Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-29
late MINNEAPOLIS news
FIRE BUGS ABOUT

Three Fires in Different Parts of the City
this Morning, Involving a Loss of About
$S5,0oo-No Clue to She Incendiaries.
Shortly before midnight fire was dis
covered making rapid progress in the rear
OF Louis Duensing's feed store, at 100
North Washington avenue. The building
was an OLD single story rattle trap, and
dry as finder. Besides this it was well
hlled with hay, straw and infammables.
The flames shot quickly through the roof,
darted across tbs alley to a row of barns
filled with horses. The animals, however,
were all quickly removed and the old
shells lay IN ashes. One barn was owned
by DR.. Evans and valued at 5000. The
other proprietor5 are unknown. Duen-
sings lost is estimated at $4,000, fully COW
cred by insurance. Elliott, Millore 81
Moody, doing commission
business at 207, next door,
were burned out bat had only a small stock
valued at $500. L. X. Wade's building at
III was slightly damaged, and was insured
for $500. The Windsor house, a large
frame structure, was in imminent danger
and for g long time it seemed that it must
go. but the department kept it flooded
with water and it came out nearly all
right. Before the fire was fairly under
control report from the East side called
the department where Wheaton, Reynolds
d Co.'s fine large sash, door and blind
factory was in flames and another fire in
progress in South sMinnea polls, all the
work Of the ince ndiary devils who infest
the city.
The company LEFT the Washington az
nue. fire, for the East side alarms cana
quick succession until the entire dapa
ment was at the scene. The fire had %
set in the rear of Wheaton, Reynolds
Co.'s huge sash, door and blind factory,
and had spread with power until all the
buildings and lumber piled in the yards
were enveloped. The department fought
desperately with the terrible heat and fire,
but 1t was simply possible to save the
buildings on the opposite side OF the
street. Wheaton, Reynolds & Co.'s loss will
aggregate about $4,000 or over, land during
the excitement the insurance could not be
Appropriated. They owned also two of
the dwellings which were burned. The
other dwelling was owned by Lambert
Hayes, and was on the corner of Fifth
street and First avenue north. It was
valued at $4,000 on which Mr.. Hayes held
$1,000 insurance. 1t was occupied by
three different families, but they were able
to save all their furniture. There were
five families who occupied the other
two dwellings, and who saved mostly
everything. A. N. Cox estimates his
loss at $50 and August Reinick
lost about $40.
The other fire at the corner of Fifth
street and Third avenue south had been
set beneath the steps of the building for
merly occupied by Merriman, Barrows &
Co. as an office, but now as warehouse IN
which was stored soma 100000 shingles
and some lumber. The whole was con-
sumed, though the buildings adjacent were
saved. This property was partially in
sured.
When these two fires were at their height
a third fire was set on the East side in the
old wooden warehouse owned by Averill,
Russell & Carpenter, just
below the Pillsoury A
mill. The entire building was destroyed,
and contained large amount of paper
stock, soda, ash, oak, etc, besides some
$500 worth of machinery. The stock was
fully insured, but one policy upon the
building had recently expired and had, not
been renewed. Entire loss about $1,000.
There were rumors of other incendiary at
tempts in various parts of the city, but
lack confirmation at the present writing.