Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10

Leading Hotels, Cottages, and One Thou
sand Bath Houses Swept Away-A Loss
of 100000, Half Insured-The Confa-
grafton Believed to be Incendiary-Other
Fires.
CAPE MAY, N. j.. Nov. 9-12 m.-The Ocean
house, Fryer's cottage, Burns cottage, Congress
hall and the Centre house are on fire and q
great portion of the city is threatened with
destruction.
CAPE MAY, 1890 P. M.-Camden was early
telegraphed for men and engines. but the ex-
pected assistance has not yet arrived, and the
gravest apprehensions exist. Congress hall is
in ruins and the Centre house, the last to take
tinues untouched.
CAPE MAY, 1915 P. M.-9he engines have ar
rived. Buildings at Perry and Washington
streets, Myers cottage and the Atlantic house
are on fire.
CAPE MAY, 1:l5 P. M.-The fire has crossed to
the east side of Jackson street and sparks are
firing everything to leeward. The Wyoming
cottage and Columbia house are now burning.
CAPE MAY, 2 P. M.-Congress hall and the en-
tire block bounded by Washington and jackson
streets have been destroyed. The Columbia
house is burning at the east, and the cottages
on the north side of Jackson street have also
caught. The Atlantic hotel, Congress hall,
Ocean house. Center house, Avenue house
Wyoming house, and Merchants hotel, are ali
burned; also the following cottages: Nc
Crarys, Kings, Flyers, Cahilrs, Humphreys,
Eliza Miller's Suelki's, McConnelrs Finders.
and Bluffs. The Columbia house cannot be
saved, and the Stockton is in great danger.
When the fire broke out every effort was made
to stay It's progress, but without avail, as the
ire department consists Of only one steam
engine and hose. Two engines which left
Camden on special train at 10 O clock are here.
but the water arrangements are very meaere
CAPE MAY, 3:45 P. M.-Stockton row is on
fire, and the flames are rapidly working up
from the Columbia house to Washington street.
THE LATEST, AND GENERAL RESUME.
CAPE MAY, Nov. 9.-The worst fire that ever
visited this city was discovered this morning
about Z o'clock in the attic of the Ocean house
on Perry street below Washington, the new
wing Of the Centre house intervening between
the Ocean house and Washington street. the
main thoroughfare of Cape May. The fire was
evidently the work of an incendiary, as there
had been no fire in the Ocean house since the
close of the season. a police officer gave the
alarm, and the fire department. of the CITY. con-
sisting of truck one hand engine and a nm,
Der OF chemical engines, responded promptly,
but 1T was soon found they could do little to-
ward subduing the flames. No one had been in
the Ocean house for several days. For the past
two seasons the house was run by 8. r. Lnd.
ham, who, about fifteen minutes before the fire
was discovered, left for Philadelphia The old
wing OF the house was not injured when the
tire shot across Perry street to the west and at
tackled
CONGRESS HALL,
in what was called Whisky Row. The wind was
then from the northwest, and blowing thirty
six miles an hour. The flames spread to the
new wing of Congress hall, fronting on Perry
street, about the time it com municated to the
back part of the Merchants house, on Jackson
street. Soon after the main wing of Congress
hall on Washington street caught. The fire
then extended to the
CENTER HOUSE,
at Perry, Washington and jackson streets
whence the flames communicated to the old
wing OF the Ocean house, on Bay street, and at
the same time reached Center house cottage
and communicated to Petersons COTTAGE. on
Jackson street. The fire rapidly swept over
the adjoining property to Ten Pin alley, on
jackson street. Now the
MERCHANTS HOTEL.
on fire. but kept under control, burst into
flames, which made their way down to the
beach. It looked as if the whole CITY was
doomed.i The fire swept along to Finlon's
cottage BY the sea on Jackson street. Charles
Suelke's Centennial house was burned to the
ground, and Mrs. Walkers cottage on jackson
street followed. The flames, now raging
furiously, reached the old
ATLANTIC HOUSE,
and shot across Jackson street to the George
Hiilworth cottage, which fell victim, together
with Cupillo cottage. The Knickerbocker
house was then attacked, and soon after VIM.
p. Kings hot bath establishment was included
in the general destruction. George Fryer's cot
tage, standing alone on the bluff below the
Ocean house, was enveloped by flames and
burned. Then came the
AMERICAN HOUSE,
kept by Geo. z. Dougherty, the property of
Burns & Tate, at tho foot of Perry street.
This was followed by s. A. Rudolph's cottage
on Jackson street. While the fire was at its
height about nGon and after the Avenue house
had caught ire, steam engine from Camden
arrived, and in this direction the fire was
checked. The flames then attacked two cottages
OF Alex. Mcdonnell, and that of Rudolph, out
they were not seriously damaged. Back of
CatelPs cottage, on Decatur street, were Judge
COItds5S etuu tuTcG OIL w. Ii. Hing S
cottages, which were destroyed. At this time,
2 o'clock, alarm came that the
COLUMBUS HOUSE
on Ocean street, between Washington street
and the beach, was on fire, and the flames
spread SO rapidly over this property that it was
soon in ruins with number of outbuildines
and Beaver cottage on Ocean street, Theo. j.
Tosker's cottage adjoining, Col R. S. Moot'b
cottage on Washington street, both houses in
front of the Columbia house and about
ONE THOUSAND BATH HOUSES
belonging to the Stockton hotel. Some cinders
lodged on the Stockton house roof but were
extinguished. Two of Warne's cottages on
Stockton row caught fire but were
saved. The last building eattacked was
Wolfe cottage, about two hundred yards
from the Stockton house, where again the
fremen obtained mastery and this after
continuous work was about 6P. NJ. At 4:3O
another steam engine arrived from Camden
and rendered very efficient aid in checking the
flames. McKay's cottage on jackson street.
of the Oldest buildings on the island, went
early IN the day. On the lawn of the Colun-
bla house, between it and the beach, two cot
tages belonging to the hotel were destroyed.
The
ENTIRE BURNED DISTRICT
covers an area Of about forty acres and is
bounded by Congress street on the west, Wash
lngton street on the north, Ocean street on the
east and the beach on the south. The total