St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-16
A LOSS OF $4,000.
A. NJ. Smiths Block, 245-247
Zen lepin Avenue, Ruined
by Fire.
Kimball Printing CompanyS
Large Establishment To-
tally Destroyed.
C. Nj. Foote Returns From
Washington, and Dis
eusseS Offices.
Two Bands for the Exposition
1.-The Coming Sport
Tournament.

The old block on Hennepln avenue
between Washington and Third streets
is evidently under ban. for twice with
in year it has been nearly swept away
by flames. The block is a three-stOry
affair, and includes the numbers 243 to
249 inclusive. The part under the num-
Der 243 is the property of Henry Morse,
and the remainder of the block is owned
by \, NJ. Smith, the proprietor OF the
California wine house. Mr.. Smith pur-
chased the building from +. b. Ford
short time ago. The fire caught Ill the
rear of the second floor of No. 249
in the press rooms OF the klmOall
Printing company shortly before
O'Clock, and III few moments the whole
affair was ablaze from top to bottom.
The aggregate loss is about $4,000. VI
this amount the Kimball Printing COM
pany lost S35. 900: a. NJ. Smith, $4,000.
and John CoveneY, the proprietor OF the
New York restaurant, at No. PAT, about
81, 600. The printing company carried
an insurance 10 the extent of $4,000.
Smiths wine house was by no means
fully insured, according to the state
ment of Mrs. Smith, who, in the absence
of her husband in the East, transacts all
business.
The Kimball Printing company Occu-
pied the second and third floors over
Nos. 241 and 249. Fire last spring caused
the company a loss of about S25.OOO, SO
new stock was put in. including the
latest stvies of machinery and ten
Ia 1ncfFnVR6 rho
presses falling through to the ground
floor and smashing to pieces. The IN
tiammable nature of the material in the
printing establishment rendered it easy
work for the flames to lick up every
thing in sight, though it is thought that
the fire department was unnecessarily
! slow i'll getting to work. The
water tower was not put to
work at all, for it did not arrive
on the scene until the fire was nearly
| over. 1t got stuck at the corner OF
| Twelfth street and Cedar avenue, and
the firemen had to hoist and dig for
! half an hour before they could release
the big thing. A number OF electric
| wires fell from the poles which stood
near the building and caught fire, and
man and beast hurried out OF the way
! of the deadly things like mad.
Three firemen who were working III
the alley. in the rear of the building,
were seriously injured. A portion oil
! the brick wall fell and scattered theitire-
men right and left. Those who were
! injured were: John Baker, of No. II
| engine house, hook and ladder No. 2;
! Charlie Osborn, truckman, of No. s. and
| Ben Stewart, sub-tireman OF NO. IL.
| Osborn was injured in the back and left
! leg. Stewart received several ghaStly
cuts in the head and face, and Baker
was injured in the leg, head and Shout
ders.
The wall fell with a crash that could
| be heard for the distance of block,
| and it was supposed by those in front
| that barrel of the whisky in Smiths
! wine house had exploded. Luckily,
however, the floor over the wine house
| renamed stationary, ana no harm save
water and smoke was done to the stock.
| Aside from this one store room the en-
! tire building is Il wreck. While the fire
was raging the hottest, some drunken
| fellow rushed into the New York res
taurant and sat down at one of the
tables He insisted that he was at lib
erty TO eat if he saw fit, no matter il
the place was burning up or not. A
policeman yanked him out by the col
lar. and few moments later the huge
presses came laundering down from the
top floor, crashing through the floor:
and ceilings as though they were 81
much paper.
It's probable that the Adams EXPIRES!
company, which occupied the store a
245, suffered some damage, for the waite
poured down through the ceiling upOl
the goods in the stOreroOm. Hunts hat
shaping establishment and dye works
directly overhead, also suffered littl'
damage. The following are the inStitu
| tons damaged by the fire:
Kimball Printing company, over Nos
247 and 249.
California Wine House, No. 249.
New York Restaurant, No. 249.
Adams Express company, No. 245.
Hunts hat and dye works, over No
245.
Secretary StOrer, of the printing com
pany, stated that the fire did not Origi
nate on the second floor, but in tn
kitchen of the restaurant on the frs
floor. From there the flames erept u
the wall and communicated themselve
10 the paper and inks on the floor above