Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-05
Tho FIERY FURNACE.
Which Waited Music Hall Up Among
the Spheres Last Night.
SERIOUS LOSS TO THE CITY
ne Heaviest Disaster Which Has o.
Cured for Many Years.
$4,000 IN PROPERTY GONE UP,
ut Insurance Covers the Greater Por-
ton of the Damage.

lightning is said never to strike twice il
same place. But fire doesn't discriminate
this way, though the visitation may be al
lg intervals. Six years ago the northwest
rner of Wabashaw and Third streets was
vastated by fire; yesterday it was struck
ain by the destroying flames, and Warmers
>ck stands III ruins to-day.
1t SIS clock box No. Is told by its strokes
existence of q IRE in tho vicinity
Bridge Square. The fire department.
pended to the alarm, and found no difficulty
finding the locality of the fire. Before they
on the ground the notice of the fire had be
he pretty generally disseminated. and a
sc crowd had gathered around the foot OF
sstairs leading up to the Music Hall from
abashaw street. Some made their way u1
IFS. and came back begrimmed
blinded with smoke. Even
en- discovered the fire seemed
have gotten under fair Roadway, ard defed
IN the first many efforts to put out the fame
,leus. When the fire department arrived at
scene. the building seemed to be filed
b smoke, and every channel of egress, the
ldows, doorways and crevices in the walls
:e filled with volumes or flmy, feathered-
;es of smoke.
It first the fire laddica seemed not
comprehend OR appreciate the stu
on' and were slow to take
d. But once at work, they labored with u
directed zeal and vigor. which confined the
aes within the walls of the one block, and
ed adjoining buildings, which were every
uent jeopardized.
~ effort was made to run line of hose up
stairway and pour stream of water on the
at the place of origin. The
,ke was found intolerable, and
then a sudden explosion, combined
drive the fre-iig hters pell-nell down the
rway. After this d line of hose was run up
back window and did effective service.
,ther we'll directed stream played upon the
Idlng from, Wabashaw street, and two
"a ms deluged the Third street front.
HOW AND WHERE THE FIRE ORIGINATED.
ir. Z. s. German first discovered the fire in
incipiency. He was il his Office, smelt the
-, investigated and detected smoke issuing
N the wood closet belonging to Davis,
5rien & Wilson's wood closet. He opened
IS door, saw the flames under full Roadway.
| at once seized q vessel or two Of water at
i'd. and attempted to extinguish the flames.
,inhammable material at hand was too good
:ecder, and leaving his post, he gave the
r1n which brought general assistance.
ne wood closet, in which the fire started
dark inside room, across the hall from the
ce occupied by Davis, O'Brieu & Wilson.
.7gside this one are others, filled with similar
abustible material, shavings aud dry wood,
which the flames fed aud to the defiance
III effort to subdue them. No cause can BE-
;s,ued tor the sudden confagration. The sup
ition was generally hazarded that probably
ashes and live Goals had been poured ut in
closet. This is stoutly denied by Ernest
cwald, offics-hoy, and he has several to sus-
l him in it. The origin of the fire is con-
led to the mysteries. The place of the fire
lie it hard to be reached and great difficulty
ended all attempts to fight it. At o'clock
fire was discovered; at $50 o'clock it had
h a mastery of the inaido building that
ike gave way to flame, and all was red hot
soon sitter the light of the cracking
nes showed glaringly through tho windows
hen a short tongue of flame found egress to
outside, then receded, to be followed by a
en-. They united, and grand rolling flame
fire bclched forth from the third story win
IS on Wabashaw street, and Third street was
minated from the blazing cornice and roof.
!eanwhie people had congregated in num-
sufficient to populate st. Paul, and with a
plus almost sufficient to civilize Minneapo-
What with spectators, the fiery furnace, the
,:ge Of water, the shouts Of direction, the
tied demands for assistance, the hurrying
and fro Of parties rescuing plumber, the
Of the engines, a scene beggaring descrip-
! stood out in bold relief in the
light of the crumbling building.
WARMERS BLOCK.
he building was erected about six years
to replace two story frame which was
.yumed by fire with the loss Of life. It wa $
imposing and substantial structure erected
Reuben Warner. built by John Summers.
III a front of 50 feet on Third street, it cx-
sied back on Wabashaw street for
feet. The first floor was occupied
Myers & Finch, jewelers.; D. D.Lambie & Co.,
lggists, and Thomas Fl. Lyle, barber. The
oad floor was occupied for law offices by d.
O'Brien & Wilson, I. Y. d. Heard, E. s.
rmaI ". H. Underwood, J. 4. Spencer and
ncs Z. O. Bren. The third floor was used as
public hail. the loss of which will be seri-
s!y felt. The basement was occupied by
+chell & steenstra as a job print
office. The next building on
iyd street, west, belonged to Hiram Rogers,
had occupants. first floor S. G.. Dickinson.
50 cent store, the second and third floors
ng used as offices. This, too, came in for a
,ous scorch, but met with no great damage,
ing to the strenuous efforts Of the depart
Mt.
HISTORICAL.
The spot occupied by Music Hall has three
les been swept by the flames. In the fall
1855, one Sandford had frame grocery
re, and during a windy night in December
cook fire and burned down. There was at
It time no fire department but our old Hook
ladder company, and they did some good
'sice in saving surrounding buildings. Sand
d had two or three kegs of runpOWder In
store. When they went off, ait shook nI
ings in the vicinity lively. DR.. Stewart at
1t time bachelor, had rooms in the build
opposite, and was in bed sick with fever a,
, time. The conclusion threw him out of
d, and cured him!
4. & Jno NJ. Warner then leased the ground
d built q frame store thereon. just si1
.rs ago this month it burned down one fear
cold night-one of the coolest nights, il
st, ever felt in this city. The fremen die
lendid service that night, and to the aston
,ment of every one, the fire was confined t.
single frame structure in which i
iginated.