St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-15
SMOKE IN SYRACUSE
The Pretty New York City
Treated to a Spectacular
Drama.
Two Fierce Fires Burst Forth
at Two Points Simul-
taneously.
Urged by the Gale the Flames
Are Barely Checked by
Firemen.
Six Lunaties Are Burned to
Six Lunaties Are Burned to
Death in a Tennessee
Asylum.

SYRACUSE, Y. Y, March 14.-Syra-
cuse never opened her eyes on such
spectacular drama as reused her from
her morning Slumber to-day. Hardly
were the early rlSers astir when the
whole population was suddenly aroused
by cries of Fire! The Hogan block is
going and all Fayette street is going.'
The first show of the fire was at $50
o'clock, and in less than half an hour
the splendid new hogan block was only
a ghost of its former self. The massive
limestone walls were blackened ruins,
and flames were shooting through the
open windows. The fire was spreading
i'll all directions. Chief Engineer Rel
ley, of the fire department, was quickly
on the scene with all the available
apparatus. The fire soon spread TO
tue north side of West Fayette
street, and Chief Kelley quickly saw
that the threatened destruction was too
great Tor his apparatus to fight. He
wired 10 Utica, Rome and Oswego to
send relief, and he had hardly Gone so
when the danger was suddenly doubled.
Fire and smoke burst without warning
y
block i'll East Washington street, four
blocks away. A flying brand from West
FayeIte street had caused this, and. be-
fore the already OverwOrked tiremen
could send relief, the flames were be-
yond control.
Crowds of People
running to West Fayette street were
appalled, to see the fire rapidly spread
ing in Ro>coe's, with only a single
stream PLAYING upon it. At $50 O'Clock
Il fierce confederation was raging in tine
two upper floors of the Yates block
along the~entire GenesSee street front,
and was rapidly making its
way around the Montgomery street
corner. Just at this time
a man thrust sofa out of the third
story window and let it down TO the
side walk by means OF rope. What u
fool that fellow iS," spectator cried,
and yet there seemed to be no immedi
ate danger. 4 moment or two later
there was tremendous crash and an
immense volume of smoke was thrown
out from the burning building, while
the flames rose high above the ruins
below. \ cry of horror went up from
the crowd and everybody felt that the
man was lost. The wall for about the
ner 10 the Roscoe building had fallen
in, crushing the floors below and bring
ing them with it to the ground. When
the smoke cleared away, as it did in q
moment or two under the sweeping
rush of the flames, the man was seen
in the act of raising a window, which
he Immediately closed and as quickly
raised again. The
Fire was Raging
all about him, and the feeling was that
lie was doomed beyond all possibility of
escape. He was not seen to emerge
from any other part of the building. and
it is thought that he perished in the
flames. From the Vanderbilt house
and the old and new Montgomery fats
people rushed in all stages of dress.
Bedding. furniture and cooking utensils
were hustled out of rooms, only to be
entangled in the meShes of wires. Cart
men drove through the crowds reckless
leSSly in order to get goods from the
buildings. About 9 o'clock the OSwegO
relief came by special train. having
made the rnn from LamSon's, nineteen
miles. in seventeen minutes. Half an
hour later the Utica engine, with a
came III and began playing
OH the Washington street fire
The flames. urged on by the gale. were
hardly checked by the liremen, and two
locomotive fire engines from the Cen
tral shops were sent to the Vanderbilt
house corner. they probably saved
the hotel. The whole loss is estimated
at $1,000, 900, and at IL a. M. the fires
were under control. The journal
opened an Office on Warren street, and
printed its paper in the Courier
office this afternoon. In the West Fay
ette street fire,
The Hogan Block,
a siX-story stone front building was first
destroyed. The center store was occu-
pied by HER Il LightOn, cigar manu-
facturers, and the next by NJ. +. Walsh,
hardware. L. p. Hogan's loss on the
block is $4,000. with $4,000 in
surance. Hier & Lighton lose SiS,-
600, with $4,000 insurance. Walsh
has $4,000 insurance, and his loss
exceeds this. The four-story building
next east was burned. 1t was also
and the insurance is $4,000. The fur
mace company loses $4,000, nearly Gov
cred by insurance. Chryst 81 Sehl have
$50, Geo insurance and claim that their
loss will exceed that. Justin Zubert's
cigar factory was damaged by water.
His stock was valued at 100000, with
$4,000 insurance. John II. Link. whole
sale liquors, suffered some damage from
water. The United States hotel, which
+ was burned, was owned by Daniel
O'Keefe, and his loss is put at $4,000.
On the north side of Fayette street the
Van Rensselaer, block, owned by Will
lam Ayers, first burned, and the Seneca
house next east also burned. The
Loss on Buildings
is 100000: insurance, S22, Several
tenants lost small amounts. David
Davis owned the next building east. and
the loss is put at $4,000. John T. Kauff-
man owned the three-story brick build
ing next. His loss is $4,000. J. j.
Davis, broker, lost $4,000, with $1,000 in
surance, and w. G. Tucker, furniture.
lost $4,000. The brown stone Fay block
also went. The block was valued at
$4,000, partly insured. The Syracuse
Supply company had a stock of S35, 600.
insured for 5000. The branch of Park
Brothers, of Pittsburg, had a stock of
$4,000. insurance $4,000. Other losses
here amount to $4,000. In the Mont
g0mery street fire the blocks burned
were the journal, the Roscoe, the Yates
and Montgomery flats, and part of the
Candee house. Among the individual
losses is that of Kinney and Doo-
little, liquors, $4,000 to $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000. The heaviest loss in the
East Washington street fire is on the
Montgomery. The buildings were
owned by the Yates estate, and the loss
is put at $500, 900, with insurance of
100000. The hundred tenants lose
$4,000, partly insured. The Journal