Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-05
Incidents.

At S o'clock the fire was discovered At $50
o'clock the flames had conquered q shoulder
ing control of the Interior of the building. At
6 clock the glare of the leaping and twisting
flames showed strength which burst through
the windows and out Of the roof, and i'll umina-
ted the thousands who stood on the streets and
shouted there she comes
And she did come with threatening and
angry force. It was almost certainty that
down up. ladder was hoisted,
a run of hose made up to
the roof and the flames were prevented from
getting destructive hold.
For q time every body seemed to devote their
time talent and strenth to calculating the
chances. Is she going to burn down or isn't
she going to be saved seemed to be the preva-
lent questions regarding building and prop
erty, without saving hand to avert either
This stagnation of action was at last interru pied
by some few who came up to take in the fire.
They went vigorously to work and did take it
in. in great mouthfuls of smoke, in red hot
work.
Deputy Sheriff Harrison foremost among
the helpers. He, ably sustained by Mr.. Cath
cart, took possession of Davis, O'Brien &
Wilson's office, and succeeded in saving
many valuable papers. This office
was just adjoining the starting
place of the fire. They had warm berth Of
! it, and came out Of the depths of the smoke at
the final moment looking like grim demons.
| Mr. German figured around as d savior until
the very last moment. James F. O'Brien tried
| and used his muscle in Mr.. Heard's office in a.
way that must be highly admired and appreci-
| ated by him.
Every few moments huge lot of legal books
and documents were tossed down, and many a
! man caught his fill of law.
| There's always lots of excitement about a
| fire. Yesterdays confagration proved no ex-
| ception. big bit of CONSERVATION fell upon
lot of the boys in the early part of the en-
gagement. A length of hose was started up
the stairway. just they got up to
the second floor, and were making
ready to play a loud explosion was heard. The
| results of it were shown to the crowd below by
a sudden. qnick crash, and Lyles great plate
window glasses were shivered to atoms. An.
other result came tumbling down the stairway
in commingled bunch of boys and hose.
Said one 1T was powder. Chris. O Brien is
of powder handy" Most likely the explosion
occurred from kerosene can. The explosion
was not heard outside, but the shock was OBJ
served, as it were.
While Harrison, Cathcart o. Brien, Gorma,
and Charlie Matheis doing the granC
bounce up stairs, the folks down stairs begar
to realize the emergency. Myers & Fincl
commenced to chuck out cases, hanc
out statuettes and other gewgaws
The precious valuables were transported across
the street into the American Sewing Machin
Office, without mater ial loss.
| d. d. Lambie & Co. were taken with th
) moving epidemic, and began to roll out pills
etc. Their stock was gotten out in fair shape
!; and was deposited across the way.
1t rained plastering in Lyle's barber shop
Everybody objected to such q shampoonine
) and most of his furniture was deluged wit
, water. Every employee of that shop, though
carried razor in his pucket.,
For time some little anxiety was felt abou
. the Cochran block, on Wabashaw street, but til
g wind being in the other direction speedily dis
t PEELED the anxiety. Some fellow in the M
1 Quillan block, opposite on Wabasha
street, got on big scare an