St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-22
II WAS A SCORCHER,
Twenty Million Feet Of Lum-
hep BlaZing---The Loss APP
proXimates 100000.
The Court House Also Has a
Narrow Eseape--Other
CONGREGATIONS.
The Jury's Verdict in the
Hanson Case a Mild
Roast.
Leo Heilpern on the Stand
Leo Heilpern on the Stand
Again--The State
Rests.

At 3 o'clock yesterday morning fire
broke out IN the big lumber yard of j..
w. Day q Co., which is located Oh the
river between Twenty fourth and
TWenty-iitth avenues north, and nearly
20,000,G0 feet of lumber were destroyed
worth SO thousand feet, the loss ag-
gregating about 100000. The total in
surance placed with five companies
amounts to $4,000, only about half
covering the loss. The company's mill
across the railroad track was saved, as
1t was protected by the high railroad
grade DIT that point. Its presumed that
the fire was started by spark from the
Smokestack of the Ackley saw mill.
The lumber was mostly of last
seasons cut. and, being quite dry,
burned like finder, and the yard, which
included about seventeen acres, was one
seething mass of flames. The heat was
very intense, as can be judged from the
fact that houses located square away
were set Oh fire. Six engines were soon
at work, but could do but little more
than protect adjoining prOperty-even
then line of freight cars OH Bardwell,
Robinson IL Co.'s side tracks, and about
100 feet from the western edge of Duy
u Co.'s yard, were destroyed with their
contents, while Bardwell, Robinson
q Co. lost lathing and shin
giles that were piled near the
freight cars to the value of about s., 600.
Of the immense amount of lumber
stored in the Dayyard only about 1000,
900 feet that was located in the north
west corner of the yard was saved.
The Northern Pacific railroad bridge
caught fire several times, but the flames
were eXtinguished by the fire depart
ment. The flames were gotten under
control about o'clock, but continued to
burn quite fiereely during the entire
day, and ynight the great lumber yard
looked like a vast bed of embers.
a suit against the Ackley Lumber
company for heavy damages. it is said,
is likely to result, as last week the lum-
Der yard caught fire no less than six
times, and j. w. Day, Messrs. Bardwell
d Robinson, besides Chief Runge, made
an urgent request that bonnetS should
be placed Oh the smoke stacks of the
factory. A tenement house at Eleventh
avenue and Ninth street northeast also
burned down, catching fire from flying
spark.
Another dangerous fire occurred also
yesterday morning, but the fire depart
ment succeeded in controlling it. II e
stable that is located just at the rear of
the court house, within less than one
hundred feet of the register of
deeds Office, where valuable records
that could not be replaced are
kept. The barn was wooden
structure, and burned so rapidly that
one Of the four horses stabbed there suf-
located before it could be gotten out.
The animal belonged to James Sheri-
dan. The other three were owned by
of harness, two .sleighs, brides, hay.
oats, etc. The stable was worth about
$1,000.
A third fire occurred at $50 o'clock
yesterday morning, when the residence
of John Gregory. at 1923 Emerson av-
enue north, was totally destroyed, the
loss being about $1,000. Insurance, 5000.