The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-26
ST. LOUIS SCORCHED.
WITH TWO MILLIONS LOSS, she
OUTDOES CHICAGO.
Her Gallant Firemen Suffer ftom BitinY
Cold and stihinE Snoke-iist IF the
oscrs-Minneapolis Also Greets the Cold
Snap Waruily.
Work OF Fierce FIani. ;:


Work OF Fierce Flame;
Two million dollars went up in sm5ke
at st. Louis, and three of the largest
Business houses in the city and liaE
dozen Smaller buildings are 4 mass OF
ruins. The fire started IN the millinery
store of Penny 4 GenticS, co ner OF
franklin avenue and broadway. a
second and third alarm were sounded
within fifteen minutes, and tho almost
complete fore of the fire department
responded. The flames spread at 4
RAPID rat. the material which they
f, d upon being of a highly intIammab c
character \ strong west wind WAS
blowing at the time, which made
the work of the tiremen perious and for
n time fruit ess. Within half an hour
the large dry goods store o. onncnfe d,
which adioined Penny Il tcntlcs, was
alirc, and the flames were working their
way to the Famous mammoth shoe
house on the corner of broadway and
Morgan street our ilremrii were
taught in the Famous Build ng md were
o ercomc by smoke They We. r-sctled
by their companions The wcatl / was
bitterly cold ana the 1ircmcn, hos.
wagon and matter not in the ne
tliatc vicinity Of the flames was covcl ID
with led
Within an hour the entire book oh the
west side of Broadway, between Frank
lin avenue and Morgan trect, was a
mass OF tlames which were bnirg famed
by a strorg wind, and, BEN carried
across the street threatened destruction
to the immense drygoo Is house of II
Crawl rd Il Co and the furniture store
of koppieman x. Go. The firemcn poured
their streams of water into the fire
blind v as the smoke was SO dens and
the otor of burnin, ribbons, feathers,
cloth and shoes - strong that they
could not remain on the windwar side.
The fire ragged for two hours, and it was
only by the almost Supcrhuman work of
the firem II that a tremendous confiaGra.
tion was atcrtcd,
During one of the many cullapScs of
burning floors in the different buildings
two fremcn named Lynch aad Simon
were caught by the fa ling OF loose
bricks and timbcrS Both men were
badly hurt, and were carrie TO the h s.
p.tal in an ambulance. The watchman
at >oYnen' 'elds establishment is miss
ing. and it is feared that he may c in
the ruins
Across from Penny & Cnrtle>- cn
mcnts II GricrSon Il Co g.. hattcr>, Ed +.
Buh' and Il drug store on the cor"or ct
Broadway and Franklin avenie. These
places Were badly damaged by smok
and wate' The wind had died away
considc: a bly, and the tirrmcn were ab Q
! to do bait W tn greater success The
whole block on the east side of Broad.
| way. between franklin avenue and
| Morgan street, inc Uding the cSta ablish
| ment OF u Crawford Il Co, wa dam
aged by ire and smoke 1t took hard
| and active work to prevent the flames
| from going down Morgan street TO
| Fourth, as all the buildings were old and
intlammable.
When control was gained. the block
| of buildings. which before was filled with
| holiday goods. was mass of charrcd
| timber. and the main Tart OF the wal $
| had fallen. The stores o. SOnncnfcIds.
| Penny X GcntlrS and The Famous Shoe
! House the largest shoe house in th"
/ Vest wcr' wipci cut by flames. On
| Franklin avenue. opposite Penny X Cen
ties establishment, was bl ok of retail
stores. These were seriously damaged.
| The occupants were O. W. Iieyer, dry
goods: Grierson X 90 matters: Ed r. Bohl,
halter: I. II. Coulk ampS Co. c'othicrs;
st. Louis Tailoring Company: c. Beemcr
! X Co. clothing; thares T. Lange. cloth
| ing: l.. Noiking, boots and shoes: Geo.
| k. Stamper, dry goods: Franklin saloon
| and HaIScr Il Co. dry goods.
4 close estimate places the loss of the
! Famous Company as follows: On sock,
5000. coo: insurance, 500. C0n. Penny 4
Gentles' loss. Si15,00o; Insurance, S100,-
900 Sonnenfetd'S loss. S12!. 900: inSur-
ancc, 5000. Tle other losses will
ma ke the aggregate losses reach nearly
two millions of dollars.
On the east side Of Broadway the
N"inman House. q four story brick ho
tel, was completely destroyed The
"S,:uare Deal Clothing Company" +. Il
stow Il Co. gro err; NJ. TobliE. milii-
merry: &. Thai Il Co. clothing; tha New
York Millinery Company, and the kop
pelman Furniture Company were Sc
Tad y damaged by smoke and wat II thai
their loss will be tota'.
The origin of the fir is unknown, bu
it is supl o>cd to have been caused by al
ovcrheated stove q. d dc 'c.tivy tIur
Four tremen were compelled to Slide
down the hose piUc from the fourth Stor,
of the Famous" store during the fire
but all escaped unin ,urcd.