Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-10

DEV0URING FLAMES.
SeYious 0onfagrations on the 9th inst.

The magnificent sixstory building in Chica-
90 known as "Beauvrage,n on the lake front,
with all its flats, occupied by some Of the best
families Of the city, burned at O'Clock In the
morning. One hundred and fifty tenants es'
caped in their night clothes, saving nothing.
The Beauvrage was the finest French fat build.
ing In the entire west, and covered nearly one
third OF a quadrangle The block was of
brick, six stories high, and with elaborate
marble trimmings. The residence quarter was
approached through spacious courtyard,
with center fountain and other ornate dec0ra-
lions. The cost OF the buildings construction
alone was nearly quarter OF a million col
lars. There were three flats son each floor
inhabited by prominent families, an aggre-
gate Of $50 souls. Among the residents were
ey Governor Bross aud family. Most of the
flats were furnished luxuriously, some con
tanning pictures and other works OF art valued
at thousands Of dollars. The loss OF the build
ing Is placed at 100000; insurance 100000;
OF the contents, $4,000; insurance small.
At 12 80 in the morning flames were discov.
cred in large six-story building on the cor
ner Of Desplaines street and Madison, occu-
pied by the Kennedy bakery. For Is minute s
before the fire broke out but one engine was
on the around, and owing to the extreme cold
IL was able to accomplish but little. In a short
time the building was envelopcd In flames
from cellar 10 ROOT, the fire shooting high into
| the nigst air, Illuminating the entire western
| part of the city. Theupper stairs of Kennedy's
| building was occupied as sleeping apartments
| and many OF the occupants escaped in their might
| clothes aud only with the greatest difficulty
| The fire spread to the Lycenm theatre, which
Was so badly burned as to be total loss. tn,
bakery is total loss. No loss Of life is report
| ed.
he rev Park theater building of Cleveland
| Ohio, erected during ibe past " ar was burnc,
| 10 the ground. Gas escaping IN the basement
under tue stage ignited. Tue flames spreat
rapidly. The thrater was consumed in tw,
| hours. Eleven engines were az work. Toe
weather was very cold and ice formed rapidly
The contents of stone church adjoining OF
one side were damaged by attempted remoya
and waite. The loss on church is covered by
| insurance. The court house on the other sidl
Of the theater was slightly scorched. A coffee
| house Ia the rear OF the tbeater was crushed bl
a falling wall. The loss TO Stone church will
be fully $4,000 Wick Brothers, proprietor
| OF The Park lheattr, say mat the building anC
contents cost 100000, aud their loss will b.
fully $200,0N.
AT 10 O'Clock at night Burroughs, Comstocl
Il Co.'S furniture building H. St. Louis, Mo.
was destroyed by FIRE. Tie alarm was sounded
from the Peoples iheater 8diournpg, whil'
the play, "Nobody's Claim Was on Thu
boards. Smoke appeared IN The flies and tht
audience made u break for the doors. Th'
theatcr was quietly emptied, fortunately NJ
one was hurt. The DANES broke our IN a room
longing TO drug store. Burrough, ComsIocl
81 Co. had the largest stock OF line furniture II
| Missouri, and II was completely ruined by hr'
and water. Their l1ss is about $l25 000 Ih
Goodyear Rubber CompaDy's place, in the SAM
block was burned at lcss Of 1923, 900, fully In
sured. The iiromen were almost paralyzet
with the cold, the thermometer standing q
twenty degrees below.
The most disastrous anl awful c0naagratior
Of the day, however, was the burning OF th
Catholic convent In Belleyilc, Illinois, lively
miles from st. Louis, Mo A boarding schoo
il connection with the convent was attcnde,
by about 500 young ladi, and girls, near.
half of whom were borders. The creates
confusion prevailed inside the institution an
the young ladies III not stop to dress them
selves. They rushed Il The doors and window
in their night clothes ana the lives of % youD
women were lost. The fearful cold necessarll
retarded the work OF the frcmtn, and even
they could have reached the scene without dc
lay, they could have been Of little service Il
rescuing the victims. The tirem N had no lad
ders aud there was no provision fer such d
plorable emergency. Ihe poor girls were pow
erless to hep themselves, and the horrihe
spectators OF this holocaust could do nothin
to save them. Thirteen b. lies have been re
covered from the ruins during the day, whic
could only be identified by portion Of tn
scanty clothing, which was saturated wit
water. The remains themselves were horribl
|
are known TO have been lost are still in III
ruins The building was The properly Of tn
sisters of Notre Dame, and cost $780, 900 IL
insured for S25, Doom the following companies
Merchants Mutual of Milwaukee; German @
Buffalo; PEgnx Assurance of London: HON
Of New York aud Continei tai Of New York.
Chief Sexton of the st. Louis fire department
was overcome by smoke at the ruins Of Tn
Fourth street fire at IL o'clock on the forenoo
of the oh, and had to be taken hume. Flo
nearly 40 hours ne had been standing out 1
the cold, covered with ice, directing the move
ments OF bis ilremcn, and was almost worn GU
from work and exposure. and the inhalng O
some dense smoke completely prostrated hiu
and he was carried away from the fire in an In
sensible condition. He was put To bed a
home, aud all afterloon be was delirious, an
gave orders to his men as II he were still at tn
fire. In the evening he is reported mach BET
ter and no danger is apprehendcd. As mos
Of the firemen are disabled from overwork an
exposure, nearly half of them having their fee
and fingers and ears and noses frozen or badi
frost bitten, orders were given for the engage
ment of 100 extra firenen for temporar
service, and an order was given also for Tia
purchase OF 5000 feet of new ECse. Chiesg
and Cincinnati were tcleg.aphed to for alt, bu
IN both cities all the apparatus for fighting fir
was In use.