Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-27
A FIERCE BLAZE.

The Visiting Odd Fellows Treated to 6
| First Glass CONFEDERATION - Some Hall
Dozen Buildings Destroyed The Suffer.
| srs, Logsss and Insurance..
A few minutes past O'Clock last evening
| just as the immense crowd assembled in Mar.
ket hall for the Odd Fellows dance were tax
| ing places for the grand march, the big bell in
the tower surmounting the building rang out
the ever startling alarm of fire, turned in from
box "a, corner Of Jackson and Seventh streets
| Stepping outside the hall the spectator was
confronted with q brilliant illumination and
| dense smoke near the locality from which the
alarm was turned In, evidencing serious
| confagration in progress. Hurrying to the
locality the reporter fouud such to be the
| fact.
TIE SCENE OF TIE FIRE
was in the center Of the block bounded by
Jackson, Seventh, Robert and Sixth streets
back of the buildings fronting on the streets
was regular pocket of small frame stables
and sheds. just how and when the fire started
4 is not clearly established. Among the first to
see it was Officer Cook, of duty, who with
his sister, was passing up Seventh street from
Jackson street, when he was start
led by the cry of fire. Looking
to his left toward Sixth street, he saw sheet
of fame springing up the outside OF an old
stable, commonly known as Whitcher's, and
fronting en Seventh street, was burned
early the past winter. Hurrying to
box "a, Officer Cook turned the alarm; which
called out the department. He then ran back
to the fire, to find that in his short absence
the flames had spread and enveloped several
OF the small wooden structures Immediately
contiguous to the shed where the evidence of
fire was first seen by him.
RAPID SPREAD OF TEE FLAMES.
The flames spread with asrapidity and fierce
ness almost uncomfortable, and although the
fire engines under the hill were reason
ably prompt in getting on the ground
and to work before their arrival
the fire had assumed startling proportions,
threatening not only the destruction of all
the buildings in the center Of the block, but
those fronting on Jackson street, among
which are a number of frame struc-
lures, many of the occupants of which made
hurried preparations for exit
ON SIXTH STREET.
The greatest danger to be feared, however,
was to the buildings fronting on Sixth street
the residence of Mrs. s. E. Willoughby, the
livery stable of j. ". Bates and contiguous
buildings-and soon the rear portions of both
were in flames, and though numbe less willing
hands had been at work, SO rapid had been the
spread of the flames, that portions of the con-
tents of each had to be abandoned and were
burned, with the buildings. Thanks, how
ever, to the effective work of the department,
the flames were stayed here, the buildings on
pcoaniOo 6oY ph tho
fire proceeded no fui ther toward Robert street
than on line of Bates stable on Sixth street.
Mrs. Willoughby, who is lady Sc years of
age, was IN bed and asleep at the time the fire
attacked her residence, but was safely removed
without fright or exposure by Mr.. Samuel
Potter and others.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Owing to the great excitement, jam, con-
fusion and the character of the structures, it
was almost impossible for the news cleaners
to get correct details, losses and insurance,
but the following will be found approximate
~ correct.
The first stable to be attacked by the fire
adjoining the wreck of old sheds, was that of
John Laycock, wood dealer, whose office is
on Seventh street. The stable, with three fms
horses. harness, etc, was destroyed, the
flames spreading so rapidly that nothing could
be removed. Mr.. Laycock's loss is in the
neighborhood of 81 200, upon which he had
no insurance, as far az could be learned.
Next was small stable occupied by w. II.
Lafavor, teamster: TIE four horses in the
stable were safely removed and harness saved,
but his tools, some grain, etc., burned. Loss
on building 500, tools, etc, $25. No insur-
ance.
Mrs. Willoughby's barn was totally DIES.
troyed aud but small portion OF the front of
the residence saved. John Willoughby, her
son, estimates the loss on the house and barn
at $500, and on household effects burned and
damaged by removai at $1,000. Insurance on
house and barn 81 600 and on household effects
$1,000, in companies represented by Hughson
& Hemingway.
The livery stable of j. W. Bates, adjoining
the Willoughby residence toward Robert
street, the main portion of which
was brick, with frame addition in the
rear, was as good as totally destroyed. All
the horses were safely removed, as were also
the carriages, hacks and harness and much
of the baru furniture, but of his large winter
outfit of sleighs only three were got out,
and many robes, blankets, ETC., were
burned. Owing to the hasty re-
moval and scattered condition of the
fureiture saved, Mr.. Bates could not give his
are believed to be about correct: Barn IS, 600,
sleighs, furniture, etc., 81 800. His loss is
covered by an Insurance of 81, 500 by companies
in the agency of r. F. Marvin.
Next to the livery stable toward Robert
street was the farm machinery
agency of T. A, Leyde, long one stored
struction Mr.. Leyde removed all his stock,
and the building escaped with comparatively
slight scorchiDg of The back end Probably
$500 will cover his loss.
In addition to the above tome two or three
small sheds were burned or torn down, bnt
who they belonged to could not be learned,
and their obstruction is rather matter of
copgratulation than otherwise
With the lesson Of the fire before them, 1t is
to be hoped the city authorities will see to It
that the old frame wrecks left of this and the
preceding fires are promptly torn down and the
debris removed, thus largely reducing the dan.
ger of fire.
REHABILITATION.
The total losses and insurance will approx.
mating the following:
John Laycock $1,000
Mrs. s. E. Willoughby, 4,500 5 1000
j. W. Bates, $500 $500
Other losses, LOCO