The Princeton union., 1880-10-28

Kingdom during the week ending Oct. 9, we're
s25,o64 hundred weight OF wheat and 2l7,82s
hundred weight Of -four.
Great OIL Fire in st. Paul.
At 6:15 o'clock, on the night Of Oct.
81, the extensive Oil warehouse of the Stand
ard Oil company of Cleveland, Ohio, situated
in st. Paul, Mimi, was discovered to be on
fire, and in wonderfully short time was to-
tally destroyed. The eompany's yard and
tanks ara located on East Third street,Nhere
Trout brook crosses it, and it was here that
the warehouse stood. A railway track runs
through the center Of the yards for conve-
nience in receiving and shipping oil. The
warehouse was on the upper side OF the track,
just in the rear Of the st. Paul & Duluth
railway freight house, and to this location of
the building, and the strenuous exertions Of
the st. Paul fremen, the oil company owes
the preservation of its two new tanks and the
more essential and valuable parts OF the boil
erhouse, by which is meant the foundations,
arches and boiler. The house was rot entire
iy finished, but was oil enclosed and rooted
in. This house and the two large receiving
tanks were on the opposite side Of the railway
track before mentioned, the road bed being
elevated a couple Of feet above the low
ground of the yards. The ground on the side
of the track occupied by the warehouse was
flooded by nearly 100000 gallons of burning
oil, the blazing barrels which had contained
it, and the still flaming wreck OF the building.
Had it not been for the barrier presented by
the track the oil would have flowed all over
the ground occupied by the tanks and boiler
room, and thus have cut of all opportunity
for the fremen to work. On the railway
track in the center Of The yards were standing
three of the Union Oil Tank Company's tank
cars, each containing about ninety or one
hundred barrels of oil The wooden frame
work and platforms Of the cars, on which the
tanks rested, were all on fire, and The purga-
torial heat from the warehouse side, set their
contents to boiling oUt OF the safety valves
with which they are provided against such
emergencies to prevent them from bursting.
The burning oil spouted out Of these valves
in steady, fierce jets, and with screaming
hiss that was eloquently suggestiveof OF inter
nal com bustion. The value Of the property
destroyed and damaged is probably not far
from $4,000, though only 6 rough estimate
can be given at present, as, the work not be-
ing entirely finished, the full cost has not yet
been summed up. By a very lucky chance
or rather by wise tbusiness reth6hgh t, sAlr.
Searle had finished placing an insurance Of
$4,000 on the property only the day before
the fire. Eleven thousand of this was on the
warehouse and stock, and $4,000 OF the tanks.
Lost on Lake Michigan.
kilograms of Monday and Tuesday
confirm the fears expressed in the Sunday re-
ports that the Lake Michigan steamer Alpena
Of the Goodrich line Chicago, had been
wrecked during the terrible storm Of Saturday,
and all on board lost. The Alpena left Grand
Haven Friday night, and was last spoken
about ten miles off Kenosha Saturday. Dur
ing Monday, portions Of a wreck drifted
ashore at Stony Creek, which was pro-
nouncsd part Of the deck Of the Alpena.
The Alpena measured 654 tons
and rated A 2. She was commanded by Capt.
first engineer, Robert Patton, clerk, Auther E.
Haynes; steward, William Shepherd. She
carried crew Of about 80 all told, and had on
the trip between thirty and forty passengers,
among whom, so far as known, were w. T.
Benham, Ed. Herald and wife, N. Crossman,
Mrs. 3. F. Curtis and Capt. H. Y. Squire, OF
Grand Haven; Mrs. Bradley and two daugh-
ters, Santa Fe, N. Nj, Mrs 8. B. Cole, OF Illi-
nois, sister of T. II. Holbrook, Muskegon,
agent of the Goodrich line; H. 7. Locker,
agent of Hill Bros, New York; Rev. Farrell
Hart and wife, White Pigeon, Mich; Mr.. Ri
der agent of glass works, Syracuse, n. Y,
John j. Bowen, ex.steward of the Alpena, Jno.
Overson, wife, and three children, Chicago;
Maggie Mack, ex-stewardess OF the Alpena;
N. A. McGiloroy, st. Joseph, Mich; man
with three children, name not known; E. G.
Kusterer, Fred Spareth and G. Hottinger, of
Grand Rapids, and L. Landrith, of Muskegon;
L. D. Peyton, New York, L. st. Clair, Chicago,
W. Pettibone, Chicago; and Jew by the
name of Boblinsky, a scrap iron buyer of Chi
cago. The Mrs. Bradley and two daughters
mentioned above were the wife and daughters
of Newton Bradley, an old and well-knoWn
and highly respected citizen of st. Paul, who
removed to New Mexico some three
years ago. A Chicago telegram OF Tues
day, the 10Th, says of the wreck: The ex-
element and suspense which has been hour
ly increasing for three days, respecting the
fate OF the Alpena, changed to profound sor-
row and anguish on the part of those whose
friends were known or believed to be on
board, when the news of to-day not only fail
ed to bring word Of her safety, but announced
the certainty Of her destrusction. The
officers OF the Goodrich company
have been filed with mournful and
inquiring faces but no cheering word could
be given out, and as the last hope faded, there
was look of despair and despondency depict
ed on each countenance. It is not deemed
possible that any person could be saved.
If a raft had been built it could hardly have
held together five minutes amid the fierce
beating of the waves, and tits probable nobody
will ever tell the story of the wreck OF the
Alpena.
Loss Of the Alpena.
Telegrams of the Goth from Lake Mich
igan ports brought further confirmation Of the
loss of the steamer Alpena. A report of that
date from Holland, Michigan says messen-
ger returned from the. harborhavlng, left3 the
scene at IL o'clock reports that small portions
of the wreck kept coming in, but as yet no
more bodies come ashore. The is running
heavy and the wind south, which would drive
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