New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-05
TILE FIRE RECORD.
FOUR LIVES LOST IN THE FLAMES.
,o.u.,,,,, ,-,.r At ovFp HALE A MILLION DOL

PROPERLY VALUED AT OVER HALE A M'LLio' DoD
LARS DESTROYED.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. IA fire prohe o"'
early this morning in the milling district OF Mnhe"por''
destroying before 81 subducd, tour large hp"r ~
aud one cotton mill and causing the death OF NJ least i
men, The fire broke out in the Psbury b. FIGURING Ni'
owned and operated by c. A. Pnlsbury CO. IL was
communicated to the Excelsior Mil, owned by
Morrison and operated by c. A. PillsbnrF " Oo' M"
the Minneapolis MIL owned and operated by Cio'AV
Fisk & Co. An explosion look place in the Mlhuo'Pi
Mil which killed Neil Fredericks, hrst IN
sistapt engineer OF the Fire Department Inc
fire was then communicated to the Empire Mil, owheup'
L. f. Watson. Of Massachusetts,, and operated Oy - ~
Psbury & CO. 4 street having been reach'u ~ '"l-
point the fire got under control but brahuS r''"
the connaraon fell upon the roof OF cottonihhi e
by owned by Dorilms Morrison. 1t also consumed
The railroad the trestlewOrk in the rear OF the ''
and several freight cars filed with wheat were aTo ue
stroyed The fire had been communicated to the mn %
CrOcker, Fisk Co., when the explosion look biacc
eyeed the walls OF the structure ana crushed tne ees
ted railroad track in front OF the mill, killing lhrec 30
sons and injnring one fatally and seVeral oter'
less ,irIod
II is possible that than three persona were aieu
in the explosion but how many cannot now DE ue'nnt
ly asceriained. Among those killed were AsslSlhn,
Chief Engineer Neil Fredericks and member oil n3on
and ladder company, named Huey, who win PM
track Immediately in front of the mill Several o'nerS
of these fireman were injured tH iHi[cIntibed
son, who has not yet been lden liard
killed by flying missed. Another VINO was stai ht
in under the elevated railroad crushed 20 ue''h W
the walls and timbers of the railroad track ,,,,,
The explosion one of great violence - -
windows FAR ten blocks away from the scene i'
cause IL q matter Of speculation thus lar .,,o ooo
The losses are follows; Plsbury IL MIL, Tlio'oUWU
Empire MIL $12j,OOO; CrOckcr FISK cos nn,iiIi
SI25 900; Excelsior Mill, SluO,OOO; COTTON rni,,
$4,000; PillsDury Co., on Stock S2OOoO' CIocAo'
Fisk & Co., stock $1,000; ii. iompAirI on 49, 5nr
10000 Total SJGS 900. The following l. the n, ,I
ancr: G. A. Pulsbury & Co., on PllsbnTy - MIi.'
$4,000 stock IN MIL, T6OOo; H. r Na'sont In
umpire MIL $4,000, c. a. Pil.sDury Co., ON stock ~
Empire Mill. -, 800; G. A.. PAsDury Co., on Si3Sh III
Excelsior Mill - 900; Crocker, FISK & Co. on Mime
apolis MIL SGUl7J; Croker, FIsk & Co., on at"cH
10000; H. HOmpkirt, on STOCK S-'ooo' lo'''
Ldtr.-TAe total loss is reduced by ia hsi
uf the Insurance, except sucn a. may be caiIieu
upon property Uc.uuliug tO the railroad cohpi it' i
formation ~ 10 which is Obiainabe here:-Oh lu'
PI!lsbury H. Mill-Phunix. of BrOohlyn, 5000; ~
PAN Ere aud Marine - 900; PhWnX, Of Hartford ana
La Coutaucc - 900 each; North American ana NO,tn
German. 5000 eacn; Iradcrs, ,;lVoo,
MssI,rppi Valley Mutual, $1,000; western
Manufacturers Union, 5000; German, OF Pennsy +
vauia FiIeu,u- state oil P,ursy iyaiia ana Hanover
~. 800 each; Mixers and Manufaciurcrs' H'
Mass,chusotts 10000 Imperial and Ngrth
crn, 5000 each Buffalo German, S-'WVi
Conneclicut $1,000; Orient, $1,000; NoIth
cru. oil New-YoIA, $1,000; MAnuaciuIrfs, OF hos,ou
- OOO HOLMAN, 81 900; Lancashire, SlSOO, Oom"'1
wealth, $1,000. Mercantile Marine, Glraiu
and Western, $1,000 each, Uudcr"I.cis, v-'VOV'
On stock IN lIu7'ury Is. Mili-Ah, Il,ah ''I''''.'
al 1000 Sew Hampshire ANA Peoples, Sl,'"o '''" p
On i. min. HuI owned by g. L. Watson of Massi-
Couuaucc, $1,000; Transatlantic, 5000; TIA
d.I~ 100. IlWu.N uf EsunhlJu, f-,'"' o.
American Central ~ 900; ST. Paul Fire aud A.Itnr
$1,000. Hartford @-,JOU; and North German s-'IO"