Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-21
MORE INC ENDIARISgI.


Stocks and F;.etWres-4 Barn ia the Req
OF Thos. 0ainn;S Blacksmith Shol
Burned--1 Barn iss Rear OF Sirth 1renu
Hotel See On Fire. .5.-,s.-
Incendiarism seems to be alarmingly
prevalent in various sections of the coun
try. Two or three cities have recently
been nearly destroyed, and yesterday the
FIENDIsH FIRE BUGs
made serious attempts at destroying
Minneapolis, but happily the fires were dis
covered almost in their incipiency, and the
efficiency of the department frustrated the
designs of the fefons, and confined, OF
nearly so. the destroying element to the
buildings which were set on fire.
The three localities selected were well
calculated to develop fires which
would quickly leap. beyond the
control of "a fire department
had they gotten under full Roadway before
being discovered, and the dryness of the
wooden buildings adjacent to the locali-
ties, together with the stiff northerly wind,
would have made a great confagration.
ST. 5- THE FIRST
fire was started in the barn directly in the
rear of the Sixth avenue hotel, and was set
at about one o'clock yesterday morning.
The blaze was discovered in its infancy,
and was quickly extinguished before seri-
Gus or considerable damage had resulted
The second and
MOST DISASTROUS,
was that which occurred at about 1890
yesterday noon, and was started in the
wooden barn at No. 16 north Washington
owned by Miss Henderson, and used as
livery and sale stable by Wilson &
Strickland. The very infammable mates
rials soon spread into a dense fame
and before the fire department reached
the scene had SO developed as to seem
ingly be able to successfully cope with our
admirable and effective fire protection.
THE CHEMICAL ENGINE
was the first to arrive. Some little trouble
was experienced in getting water on the
flames, which had spread to the roof of the
adjoining veneered block owned by Lam
bert Hayes, but within a few moments
from the time the first stream was playing.
the flames were under control. and shortly
thereafter entirely extinguished.
Messrs. Wilson & Strickland, by dint of
hard and lively work, succeeded in running
out all their horses, buggies and hacks, to-
gether with their harnesses, but their
sleighs, which had been stored for the
summer in the loft, were destroyed They
alse lost about 200 bushels of oats. They
had no insurance, having set out to take
out policies with Jacob Stone only a few
days previous, but ascertaining that the
rate was very high owing to the
EXTRA HAZARDOUS RISK,
the building being an old wooden struc-
ture very dry and conbustible, they conclud-
ed that in the event of fire they could
run out all their stock and save it. Their
loss will aggregate about $4,000. Miss
Henderson owned the building, which was
worth only about $1,000, and upon which
she held $1,000 policy.
The next building above was owned by
Lambert Hayes. The roof was badly
burned, and the entire building was more
or less damaged by water. He estimates
his loss at about 500, which is fully coy
cred by insurance.
The building was occupied by several
business houses. The part next the stable
was occupied by J. K. Kessler as a restau-
rant. His stock and fixtures were damaged
to considerable extent by water and
smoke. He sets his loss at about $4,000
upon which there is not cent of insur-
ance.
The next store is that which is occupied
by Anthony Suchaneck as merchant
tailoring establishment. Mr. Suchaneck
reports $4,000 damage to stock by water
and holds only 500 insurance upon the
same.
The building to the south was also in
iured, but not largely. 1t is owned by
Clinton Morrison and occupied by the
Plymouth Clothing company, who suffered
slight loss, probably about $500 from
water, Mr.. Morrison's loss will not exceed
500.