Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-10
ANOTHER EXPLOSION,
Which Sends Pillsbury's Anchor Mill
to Blazes.
A VERY SERIOUS CATASTROPHE.
Which Shows the Secret of Last
Springs Calamity.
THE FLOUR DUST is IGNITED
From Lantern Fifteen Feet Away
Lantern Bearer Badly Burned.
FIRE CONFINED TO THE MILL.
From a Lantern Fifteen Feet AWAY
Lantern Bearer Badly Burned.
FIRE CONFINED TO THE MILL.
Building and Stock Worth $4,000.
and Insurance $4,000.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

Special Telegram to the Globe.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 9.-At $40 last night q
hre alarm was sounded from box H. occa.ioned
by a fire in the Anchor Touring mill, owned by
q. A. Pillsbury q Co. At this writing, $3.50
P. NJ large masses of black smoke are rolling
from the immense building, while occasionally
glimpses of flame can be discerned through the
windows.
THE ANCHOR
has eleven run of stone and is one of the best
and most thoroughly equipped mills in the
city.
THE FIREMEN
are all on the ground and making strenuous
efforts to extinguish the fire, but from the
present outlook with little hope. Immediately
in the vicinity of the Anchor stands the North
Star wooden mill, while Just across the street is
the extensive shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee
Il st. Paul railroad. 1t is hoped and expected
that the fire may be confined to the Anchor
where it originated.
LATER AND FULLER DETAILS.
At this writing, 10 80 p. NJ, the entire inside
of the Anchor mill is one mass of flames. The
entire fire force of the city is employed in en-
THE FIRE OCCURRED
In his way. About 8 o'clock Nels Munson,
of the millers, discovered that one of the
elevators which conducts the -four from the
lower basement to the middlings purifiers in
the upper story of the mill was clOgged. He
took a lantern and proceeded to the basement
for the purpose of removing the obstruction.
Arrived in the basement, he took
the precaution to place his Ian
Harm fonk
from the elevator where the difficulty was but
placed it directly in front of the door opening
into the elevator. Removing the obstruction
he started the elevator once more, when great
puff of flour dust came out Of the open elevator
door, reaching to the lantern when ''whiff''
and there
WAS AT ONCE AN EXPLOSION
similar to the great one last spring, only
smaller and unaccompanied with it's disastrous
effects. Muhson badly burned about the
head, hands and face, but not dangerously. He
Immediately stopped the mill and he, together
with Theo Barthoff and w. W. Smith, immeol-
ately turned on the water and tried to put the
flames out with the hose. 1t was no USE how
ever.
THE FLAMES
ran up all the elevators and then the entire in
terror of the mill was soon on fire. The alarm
was Immediately sounded and the entire fire
department of the city We're on the ground
with all speed, but with all their efforts it was
impossible to stay the flames. At 10 o'clock
the flames were at their height, and it was
thought very probable that the
NORTH STAR WOODEN MILLS
and other surrounding buildings were in dan
ger, but at this time it is hoped and expected
that the flames will be confined to the Anchor
MILL This mill was erected by Eastman, Glib
~ IN oho,1t al 10 n
A. Pillsbury & Co. four years ago, for $4,000,
though many Improvements have been made
to the mill since, including additional run
of stone, making twelve in all.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
To-day, according to Mr.. Pillsbury's state
ment, the mill is worth fully $3.50 One
hundred barrels Of flour were in the mill at the
time Of the fire, thirty of which were saved.
There was also in store in the mill about Is, 900
bushels of wheat, all of which is lost
INSURANCE.
The mill was insured for 1000, and the
stock of wheat and.hour for $S, 900 in the fol-
towing companies:
ON MILL AND MACHINERY.
In Gale & Co.'s agency: Hartford Of Hart
ford s2, 500; North American, $4,000.
Phoenix, of Hartford, $6, O00 North British,
$4,000.
In E.. B. Ames' agency: German-American,
$1,000.
In Pierce, Green & Co.'s agency: st. Paul
Fire and Marine, 1900.
In McNair & divers agency: Western, of
Toronto, So, COO; Merchants, of Newark N. j.,
So, 00O Grard, Philadelphia, $50 900; Manufac-
turers', Boston, $4,000; Orient, Hartford, &c.
500; Hoffman, New York, 81 500; Northern, Wa
tertown, N. y, $1,000; American Central, of
st. Louis 800; Royal Canadian, $500
La
Paris, $4,000.
E. Eichhorn's agency: Mechanics, Milwau-
kee, $1,000.
w. G. FILTERS agency Meriden, of Con-
necticut, $4,000; Bradshaw, Of Providence,
$4,000.
ON STOCK IN MILL
Fred Paine's agency-Citizens, of Missouri,
$500; Revere, of Boston, 81, 800
Ames' agency-Firemen's association Phila-
delphia, 3d. 500.
Traders, of Chicago, $500.
McNar Olliver's agency-Glens Falls, N.
Y, 81 500.
j. G.. McFarland's agency-New Hampshire,
of Manchester, 81, 0C0.
This is all the insurance, and the companies
are said to be all first-class.
UNDER CONTROL.
At this writing,1 o'clock P. NJ, the safety
of all the surrounding property is assured.
The fremen worked wonders standing to
their posts and fighting manfully. To the eff
forts of the firemen, combined with our excel
lent system of waterworks, the great manufac-
turing center of our city is once more indebted
for It's salvation.
The GLOBE man interviewed Mr.. G. A. Pills.
bury, who announced that the firm would al
once proceed to rebuild the mill on the most
modern and approved pattern and probably on
an enlarged scale.
OTHER CASUALTIES.
HOTEL FIRE AT WINONA.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
WINoNA Dec. 9,-The American House, ;
second-class hotel of this city, owned by II
M. Burchard, and occupied by Wallace Wheeler
took fire yesterday, about noon, from an i'm
perfect flue, and was considerably damaged
Most of the contents were saved. Loss fully
covered by insurance.