The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-14
THE FIRE RECORD.
The St Paul Wholesale District Suffers An
other Serious Loss.

THE FIRE RECORD.
The st Paul wholesale District Suffers An
other Serious Loss.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Feb. 13.-Another disastrous
fire visited the wholesale district this morning.
About s o'clock the mercurial alarm in the Ryan
Block called the fire department. to the corner of
East Third street and Wacouta. The two upper
stories of that portion of the building occu-
pied by Foote, Schulze g. Co., and were filled
with smoke. The Ryan Block is Immediately
opposite the building which was burned several
weeks ago. entailng a loss of $500, 900, and
whose ruins still smoldering. The frsmen
found great difficulty in locating the seat of the
fire, and the smoke increased. A second alarm
was turned in and followed by third,
which brought out tho whole department..
Despite the efforts to suppress it. the fire soon
had possession of the entire portion occu-
pied by Foote, Schulze 6 Co. The Ryan
Block fronts on Third street. about
sixty feet and runs back to an alley on Wacouta
street. q distance of about one hundred and forty
feet The block is five stories in height, and
comprises Nos. 225, 227 and 229 East Third
street. The Ryan Drug Company occupy Nos
225 and 227 with wholesale drugs. Foote, Schulze
& Co. occupy 229 with boots and shoes. The
latter firm have a third-street frontage Of fifty
feet The fourth and fifth floors used for
the manufacture of boots and shoes. The
fire, nearly could be judged by the firemen,
originated on the fifth floor AT no time
there any blaze to be noticed the dense volumes
of smoke preventing the fremen from getting
through the several floors The Ryan Drug
Company next door to the fire, will be damaged
as near as the attaches could tell, about $50 000
wholly by water and smoke The company car
ries stock valued at $3.50, 600, which is fully
Co.. said this morning that his firm carried
a stock of $3.50, 600 $500. 900. The in
surance on their stock would be about $270, 600
or perhaps 100000. The probability was, at 10
o'clock this morning, that the machinery used
in the factory on the two upper floors, and also
the stock, would be total loss. No could
advance theory as TO the origin of the fire. In
surance the building amounts to $35, 600.
From present indications only the walls of the
building will be left. The stock of Foote. Shulze
& Co. is wholly wrecked, that which is not
burned being soaked with water. The fi-e-wail
which separated Foote. Schu1ze q Co. from the
Ryan Drug Company prevented the fire from
pied by the latter firm. Their stock badly
soaked and smoked. but the firm does not antici-
pate the figures will go above the sum first
mentioned The insurance is as follows:
On Stock-Eleven companies represented by
Weed d Lawrence, $48, 800; seven companies, by
ST. Paul Fire and Marine. 500. 600; American
Fire, of Philadelphia S., 900; six companies. by
Haas & Fowler, SD. 900; eight companies. by S.
Seaton, $27, 500; eleven companies. by w. G..
Strickland. $40. coo; Louisville Underwriters,
So. 900; six companies, by Prince & Snandrew,
$12. 600; nine companies. by Hughson g. Hemen-
way, S42, 500; two other companies, by George
w. Lawson, So, 900; Eve companies, II. b. Con-
STAINS, $l2 800; two companies, by Burger g.
Knhi, So OOO
The loss the building is probably fully
covered by $35, 900 Insurance. represented by
J. j. Watson, Brother & Hyndman. and sc. 500
on fixtures by John Rogers Jr, d Bro
the following is list of companies holding
insurance on the stock Of Foot, Schu1ze & Coz
Underwriters of New York. $1O 600; Phoenix,
$40. 900; Northwestern National. So 5O0; Haas
Orient, $780, Hecia, $1,000; Lancashire,
$500; German An of New York So; 500;
$780, Phoenix of London, 49, 00o;di Com
Fscsog f d o 5000
chanics'. s., 500; Rochester German, S.. 500;
State, Des Moines, So. 500; Firemen's of Dayton,
$1,000; Union of Philadelphia, 81. 500: New York
Insurance Company of North America. So, 600;
Queen, $1,000; Niagara of New York, s., 500;
Traders of Chicago. 81. 500; Pennsylvania Fire,
$780, Commercial of California, So. 500: Spring
Garden of Philadelphia, $500 National of
Hartford, So. 900; Washington Fire and M arine
of Boston, $1,000; Firemens' Fund of California,
$4,000 Guardian of England, S., 600; Imperial of
London, S.. 600; New Hampshire, $500; West
chester of New York. So. 800; Sun of New Or
leans. $1,000; Syndicate of Minneapolis. So.
500; Rhode Island Underwriters, So. 800; Grand
Rapids of Michigan So, 500; Louisville Under
writers, So, 900; Liverpool and London and
Globe $500; Sun Fire Office, $1,000 Peoples
of Pittsburg, S., 500: Boatman's of Pittsburg.
$4,000; American of New York, $4,000; Sun OF
San Francisco $780, Standard of New York.
Long Island of Brooklyn s., 500; Montauk of
Brooklyn, So 500; Hospital, $4,000 Etna of
Hartford. So O0O North British and Mercantile,
$1,000. Home of New York, s., 900; Fire Associ-
Boston, $4,000 London of England, S., 900;
Detroit. $4,000; National Of New York.
New York. s.. 500; Springfield Fire and Marine,
$500; State, Pennsylvania. $780, County of
Philadelphia, So, 500; German American, New
York. 81 800; American of New York. S., 500;
Granite State of New Hampshire, So, 500 Com
merce of New York, $1,000; British Union and
National of Edinburgh, 81, 500; Howard of New
American of Boston. So, 500; North American of
Boston. So, 800; Washington of Boston. So 600;
British American, 1900; Security, $780,
American Central So, 500; Fire Association of
London, So. 500; companies represented by John
D. Rogers $4,000: American Central, So, 500.
On machinery Franklin, 81. 500 On office fix
tures, Security of New Haven, 81 500; Northern
of New England 81, 900.
Other Fires.
ST.. ALBANs, vt, Feb. 13-Tbe st. Adams
Charles Chandler, paralytic, and Susan Gales,
aged eighty-three, were burned to death.
wINoSA, Mnn.. Feb. 13.-The Mosquito
mills mills, situated on the North branch Of the
Winona. was burned on Friday night The
property was one of the old landmarks, and was
owned by William Duncan Sons. Loss, $67, 900;
insurance, $40, 600
NEW YORK, Feb. IA Shortly after midnight
fire broke out in the fvestory building 81 and
Sc Park place, occupied by b. Kurs, map aud
color printer; S. Gothal, picture frames. and
number of small firms The upper part of the
building completely Quilted. The loss on
stock and building is estimated at 200.
Lawyer Crowley and His Debts.
BosToN, Feb 13.-John G. Crowley promi-
nent lawyer OF this city, who absconded some
time since, leaving from $4,000 to 800, 900
worth of indebtedness, has written a letter from
London to several of his friends in this city,