Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-07
GREAT FLEE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

GREAT FLEE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
! DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 6, p. m.-Proba-
! bly, the largest and most destructive fire
| that ever occurred here is now raging. at
! II o'clock this morning fire broke out in
the engine room OF q G. Howard d Co.'S
| elevator, and soon after the flames were
! issuing forth in all directions. The ele-
vstor is situated right at the Texas &
| Pacific road, one block north of Elm
| street. The flames spread rapidly and
| soon the cotton yard of the City Compress,
occupying a block of ground Immediately
! adjoining the elevator, caught fire and was
| rapidly consumed. i strong
| brseze is blowing from the south
| east and the heat from the
burning districts is frightful. At 1880 the
elevator fell with crash. A brick build
ing adjoining it occupied by Sinker.
Davis Co., containing boilers and en-
gioes, is also a total loss, burning bsth to
! the grosnd. The flames rapidly spread,
| and soon the cotton around the city com
| press, across from the elevator, caught fire
| and is now rapidly burning. It is hoped
that tho com sress viii be saved with but
! little damage as sll efforts are now icing
| used in that direction. At 1916 p. n. the
fire is still raging, going in a northerly
| direction, and has just caught
| and wiped out The electric
| light works and livery stable. That part
a! of the town in which it is now spreading
| is composed Of small frame structures
| and there is no telling where it will stop.
| The elevator contained wheat and oats
| to the amount Of $4,000 bushels, all of
! which Was destroyed. There are also
! probably 1900 bales OF cotton consumed.
Thus far prominent insurance men esti-
mate the loss st 100000. and the insur-
! Rnce ct thres-foUrthe Of that amount. OF
curse this is mostly guess WORK as moth
! iag definite can be obtained.
Business is almost suspended, and tia
Whole town is excited. The fire depart
| ment responded promptly, but was near
| II half an hour before they got regularly
| to work and the water supply was in
! adequate. One OF the engines seemed to
| be nearly worthless. Where the fire broke
out there were some twenty-five Or thirty
bcx and fat cars scattered around on the
track, and as the hose tried to cross, the
fremen were delayed until switch en-
CINE could remove the cars. Fort Worth
has been telegraphed for aid and an en-
CINE and the Fort Worth departments are
expected in in few minutes.
LATER-It is said there we're nearly 1900
bales of cotton in the yard and around the
compress and fully half of that number
have been consumed.
At 3 o'clock the fire is still raging. The
fire engine from Fort Worth is here, and
with the two Dallas engines is playing
upon tins flames. Crowds are running and
the e1citsmsnE is unabated.
cHaoKED AT LAST.
DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 6.-The fire was got
ten under control about o'clock, at Col
lius street, having burned three and one
half blocks.
Note-A list of insurance risks On tbs
property burned ct Dallas, Includes 1900
written BY the ST. Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance company.
WIFE MURDERER.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 6-AIbert Fisherman,
of Magdeburg, Germany, 81 years old,
killed his wife with an iron rod in Clinton
Street lodging house last night, and left
the scene st o'clock this morning, leaving
3 note in which he explained that their
money was gone, they did not care to live
longer, and they had agreed that he should
kill her. The note closed with the phrase.
- have gone TO hang myself They came
10 Milwaukee last Tuesday. TIE police
have learned that man answering lister
mann desert pTion took the Northwestern
train at II =. N. for Chicago. Com
munications with The chief
of police at Chicago has
resulted in the Information that man of
similar description took the Michigan
Central train about O'Clock for the east,
buying a ticket to Utica, =. Y. E!ster-
mann WIS known at his boarding house as
aofmanu, though he admitted that was
not his real name. The couple came from
ST. Paul Tuesday, but the wife told lady
they had lived IN Bismarck, Dakota.
Boarders il the house had come to the
conclusion they were clipping, though they
had no particular reason for thinking So
The dead woman is about twenty years old, |
AID apparently higher in the social scale
than her husband. Their baggage con-
tains nothing to identify them.
ANOTHER STREET CAR WRECK.
PITTsBURG, Oct. 6.-The Hoewing
brakes on street car got ont Of order as
the car reached the top of a street grade on
Saadusky street, Allegheny City, and it |
ran through the safety gates on the Fort
Wayne railroad crossing and into pass
ing freight train. The car was wrecked
and all the passengers, twenty five IN |
number, were more or less injured. -Four |
are hurt seriously. Their names are Chas.
Menzsnbsyer, Mrs. Mary Martin, Mary
Hill, (colored,) and Hugh Dammit. The |
two last named are likely to die. No |
blame attached to anybody for the acct
dent.
The great distinguished feature &C Reidins's |
Russia saive Is It's power to reduce iaf1anna- |
tiez.
Death of Commodore DAvidsoE's Father |