The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-30
100000 LOST
In a Few Hours by Two Great
Fires at St. Louis.
PLANT MILLING COMPANY
Suffers the Loss Of Its Mammoth Estab-
ishmsnt and Contents.
TWO FIREMEN MISSING.


The Huge Building Occupied by tho Man
.ur-Tibbett Farming Implement com-
many is Also Reduced 10 Ashes.
sr. LOUIS, Sept 2S--At $3.50 p. m
Sunday an alarm was turned in from
the mammoth establishment OF the
plant Milling Company, at the foot OF
Choteau avenue. The flames covered
the entire fifth floor before an engine
arrived on the scene A second alarm
followed in quick succession The
frame buildings Of the warehouse, Doll
! er house and engine rooms were purn-
ing like tinder and were a seething mass
of flames, producing aheat unapproach-
able. The main building, hve-story
structure, was ignited on the top hoor
and the lack OF water pressure pre-
vented the firemen from checking the
flames. Soon the roof OF the main build
inc fell with crash and its weight on
the now burning floors beneath caused
a general collapse. 1t is supposed that
two firemen were covered by the cav
inr In of the building as two are miss
inc. Several were seriously injured by
falling timbers. The loss will aggre'
gate S4oo, 900, with aninsurance OF $780,
600 Several hundred barrels OF Hour
stored in the warehouse were destroyed
A panic was caused when it became
known that a powder car was standing
ON the railroad track beside the mill.
Several persons were trampled on, but
no serious injury resulted in the rush.
The car was removed by means OF
! chain. Several buildings adjacent were
scorched, but were saved with but httie
: damage.
An alarm was turned in from the box
. ON the corner OF Tenth and Spruce
streets at $40 p m. and was responded
: TO slowly by the fre department, most
a Of whom were combating the flames
: on the Plant milling FIRE, which was
|. not vet completely under control The
!. Are originated In one-story structure
!. owned and used by the Pacific Storage
n Company as warehouse. and adloin.
ing the seven-story building owned and
oocupied by the Mansur-T Tibbett Farn
n ing Implement Company.
q By the time the first engine arrivec
y ON the scene the flames had taken hole
:. ~ the Mansur-T Tibbett building ant
!. rapidly spread to every floor The hr,
department soon arrived In force ant
:. began fighting the flames desperately
!. In less than twenty minutes after tn
- frst alarm was turned In second wa
: sounded, followed by third Then th'
East St. Louis FIRE department wa
= called on and sent two engines 70 as
- - sist The flremen seeing their effort
= of no avail on the now burning build
!, iurs turned their attention 70 th'
surrounding lumber yards and ware
houses. Att o'clock the Mansur-Tit
bett building collapsed with tremend
il ous crash, luckily not hurting any on'
n Al $50 D. m. the flames were gotte
v. under control During the tempest o
or Tenth and Spruce three other alarm
In were turned in. An engine from th
d. biz blaze was sent 10 respond TO eac
r. of the alarms, lessening the force, whic
re told considerably, the flames springin
ly nm afresh. Neither Of the fires fro
In the three alarms were OF any cons
q. oueuce, however the total loss aggr
as eating only 5000.
n The firms suffering from the fire
as Tenth and Spruce were the Heinrich
boffeu & Lawrence Lumber Compar
and the Holmes Lumber Company, u
loss Of each amounting 70 some ss, O.
IN, The loss sustained by the Mansur-Ti
Is bett Implement Company VIII aggr
ro- gate $500, 200, the building being ne
ng and heavily stocked
les LATER-The two Aremen suppos
Is 10 have been buried in the ruins ha
tn been found. They we're struck by ia
en- ING timbers and seriously injured a
ac- were carried into house nearby a
Ind lost sight OF in the excitement
he The water tower which was rush
ay' too close to the mill was abandoned
lie left 10 the ravages Of the flames, I
wn heat compelling the men TO flee, T
engines were also abandoned imme
diately after the collapse OF the bui
ing. the burst OF the heat being so s.
den.