Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-04-26


OF the Building and lee s~srroandJne.
Made "a oae of the Worst fires to Ftghs
the -. Lsais Department Has HAD fos
Many fesrs-The Loss aad Insurance
ST Louis. April sL.-The grain Gle
vatoT Of the RYAN Commission Co. al
lco4 and 1905 Clark avenue was totally
DESTROYED By fire yesterday afternoon
The flames and smoke were first seen
issuing from the car door on the west
side Of the building. A. SDon A. the
engines arrived the iremen perceived
that more help would he needed. and
two more alarms were turned in. and
when Chief Lindsey arrived shortly
after the last alarm a general alarm
was sounded
The building was athrre-story frame
structure, about I50xI0o. and fully 100
feet high The outside Of the building
was covered with sheet iron. making
II almost impossible to fight the FIRE
with any effect shortly after the gen
eral alarm was turned in she flames
broke through the west side OF the
building. near the center. Ahalf dozen
streams we're poured through the crew
Ice. but the flames coutinued To spread
until they gradually found egre>.
through the roof Fifteen streams
were turned on. but the Gre continued
To burn dercely until the walls sue
cumbed- the asst one on the Clark ave-
hue side fell about = O'Clock
As near a. could be a~scertained. the
fire originated in the elevator shaft
|, near the second floor. and is supposed
\ 20 ha-A -. -. - -
dust, which produced spontaneous com
bustiOn-
The fire wa one Of the hottest that
the department has ever fought. and
was much like that which DESTROYED
the Mississippi elevator. two ago
After the BLAIR had become general
throughout the building the heat ear
ried huge cinderS into the s-. IN the
great danger Of a~diseens property
The wind blew almost a hurricane
from the west the efec, Of which was
detrimental to the work 20 the fire.
men. aS the wind was driven into the
| openings in the west side Of the uuiId-
ing. spreading the IRE over IN the east
side Falling PORTIONS Of the walls
made the Positions Of the krsnen dan
geruus- Several Gremen had narrow
eseapeS The smoke stack fell upon
the root of the oue-stnry brick occu-
pied by the Crown linSeesI oil works
and reboundevi. 4 portion Of il piercing
IN. roof Of the Evans tobacco ware
house in the rear. The red-ho. PIPE
was Immediately cut away By the sal.
wage corps
Chemical engines kept the fire frUsn
igniting the American Express Co.'S
stables on the east side Of Sixteenth
street and the other buildings sur
rounding.
Insurance to the amount Of xi8x.0 0G
was placed on the two buildings and
machinery The total amount Of risks
On the elevator was placed at $50. zoo
with s20o0 additional on the stock
contained therein The loss i esti
mated at - pet cent. Of the abovs
amounts
The elevator was bull. in 1879. and
was occupied by the Collier White Lead
Co until the White Lead trust wa,
formed. when il was leased 10 the Va,
tiouat Liuseed oil Co. whose head
quarters are in Chicago.
Several years ago it wasagsin leased
this time tn the Ryan Commission Co
Au estimate of their losses could not b
obtained last night. though IL Is know
that they hal about 5000 bushels %
wheat stored in the elevator at IN.
time Of the Srp