt n 1866.
by Joint stuck company, In which Messrs.
Peter Lindeli. Luther NJ. kerlert, VIM G.
Clark, and Other prom inen' and wealthy G. i.
zens. we're interested 1t was one Of the
arGest hotels in the wor!I, a,d was justly
sou ce of ir.de t. our citizens. It's iLaugu-
ration took place with great cclnt. though it
"en' throu,h lodg and severe siege before
It was brought to paying standard. The
present protrie,ors ere doing well, however,
and there was every prosp-,t II its be,rg
great success in tie future.
1t was ed by Mr.. Ames rid other heirs
Of Henry Ames, decens' d, Who purchased 1t
at a 'imc when the stock wa blow par and
the mouey market tglt, 20. $4,000
THE FALLING Walls
AT twenty minutes to l2 O'Clock the Sixth
street walls ie'l outward with terrible crash,
though they did rot scatter the debris At any
gsea, dis,ance--Ihs,y seemed t. crush DOWN
ward wi h their own wight, pihng huge
stores aud b lex in the mild'e # the street,
tor mi Z an ,ifectual block de :ur days to
come.
At later period "ther rcr'ions Of the
wall m lt,d It's il we're, a,d sunk downward
IA Ike manner.