Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-26
FIRE RECORD.
A PHILADELPHIA FIRE.

Philadelphia, Jan. &c The five story
building, Nos. Ills to 719 Arch
street, was discovered on fire at 1:35
this morning. The flames quick
ly spread to 72l Arch street. The
building in which the fire originated is
one of the handsomest on Arch street.
The upper floors were occupied by three
firms of photographers and each of these
firms suffers a total loss. The first floor
was occupied by Monroe Bros, whole
sale dealers IN shoes. Building No.
7l5 Arch street was occupied by May
Bros, dealers in straw and millinery
goods. The iremen finding their Ell
forts to save the Norris building I'M
awaiting, directed their streams to the
st. Cloud hotel, which adjoins
Immediately on the east. The
guests in the hotel had all retired for the
night and were startled by the frantic
shouts of "fireIi ''hre!" which came from
the fourth floor. The cry of warning
created a panic and guests rushed from
their rooms, partially dressed, into the
corridors and down the stairs to the Of
| fee. The female guests were safely escort
ed to quarters in the neighborhood, while
the gentlemen, with grip-sacks, aud
other iugglng their trunks, looked after
their own ia erests. There were many
exciting incidents and scenes as the
guests retreated from the hotel, but no
accidents are reported.
At 2:l5 the front wall OF the Morris
building fell with o crash into the
street. This was soon followed
by a side wall upon tie ware house oc
cupied by May & Bros. The roof was
crushed and the building shattered by
the burning debris. A number of build
irgs on the south side of Arch street
We're damaged by fire and their content
suffered from water. The double build
ing Nos. 723 and 724 Archs treet, US
west of the Morris building, was entirel,
burned. Shortly after 2 o'clock 1t wa
evident that the st. Cloud hotel wa
doomed, as great volumes of heav
smoke came pouring through the fit
floor front windows. During the frs
8 early stages and before it had reache
the hotel, the police ran through til
latter building to awaken the guest
who were not previously alarmed.
. Some of them were too sleepy to /
. aroused and the officers were obliged
break in the doors to get the people on
I BY three o'clock the cornice and TO
story of the hotel fell in on Arch stree
+ sending up myriads of clnders. AT 81
the fire was under control. The S
Cloud was II five story structure with
frontage of eighty feet. 1t had accom-
i modations for $50 guests and last pigl
1T was filed to t%wo-thirds Of its capac
ty. The p%roprietors say the value
S their furniture and effects was $50, 600,
fully covered by insurance.
: The London Temperance hotel adioii
the st. Cloud on the east side and
also caught fire. The guests, who we.
mainly permanent b~oarders, were q
rected to leave and all succeeded in So
n ing their personal property. The loss
0 now estimated at from q half to thr,
o quarters of a million dollars.
l. a MILL BuRNED.
Youngstown, O., Jan. 26-The Gras
hopper mill, situated in Smoky Hollc
and valued at $4,000, burned this NOR
ing, owing to the oarelessness OF an Ell
ploye. It was insured for $4,000.
" BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
e Wichita, Kan, Jan. ga fire occu
d red at two this morning, at Robins'
Bros dry goods house. The house W
one of the largest in tae city. T.
stock was valued at SAT, 900 and was co.
pletely ruined. Insurance about So
II 1000. AT eight another fire occurred
the other side of the same str d
~stroying three frame buildings.
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