Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-01
Il BLAZE OF GLORY.
To Wind Up the Old Year and Inaugurate
the New-A Planning Mill and Five Other
buildings Burned-A Loss of $4,000
with Light Insurance.

To Wind Up the Old Year and Inaugurate
the New-A Planning Mill and Five Other
buildings Burned-A Loss of $4,000
with Light Insurance.
The passing away of the old year in st.
Paul will be long associated with the
memory of one of the livelIest blaZes of a
year especially eventful in its record of
destructive CONGREGATIONS. The year
1881 passed out amid a glare of smoke
and flames that carried with them great
deal of material wealth and property.
About twenty-five minutes after S O'Clock
last night az alarm of fire was turned in
from box No. 81
Simultaneous with the alarm a cloud of
flames and smoke rolled upward from the
vicinity of Eighth and Cedar streets. A
banner OF lire spread upward, and large
concourse of people turned in the direc-
ton of the fire. In less than five minutes
after the alarm the row of manufacturing
buildings on Eighth street, from Cedar
to Minnesota streets, was enveloped in
flames.
The entire fire department turned out,
and their efforts were directed to saving
the adjoining property, which was in i'm
minent danger of destruction. The fire
was confined to the location indicated,
where the ground was left as clear as
| though swept by broom. The fire is
supposed to have started at the planlng
mill of HerZog & Wilson, and the cause
| is not known.
The planning mill, operated by Herzog
& Wilson, fronted on Eighth street and
extended some distance back. The fire
is supposed to have originated between
their mill and office, as the flames were
first discovered in this vicinity by their
engineer. The mill and contents are
total wreck, and so rapidly did the flames
spread that nothing was saved from the
office
The building, long frame structure,
was owned by the firm and valued at
81, 200. The stock and fixtures, including
TOOLS, machinery and lumber, were all
destroyed, and in this destruction the
loss is estimated at $1,000. Upon this
there is an insurance of $4,000 in the
Phoenix and Orient insurance companies.
The firm employed about dozen men,
many of whom suffer the loss of tools.
The second story of Herzog & Wilson's
mill was occupied by Johnson Bros
manufacturers of mantels, book cases
and decorations in wood Their loss was
total. The stock and machinery was val
ued at $1,000, on which there is an in
surance of $500.
The carpenter shop of Lewis Wagner,
adjoining the mill, was completely des-
treyed. The building was valued at $500,
in addition to which there was stock and
tools amounting to 5000. The insurance
is 800 in the Watertown of New York.
The firm Of Hanggi, Cady s. Wedicke,
manufacturers of furniture, also suffer a
total loss. They occupied long two
story frame building on Eighth street,
near Cedar, with fifty foot frontage,
They manufactured all descriptions of
Office furniture and fixtures, and carried
large stock. The building was valued
81, 200.
Their stock consisted of oak, ash, wal
nut and other expensive woods, and they
used large quantity of costly mahogany
The stock and machinery is estimated
from $4,000 to $1,000. To cover this
they were insured for 1850. At the
time of the fire the building contained
the complete fixtures for Robinson 81
Cary's new store, all IN condition to be
set up, besides which there were other
store fixtures nearly completed.
A large quantity of lumber belonging
to Blodgett s. Osgood, and situated on
Eighth street near Minnesota, was de-
stroyed, and Bowen Bros. are also heavy
losers in this direction. Each of these
firms had large supplies of lumber on
hand, and while the loss is considered
heavy, 1t was impossible last night to
procure anything like correct estimate.
The galvanized IRON works of Rich
ards Bros. was almost totally DESTROYED,
the loss being in the neighborhood of
&c 1crht f,,I11
sured. A carpenter shop on Eighth
street conducted by j. Cooley, was also
destroyed, the loss being 81 600 A col
Ored family living over the shop lost
their effects
Immediately after the fire broke out a
flying ember ignited the roof of Keller
Bros.'s lumber office, corner Of Seventh
and Minnesota streets. Several piles of
lumber in the rear of the office also
caught, but both blaZes were fortunately
nipped in the bud by the prompt work of
the firemen.
When the fire broke out a strong north
wind was blowing, which sent lurid
sheet of flame in the direction of row of
frame dwellings on Cedar street between
Ninth and Tenth streets. At one time it
appeared as if the entire row was doomed
for destruction and the greatest con-
sternation was manifested by the in
mates, who eXerted themselves to remove
their valuables.
Mr.. G. Roberts, occupying the dwelling
Eighth and Cedar streets, succeeded in
getting out the greater part of his furni-
ture, as did Officer O'Gorman, who occu-
pied the adjoining house, and who had
only moved in yesterday The precau-
ton, luckily, was unnecessary, as the
wind shifted and the buildings were saved
from destruction
INCIDENTS TO THE FIRE.
A man considerably under the influence
of bad whisky occasioned much merri-
ment by the antics he cut up in endeavor-
ing to reach the top of pile of burning
lumber. He succeeded in reaching it only
in time to have it topple over, throwing
him to the ground, but fortunately, or
perhaps unfortunately, without any seri-
Gus injury.
There are undoubtedly many suffering
this morning from colds caused by the
drenching they received from the hose
while they were watching the flames.
Keller & Co. will need a search war
rant to find some of their books and
papers, which were carried off during the
second alarm of fire from their hIIildinr