St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

headed boy; Zola Lorenzo, the Albino;
Nine. Carver. the fat woman, who
weighs 500 pounds, and her son, who is
a wee mite of boy and exhibited as q
midget, were on the platforms. Nine.
Carver hobbled down from the platform
and, seiZing the midget, dragged herself
to the rear window and was about to
throw the child out when she was re-
strained by Manager Belmont, who
with difficulty escorted them down the
stairways. Charles Dale, father of the
big-headed boy. who was SO tOpheavy he
could not navigate alone, rushed to
the assistance of his son, and while
leading him out, found the Albino al
most blind by reason of her weak eyes
cropping about in the smoke. With the
blg-headed boy under mis- arm he seized
the Albino and dragged, rather than
led, her to the stairway and reached the
street. 1t took forty fire engines and
nearly 800 firemen to bring the fire un-
der subsection. Several times it seemed
as if the men would be compelled to
abandon their engines, so intense was
the heat, but cheered on by indefatiga-
bic SuperiorS, they managed to With
stand the heat by turning the hose upon
themselves. The nerve displayed by
the firemen was heightened by the fact
Hundred Barrels ofOil
were stored in the basement of the
Smyth establishment, likely at any time
to create terrific explosion. Just be-
fore the west wall of the Smyth building
fell aventureSOme lad climbed up to the
third floor of the building adjoining and
stood watching the flames from his
lofty position. When the wall toppled
cleared away he was not seen where he
had been standing, and it is feared that
he went down with the debris and was
lost in the fire. The heat was too in
tense for the firemen to make any
search for the body, and it will be at
least two days before the ruins are suf-
tclently cooled to attempt search. The
loss, aggregating over tnree-quarters of a
million is distributed as follows: John
M. Smyth. furniture stock and building,
S5O0,000; Kohl d Middleton, curioSities,
Bros, boots and shoes, $4,000; Adelbert
kaempfer, jewelry, $4,000; Alfred
Peats, wall paper, 100000; Baer Bros,
hats, $4,000; NJ. Irrman. cigars and to-
bacco, $4,000: Hannah q Hogg, liquors.
$4,000: Royal Tailoring company, ST, 600:
Haymarket theater, 81, 600; board of edu-
cation property in the rear of the
Smytn block, $1,000: miscellaneous
losses, $4,000. The insurance will be
very light, John NJ. Smyth carrying only
about S125,000, while Kohl d Middleton
and NJ. lIrman carried no insurance
whatever, having allowed their policies
to expire without renewal, as they had
intended moving within fortnight.
The fire in the Haymarket theater was
discovered just twenty minutes before
the close of the last act. The smoke
was barely perceptible when the man
ager stepped out on the stage and en-
deayored to persuade the audience to
file out in order. At this moment some
one i'll the audience shouted Fire"
and
A Panic Seemed Imminent.
The excitement was partially subdued
by prompt work on the part of the ush-
ers, and the theater was cleared in
fairly good order. Barry and Fay's
company had just began weeks en-
gagement. Their scenery and effects
were removed without damage. While
the fire was at its worst a sidewalk at
the corner of Union street and Meridian
court collapsed and precipitated forty
people into an excavation beneath. Mrs.
Bessie Higgins was PROBABLY fatally iu-
jured by the fall. Bernard Sloth had
a leg broken. When the fire
broke out DR.. j. Z. Berg
erOn was attending Mrs. Sarah
Macks in fiat in one of the buildings
subsequently burned. When the fire
got too close DR.. Bergeron seized the
suffering woman, and, wrapping her in
blankets, descended three flights of
stairs with his burden, and carried her
to a refuge near by. In less than fif-
teen minutes fine girl baby was born
amid the crash of falling walls, and the
hoarSe shouts of the firemen. Both
mother and daughter are doing well.
Dr. BergerOn lost a valuable set of in
StrumentS and his overcoat and hat in
the fire, but tonight was happy in hay
Ing saved his patients.
The Episcopal cathedral on Washing
ton boulevard caught fire from flying
sparks, but the flames were eXtin-
guished before any damage was done.
One of the exciting incidents was the
panic which seized the bOarders at the
Haymarket hotel. When the flames
leaped across the street about forty oc-
cupants of the hotel. including servants,
made wild rush for q back stairway.
and became blocked, resulting in the
mob being badly buised andifrightened
before getting out. Charles Merger was
asleep III his room, and was SutfOcating
with one side of his face badly burned
when he was found and carried out.
Frank 5. Gamble, who was struck bv
flying debris during the fire, but was rot
supposed to be dangerously hurt, died
at the county hospital shortly before
midnight.