, 1889-12-01

ANOTHER GREAT FIRE.
The Minneapolis Tribune Office
Destroyed.
Many Persons Jump From Sew
en- Story Windows.
Exciting Scenes in the Burn
ing Building.
Ten Dead Bodies Rescued From
the Ruins.

MINNEAPOLIs. Nov. 30.-Fire was dis
covered on the third floor of the Tribune
building about l0:45 to night and soon
the entire building was wrapt in flames.
On the seventh floor were situated the
many officers of the Tribune staff, editors,
reporters and compositors. A number of
employees in attempting to escape jumped
from windows. A number of lives were
lost and at midnight seven bodies had
been taken out of the ruins.
The building is an eight story one at
the corner Of First avenue and Fourth
street. 1t was occupied by the Tribune,
the Minneapolis Office Of the Pioneer
Press and the Evening Journal, besides a
large number of other offices. The Tri-
bune editorial force was on the seventh
floor and their composing room above it.
On these two floors there were nearly 100
persons employed when the fire broke
out.
The FIRE broke out on the third floor
and soon the upper floors were cut off
from the street. The flames cut off oil
escape of the Pioneer Press force on the
sixth floor as well as the Tribune folks on
the seventh an eighth. Reporter Barnes
of the Pioneer Press had a narrow escape
from the building and left behind him
Milton Pickett. assistant city editor and
n OF the Oldest men in the service of the
paper. Pickett was lost in the burning
building.
The Tribune force suffered most, they
being located higher up and had less
warning of their danger.
James lgoe, a night operator OF the AS
ISOLATED Press. met with a sad death.
He jumped from the seventh story win
dow and was so badly injured that he died
before reaching the hospital. He leaves
q family. An old man named Pierce, q
printer, was also killed.
A general alarm was turned in and the
engines in the city responded to the call.
The imprisoned printers gathered at
windows in the south end and shrieked
wildly and desparingly for aid. Hurry
the ladders for Gods sake" was shrieked
with all the vehemence and power that
a.guished dozens in peril of their lives
could muster. The vast crowd from the
opposite side viewed the FIRE wreak its
work, a1d shouted words of encourage
ment and good spirits to them in their
strenuous endeavors to buoy up the long
ladder which seemed to move up at a
snaiPs pace, but was finally rested,in posi-
ton and the crowd began to descend, the
flames making steady encroachments.
Life nets were brought and some were
saved by this means. The entire build
ing at this writing, less than an hour, is a
mass of ruins. Sparks are flying in all
directions and the adjoining buildings. are
doomed. The Tribune building was a
Eve years old brick structure and was
valued at $500, 900. The loss will proba-
ance not ascertained.
AT rho morona Low Hua hnl,ao that ~
Professor Olsen enclosed in q pine coffin.
On the floor are the bodies of berry Jenk-
inson, a compositor on the Tribune, a
young man who was shortly to be mar
ried. Beside him are two bodies so badly
bloated and burned. with blood still oozing
from terrible wounds that thus far they
have not been recognized. On two ia
bles are the corpses of Robt. McCutoheon,
compositor. and Milton Pickett, reporter
on the Pioneer Press.
"a. M.-The following is a list of the
victims identified up to this hour: Jas.
f. lgoe, Associated Press operator;
Walter 4. Miles, Associated Press agent;
w. II. Milman, commercial editor; Jerry
Jenkinson, compositor; Robert McCuth-
ion, compositor: Prof. Edward Olson of
Mermillion, Oak and Milton Pickett,
reporter.
A couple of bodies remain unidentified.
One or two men were supposed to be
dead, but turned up alive. There were
doubtless man more people at work in
other parts OF the building and it is feared
several Of these did not escape. A num-
Der suffered injuries from burns.
1t is feared now. at 2:30. that the num-
Der of dead will reach fifteen and perhaps
more. There is nc probability of getting
more definite news tonight.