Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-02
Especial Telegram to the Globe. 7

CHICAGO, Dec. About 6 o'clock to-
night fire broke out in the basement of
Beck & Bucher's store, ITO Market street.
The flames speedily spread, and in few
minutes the whole building, six stories in
height, was filled with great volumns of
smoke. The top floor was used as corset
factory, and contained several hundred
girls at work. A panic ensued, and two
sprang out of window of the sixth story
and were instantly killed. The building
was filed with jobbers' goods, which were
greatly damaged by fire and
water. The loss will not
be far from $4,000; covered by insur-
ance.
Hardly had the fremen got the Market
street fire under control when fire broke
out in the Journal Office, on the sixth floor
of the building occupied by the John B.
Jeffrey printing establishment. The en-
gines were unable. to rea Oh the flames for
some time, and then to little purpose
They are still playing on the building,
hough the fire is under control. The
Journal Office and the two top floors of
Jefrey's printing establishment are
completely Quilted, the water caus-
ing as much damage as the
fire. The loss is estimated at fully $40
600; covered principally by insurance in
good companies.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-At half.past five this
afternoon fire was discovered in the Far
well block, the largest business building in
the city. It is bounded by Adams, Market
and Monroe streets and the river. The
great destruction, however, was broken by
heavy fire walls running through it, but for
which the entire building would have been
swept by the flames. The fire was CON
fined to Nos. 168 and 40 Market street.
the three lower floors of which were occu-
pied by Metzler Bros, notion dealers, and
the four upper floors by Beak s. Bucher,
furriers, The latter firm employs nearly
two hundred girls, ell but about seventy
five of whom had gone home when the
fire was discovered. Those remaining in
the building became aware of the approach
Of the flames by smoke, seeking its way
from the lower floors where the fire orig
mated. panic ensued among the young
women and their terror was increased by
discovering that the main doorway lead
ing to the lower floors was locked and
barred, They made their way back to the
fifth floor and number made their way
along the window lodges on the outside Of
the building to point beyond one OF the
protecting fire walls into an adjoining
store. Two young women, Kitty Hugert
and Frances Fairweather, made
their wsy to the fire escape
but, through terror at viewing the flames
bursting from the building immediately
below, dropped to the stone sidewalk and
both were instantly killed. Great confu-
sion reigned in and about the building up
to o'clock, when statement of those in
terested was made that all the remaining
employees had escaped from the structure.
But as the upper floors were filed with a
dense volume of smoke and
as the iremen had been unable
to make search fears were
entertained that further loss of life had
occurred. Metzler Bros. carried a heavy
stock, but the loss and insurance is not
known at this hour. Beak 81 Buoher mad
100000 stock and carried $4,000 insur-
ance. Work, Wachsmith d Co., clothing,
and Taylor Bros, Wholesale hats and caps,
occupying one of the other stores, carried
100000 in stock, which is badly damaged
by water, but fully covered by Insurance.
The fremen made a search of upper
floors of the burned building shortly after
10 O'Clock, and il is now believed certain
no other casualties than those reported
occurred. Metzler's loss is estimated at
$4,000 to $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Beak d Bucher's loss will approximate
$4,000 to $4,000. Loss on building
$4,000; fully insured.
THE "JoURNAI" OFFICE BURNED.
CHICAGO, Dec. While nearly every
engine in the city had been called into SER
vice at the Fsrwell block fire, an alarm
was turned in from the Office of the Even-
ing Journal on Dearborn street, between
Madison and Monroe, and before the ar,
rival of the fra steamers on the scene the
flames we're making theft way through the
windows IN the upper story of the fine
stone Office building. The flames had
made rapid progress, and despite tho eff
forts of the department. About II
o'clock the fire seemed fairly under con-
troll, the three upper stories having been
very thoroughly burned out and the entire
structure completely water soaked and
with the possible exception of the presses,
were utterly destroyed. The Journal
building was fine, four story structure,
erected to replace the one destroyed in the
great fire, and was taken possession of by
the paper ID April, 1873. The J. B. JEFF
frey Printing company one of the
largest show printing establishments in
the country, occupied portion of the
building, and suffered an almost total loss,
which is estimated to approximate fully
$4,000. The Journal and Printing COM
pany both carried adequate insurance.
At midnight the fire was completely IN
der control. The walls of the building re-
main standing, but the interior and its con-
tents are completely destroyed. The
Journals loss approximate $4,000, very
nearly covered by insurance. The j. B.
Jeffrey Printing company suffer loss of
100000; insured for $4,000.
MASONIC TEMPLE DESTROYED.
New YORK, Dec. About half past
this morning the roof of the Masonic tenn
pie on Twenty Third street and Sixth ave-
nue. was discovered to be afre and before
the engine could reach the spot great vol
umes of smoke belched from the windows
in the asylum of the Knights Templars in
the mansard story just below the roof and