Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-03
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

t0PCOAdA 1C1CEidA1 70 de0 0lOD6.
Chicago, Dec. about O'Clock to-
night a fire broke out in the basement of
Beck & Bueher's store, ITO Market street.
The fames speedily spread, and in few
minutes the whole building, six stories in
height, was filled with great volumns of
smoke. The top floor was aaed as q corset
factory, and contained several hundred
girls at work. A panic ensxsa, and two
sprang out of window of the sixth story
and were instantly killed. The building
was filled with jobbsrs' goods, which were
greatly damaged by 6zs and
water. The loss will not
be fsr from $4,000; covered by insur-
ance.
Hardly had the fremen got the Market
street fire under control when fro 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 reach the flames fer
some time, and then to little parpose
They are still playing On the building,
though the fire is under control. The
Journal Office and the two top GooEs of
Jeffrey's printing establishment are
completely Quilted, the water caus-
ing as much damage as the
fire. The loss is estimated at fully $780,
600; covered principally by insurance in
good companies.
CHICAGO, Dee. AT half past five this
afternoon fire was discovered in the Far
we'll block, the largest business building in
the city. It is bounded by Adams, Market
and Monroe streets aud the river. The
great destruction, howeyer, was broken by
heavy fire walls running through it, but for
which the entire building would nave been
swept by the flames. The Ere was con-
fined to Nos. 16S and 40 Market street..
the three lower floors of which we're occu-
pied by Metzler Bros, notion dealers, and
the four upper floors by Beek & B1aher,
furriers. The latter firm employs nearly
two hundred girls, all but about seventy
five of whom had gone home when the
fire was discovered. Those remaining in
tho 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 a number made their way
along the window lodges on the outside of
ths building to a point beyond one of the
protecting fire walls into an adjoining
store. Two young women, Kitty Augert
and Frances Fairweather, made
their way 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
dense volume of smoke and
as the fremen had been unable
to make search fears were
entertained that further loss of life had
occurred. Aetzler Bros. carried heavy
stock, but the loss and insurance is not
known at this hour. Baak & Bucher had
100000 stock and carried $4,000 insur-
ance. Work, Wachsmith & 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 Gremen made a search of upper
floors OF the burned building shortly after
10 O'Clock, and it is now believed certain
no other casualties than those reported
occurred. Me.zier's loss is estimated at
$4,000 to $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Beak &c Bucher's loss will approximate
$4,000 to $4,000. Loss on building
$4,000; fully insured.
THE JOURNAL OFFICE BURNED.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-While nearly every
engine in the city had been called into SER
vice at the Farwell block fire, an alarm
wss turned in from the Office of the Eue,s-
ing Journal on Dearborn street, Between
Madison and Monroe, and before the ar
rival of the fire steamers on the scene thu
flames we're making th8it way through the
windows in the upper story of tho fine
stone Office building. The flames had
made rapid progress, and despite the eff
forts Of the department. About II
O'Clock the Gre seemed fairly under con-
troll, the three upper stories having baea
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 a fine, four story structure,
erected to replace the one destroyed in the
great fire, and was taken possession of by
the paper in April, 1873. Tbs j. B. JEFF
frey Printing company one of the
largest show printing establishments in
the country, occupied a portion of the
building, and suffered an almost total loss,
which is estimated to approximate fully
100000. The Journal and Printing COM
psny 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 approximates $4,000, very
nearly covered by insurance. The j. B
Jeffrey Printing company suffer loss of
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
MASONIC TEMPLE DESTROYED.
New YORK, Dec. 1.--About half past 8
this morning the roof Of the Masonic TEN
pie On Twenty third street and Sixth ave-
nue. was discovered to eaire and before
the engine could reach the spot great vol
umes of smoke bsiched from the windows
in the asylum of the Knights Templars in
the mansard story just below the roof and
dome. Thick volumes of smoke also
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