, 1880-03-08
FIRES.
st. Paul Visited by the Biggest
Blaze in It's History.
Destruction Of n Heavy Wholesale
Dry-GOods Establishment.
The Best Business Portion Of the City
Greatly Endangered.
A Loss Of About $685. with insurance
Amounting to 100000.


A I.oss of Ahout 87so.ooo. with insurance
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lHsfi WIS ffaNcu ny tho most disas1tpus eofi-
llnKmtioh TINT has eror occurred III It's fntdst,
being TIC t"tal loss Of tho immense ufy- 8okls
htAiso OF Auor'ach. Flhch, Chloeft8oh = Co.'
which was the lnrgcst building or tho kisl1 III
tha WcSt ontalao " chicago hno b. Louis. lhe
wholo city mas bcen Tor hntits In n 6tAte ~ the
msSt 'n1chse c1c'tefncnt. the sceue OF u,AlstoF
occupying mo centre " the most Fni1inhso
portion ni d. Faul. almost ad1oihtns tho Mcf-
enants Hotei' ana euffo1fhdca on all SUES ~
INC laFRcst wnoiesale ho',ses anu most costly
business s1r1icttircs Tue streets swarincs' w1tn
inany thoasands Of people, the he,shnofhooa OF
t1o treh1cn'im,s hazo being phckcd win c'irlous
UNI hiarn1cd SPECTATORS. For lime II secmca
Mslt tao WIiolo CITY was uoo'ne'i 70 acsttue.
uoh' hnu terror was gcncs1i!ly provaIcnt
amoh9 MI VINO os'scFvch tho tnrill1ng fleotaoic'
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