St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-15
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ton to make 1t 900 was unanimously
adopted,
The offer of the Bijou theater for a
benefit Saturday night was accepted.
Mir. Jungen, manager Of the company,
asked that President Kiichli appoint a
committee to take the matter i'll charge
and to fix the price of admission. The
president named the police and fire de-
partment committees, and the two
bodies held a joint session I'M
mediately. after tine adjourn
ment of the council meeting.
The price of admission was fixed at 30
cents, and $3.50 for box seats. Tickets
will be offered for sale today by police
officers, fremen and others, and it is
expected that at least $500 will be re-
allied. The Plymouth clothing COM
pany will furnish the costumes needed,
aid the Tribune will furnish quantity
of printing.
Incidents
Among the sufferers by the fire Is the
| firm of s. E. Olson 81 Co., whose new
and magnificent building is now in
course of construction at the corner of
First avenue south and Fifth street..
The two huge boilers intended for the
building and being manufactured by
| the firu of Lynch & Mcconnell were
destroyed among the other valuable
| effects that Succumbed to the fire,
| and, while it was the intention of the
| firm to have occupied its new building
| 10y Aug. %, for the reason above stated
| this will he impossible. Mr.. Olson
| greatly deplores the unexpected
| calamity which has brought SO much
| sorrow and personal loss. but an extra
| force of men will be put at work, and
the opening will take place as soon as
| possible.
Considering the many risks and dam
| gerouS work of the day, there were few
among the fiIemen. Capt. A. Z. krake
received the most serious injuries in the
lower island fire, in state of things
which very neatly proved fatal to him
and placed the lives of several other
firemen in jeopardy. He was cut off by
| the flames and was obliged to pass
through fire to escape. When firemen
| met him coming out from the danger
| the pain from his hurts had become so
| great that he fell and was carried to a
wagon and taken over the river to his
home. The other firemen in the party
| escaped with swelled eyes from the hot
| fire, which it was found had been made
terrible by the bursting of oil barrels.
1HC SlIctG railway COlHpdIy lids
offered the use of one of its East side
barns, which is in good repair. 1t is
now being fixed up under the direction
OF the city building inspector, SO that it
will be. made habitable. A kitchen is
being constructed. and three stoves
| which have been donated will be placed
in position tomorrow. G. NJ. Loring
has donated twenty-five barrels of flour,
and other generous contributions have
been made.
City Engineer Cappelen states that
the span of the Plymouth avenue bridge
that was destroyed cost $1,000 to erect.
He will put in a temporary trestle work
at once, SO as to accommodate the great
travel across this bridge.
Cap. Caldwell, of No. 6, was over
come by the heat. and all attempts at
bringing him back to normal condition
failed, and he was taken to his home,
where he was much improved yesterday.
William Taylor, sub from No. O.
who was working with the Cataract
company OH the island, was caught by a
sudden burst of flame and had his
hands and back quite badly burned.
The list of insurance, which is very
nearly complete. foots up S572, $50, much
less than was estimated by insurance
men on Sunday. The loss is about as
first stated, Sl,5UO,O0O.
Frank l.. Davis, of Chemical No. L,
was overcome by the heat, but was all
right again last evening.
The Twentieth avenue bridge will be
repaired at once.