Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
TWO MILLIONS
TERRIBLE coMFLAcRAr,o
ST. LOUIS. 'oi
A Dozen or Moro Firm. CIV
Fight Made by Firemen-Na-stn
of several-'Twas Piercing ca''' I
apslis Also Scorched. S'id-A
The st. Louis Disa.+..

Two million dollars went ~.
at st. Louis, and three Of W IN IN s.
business houses in the c;tr .he lal
dozen smaller buildings aro and q
ruins. The fire started in tho . - ma ma
store OF Penny & Gentles c .nIll
FRANKLIN avenue and Rro. soln(
second and third alarm wara
within fifteen minutes, and ' ~ soy
complete force of the fire a Lue
responded. The flames spread vsaft|
rapid rate, the material whioh
fed upon being of highly in 4,ea
character. A strong west l ND;
blowing at the time, vh, %1ao
the work of the firemen ner,' L'en
q time fruitless. Within hale Ius az
the large dry goods store OF Sonn an
which adjolned Penny 4 Gent uen
afire. and the flames were worl. t'es
way to the Famous mamn MING
house on the corner of Broaauan
Morgan street. Four firem".ay
caught in the Famous Building ana
overcome by smoke. They were ar ~,
by their companions. The wea,h'
bitterly cold ana the fremon
wagon and all matter not in tbn
date vicinity of the flames was ~,
with ice w. eoV
Within on hour the entire bloc, .
west side of Broadway, between" -
lin avenue and Morgan tree, ~
mass Of flames, which were heinz :.
by a strong wind, and, bein., "a "a
across the street, threatened dos,r y"
to the immense dry-gosls housa -
Crawford & Co, and the furnitnro
OF koppleman &ICo The firemen y,
their streams of water into N.Y.
blindly, as the smoke was so dens,
the odor of burning ribbons fnot
cloth and shoes so strong that
could not remain on the windwar,
The fire ragged for two hours and j
only by the almost superhuman was
the firemen that tremendous CON-
tion was averted.
During one of tho MANY colla,,
burning floors in the different buiIiI
two firemen named Lynch and 81
were caught by the falling ri
bricks and timbers Beth men
badly hurt, and were carried to tho
pital in an ambulance. Tho watchI
at Sonnenfelds' establishment ia ]
ing. and it is feared that he nav
the ruins
Across from Penny e. Geptlcs
Franklin avenue wore the estah
ments Of Grierson & Co., matters IN
Boil and drug store on the corn
Broadway and Franklin avenue, n
places were badly damaged by su
and water The wind had died i
considerably and the firenen wer,
to do battle with greater success
whole block on tho east side of RI
way, between Franklin avenue
Morgan street, including the estab]
ment of D. Crawford & Co., was a
aged by fire and smoke. 1t took B
and active work to prevent the fla
from going down Morgan street
Fourth, as all the buildings were old
inflammabie.
When control was gained, the
Of buildings, which before was filled
holiday goods, was mass Of cha
timber, and the main part OF the
had fallen. The stores OF Sonnen
Penny & Gentles and the Famous
House (the largest shoe house il
West) were wiped out by flames
Franklin avenue, opposite Penny y
ties establishment, was block OF
stores. These were seriously dam
The occupants were o. w. Heyefl
goods; Grierson & Co., matters; Ed L.
halter: P. FL. Coulkamp & Co, c'ott
st. Louis Tailoring Company; c. BED
& Co., clothing; Charles I. Lanye, d
ing; L. Nolking, boots and shoes:
r. Stamper, dry goods; Franklin 81
and Halser & Co., dry goods.
A close estimate places the loss o
Famous Company as follows: On s.
$500, 900; insurance, $500, GOO. PcnI
Gentles' loss, S1T5, 600; insurance, /
600. Sonnenfeld's loss, S125. oo0; il
ance, S75,0 The other losses
make the aggregate losses reach NJ
two millions of dollars.
On the east side OF Broadway
Weinman House, a four story brlcI
tel. was completely destroyed.
"S4uars Deal Clothing Company,
Stow & Co, grocers; M. TobliE,
merry; G. Thai 4 Co., clothing: the
York Millinery Company, and the
pelman Furniture Company wen
badly damaged by smoke and water
their loss will be total.
The origin of the fire is unknown
it is supposed to have been caused
overheAted stove or a defective
-Four ffremen were compelled to
down the hose pipe from the fourth
Of the sFamous" store during thej
but all escaped uninjured.
BIG BLAZE IN MINNEAPOLl