St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-19
HAVOC BY FLAMES.
Several Cities Suffer From Costly
BlaZes.

several OLClcS rom OOSUIY
BlaZes.
WACO. Tex, Aug. 1S.-A disastrous
fire occurred in this city yesterday. The
flames started in the large dry goods es-
tablishment of Goldstein Il Miguel, and
spread rapidly. The place was filled
with customers OH Its three floors, and
they became panic-stricken and rushed
about. Several leaped from the win
dows and were seriously injured. They
are Mrs. c. n. Alexander. who sus-
tanned compound fracture of her left
| leg; Watt Smith, left hand and eyes Sc
verely injured; |. A. GoldStein, Harry
Caldwell and Miss Georgia Best sus-
tanned severe burns. 1t is not yet
known whether all who were in the
building escaped with their lives. The
store of Curtis IL Rand, hardware mer-
chants, soon caught fire and was
wrecked. Several buildings OH the op-
posite side were badly damaged. The
total loss will sum up over s300.000.
Electric light wires are supposed to
have started the blaze.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 1S.-A half
amlIlion dollar fire this morning de-
stroyed fifty-five buildings, including
Knights Crockery house, the Hubbard
block, in which was located the West
ern Union Telegraph Office and half
dozen other large concerns, the IRE
mont hotel, Seminole club, Smith &
Mattar's building, Hotel Placide. Chel-
sea place, Tilton house, McMurray %
| Bakers carriage warehouses, st. Jo-
| seph's convent; the RitzeWaller, resi-
dence, and Lloyd Bros crockery store.
| The buildings for four squares back
| from Bay street, and a strip two squares
wide. were burned. An explosion of
dynamite in Forsyth street made the
fire uncontrollable, and injured many
people quite seriously. Many other
buildings in the vicinity of the burned
portion were damaged and some were
completely Quilted.
Boston, Mass, Aug. 1S.-Cambridge
was visited this morning by destruct-
i've fire. The Damon Iron works are
now mass of ruins. The building was
owned by Mr.. Damon and was valued
at $4,000. The two-story wooden
structure adjoining, owned by Mr..
Damon also and leased to Edward Ken
dali & Co., machinists, also succumbed
to the flames. The entire loss of the
Damon Safe and Iron company will
approximate $500, 900. In the Kendall
shop $4,000 worth of patterns were
destroyed and the stock and machinery
ruined were valued at 100000. The
men employed in both places number
about 250. A majority of these owned
their tools, in many cases valued at 500
to $3.50. The loss suffered in this way
will be in the vicinity of $4,000. The
Harvard Dry Plate company, in
building also owned by Mr.. Dam on,
was burned out, their loss being about
$1,000, with Sl,500 more on the building,
partly insured. Total insurance, S143,-
900.
Three alarms were given in quick
succession this afternoon in this city
for fire in the six-Story brick building
occupied by Putnam 81 Co., manufact-
urers of spring bedsteads. The firm
employs about seventy men and thirty
five girls, all of whom were at work
when the fire started. They all got out
alive. The building, which is owned
by Putnam q Co., is practically a total
loss, and its contents also. S. z. Put
nam, senior member Of the firm, states
that the loss on building will be about
$4,000, and on stock from $4,000 to $780,
900. Insurance, $4,000: on contents,
$50, 900. Chief Engineer Sweeney, of
the Chicago fire department, was an in
terested onlooker at the work of the
firemen.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 1S.-The Pocock can
factory, an extensive establishment at
the corner of Franklin and Second
streets. was destroyed by fire this
morning, and two or three other smaller
adjoining concerns were gutted entail
ing a total loss of about S150,000. The
Pocock loss is about 100000, with in
surance of $4,000. The other property
was we'll insured.