St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-12
GONE UP IN SMOKE.
The Buildings of the Oneota Lum-
Der Company Nearly Entirely
Destroyed by Fire.
Fairbury, ILL.,, Visited by a Carnival of
the Fire Fiend, Destroying Good
Portion of the Town.
The New Parliament House at Quebec Gets a
Taste of the Work of the Festive
Dynamite Fiend.
BIG FIRE AT RIcE's POINT.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 11.-Shortly after /
O'Clock IN. fire broke out in the dry house
OF the Oneota Lumber company at Rice's
Point, and for time it looked as though the
whole mill plant would be destroyed. The
dry house was quickly enveloped and past
saving. From the dry house the flames COM
municated with the planning mill and lumber
shed and both were destroyed, together with
lumber, lath and shingles. The saw mill
and lumber yard were saved. Several other
parties lost lumber which had been sawed by
the Oneota company, and four cars of the st.
Paul 81 Duluth road, loaded with lumber be-
longing to Bradley, Hanford & Co. were also
burned. The losses are as follows:
Oneota Lumber company. on planer, dry
house, shed and lumber, S25, 0O0 Insur-
ance: Phoenix, of North America, 1900;
Washington Fire 81 Marine, Orient, New
York Alliance, British American, Hope and
one other company not learned, 81 1000 each;
Glens Falls, Rochester, German-London AS
surance and Pennsylvania of Pittsburg, $500
each: Allemia. of Pittsburg, $685.
Osterhout & Hugart Lumber company, on
lumber, 81, 500. Insurance: Peoples, $3.50;
German-American, $500; Humboldt, of Ale
gheny City, $3.50.
Bradley, Hanford 6 Co., lumber, $1,000.
No insurance.
D. E. Little & Co., lumber, $1,000. No
insurance.
Merritt & sanderly, lumber, $1,000. No
| insurance.
st. Paul & Duluth Railroad company, cars,
1900.
FAIRBURY, H., Oct. 11.--At 2:15 this
morning Walton Bros.gr mill took fire and
was soon enveloped in a solid sheet of
flames. The wind, which blew from the east
was very light at the outstart and only few
minutes sufficed for the flames to leap across
the road and catch in a large mercantile
building owned by Walton Bros, but while
the fire ragged furiously in the territory
named, it was sweeping eastward on
! the opposite side of the street,
destroying the stockyards and buildings
of Combs & Mcdonald, the dry house or
warehouse of Walton Bros, containing a
large quantity of grain, and the blacksmith
! shop OF George Westervelt. From this point
the fire crept along against the wind to the
southwark, where it destroyed box car on
the track near the mill, from there to several
! corn cribs south of the railroad, thence to
| the Obdell lumber works Office of John
Decker 81 Co., lumber commissioners, and
of j. Smith, both in an arcade Of the dock,
just across from the mill destroyed.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE BLOWN UP.
QUEBEC, Oct. 11.-About 1 o'clock this
afternoon an explosion occurred at the new
parliament buildings, destroying a consid-
cradle portion of the masonry and windows
of the new building, which was just being
rooted in. The explosion at first was sup
posed to be the boiler of the engine used for
hosting material, but this proved not to be
the case. Neither can it be attributed to
! gas. The general impression appears to be
the explosion was caused by dynamite, but as
none Of this ingredient istIsed on the works,
the mystery is how it came there. An in
Vestigation is now being held. The work
men all being away at'dinngr, nobody but
one man was injured, and he escaped with
slight cut from a piece of stone. The shock
was very severe all over the city, and the
windows of the houses in the vicinity of the
explosion were badly shattered.
OTTAWA, Oct. 1.-THE subject of CONVEX
sation tonight is the blowing ND of the par
liment buildings at Quebec. Precautions
are taken here in the way of extra policemen
at the parlimeDt building.
QUEBEC, Oct. 11.-Regarding the cause of
the explosion at the parliment building the
French employees state the work was done
| by Irish dynamiters, while some Irish citi-
zens say, and their opinion is shared by a
| great many, the French workmen did the
deed, with view of iniuring the contractor,
but for what reason is not apparent, as the
contractor and men are on the best of terms.
Serious trouble is feared between the French
and Irish should the accusation be carried
much farther The Telegraph editorially saws
Nationality must not be used to screen
any element or community. Our opinion is
! far from it being Irishmen. The scoundrels
were actuated through other motives.
GROUND UP BETWEEN COG WHEELS.
PITTsBURG, Oct 11.-While oilng the
machinery at the Republic Iron works, this
morning, William Ardrich, aged fifteen, fell
between two cog wheels, and before he could
be extricated his body was literally ground
to pieces.
FOUND DEAD IN SLEEPING CAR.
PEORIA. ILL.,, Oct. 11.-Rev. j. NJ. Robin
son, of indianapolis, was found dead in the
berth of sleeper, on the Wabash railway,
at 1880 this morning. He got on the train
at Shenandoah, Ia, and was last seen alive
at Humeston. The cause Of his death is I'M
| known. About $3.50 in notes and money
| were found on his person.