The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-13
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/ r6s Casino. the Perissyle and Music izsll
Totally Destroye.d Manufsctures s8
Building Partiaily. Burned--L oss
About Bl,OOe.OOO.
BEAUTY MsRUIKs
| CH1cAGo, Jan. O. Fire which started
! In the Casino at the worlds fair
grounds at $50 d M. Monday swept
away that building, the flames surging
| through the handsome Peristyle, leay
ing trail of blackened columns and
crum bled statues including the hand
some qnadrign which surmount-
ed the arched entrance to the lake.
and leaving in ruins the magnificent
| Music hall, leaped across the broad
avenue and wrapped in their mbrace
the huge Manufacturers building, with
its mountainous roof, destroying hand
some pavilions therein ant valn-
able exhibits packed and await
], ing shipment One fireman was
killed and several others injured. The
/ fire, which it is thought was started by
i tramps, was not extingnished until .
o'clock q. m, after burning hercely
J for eight and one-ha]f hours, and de-
stroying property ronghly estimated
at $500, 600.
| Attacked the Manufactures.
The flames leaped across the broad
| avenue between Music hall and the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts edifice,
and at s:45-three and quarter hours
after the start of the fire-the enor-
nous building blazed up, the, first
/ flames showing themselves away up
on the roof underneath the roof
walk on the east or lake front and up
near the center of the building, 700 OR
500 feet from the seething fire that was
destroying Music hall. SO soon as
this jet of flame was discovered
! firemen rushed to the rescue, bring
ing up hose by the long fight of
outside stairs at the southwest corner
of the building. And here they were
startled and confronted by the sight Of
tiny flame away up on the roof on
the west side and we'll toward the
middle of the building.
The fremen were instructed to save
the exhibits within the building, for it
was ascertained that showers of sparks
were falling from the roof and imperil-
ing the mass of exhibits packed and
awaiting shipment.
There We're no less than $4,000 cases,
many as large as a freight car, thus i'm
periled. Four engines We're driven into
the building, and half dozen streams
from stationary hydrants as well were
thrown upon the embers as they fell
and scattered over the floor and among
the exhibits.
The fire was we'll fought in the Man
ufactures building, where such valua-
BILE property and SO much Of it was en-
dangered The pavilions, the Russian,
Austrian and French, around which
the greatest danger lay, were for
a. time thought to be wholly
destroyed with all their contents. The
pavilions the French and Russian,
several blocks in extent, were
wholly destroyed. Upon the fast
BIZ urnintimber a dozen streams
OF water were played, and the
exhibits were destroyed. The pavilions
could not be saved, but well df
rected streams saved the cases Of goods
from destruction by fire, though the
water damage will be great for the
boxes could not be made leakless to
the inundatioA to which they were sub
jectea.
Fire Out at !: A. M.
Az 1870 O'clock q. IN. the t1remen
ON the roof had succeeded In cut
ting a hole over the Tiffany exhibit. A
rope was lowered and lead Of hose
was hauled to the promenade. Then u
triple-siamese YVES made and three en-
gines We're coupled on and sent a col
umn Of water to the waiting men on the
roof With this stream where it was
needed the fire was soon placed under
control Firemen went ahead of the
fire and ripped up the planks, sending
the boards down in rapid succession to
the ground. The fire still chung to the
ventilators, but some vigorous ax work
snd the stream Of water quenched it
Al 9 o'clock the fire was out, after
burning eight and one-half hours.
Some of the Losses.
The exposition company did not lose
a cent Oh, the Casino, Peristyle and
Music halt The Casino was built by
the Columbian Casino company, which
had secured a ant.conce ssion, and
the Peristyle and Music hail had been
transferred to the South park COM
missioners. The insurance ON the
buildings was allowed to expire and
there will be salvage. But for the fact
that the Court of Honor is blemished by
the blackened walls the fire did the
commissioners service, for it saved
wrecking labor.
Noted Exhibits Destroyed.
The French exhibit. which was To-
Gated just south of the center OF Man
ufactures building, was the first to
succurnb to the flames. This exhibit
was originally valued at $t,500, 900. but
the larger portion of it is said to have
been moved out. Among the losses
enumerated are the bronze statue Of
war, the imitation jewelry display,
Gobelin tapestries, Beurdelo:s' exhibit
of mosaic and inlaid furniture, the Dore
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