The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-11-21
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st. Louis Experiences n Disastrous Cor
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| st. Louis Experiences n Disastrous Con-
Observation-Disclosures Block Burned.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE most
disastrous fire which has visited ST.
| Louis in many years was started in the
furnace room of the large dry goods
house Of Perry & Gentles, on the
southwest corner of Broadway
and Franklin Avenue, about 1870
O'clock this morning. The Waterman
imme diately turned in an alarm, and
then a second and then a third within
ten minutes. The flames spread so rap
| idly, however, that general alarm was
given, which brought out the entire de-
| partment. But before the engines az
rived Penny 4 Gentles, the
Sonnenfeld Millinery Company,
the mammoth establishment of
| the Famous Shoe 4 Clothing
| Company, occupying four entire blocks
of five-story buildings on Broadway, be-
| tween Franklin Avenue and Morgan
| Street were in flames, and within two
| hours all the walls had fallen and moth
| ING was left but ashes and twisted iron
| Orders.
Opposite Penny & Gentles' and Som
nenfeld's is the immense dry goods
| store of ID. c. Crawford x Co. While
the fire was at its height, the heat
was SO intense that the tiremen were
unable to go on Broadway. hence
| the whole front of Crawtords store.
| including the display windows and all
| the show cases In the front part OF the
| store from top to bottom, were badly
| damaged by the heat, causing a loss of
| probably $4,000. On Franklin
Avenue, opposite Penny & Gentles',
the whole row, from Broadway
to the alley, was very badly
damaged. The firms occupying these
buildings were O. W. Heyer, drugs; +.
+. Ponl, halter: Grierson 4 Co., hats;
i. ii. kortham x Co., jewellers; st.
Louis Tailoring Company and c. Bnh-
mer, iewelry.
Adjoining Crawford's, on Broadway,
the following business houses were
Quilted: Mcdonald Bros, hats; q. II.
Clements, shoes; Charles Silk, gents
furnishings and cloaks; Mrs. NJ. Tobin,
millinery; +. Wendell x Co., New York
Millinery Company; T.. B. Stowe 4 Co.,
groceries; the Square Dealing Cloth
ing Company and the Weinman House,
WIG SutStS VI WIN IA lislt ciItlN SNdtu-
ated the building. On Franklin Ave
nue., Just west of Penny 4 Gentles', the
genera! dry goods store of Thomas
Hodson was damaged by smoke ana
water to the extent of $50, GOO; insured.
The total loss will no doubt exceed
81 COO, 0GO, but reliable figures are not
obtainable at this writing.
John Lynch, of Salvage Corps No. |.
fell from the second story of the Vein
man House and seriously hurt bis hip.
Truckman Simon was thrown from
hose reel in a collision with a Broadway
street car and was badly injured inter
nally.
During the time the downtown fire
was burning the handsome residence OF
Capt. John A. Scudder, of Nandeventer
Place, one of the aristocratic residence
portions of the city, was discovered to
be on fire, and it took six or seven
alarms to bring an engine there. The
building was completely gutted, Capt.
Scudder losing a h0usciul Of costly
furniture. The loss here will exceed
$4,000 with insurance about the same.
The downtown fire at 10 o'cloci, was
spreading IN a northward direction on
broadway to some dwelling houses. 1t
the wind does not abate the fremen,
who are already exhausted from the
terrible fight they have had, Will. it is
feared, be unable to do very mucn
toward checking the spread of the
flames.
The fire at 10 O'Clock had burned
itself out and two or three engines were
throwing water on the ruins to quench
the flames that mere and there
We're famed into activity by
the strong northwest wind. The
tiremen deserve great credit for their
noble work considering the intensely
cold weather, which vas increased ten
fold by the henry wind