, 1880-08-24
Two business Houses with Their
Contents Wholly Con-
slttnctl.
The Total Loss Oh Buildings and Goods
Estimated at 800, 600.
List Of Insurance Companies 1nrolyc41
and the Amount OF Losses.
One Person Missing, and Believed to Havo
Porished in tlla Flanes.
AT S'f. l.AUIn
Hnktitt nftndifh In 1lt Ehfsfscn ItfhHnE.

ST. PAU, Mimi, Aug @.-~lA few min
nte3 before ! o'clock tlls 11inrni1sg thc hight
Wntchlnan Mt r. II. Kelly Il Co.'s extensive
wholesale grocery f1oisse discovered thu re-
llcrtsnn Ut ilrc In tim rear Of The foilr-story
building herNptnd As Il WHOLESALE Wpcr
warehouse BY Ilverill. Russell u Carpenter.
No ii0 Enst Third street. at lie s1sts'. ti'no
M ulliccr detected The smell ut suo;u Ill tho
front pnrt of tho building, nntl I'LL alarm VI
fire WINS atoice sounded, calling ol1t TIC entire
Department. rhe tire gaiitcd heat way with
inrn1icriyal,so rnpttlity. ALE the tIa1nea first
hurst through the Afal,saItl rt'Hf III thu front
part Of the building. alN! 1t bccano nprarellt
TINT NIL efforts to snyc the structure wouitt bc
futile. Five minutes afterwards It ss'att OF
lire shot ths0nRll thu upper wtntlows nIt1lo*I
acr0ss the stre"t. At:':lh o'clock lho top OF
tic STRUCTURE was enrenpct| til flames, and
Tho situation looked lHl1'ess.
III tic 1neitf'tfnlott thu rc hui communicated
to thu wholesale grncrry establishment oi u
II. Kelly Il Co., n'nl n banner Of lntEd tln'ntt,
WHICH shot nl'warsis. slglt''ied TINT the
magnificent structure was doomed. TIL:
intlasntsablo character of the contents OF
1,;l, buildings fel tho i'an'ea With t'lo rapidly
of pnnk, nill the awful grandeur OF the sccf'e
made spectacle us magnificent rs II wits
appalling. The scene presented III tho offices
Of r. II. Kelly II t;.'. n,nl Asrrill, Russell u
Carpenter wns one ut intcHse conllno;!on ulra
activity. Tim responsible .tgcnls hf both
!r1Ds were busy III lptnusing valuable hInks
slttl pnpcrs. III whfgf they Werg assisted hy
friendly bystanters. Tl'Gre was II tlrtswsll
bctween tho building urc,ipied by Ay-
erill s. TO. allll that Ut Kelly,
but wien thu Are reached tl,u
nlatlsarA roof It WAS above the wall, and the
iInrncs hissesl Hike Il rocket naross the tnp Of
l,utl, buildings. Iii less tl,an I'LL Anur utter
this Tally's building was leyel with tic
straet AtN 0'clpcl; n. III. tho walls Of tle
Tully Building bn tho Third street front fell
| IN witt, n crasl,, anil III few minutes tElcru-
! after tlos, OH tho Siblry street st!e went
| ,lnwu I, u,ass nf ruius Fortunately tho ill.,
,ir,tnf,u n,,tsi,lc.t,u limits uf their fail. and
int mn VIVA Injured.
t a. ANN, m thrso wofls fell the int.nm,no,Ie
matter wlllc1, had f,!lrn frun t,e fm.rtl,
u.nrv tIow,, throunl, MI tho ot!er 11poss hurst
INT viii, iu,c,iYs hcnt. srho ,u,tt, t,nnns
scanned tn ;ntlhmc t,,., henyrns n,ul lirl,tu,
nm ti,e strpe,. for biucka away viii, ,uoro
thon ,nnn,Iuv brl,,.tncss
rim Iomrn htnek ncpun;cd hv upaupre.
AtIen 4. KrorI, csco,,c,l. Int tho nusnc1,t
no,,,,,u cr,,,n,l = ,a,t whit, ,yns f,rtnrr.t;h
!" intensity. IJn,l" lin iiumes o,,re crosse,l
tha strort' not on1y Tint. Int tie tru,,orary
establishment nj Snrrl,nrl,. Final. t,,1iheri-
en- r. m win mn, nrc,,nylnr n routr1, frn,ne
,m,,ltnr ,chile rrbniltllnr tl,c1r nru,t s,nr,,
burned lust wI,itcr, woulu hayo shnrctl
the fat.' o. ts'e tee!ty ''IocE. several t'lnea
tho roof ol tho building WIS OH irc, bit rs
often wel1.ttlrbcted streams OF wuter
r"sruf ,,u s % ,c IT. the @ ast % tnrIinr tn 1ec IN.
tertst. I'1c spectators iiela tiiets breath III
ni,tuin heu,!woy In the b1ock thurp would l,,
~ to,1,,,, ,vI,,,r, IT, do.trn'.ti,,, ro,v,,r,
"o ,o!'4i'a "n.'' ''' "''''" "e'''o po"'to
Wonlu oo s1aSeu. .. .......
| No ahultF tliu tho names appear thnn n
strpo1n Of water s1pprossed tl,enI, and n great
s,,,1, nr rnl;of ,tcnt I'm from, thn un,lf,.
s's tnJa u r,r " nvnr ,;u'f ~ l,onr tho .trm',v
ttde' '"t o'et 'a11' "h "o"f tao otf"sS'c
went OIL, atnl inally tho tira1nen won, anl tic
building was out of danger.
M an. co,,lh hr founi win knew the cou,.
,,.,o,to ~ tst,.,S ,.,,,,t.,tonr Masss, t.,r,
pl1l'l''o"o' Nu''.A s".'4.A. Mtsselse,I