Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-01
NEARLY 100000.
A Dangerous Fire at Ntinneapoiis-f1re
men Hurt.

A D.nrerous Fire at NIinneapolis-Fire-
men Hurt.
brisk and clustering breeze was
blowing in Minneapolis on the alter
noon of the oath, and when at ESQ
o'clock the alarm bell called the depart
ment to the corner of Ninth Avenue
South and Third Street, 1t was evident
there was work ahead, and work or the
hardest kind. The fire was IN the nVe
story brick building of the Moore w ood
Carving Machine Company, and the IN
flammable nature Of the stock caused
ranid snread of the flames, which quick
" burst through the windows and rolled
rapidly I'D through the building. With
in five minutes the fire burst through
the roof and the building was doomed.
The fremen had to turn their Afternoon
to adjoining property to prevent the
spread of the flames.
Elevator c stood close behind the
blazing building, and the flames seized
hold of it in spite of the many streams
of water. Soon the roof of the elevator
was on fire, and although but fifteen
minutes from the start OF the tire, the
Moore building was Quilted and the lre-
men had barely escaped from 1t when
the walls collapsed. To better tight the
fire on Elevator {, a score OF hremen
were on the roof of the annex, uncon-
scious of danger beneath them.
There was a sudden explosion, ano a
great stream of fire burst from the end.
quickly followed by one to the left OF
the men. and through the 1907, and
then on the right. The great crowd
was appalled, as the firemen were
shut from. view by the columns
of flame and smoke that rolled
up. A momentary break showed
that the men were lighting
for life in a desperate attempt to get on
the three ladders which stood near
together The break assisted them,
but groan escaped from the multitude
as four fell or jumped from their mar
row footing. Again the smoke arose
and cleared, and there, on The very
ledge, stood a fireman, apparently dazed
and not knowing what to do. Slide on
the hose" yelled the crowd. The man
heard. and grabbing the big hose at his
| feet, he slid down through the shooting
flames and reached the ground without
dropping. The work Of rescu1ng the
| tiremen was prompt from necessity.
| For a time it was thought the men had
dropped into the flames, but all have
since accounted for.
Elevator c was owned and operated
by Pratt & Porter, under the name OF
the Empire Elevator Company. The
capacity of the elevator was $780, 600
bushels, and the stock of wheat on hand
when the fire broke out was about 49,
600 bushels. There are two large an
nexes to the elevator, whose combined
capacity is 100000 bushels. These were
leased by the Milwaukee road, of
Pratt & Porter. The loss on the elevat-
or and contents aggregate 100000, on
which there was SIS, 900 insurance. The
Moore Wood Carving Machine COmpa-
ny lost much valuable machinery, the
loss reaching $50, 900, with an insurance
of only IS, 900. The Kansas City Grain
& Feed Company's store was consumed.
Loss, So 800; insurance, 81 900.
| The block of frame and brick stores
on Washington Avenue, the yards of
| the Wildwood Company and a few small
er structures were destroyed or badly
damaged before the flames were under
control. The loss on these will foot up
about $25 600, with $4,000 insurance.
The total loss is placed at $197 800, and
the total insurance $l07 900.