St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-30
Firemen Fight Long Against
a Fire in the Old Rogers
Building.
Located in the Rear, High
Above the River, It BlaZes
Fiercely.
The Worst OF the Many Roast
ings Received by the Old
Block.
Most of the Damage Was
Wrought by the Smoke
and Water. /

Fire, which started in the commission
store at 26 West Third street at 10
o'clock last night, damaged the Roger
block, an oId-time landmark, to the ex-
tent Of So 5000, and caused a loss to the
commission men and occupants OF the
block OF about the same amount.
1t was shortly after 10 O'Clock when
flames were discovered issuing from the
basement of the store occupied by Schol-
linger d Pionati. who run commission
store in the west end of the block. The
construction of the block is such that
all of the stores have two stories below
the grade of the street, and it was
in the lower floor in the rear OF
the store mentioned that the fire broke
out. An alarm was turned in, but be-
fore the department arrived the fire had
gained considerable Roadway. The
department was hampered by there
being no way to reach the flames except
through the front OF the block, but the
men worked with will, and at IL
o'clock the fire was under control.
From the store of Schollinger u Pho
natl the flames swept up the rear of the
block and set fire to the network of
balconies and stairWays which covered
the rear Of the building. This spread
the flames to the other stores i'll the
block, and for a time it looked
as if the entire row was doomed.
Five steamers with two streams
each drowned out the fire and,
aside from the store in which 1t started,
the loss will be chiefly from smoke and
water. George Thuet, who has a COM
mission store at No. q. places his loss at
$500, half covered by insurance. Ide u
Thompson, commission men at No. %
estimate their loss at 5000. mostly
by smoke and water, on which there is
500 insurance. Dampier's undertaking
rooms at No. 20 were damaged by water
to the extent of $4,000. which is fully
covered by insurance. The commission
stores of G.. w. Eodman and ii. IT,
Neal, at Nos. s and Ii, were damaged
by water and smoke, but the loss will
be small. The store occupied eby
Schollinger. IL Pionau was guL,ed, and
the FIRMS loss will be about $1,000,
with an insurance OF half that
amount. Mrs. q. Morrison and
MIS-. ldCHdGl I1Ollutdu OCCuplCu biCainO
stories over the stores %, "A and 26, and
their effects and those of dozen orIso
who occupied rooms in the block
were totally destroyed by the fire,
water and smoke. None of the roomers
had any insurance, neither did Mrs.
Morrison or Mrs. Hoffman. A good per-
tion OF the household goods were: re-
moved from the rooms at the commence
ment OF the fire, and the loss collectively
of the occupants of the upper t1oorSln
the block Will no. exceed $1,000. 80
The block, which Is three-Story one,
was built by William Rogers about
thirty years ago, and when. erected was
the finest structure in this section of
the country. 1t is now owned by East
ern parties who came into possessiontby
foreclosure proceedings. Judge w. ID.
Cornish is agent for the property, and
the loss on the building, which is esti-
mated at IS, 900. is covered by insurance.