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Special Dispatch to TBH BKs.
ST.. LOUIS, December 21.-To-night
a fire broke out In w II. Hagerty &
Sons auction house, oil Washington
avenue, running through TO st.
Charlea street. 1t pretty we'll de.
stroytd u stock of miscellaneous mer.
chsndlse valued at sac, 200, insured
$50, 900. The two upper floors of the
building was occupied by Ell Walker
& Co, dry goods, whose main store
Is on the corner Of st. Charles
and Fifth street, aud abuts
the Bagerty building. These floors
hid about $4,000 worth of goods
in them, most of which were de.
stroyed. The upper part OF the main
store was also damaged about $685.
900, covered by insurance. The
building adjoining on the west was
occupied by q. Mayer 4 Co., hats,
caps, gloves etc., and by Frank \
Frank, manufacturers and dealers In
mems goods. Their loss cannot be-
ascertained tonight. Mayer & 90.
were insured for $40, 600.
New York, December 21.-A fire
broke out tonight in tho book bind.
cry OF Robt. Rutter, ll6 and 11S
east Fourteenth street, and did dam.
age to the extent of $50, 900, rartly
insured. Although the FIRE was di.
rectly opposite Tony Pastors theater,
the audience was unaware of the fact.
Details OF tho Kingston Fire.
Special Dispatch 10 THs Bns.
New YORK, December 21.--Ad.
ditional details are at hand this morn.
Ing of the recent great FIRE at Kings
ton, Jamaics. 1t appears hat had
there been the simplest means at hand
when the confisgration began to put
out the fire it could not have spread
farther than q few yards. For some
time after the alarm was given but few
bundles of shingles were in flames.
Tho fire brigade arrived on the scene
ten minutes after tho alarm, but there
was some diff culty in attaching the
hose to the hydrant. Meanwhile the
flames assembled and caught the tall
building to the north of the savings
bank. The water was now pretty we'll
brought into play, but the sparks
from this high house blew wildly
about, and in a few minutes
eight distinct houses in va
rious partn of the town
were ablaxe and sending sparks to
other houses, by which means the do.
stroying element soon surrounded
several districts, literally defying the
efforts of the fremen. The people
are homeless, and hundreds are
sleeping In the open air at Central
park and the race course, where the
governor is ~endeavoring to get tents
belonging to the military erected for
their covering.
j. O. kretohmar, United States
consul ut G~raytown, in an account of
the fire at K,ngston, said everything
was gone. The entire business part
of Kingston was q MACS of ruins and
the suffering and want indsscribable.
The steamer Alvo was compelled to
cut loose from the dock and stand out
poputascsA stfsamear taets1san,iasx'skssn
wharves In their Efforts to escape the
flames. The Alvo's boats were sent
ashore and upwards Of $50 refugees
were fed and cared for on board
the steamer. The authorities of
Kingston have ordered that
single roof buildings shall no longer
he erected. As to the origin of the
conflagration, 1t seems that II number
of boys We're smoking in a lumber
yard, when one Of them, frightened by
the approach of his father, threw his
cigar in q pile of shavings and chips,
and with his companions fled. The
fire communicated to The lumber piles
ard in an instant was beyond control,
and burning hercely. Several days
before the fire the residents Were told
the city was to be destroyed by fire,
aud heir Only safety lay in fight,
Several persons persisted in the flames.