St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-03


the back wall of the building fell OUT
ward. 1t crushed down into the narrow
alley, completely choking it to the height
o. the first story of the Karbach block
Ou the north. This building was much
damaged by the tumbling brick. F
How the firenen who were at werk IN
the alley escaped will always be mys-
terry, for the great pile of masonry fell
without warning, crashing down with
the relentless force of a mighty ava
lanche. A wild rush of men, mighty
surge of the crowd and all but one es-
capped. j. NJ. Gaynor. athlete and
dancing master, was struck in the
back by falling bricks and badly hurt.
In the crowd many people were knocked
down and trampled on, but no one was
badly injured. The Waits OF New
York" company loses everything but its
fire engine. BY a strange instance of
Fate's irony the steamer was the only
possession of the company that had not
been taken Oh to the stage. All the
members of the company lose their
Wardrobes.
The theater was owned by the Ameri-
can Loan & Trust company, which as
signed during the simmer, and was
soon after reorganlZed. 1t was valued
at $3.50. 900 and insured for 100000. The
loss to the owners of the "Waifs of
New York" company is S6,1O0 and the
members of the company lose almost as
much more. The theater was built
in 1881 by then Mayor, since Gov. James
E. Boyd, at cost of 1860, 900. 1t was
opened by the Fay TempleIon Opera
company Ill August, 1881, the piece
being Mascot"
The ground floor was occupied by
stores and offices. On the Farnun
street side the tenants consisted of
Muller, the cOnfectioner; Snow, Lund d.
Co., druggists, and Allen Spaugh,
ticket broker. A small fruit stand
occupied the space near the en-
trance. On the Fifteenth street
was occupied by Jack Woods sa-
loon. Peabody's hat store, Hess &
Swoboda, Ruddy, the opticlan, and
American Fuel company. The base
ment of the building was occupied by
Hansen's barber shop and DR.. WorIey's
Turkish bath rooms. On the second
and third floors were the Jaekman den
tai parlors and laboratory. Some of
the goods in the stores, partic-
ularly in Snow, Lund & Co.'S will
be saved. Most of the contents were
destroyed by fire and water. About
half the losses are covered by insur-
duSCs 4AO OulIulHSS duyOlulliS Oh gilS
east are occupied by Lense and Will
Jams and Ed Wittig as saloons, were
one-story structures, and were damaged
by falling walls. They were the prop
erty of a. j. Hanscom. and were valued
at S4,500. They were partially insured.
The saloon stocks and fixtures were
badly damaged in both places. and the
same are partially covered by Insurance
also.
In addition to these losses The follow
ing are the losses of other tenants:
j. R. Woods saloon, $4,000; NJ. Rud-
dy, $1,000; American Fuel company,
Sl,500; Hansen's barber shop, Sl,5OO;
the Drum saloon, $1,000; Ed Wittig,
$500; the World Herald, $1,000; DIR.
Jackman, $500; Snow, Lund q Co.,
| 5000, besides other smaller losses.
1t has been discovered thai the body
! of Albert Jerome, pipeman of No. s,
is under the fallen west wall. He was
! about thirty-two years old and unmar-
ried.
Six fremen were injured, and Albert
jerome, pipemaE OF No. S was killed..