, 1880-11-21
DANGEROUS DRUGS.
obstruction of tLord, Stouten-
burgh e Co.'S Wholesale
Drugstore.
7oss On Building and Stock 5200, 900,
and the Insurance 100000.
rhc Fire Due to the Explosion Of Bot
tic Of Sulphuric Ether.
ma Woman Seriously Burned-The
Narrow Escape Of Another.
scanes at the Conlagra:ion-The Baseball
Buildings in Danger.

s,anes at the Con1agra:ion-The Baseball
Buildings in Danger. j..
The ignition of soIle ether on the third
a,or of the drug warehouse Of Lord, Ston-
1.,hurgt, Il Co., Nos. - and II Wabash
srrnue. ut Twenty-Five minutes OF II yester-
DIR morning. resulted in the destruction Of
nro,prty whose cstiuatf1i value is 500, ,00o.
Fam girls and ,nan worked in that story,
which WIS the "cncmical department"
On, Of the girls was l,oti1in. ether for stock
near at, alcohol lamp used III sealing the bot
ttes. Willie pouring some frotal can into
1,trle, the latter broke, and the heat from
the lamp, rs is supposed, set the drug
OIL firc On the table in front of her we're
bottles of ether which she had put UP. All
familiar with the peculiarities of the fluid
need not be told what occurred. There was
a fash and all explosion, the workbench BIZ.
Eau to blaze, and the flames communicated to
the chemicals. One Of the other nlaic ell
,doyts who happened to be there ut the time
rau down stairs and asked for I'LL extinguish-
er shouting that there was Il fire on the third
8oor. Walter Knight, who had charge OF
the sundry department, located in the first
sto5y, r:,n into the street aud looked up, but
could sep no smoke. lie, however, noticed
the reflection vi tiancs in the windows of
store opposit. and ran to Box 81, OIL the cor
uer of Washington street, and gave the
alarm. As soon as Marshal Swcnie arrived
he turned in 4 Eli, aud ut noon Assistant
Marshal Petric sent over the wires the 3-11
signal. When the latter was responded to
b. the Department there were eighteen
steamers, two chemicals, and four trucks OIL
tho ground. and, Of course, Bullwinkle's
Fire PatroL III the meantime
TIE FLAMES HAD Spread RAPIDLY,
and it was evident that that structure at
least would be total wreck, and probable
that the adjoining ones would share its fate
The fire was, ili the matter Of density
and immense volume Of smoke evolved, very
similar to that which occurred next door to
the Briggs House few evenings ago. The
deep brown, almost black, smoke rushed in
great masses from the windows Of the third
story, filling the avenue, and forming a dense
and pungrilt column which at times ell
veloped half tile block in darkness. This
could not last long, however, III face OF the
stiff sou'wester that was blowing, and every
now and then tile thick veil was lifted as if
byNlayit, and the transformation scene Ut The
blazing building, with the pl,lcky firencl
rerclled Oh their ladders and holding their
NUzziks- -tp to the very edge Of tile SeethlnS
flames, WAS revealed.
THE GsLLASTEy OF THE F1REMES
was never better displayed than i'll the strus-
gle with the flames which ruled from the
third story of tile burning building. There
Is only on, form ut disaster CONNECTED with
tia1 he t:s HI i,"ut.st dread. and that IS tie
explosion. In a drugstore fire the chances
Of this kind of acc;uent are greatcr than
a;u,ust any other: YET the iirs,,1..n faced the
m,tsit: at ali 1M,i,,ls with the same pluck
men, especially the ~nozzic-hoitltrs. who oc-
c.lpietl the la,idcr, flung against tie front
windows Of the third story, had Il very try
ing time of 1t. The flames. caught by 1he
Nlnd, hnig Wlloly ABOUT III AZ d1recuohs,
n so.s snt. .,s @ .. u1E',los W MS'c @ "a.
aosa III icn tG any fr1 u.s., cf 'a a,lac %neG &c
neariy niaae, ine Top e:u t o. tne ladders
my ocGupig't ca4snl Oh NY ~. "ele ' suolt ~
~ 1:.ll .tn u ,ton t., ~ en ,a =.
a!e n'e 1oe a's''sant ie'A""s stacA ~ 14ien
pos,sj ,,,,,,orea ro,,,, ,,,,s o,+,orod HI. th.
ns',,,. f.sf,r4s nf ti,e s"..,,,. 5e s}ntnrs
n,S,''. H.. ;s,ot.. ~ ; "1.,eE,aa,t;np @ ;a,t,,
,..a.e n.aue 1u,I VI .ohe as. - M enS t,
ri.s,x was - :" ha ha,1 from - n..srI"rn Pa Porl- IN
the raar "rs - hse M nnn s,'aca ~, ta t;ra,,em az
,,.i,a .atoc,d ~ tro f. ths raer % c,,iam.;i
ai..,ntav. r. re is dnvhtf,i ~ e whnth"r ri ia
store M run lack to narrow aiIeV the hsIu men @
Tmf, fav., e"cn,nn,;ss,aS a,sth;In,y ~ tI;s
o1mt eoniu nHxt 3;f afcfoseu .a, ANYTHING ~ tnas ~,
9H;rd etarr !,,,11. -. Te frn,,t 1'art ertho hni
;n1 t|,ev were '1 '11nsh;ng fran1icaIIv @ W ~ from The
th;ni f3rrt. and t;f1h etnr;ns ;n tie "1 roar ~
amt the snnke M a. here &c. CAME i, deln-e Tie
men mi pova It roo,n r. oct awaI hut II,
Tia case ef Al, ailev If wouid have co]-
iectad and w;th the irrasistihIa
heat of th.a fi,,nne made the M
sition 1,ttarlv 1,,tenahIe tn the tiTyn,en.
As i was the firenen could not get nearer
to the I,niidinp tfnn The edre of the mark.
Frn,n fhis ,a,;5t tha.. 1S,,reG fonr f,,}i a1'i
s1eadv % stre;,ms % intn Tie h,,il<linp '1 ''''0
The ant;c;natinn that
-AA..,ol '..s.'. 1sson,. .oas ,,,,
hAlhosloNs "olAn occuH
curing the ire proved TO ne we!l-1ounded.
flames gave sign Of subslding, a dull, heavy
9e*,u 9oSm vas heard, then anotheri and another,
ta1.' tomoNed Dy rush nt black smoke from me