St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-18

Ho lidu DeeH KICKED Uy companion,
and showed fight for minute OF so, but
was soon laughed into submission.
The firm of YAM, Griggs & Howes
GLOBE. to thank Chief Black and the
members of the st. Paul fire depart
ment for their brave efforts in saving
their premises from the terrible fire last
evening. They also beg to announce to
their customers that their offices have
bt EN- removed from the corner of Third
and WacOuta streets to the inside of
the building until such time as the cor
ner offices can be repaired.
Grave fears were entertained at one
time that the entire wholesale district
would fall prey to the devouring ele-
ment, and this catastrophe was only
averted by the efforts of the firemen
and the fact that there was no wind
blowing. The union depot and hun
dreds OF cars were endangered, also, for
a time, and the fire fighters directed
several steady streams in that direction.
Merchants in the block where the fire
originated were actively engaged in
storing books and valuable papers i'm
their fire proof vaults, thinking this a
wiser plan than removal from their
business houses.
From the windows of the fifth floor of
the Ryan splendid view of the fire
could be had, and these points of Obser-
yation were utilized by the lady guests
OF the hotel, many of whom neglected
their supper on account of the fascinat-
ing spectacle.
Several firemen essayed to work
line of hose from the roof of the Bur-
bank building OH the Third street side,
but the heat was so intense that they
were compelled to deSist after a long
climb of the fire escape on that street.
An insurance man, who was diSsatis-
fed with the way the water worked,
will agitate plan to have pump houses
built on the river for the protection of
the wholesale district.
Secretary Lloyd, of the Cable COM
pany, had tarpaulins spread over the
slot to prevent water from leaking into
the conduit from the lines of hose at
the joints.
Insurance men were thick in the
crowd and computations of losses began
before the flames broke out of the sec
| Ond story windows.
The; express goods stored in the build
ing across Second street were loaded on
| fiat cars ready to be moved out of the
way if occasion required.
Hon. P. 81. Kelly, despite his recent
| illness, could not keep Off the street in
the vicinity of the fire.
Its thought that the fire will prevent
the cable line from being operated for
some days yet.
jim Nugent surveyed it from a dis
| tance,
Chief Black missed his old adviser,
Harold j. Cleveland, but he got there
| just the same.
All the members of the board of fire
| commissioners were there, and Com
missioner Jere Prendergast had many
useful suggestions to offer.
| 1t was bad day for firemen. They
were roasted and frozen by turns.
| First Assistant Chief Jackson had
charge of the front and Second Assist
ant Chief Keller ran things in the rear.
| 1t was feared at one time that the
front wall would fall, and the appa-
ratuS was moved to safe distance.
| There were fewer broken hose than
usual.
Chief of Police Clark demonstrated
his ability to superintend the handling
of crowd.
Donald Grant, of Faribault, was on
his way to catch the Winnipeg train, but
he stopped too long watching the fire
and got left.
Stanley Prandfit was an early arrival.
The detectives were everywhere
watching for pickpOckets.