Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-13

TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE U ST. LOUIS

TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE q ST. LOUIS.
Says St. Louis disps,tch of Nov. 7,h:
Flames broke out ear.y this evening in
the carpenter shop Of Christian Moelier,
on Cerre street, near Eighth, and
spread with great rapidly among the
tenement houses with which the local
ity is crowded. On the arrival of the
steamers the scene was one that beg
CARS description. The fire had spread
so rapidly in the buildings that their
inmates had not had time to make
their escape, and while half dozen
men had leaped from the windows. the
women and children were leaning
over the easements, hall stihed
by the dense smoke. Ladders
were quickly thrown into position, and
while the steamers were playing on the
burning buildings the iiremen began
taking out tine women and children.
When one young German girl by the
cried that her sister, Mrs. Miller, had
fallen in the kitchen, and one of the
firemen entering that portion of the
building stumbled over an object that
he could not make out in the heavy
smoke. STOPPING down, he found that
it was humane body, and after
great deal Of trouble he succeeded in
reaching the open air with the I'M
fortunate Mrs. Miller. The woman
was in an insensible condition and
burned almost to a crisp about her
head, face, shoulders, ard breast.
About the same time that Mrs. Miller
al -rt a. T., II
man, an emplove of the O'Fallon
mills was found bv his wife, lying under
the still burning debris of the carpenter
shop, half roasted. He had apparent
" been in the shop the time the fire
broke out, and was unable to make
his escape. He was removed to the
dispensary. \ little stepson OF Chris
tan Miller was also taken out, burned
badly about the face, and is not likely
to recover. The residence Of Mr.. Kit.
tering, situated on the southeast corner
of Ninth and Cerre streets, had in the
meanwhile taken fire, and after it had
been partially consumed the owners
wife remembered that she had left
two of her children sleeping
in one of the rear third-story
rooms. As soon as the story could be
obtained from the half-frenzled woman
a ladder was taken up by the crowd,
and planted at one of the front windows,
and Deputy Marshal Briggs and Officer
Switzler entered the building. After an
absence of a few seconds they reappear-
ed, Marshal Briggs bearing one Of the
children, little one 4 years of age, in his
arms. The little fellow had apparently
been only sufiocated by the smoke, but
it could not be determined what had
become of the other child, year
younger. The supposition is that it
was burned to death in the flames. The
fire originated in shed at the rear of
Miller's residence, where he was boiling
glue. The damage to buildings and
contents will probably aggregate SIC, 600.
TIVE FEVER AT MEMPHIS.
Disquieting rumors concerning the
yellow fever having been spread in
Memphis, the board of health issued
the following card Nov. 9TH:
To THE PUBLIC: In view of the rumors
which haveso disputed Our people, we
deem it our duty to state that we know
of no cases of yellow fever occurring
with returned refugees who have
not been exposed in infected dis
tricts. We may expect cases of
fever to occur, for some weeks yet,
among those who have been heretofore
exposed, and think we are safe in stat
ing that the fever will not spread from
these cases. We regard it safe for re-
fugees to return, If the directions Of the
board of health be complied with, in
ventilating and fumigating their houses
before occupation. No application has
been made to the Towards for nurses
the past twenty-four hours.
THE CANADIAN FISHERIES.
Advices from Newfoundland of Nov.
9TH state that the colonial
government has been requested by ca
BILE from the foreign office at London
to send a statement respecting the For
tune Bay trouble. A case has been
prepared by the Newfoundland gov
eminent showing that American crews
are violating both the treaty and colo
NAL fishery laws, and contending that
the American fishermen, when in New
foundland waters, are bound equally
with Newfoundland fishermen to respect
the general laws of the colony.
MEXICAN NEWS.
The following summary of Mexican
news was telegraphed Nov. Z: Gen. Es-
cobedo has been liberated on parole on
account of his i'll health.
A proposition is being advanced to