Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-01
MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE.

MINNEAPOLIS MIMI, March 3l.-About 10 80
O'Clock last night fire was discovered in the
feed store of Day & Gilmore, at 9O3 Washing
ton avenue south. A delay of ten minutes in
sounding the alarms and the inhamable ma
terial with which the store was stacked, caused
the fire to make rapid Roadway, and when the
fremen reached the scene the building and the
one adjoining 90l Washington avenue, were
all ablaze. In a few seconds the building on
the south side 905, caught fire. The brisk
wind which prevailed, caused the fire to burn
hereby, but the firemen worked with will,
and in an hours time had the fire under con-
troll.
The three buildings burned were owned by
August Sonneburg, and insured for $500 each.
The building, No. sol, was rented by Anton
Cole, who carried on the saloon business and
lived in the upper part of the house. Mr.. Cole
estimates his loss at $500. The only insur-
ance he had was $500 in the Cassaignac Insur-
ance company furniture. Five hundred
dollars in cash, which he had in bureau
drawer, was also burned.
Day & Gilmore, who occupied the store 9O3
Washington avenue, where the fire broke out,
estimate their loss at 81 900; insured in the
Newark Insurance company for $500. The
building entirely destroyed, together with
all the books of the firm.
Mr.. Watcher occupied the building 905
iewelry store. He removed his stock, which
will only be damaged by water. and on which
there is an insurance Of $400 in the Mechanics
Insurance company, of Milwaukee.
The fire caught from a stnve in Day 4 Gill
mores feed store. The total loss is about
$4,000, on which there is an insurance amount
ing to $4,000. At l o'clock the fire was all out
and the iremen had left for home.
Western Associated Press.
TERRIBLE PRAIRIE FIRES.
Sioux CITY, Ia, March 3l.-The Journal has
startling reports of the ravages of the destruct-
i've prairie fires up the Big Sioux Valley and
throughout Southern Dakota. The fires on
Saturday were of unusual force and destructive
beyond precedent. Poles on the telegraph
line on the Sioux City Il Pembina railroad
were burned, so the lines have been down, and
reports from that quarter ale not full. A
merchant of Eden, in Sioux City to-day, tells
narrowing tales of losses in that quarter on
Saturday. From his store door, the town occu-
plying an elevated position, he counted thirteen
farmhouses in flames, and he says more thanforty
farmers in that vicinity have lost everything,
houses, barns, hay, seed grain, etc. The flames
travelled with such rapidity that the people
were unable to save anything. The stricken
people are dazed by the terrible blow that has
fallen on them.
A large Norwegian church, five miles from
Eden was burned. In the same neighbOrhood
child, it is reported, was fatally burned, and
the father was terribly burned in his efforts to
save his child's life.
+ North west of Beloit a Norwegian named
Nicholson, while working to save his property,
was caught in the fire and so badly burned
that be cannot live. 1t is reported that two
other men in the same locality were burned to
death. In the vicinity Of Portlandville it is
said trat not less than twenty farmers have
lost their hay. grain, etc.
West of Elk Point Fri Richardson lost large
amount of grain. The school house with all
the books and contents was also burned.
At White Swan, opposite Fort Randall, the
telegraph Office will all its effects was burned,
At the same place the government stables were
burned, but the stock was saved. Altogether,
immense damage has been done and the hard
ship to settlers is particularly severe. Grass
grew very rank last year, and the protracted
dry spell has made it powerful food for fire.
OIL WORKS BURNED.
PHILADELPHIA, March 31.-The Belmont oil
works, owned by VIM. L. Atkins & Co.. burned
to-day. Frank Callaghan and John Graves,
workmen, were burned, the former fatally and
the latter seriously. Loss estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000.
SMALL FIRE.
COLUMBUS, O., March 3l.-The residence of
Thomas Hamlin was partly destroyed by fire
tO-nlSaG' LOSS, &o,UOO; insurance @oUU, IN Jne
Niagara, of Buffalo.
RIGHTEOUS RULING.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 31.-To-day the mo-
ton for new trial in the case of Joseph Ben
stein, found guilty of rape was overruled, and
the prisoner sentenced to be hung June 30th.
An appeal to the supreme court has been
taken.
SIXTEEN HOUSES BURNED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 3l.-At Lebanon
KY, to-day, sixteen houses were destroyed by
fire. Loss, 100000; insurance, $4,000.
AN INCENDIARY's WORK.
HUDSON, N. Y, March 3l.-Au incendiary
burned Trimpers wadding mill at Niverville.
Loss, $4,000; insurance. $4,000.
ABAD LANDSLIDE.
PTrTsTowN, March 3l.-A landslide on the
Lehigh Valley railroad threw locomotive of
the New York passenger train from the track,
killing the engineer, Nicholas Chillinger, and
seriously iniuring the fireman,