St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-20

clambering up on the other side Of town
paled into sickly insignifcance. In fact,
Luna, though of feverish hue herself,
was mot in it'' with the complexion of
the Central market fire.
BURNED A NUMBER OF HORSES.
The wind from the north blew the
flames along the four long sheds, and
that Is the reason the fire burned the
building so rapidly. The floor outside
and under the sheds, an immense space.
which covered half the block, burned
the very first thing and crum-
bled in. Under this floor were
stalls and stable rooms where
gardeners who arrived early kept their
horses. There were number of horses
i'll the stalls when the fire broke out.
The smoke and fire startled them, and
the result was stampede. Several of
the dumb animals were rescued. but
many were sacrificed to the fury of the
element.
The greatest danger and the one
which the fire department worked to
prevent. and did prevent, was the ignit-
ing of the gas house, which stands
across the street i'll from the curb on
Second avenue. The burning brands and
clnderS flew across and settled on the
cornIces and on the edges, but well-di-
-ected streams knocked them off. When
the crowd realized there was danger
of the gas house catching fire and
exploding there was rush for places
OF safety. But they soon recovered
their temerity and braved the heat.
water and dirt, with the stoicism of
Spartans. Anything for excitement!
The crowds that filled every street in
the vicinity numbered thousands of
people. They were from all parts OF
the city and wouldn't have missed the
sight for worlds.
BURNED MATTIsoN's BUILDINGS.
The stable and carriage repository of
S. B. Mattison, the "Bus Man." on
Second avenue, directly opposite the
market. caught fire early in the evening.
The sparks flew i'll through the doors
and ignited the hay. The poor horses in
the stable, terribly frightened, stamped
and whinneyed. An attempt was made
to rescue them. 1t was successful so
far as twelve horses were concerned.
but four were burned. When the roof
and walls fell in, their remains crum.
bled into blackened dust. The Matti-
son structure was consumed, as was the
frame One-story blacksmith shop at the
corner of Sixth street and second ave-
nue..
Mr.. Mattison's three-story brick block
at the corner of Seventh street and
| Second avenue was also burned. 1t
was gutted from top to bottom. Several
| families lived on the third floor, and on
the ground floor there were a harness
shop, barber shop. restaurant and pro-
vision store. The loss here was COM
plete. The two-story frame building at
122 Seventh street, next to the MaItIson
block. and occupied by member of his
family, succumbed to the flames, as did
| the old brick residence at 11S.
| For a time it looked as though the
base ball park would go, and the fire.
men had all they could do to keep the
two packing houses, adjoining the mar.
ket, from becoming dissipated with the
rest. The freight cars IN the St. Louis
| yards also had narrow escapes. Electric
| light, telephone and telegraph wires fell
in all directions. Two horses attached
| to a chemical engine and the driver
came in contact with live wire,
| The result was the man and the horses
were prostrated in the street, but recov-
cred within fifteen or twenty minutes.
| Chaos reigned in that section of the city
| during the progress of the fire. People
| shouted and tore about like madmen, in
many instances hinderlng the firemen
greatly. Horses plunged, tho water
spurted ana hissed, and the fire roared
like an army of lions.
The Central market building enioyed
fifty tenants, and the loss on stock, ETC..
will amount to about 100000. The
building cost 1925. 900. and the loss on
horses, wagons and surrounding prop.
erty amounting to about $3.50, 900 more,
the aggregate loss will be in the neigh
borhood of 100000. Tie central mar.
ket covered a block $50 feet SQUARE.
1t was eighty feet deep on the first floor
and sixty feet On each of the two
upper floors. On Second avenue and
Sixth street, the frontage was in
all $50 feet, or $50 feet on each thor
oughfare. There was also frontage of
100 feet on Third avenue. The four
sheds referred to were each 12O feet
long, with roofs of iron sheeting. These