St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-03

houses being less than five stories high.
nearly all of them having been recently
erected. Among the buildings par
TALLY burned was the Maternite, on
Lombard street, and its inmates were
removed only with great difficulty. The
total loss will probably reach s., ,500,0
and it it is pretty well covered by in
surance, most of which is in small poll
cies in out-Of-tOwn companies.
THE INTENSE HEAT
several times drove the firemen from
tie building, where the bodies of their
unfortunate comrades were lying under
tons of brick and iron, but they per-
sisted in the search and shortly after
noon the first body, that of Wagner, was
brought to light. Near the spot was the
body of Harry Walker standing erect.
as if packed in. Near him was found
other bodies were found until nearly g
O'Clock, when that of George KerinS
was uncovered. The bodies were terribly
disfigured, the flesh being burned off in
many places. The search is being pur-
sued tonight with the aid of electric
lights. In the hardware store OF Tab6
Bros. q DimmOck there was stored
large quantities of cartridges and as
they exploded several men were slightly
injured by the flying bullets.
THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
will probably never be known. No fire
was used in the Prior establishment,
and it is supposed that spontaneous COM
buStiOn was the cause, but it is known
that a system of electric lighting was
introduced in the building recently, and
it was only tried last night. and it may
be that defective insulation started
the flames and the combuStible
nature of the contents of the building
served as food for the destroying ele-
mentS. The fire was discovered by an
intoxicated man, who stopped to rest on
the steps of building opposite. There
the alarm, and when the engines az
rived the building was in flames from
cellar to roof. The fireworks in the
upper floor at once began to explode,
and with the rapidly spreading flames,
presented the grandeSt spectacle ever
seen in this city. The explosion that
caused the collapse of the Winkelman
building, by which the firemen lost
their lives, was the result of
the ignition of some chemicals, and
was so sudden that though the men
were warned they had no time to make
their escape. AT midnight the firemen
are still hard at work searching for
bodies. 1t is known that at least three
are still in the runs, but they may not
be recovered tonight, as they are buried
beneath tons of debris.
THE LOSS AND INSURANCE
on the properties that were totally de-
strOyed as far as can be ascertained are
as follows: K. A. Prior & Co.. loss
100000; insurance 100000; j. III.
Winkelman & Co., loss $4,000; insur-
ance S63, 600; NJ. S. Levy & Sons, loss
$4,000; insurance, OO;DObler, Nudge
d Co., loss $4,000; insurance S59,
insurance $4,000. Hirschberg, HOl-
lander d Co., loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000. The other total losses, on
which the insurance cannot be ascer-
tanned, were as follows: II. S. King 81
Sons, hardware, $4,000; Wylie,
Brustar d Co., dry goods, $780,
coo; Coffin. Altemus & Co., dry
goods, $4,000; Tabb Brothers d Dim
mock, hardware, $4,000; w. f. & Z.
Damman, importers of cloth, $4,000.
Tuese are only the total losses, and as
the row of small stores and dwellings
on Pratt street, between Sharp and
Hanover, OH Lombard street, between
Sharp and Hanover, and on Han
over street, between Lombard and
Pratt, were more or less dam
aged, additional losses aggregating
$4,000 are reported. The block of five
story warehouses, Nos. 10Y, 100, Ill,
lis and lis Sharp street, were recently
erected by John King, president of the
Erie Railroad company, at a cost of
SlSO,OO0. The other buildings were
owned by individuals whose uames
could not be ascertained, and they are
believed to represent a valuation of at
least 100000. They are said to be
nretty well covered bV insurance