The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
A CARNIVAL or FLAME.

4 CARNIVAL or FLAME.
Several Disastrous Firsa Ia variou. cities
Re "A Big Dry.G;ootls Store at Inuisvll,e
Burns with = Loss OF o70O.O OO IS Its
Failing Walls KIN Six Firomsu-Heavy
l1osses Caused by the Bnrnlns 81 the 81
1osepn MOI Expo.itioa Boilding. and .
Blake In tho Ono ut Chicago.
LOUISVILLE, KY, sept l6 six dremen
were killed and several badly hurt in fire
here Sunday night Soon after 10 O'Clock
flames were seen bursting from the VIM
dows on the third floor Of Bambarrer.
Bloom & Co.'S Wholesale dry-goods and
notion house, which fronts on Main xtreet
between Sixth and Seventh streets,
Five minutes later part Of the roof
fell in. The fire department was
out in full force promptly and
ten minutes after the first alarm half
dozen streams were playing on the burning
building, but 1t was soon clear that moth.
ing could save 1t. and the hose was turned
upon the Louisville Hotel, two blocks
away That building was smoking,
and 1t was sharp half-hour,s fight
to make its safety reasonably sure.
The guests of the Louisville, as we'll az
OF seelbaoh's Hotel at the corner Of the
block. poured out A number, mostly
frightened servants, we've taken from the
second and third stories BY means OF lad.
'dors They joined at once the crowd of
sight-seers, which gathered in half an
hour to the number of 10000 The
fire originated IN Bamberger, Bloom l.
Co. g. and Waterman McGrath, who turned
In tho alarm, said the whole building
was aglOw when he discovered the fire.
An explosion occurred soon after. and a
fireman who had Just arrived was
Knocked over by 1t. but not hurt
A few minutes after the explosion. how.
ever, an awful accident occurred. Dor
ton OF the high wallis from which the sup
ports had been burned gave wav and
crashed to the ground, buIying nearly q
dozen men. Six were killed outright and
several others were SO badly hurt that their
recovery is considered doubtful. Those
known 10 have been killed are: Captain
Ed Early, Ed Wheeler, Pat Foley, John
Stacklyhter and Frank Monahan
A conservative estimate of the loss on
stock is $7jO0DO The insurance is heavy
and will about cover the loss. The build
Ing was double six-story, owned by the
firm, and valued at is. OOO.
ST. JOSEPH Mo-. Sept l6-The st. Joseph
exposition met with great disaster sun.
day night The crowd during the day and
night was lar greater than at any time
m., just as the entertainment in
the great amphitheater had closed, a fire
broke out in the main hall, magnificent
building l,O0) feet in length and filled with
all manner of exhibits The entire building
and contents were consumed in spite OF the
most heroic efforts on the part of the fire
department 1t is understood that moth
ing was saved but the carriage which
was built to convey General lafayette
during his visit to this country in 1912 The
exposition grounds are located two miles
from the city and at this hour details OF the
fire have not been received Tho origin OF
the fire is said to come from the electric
lights. The exposition will continue, but
will DO short OF it's vast exhibits in the
main hall. The loss must exceed $3.50, OOO!
CHICAGO Sept l6- At 1890 o'clock Sat-
urday night a red fake of carbon sput-
tered from an electric arc light in the booth
containing Gossage Il Co.'S exhibit at the
exposition. The spark lit OH u linen napkin
and feeble flicker soon appeared In a
nlornon5 the blazing napkin ignited other
fabrics. and the oxygen in the almost air
e'f@AAo N1AeAOSA was Ti'SCAi1y SVhStAIilcNs
When the door was thrDwn open
the in-rushing air coming in con-
tact with the gases created by
the fire caused al explosion that shat
tered the glass sides of the neighboring
booths, and in less than a minute thou
sands OF dollars worth OF the finest linens,
silks and embr0ideries was ablaze The
booths in this part OF the building con-
tanned the exhibits of Marshall Field T.
Co., Gossage T. Co., J. H. Walker 4
Co., Schlesinger & Mayer, the lead.
ing drJ-2o0ds houses of Chicago.
Many pieces Of costly fabrics imported,
and having no duplicates in this country,
were Oh exhibition. Costumes from
Worth's, furniture of the most exquisite
make, pianos and frail stained glass pieces.
were near by. In tho building was $780,
GOO worth Of valuable goods and machinery,
and within 200 feet more than
$50o,000 worth of paintings and statuary
Rarely was SO exquis to and costly spread
laid before fire. Plate-glass half inch
thick melted like icicles, and the rafters,
seventy feet above, blistered in the heat
Through this solid heat the fire patroImen
plunged. and in a twinkling had spread ~
tarpaulins
Ten thousand people were in tho build
ing, and 5000 lost their wits The big doors
In the center were wide open, and tho peo-
pie near them stopped to watch the fire.
Those at either end of the building and
farthest away went wild. They smashed
windows, climbed over each other and
burst open doors. At the lunch counter
people seized chairs and flung them at the
windows when doors were open within
forty feet of them Several ladies tainted
and were bruised In the crush, bu5 no one
was reported as seriously hurt
The fire was quickly put out The JAM
tor OF the art gallery closed IFS doors be-
fore the alarm was sounded and not the
slightest damage was done the works on
exhibition. Except the booths in the i'm
mediate vicinity no damage was done
either by fire or smoke. The tarpaulins
and the care Of the tiremen prevented the
usual destruction By water and the smoke
drew out OF the skylights like chimneys.
The damage to the Exposition building
was estimated by insurance men at 81, Ool,
mostly broken glass. All but one of the
exhibitors who lost by the fire were in
sured. The aggregate losses are estimated
as follows:
Charles Gossage 4 Co..................s $40. ooo
.: 3. Fsx y Co.. ..................... 80. 5000
Marshall Field & Co.. ........ 12ON
y: r. Haynes. ................... 5000
Schleslnger Mayer. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Mandel Bros. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 12.00O
Far sian Suit Company. .................. 1000
Sp1egel & Co.: 800. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 500
McCulley Mills ................. ....... 1900
DDD!ee q GO. ............... 5000
julius Bauer Co. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Minor losses. ..................... 2,OO)
<7l,=O)
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1& - The city Of
Stoughton was in danger of destruction by
fire early Sunday morning, and was saved
0ro1V Inv nlxy Oh.
houses, two barns and other buildings
were destroyed, making a total lost of 49,
GOO with very little Insurance