St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-14
binders Gathered from the Smoking Ruins
Of What Was the Boston
Block.
Annual Session Of the State Lodge, Knights
of Honor-Business and
Pleasure.
More Important Suits that VIII Come
on ut the Next Term OF
Court.
comment on Current Toptcs--Notes
From Police Circles--Thb Local
Summary Circles.
AMONG THE ASHES.
The Boston Block After the Fire.
Bits OF Additional Nows.


Daylight revealed scene of damp and
reeking destruction ut the Boston block.
AT an early hour a strong salvage corps,
made up of tenants and employees, invaded
the building and the work of redemption
began. II was sorry sight. The upper,
back OF the front tier of rooms. was open
to the sky, and the fourth floor in the cen
ter was in the same condition. Remains
OF the roof. in the shape of bent sheet iron.
and twisted beams and girders were scat
tered over the charred floors, through which
great gaps had been burned. Steaming
remnants OF scorched and smoked goods and
merchandise lay in heaps, from which were
being assorted all that could be saved. The
county law library was utterly destroyed
only few half-burned bindings telling
where ii had been. The Buckeye Publish
ing company was the heaviest loser
on this floor, having only just
lam IN an immense stock of
handsomely bound premium books. which
are total loss. On the fourth floor the
Brunswick-Balke-Co llender company was a
heavy loser. Several elegant billiard tables
were burned, including a new one made TO
order for the Nicollet club. Valuable fix
lures, such as balls. cloths, racks and mir
ceeding S12, OO0. The floor was nearly
burned away, exposing to view the stock of
Miller Bros. IL Fletcher, drenched with wa
ter and rapidly rusting. This was the ex-
tent OF the progress OF the fire. The re-
mainder of the building was damaged by
water alone, and is in horrible shape. Ele-
gantY-arranged Offices Were reeking with
water, with their ceilings and walls hang
ing IN loose strips. Nearly every yard of
plaster in the building must come of. 1t
is now conceded the building is damaged
about $50, 600.
NOTES
Some Of the corrected losses and insurance
are given as follows: Northwestern Perlna-
nent Exhibit, S5O0; no insurance. Gillian.
Beiden u Willard. $500: $500 Bradstreet's
commercial agency, $500; $1,000. Paul X
Sanford, $50; $500. Wendell s. Donaldson,
500; $500. a. A. Hail. $50: $500. SpoOner
x Brown, $500; $1,000. G. w. Rohue. 500:
none. S. p. Snyder, 500; none. Educational
Endowment association, 500; $3.50. W. +.
Stetson. 500; none. II. z. Herrig, $1,000;
none. Boardman & Ferguson, $3.50; SI.6OO.
A z. Abel. 500; $500. A. G. Wilcox,
5000; $1,000. Northwestern commercial
agency, $500; $500. A. Z. Chittenden & Co.,
5000; $1,000. Burdett, Young & Ingalls,,
$1,000; $1,000. r. $. KalkOH, $500; none.
p. ii. Gruckel, 5000; $500.
a great fault in the construction of the
building was to arrange the partitions hollow,
so that each one became a chimney.
Architect Bufington's plan is to put up
temporary roof, dry out the building and al
low many of the tenants to return.
Most OF the loops OF the Electric Time COM
pany were put in order yesterday and the
clocks started running.
Twenty-four adiusters will figure on the
losses Some OF them are already on the
ground.
Burlington had only reinsured his goods on
April 3.