Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-11
FIGHTING FURIOUS FIRES.

Was Doing Yesterday-Five Separate
Alarms OF Fire in Fifteen Hours-Total
Destruction Of John st. Aubin's Stables
Other Minor Losses-Altogether Too
Much Ardsncy for Comfort.
There is nothing small about st. Paul.
Whatever her hands find to do, you may
bet your last years straw hat she does in
way to convince the whole world and
the balance of mankind, including insur-
ance agents, that she is no SLOUGH. She is
industrious in every sense of the word
and when once started upon q particular
line she claims the right of way and gen.
orally obtains it. In support of which
assertion let facts be submitted to can
did reading public.
AT $3.50 p. m. on Wednesday night the
fire department was called out to sup.
press an incipient fire in jewelry store
near the corner of jackson and Seventh
streets.
A few hours later the ssire ladies'
were aroused from their slumbers by an
exceedingly "still alarm" calling them to
extinguish confagration in Norris
FIGURING mill, situated near the rail-
road crossing On Lafayette avenue.
Hardly had the firemen reached their
respective stations before O telephone
message from Stahlman's brewery, on the
Fort road, informed them
that the house and barn of
MIR. John Peters, situated near the short
line crossing, was in flames. Owing to
the distance two and one-half miles, out,
both were destroyed, the loss being
mostly covered by insurance in the St.
Paul Fire and Marine company.
At IL o'clock noon yesterday another
alarm was sent in, and this time it proved
to be somewhat serious fire. 1t origi-
mated in the loft of one of John
st. Aubin's barns located on Sixth street,
between Wacouta and Rosabel streets.
How 1t originated will probably never be
among the largest in the city, himself
having between fifty and sixty horses and
mules engaged in the draylng business.
Fortunately the fire occurred at q time
when but few of his animals were in their
stalls, not having reached the stables for
their incoming. Those that were in
the stables were at once re-
moved, and none of them
were burned. The stables were frame
buildings, and filed with hay and other
combustible material. The flames spread
with lightning rapidity, and soon the
whole structure was q mass of flames,
sending up dense mass of smoke which
floated over the lower part of the city
like pail. Again the fire department
was quickly on hand, and although q
brisk wind was blowing from the south,
driving the flames in the direction
of number of franc dwellings on
Rosabel street, they succeeded in staying
its progress and confirming its ravages to
the stables and q few adjacent frame
buildings. In less than an hour the fire
was suppressed with the following ap-
proximate losses: John st. Aubin's
barns and stables, with their contents,
consisting of hay, feed, ETC., were total
loss, which he estimates at $4,000. On
this he had an insurance of $500 in
companies represented by Weed & Law
renee. This insurance was divided as
follows: on buildings sl,7Oo, and on
contents 81, 400, both of which are total
loss. He also had an insurance
of 200 on his stock, but as all of them
were removed there was no loss.
A small frame dwelling. situated on the
corner of Sixth and Rosabel streets, be-
longing to MIR. st. Aubin and occu-
pied by d. l.. Courtean, was partially
destroyed. Mr.. Courtean removed ali
his furniture and his damage consists in
breakage, etc., incident to removal. Loss
fully insured.
Next to this facing on Rosabel street.
was the brick building known as the
Rising Sun hotel, kept by the Ernst
brothers, also belonging to Mr.. st. Aubin |
In the rear of this building were wooden |
stairs and out houses and a-so q small |
frame building belonging to the Ernst
brothers and occupied by them as O pri- |
vate dwelling, all of which were more or |
less scorched. The Messrs Ernst removed
their furniture from the frame building, |
but none from the hotel proper. Their |
loss ls comparatively small and is con.
fined to damage from water and the
breakage of furniture. Damage small
and fully insured in companies repre-
scented by Mlller's agency.
Adjoining the brick hotel is frame
dwelling occupied by Charles Walenborg.
The building escaped damage, but Mr..
Walenborg suffered some loss in break.
age IN removal of furniture.
Next to this is the dwelling of Mr..
John Mertz, and back of it was barn,
which was destroyed. Loss, some $500;
fully insured.
Near the barn of Mr.. Mertz was small
frame dwelling occupied by MIR. CONNIE
and owned by Mr.. Mertz. The furniture
removed and damage to building slight
The frame block fronting on Wacouta
street, owned by MIR. A. Greve and oc-
cupied by Messrs. Greve, Anderson, Hal
though the occupants got ready to move
on short notice.
The fine brick block on the opposite
side Of Sixth street from the stables,
owned by A. Q. Bailey, was somewhat
damaged By the breakage of glass, fully
covered by insurance.
Messrs. Mailer & Thompson, dealers
in agricultural implements, doing bust
ness in Bailey block, had twenty hay
rakes stored in the st. Aubin's barn
which were destroyed.
Taking 1t altogether, while Mr. st.
Aubin may suffer more OF less loss, this
fire cannot be said to have done much
damaged to the city. The property on
which the stables were situated has be.
come very valuable, and without doubt
the frame barns and stables will be re-
placed with fine business block.
While the flremen were getting ready
to reel up their hose another fire was re.
ported to be in progress on the corner of
Second and Robert streets. This was
found to be in an unoccupled lot in the
rear of the Savings bank, which was filled
with empty boxes and rubbish. The
flames were quickly subdued, and this
ended the fire record of the day. Five
fires in less than fifteen hours is what leads
the GLOBE to remark that st. Paul is
very lively and industrious city.