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


MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March 31.-About 1880
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 alarm, and the intamable 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 901 Washington avenue, were
all ablaze. In few seconds the building on
the south side 9O5, caught fire. The brisk
wind which prevailed, caused the fire to burn
hereby, but the iremen worked with will,
and in an hours time had the fire under con-
troll.
The three buildings burned were owned by
August Souneburg, and insured for 5000 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. MI Cole
estimates his loss at $500. The only insur-
ance he had was $500 in the Cassaignac Insur-
ance company on 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 Gus as a
jewelry store. BE 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 stove in Dav & Gill
more's feed store. The total loss is about
$4,000, on which there is an insurance amount
ing to So, 900. At o'clock the fire was all out
and the firemen had left for home.
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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 u Pembina railroad
were burned, so the lines have been down, and
reports from that quarter are not full. A
merchant of Eden, in Sioux City to-day, tells
narrowing tales of losses in that quarter
Saturday. From his store door, the town occu-
plying an elevated position, he counted thirteen
farmhouses in flames, and he says more than forty
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 life.
+ Northwest of Beloit Norwegian named
Nicholson, while working to save his property,
was caught in the fire and so badly burned
that he 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 trait not less than twenty farmers have
lost their hay, grain, etc.
West of Elk Point Fri Richardson lost a 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,
as the operator reports from Yankton agency.
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 3l.-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
tonight Loss, $4,000; insurance 5000, in the
Niagara, of Buffalo.
RIGHTEOUS RULING.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 3l.-To-day the mo
tion for new trial in the case of Joseph Ben
stein, found guilty of rape, was overruled, anc
the prisoner sentenced to be hung June 3Oth
An appeal to the supreme court has beer
taken.
SIXTEEN HOUSES BURNED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 3l.-At Lebanon
KY, to-day, sixteen houses were destroyed b,
fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
AN 1NCEND1ARY's WORK.
HUDSON, N. Y, March 3l.-An incendiar
burned Trimper's wadding mill at Niverville
Loss, $4,000; insurance. $4,000.
ABAD LANDSLIDE.
PITTsTowN, March 31.-A landslide on tn
Lehigh Valley railroad threw locomotive o
the New York passenger train from the track
killing the engineer, Nicholas Chillinger, an
seriously mi uring the fireman.
DEVILISH DEEDS.
Grand Trunk Railway Train Ditched b
wreckers-Two Train Men Killed-Othe
Criminal Notes.
TRAIN wRECKERs AT WORK.
DETROIT, March 31.-The engine, tender, ba
gage car and first coach of the east-bound e.
press on the Grand Trunk railway was ditcht
two miles out, on Smiths creek, Saturd:
night. brakeman. Robert Wilson, was i
stantly killed. Thomas Cowan, fireman. "
severely scalded, aud died last night. Ems
neer Walters was scalded, but not seriously.
passengers were injured. The accident W
caused by the removal of rail. Henry Hin
and Michael King, section men, recently d
charged, were arrested suspicion of bel
the guilty parties.
COULDN'T BEAR THE SHAME.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 31.-H. F. Vass,
German, committed suicide yesterday by sho
ins himself with pistol Grief over the
duction of his only daughter was the ca,
which prompted the rash act.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
CINCINNATI, March 31.-At Huntingt
". Va, Saturday, the jury in the case of Hel
johnson, for the murder of Mrs. Parsons
January last, returned verdict of murder
the first degree, and he was sentenced to
penitentiary for life
BANK THIEF.
CHARLESTON, s. O., March S1.-A man nal
Morgan was arrested here to-day, while pass
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