Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-13
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still SOW drinks the swill, and it was a
very still fire, but it got in its big work.
The insurance on the Reeves block is
understood to be mostly located in Gin
cinnati.
Those sparks were death on seal-skin
caps, some of which look as if they had
had original acquaintance with Alaska
shotguns.
The police were very effective at the
Wednesday morning fire in protecting
property, guarding life and assisting the
department.
One of the clerks in Sattler Bros store
got crescent shaped cash cut in his face
from breaking glass in the Wednesday
morning fire.
Mr.. s. Meyhitis was dislodged by the
fire yesterday morning and promptly took
up quarters with his friends of the little
lying Dispatch.
The loss of Hoxie & EJaggar was very
light. AS precaution, however, they re-
moved all their books and valuables
while the fire was raging.
His nose was as red as a kissing ear of
corn, and when those whisky barrels in
Magee's wine vault exploded, he wildly
cried, Goodbye, my old Kentucky home"
If there had been bitter cold to turn the
water and steam into icicles, it would have
been picture of the old Barnum's mu-
scum, Broadway, New York, fire right over
again.
The Fire and Marine Insurance COM
pany had re- assured half of the $4,000 in
surance it had on the Drake block in other
companies 80 that it is out only $4,000 on
that item.
The gas pipe which connected the Drake
building with the street main was burned
or broken off at an early stage of the fire
and furnished its share Of fame to the con-
tiagration.
AS there was but a simple alarm of fire
| Wednesday morning, but few of the citi-
zens of ST. Paul knew anything of the
great fire until they read the boss account
of it in the columns Of the GLOBE.
1t looked awful easy to take a nozzle and
stream and pitch right into the Drake
block basement on the river side, but that
smoke was as dense as that of Tartarus,
and as hot as the breath of old Vesnvius.
While the fire was in progress the crowd
that filled the streets were terror stricken by
the announcement that the Boston One
Price store was Oh fire,and surged up Third
street peil NELL. Fortunately they found
it was false alarm.
guest at the Merchants was walked up
by the storm of hail sparks falling in the
area, and says the pyrotechnic display, be-
sides being grand, Knocked the spots out
of any fourth of July celebration he ever
went 10 anywhere.
The man who was rescued from off the
top Of the Drake block by the patent
leddies Of the fire department on We'd
resday morning after two hours prom
enade thereon. says he don't want ever
to hear Of the boy who stood son the
burning deck whence all but him had
fed"
Chief Black, of the fire department, was
thirty-four years of age yesterday, and as
he remarked to GLOBE reporter he cele-
bratcd the event in a manner that will
not soon be forgotten. He turned out
WHOA hiiO oiuiLAA Wdo SltCA ob AS
Tuesday, and was not relieved until IL
o'clock, NJ, yesterday,
When one came to look in to the ruined
walls of the Third street coliseum yester-
day by daylight, the former great arena
of inflammable wood work, without a single
fire or dividing wall, it was not SO much
of a wonder, with the alcoholic assistance
the wine vault afforded, that our fremen
after brave fghtIof hours, were finally
worsted.
"rhese buttons and this badge" said
Chief Black CT the fire department, yester-
day, as he laid the insignias of Office on
his table, "belong to a man who got drunk
at the fire this morning, and we don't want
any men around who drink when they are
on duty" The name OF the man is W. T.
| Mcclure and he was the driver of hose
cart No. 2.
The city OF New Haven, Csnn., has
about half the population of st. Paul, but
it's fire department has nine effective
| steamers, two of which throw more water
in two minutes than any two of our city
steamers can in five. That's what New
Haven man said last night when he turned
his nose into the air over the fact that
We nave Ouly Six anu u SIlldil CHOullcal.
The supeIs:itiously inclined, and all
who believe that coming events cast their
shadows before, will find comfort in the
following incident: well-known gentle
man of this city, holding responsible po-
sition in one of the Third street business
houses, on entering his store Tuesday
morning related a curious dream which he
had had the night before. He dreamt,
he said, that the business house No. 1874
east Third street had burned down,
and somehow, he said, the thing
rreyed upon his mind and continued to
haunt him in spite of his utmost efforts.
Strange as it may seem, one of the num-
bers of the Drake building was 1874.
The wheel of buggy which happened
to block the way with street car on the
corner of Fourth and Jackson streets
about 5 o'clock Yesterday morning at the
point where the new First National bank
building is being erected, was snapped off
by collision with hose carriage
going to the scene of the
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