Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-02
Thirteen Blazes in Twenty-four
Hours Keep St. Louis Fire
men Busy.
The Aggregate Damage Will
Amount to Nearly - Million
8s* of Dollars.
Mammoth Plant Mill and the Mansur
Tibbett Building Destroyed
Firemen Hurt.

y ana as many tires have occurred during
the day, the origin of but few being
known. The aggregate losses will near
sly reach a million. At $50 p. m.
I m alarm was turned In from
the mammoth establishment of
the Plant Milling company, at the
4 foot Of Choteau avenue. The flames
covered the entire fifth floor before an
engine appeared on the scene. A second
Y and third alarm followed in quick sue
cession. The frame buildings of the
I warehouse, boiler house and engine
\ rooms burned like tinder, and were a
saething mass of flames, producing a
heat unapproachable. The building, a
4hve-story structure, was ignited on the
top floor, and the lack of water pressure
4 prevented the fremen from checking
the flames. Soon the roof of the main
hdilding foil with a crash and its weight
ION the now burning floors beneath
caused
General Collapse.
II is supposed that two fremsn were
covered by the caving in of the building
as two are missing. Several were in
jured by falling timbers. The loss will
aggregate some 100000, with an insur-
ancs Of about $25O,00O. Several hun
dFed barrels of flour stored at the ware
house were destroyed. At 5:45 the fire.
men were called to Tenth and Spruce
Y general alarm, leaving but a few
4 streams playing on the now smouldering
Sembers of the once massive milling
structure.
The two fremen supposed TO have
been buried in the ruins have been
found. They were struck by falling
timbers and seriously injured and were
carried into house near by and lost
$Aght Of in the excitement. The water
tower which was rushed too close to the
mill was abandoned and left to the raw
ages of the flames, the heat compelling
{ tie men to flee. Two engines were also
abandoned Immediately after the COL
lapse Of the building, the burst of the
heat being so sudden.
A Second Big Blaze.
An alarm was turned in from box No.
IBIS, corner Tenth und Spruce streets, at
6i45 p. M, and was responded to slowly
by the FIRE department, most of whom
,5keYe ombatting the flames on the
Plant milling fire, which was not yet
s completely under control. The fire or
iginated in one-story warehouse owned
and used by the Pacific Storage
company as warehouse, and adjoining
the ssven-story building owned and oc-
cupied BY the Mansur Tbbett Farming
Implement company. By the time the
FIRST engine arrived on the scene, the
flames had taken hold of the Mansur
\ Hbbett building and
Rapidly Spread to Every Floor.
\ The fire department soon arrived in
force and began fighting the flames des-
psrately. In less than twenty minutes
after the first alarm was turned in a
second was turned in, followed by a
B third. Then the East st. Louis fire de-
partment was called on and sent two
& s1ngines to assist. The fremen, seeing
their efforts were of no avail in saving
the burning building, turned their at
g4sntioa to the surrounding lumber yards
and warehouses. At O'Clock the Man
sur Ybbett building collapsed with
1 Tremendous crash, luckily not hurting
4 any one. At $50 p. m. the flames were
gotten under control.
The losses sustained by the Mansur
Tibbet Implement company will aggre-
4 ssAts $500, 900, the building being new
I and heavily stocked. The Collier Lead
works and the Bridge and Tunnel ware
house were scorched but no serious dam
Aage done. A strong south wind was
Moving during the whole fire and it was
lupdsr great difficulties that it's progress
sAFas checked.
'1ss Three More Alarms.
During the blaze at Tenth and Spruce
srosts alarms were turned in from
II 5welth and Olive, Sixth and Olive and
Fourteenth and Morgan streets. An
engine from tho big blaze was sent to
~ sd TO each q the alarms, lessening
ts TIE flames springing atresh.
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