The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-27

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brave Firemon Perish In the Burning
Blaxes In Chicago and 81. Joe's Expo
xitiOnx.
A Louisville (Ky.) dispatch says: Six
lives were lost and over 81, 200, OrO.
worth of property destroyed by a
fire which reduced the large wholesale
dry goods and notion house Of hamburger,
Bloom & Co. to ashes. The biggest house
of any character In the city is that of
hamburger, Bloom g. Co., wholesale dry
goods and notions. Their immense store
stood on the south side of Main street,
between Sixth and Seventh, and was six
stories high.
Private Waterman Charles McGrath dis
covered fire in the cellar OF the building.
The watchman gave the alarm quickly,
calling out the entire fire department. In
the meantime the fire had gained great
Roadway.
hamburger, Bloom & Co. were stocked
from basement to roof with dry goods of
every description and thus furnished ma
terial for the flames. 1t was evident Mt
once that the big building was doomed and
NO efforts of the tiremen could save it. In
an hour 1t was a complete wreck, carrying
with it a loss of $50, OyU in stock and
$500, 00D in building and fixtures. Next
door to hamburger, Bloom Il Co.
was the wholesale boot int shoe house
of William Coye IL Co., with IL
stock of $50. 0O1. This was burned
out from cellar to roof, but the front walls
stood. South of this, on the corner Of
Main and Seventh, the st. Charles saloon
$4,000. Immediately east of hamburger,
Bloom & Co. was the wholesale hat house
of L.. Bretzfelder IL 10. Their building
was Il four story brick. The flames made
quick work of the hats and caps, ami left
nothing of the building but a skeleton.
The saloon of Isaac Bier and the Wholesale
cigar store of Virgil Wright, Immediately
north Of Bretzfelder IL Co, were Quilted.
Their loss was comparatively small and
was covered by insurance.
Tho sensational feature of the fire was
the tragic death of five tiremen. They
We're: Capt. Ed Early, Samuel Stark
Lighter, John Onal,an, Ed Wheeler, and
Pat Foley.
In the face of imminent peril they had
run n ladder up the Seventh street
wall of hamburger, Bloom & Co.'s build
ing and had boldly scaled it for the pur-
pose of getting u stream on Mt tho rear.
The wall shook as they assembled, tho long
ladder trembled o%minously, and tho crowd
in the street shouted q hoarse warning.
hut it was too late.
just as the first ladderman was about to
leap upon the roof with a line of hose the
wall fell with a great crash and the three
bravo men went down with it to Their.
death. An hour later their lnangled and
blackened corpses were gotten out of the
debris n sent to tile central police station
for the inquest.
Firemen Denny McGrath, Frank Best,
and Edward Wheeler were caught by a
/ fnIIInr Hun III i'm fl,n s.nn,r -,,l r.. IL a
be fatally wounded.
The scene of destruction was CHASTITY
and appalling. hamburger, Bloom a. 90.
did q business of S., OJ0, 900 q year. and
We're in the midst of n big fall trade. Their
loss of $1,000, 600 is covered by insurance
IN local and foreign companies, and they
will loss nothing except their fall business.
The total loss is about 81, 500, 900, and tho
Insurance companies will stand the bippist
part of it.
Chicago dispatch: Aired flake of carbon
sputtered from an electric light in the
booth containing Gossage's Co. IS exhibit in
the exposition building. The spark lit on
a napkin, and a feeble flicker soon ap-
pear'ed. In II momen the blaze ignited
other fabrics aud in loss than q minute
S50, 900 worth of the finest linens. silks.
n embroideries was ublaze. The booths
i'll this part Of the building contained the
exhibits of Marshall Field a. Co., Gossage
" Co., James H. Walker ~ Co., Schles-
niger " Meyer, the leading dry goods
houses of Chicago. Many pieces of costly
fabrics imported. and having no dupli-
Gates in this country, were on exhibition.
Costumes from Worth's furniture of the
most exquisite make, pianos and frail
stained glass pieces, were near by. In the
building was $500, 600 worth of valuable
goods and machinery, and within 200 feet
moro than $780, 900 worth of paintings and
statuary. Rarely was SO exquisite and
costly a spread laid before a fire.
Ten thousand people were in the build
ing, and 5000 lost their wits. The big
doors in the center were wide open, and
the people near them stopped to watch
the fire. Those ut either end of the build
ing and farthest away went wild. They
smashed windows, climbed over each
other, II burst open doors. Several
ladies tainted n were bruised in the
crush, but no n was reported as seri-
ously hurt.
Tie fire was quickly put out. Tho
janitor of the art gallery closed its doors
before the alarm was sounded, and not tho
slightest damage was done the works on
exhibition. Except the booths in tho inn
mediate vicinity no damage was done
either by water or smoke. The tarpaul-
ms and the care OF the fireman prevented
smoke drew out of the skyllghts like
chimneys.
ST. Joseph (Mo.) dispatch: The main
building at the New Era exposition, con-
tanning all the fine exhibits, burned Sum
day night. About 1880 o'clock in
the evening, just as the entertain
ment i'll the great ampitheater had
closed, a fire broke out in the main hall.
a magnificent building, LOO feet in length
and filed with all manner of exhibits. Tho
entire building and contents were con-
sumed In spite Of the most heroic efforts on
the part of the fire department..
1t is understood that nothing was
saved but the carriage which was
built to convey Gen. Lafayette during his
visit to this country in 1912. The EXPOSE
ton grounds are located two miles from
the city, and at this hour details Of the fro
have not been received. The origin of the
fire Is said to have come from the electric
lights. Th exposition will continue but
shorn of its vast exhibit in the main hall.
The loss will exceed a quarter of q million
dollars.
Hundreds Of people will be. losers, as
everything belongs to different individuals.
There were 90, 900 people on the grounds
Sunday, all of whom visited the place.
When the fire started there were q, 900
people on the grounds, and at this time no
n has any idea how the fire originated.
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