The sea coast echo., 1894-10-13
TERRIFIC FIRE!
Fire Tuesday Night Des-
trOys Thousands of
Dollars of Property,
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE UNKNOWN.
Fireman's Hall Totally Destroyed
With Four Other Buildings. A
Night Of Terror TO be Always
Remembered.

Fire has again visited Bay st. Louis
and at this rate the dreaded flend is grow
ing very common in and about the town.
Last Tuesday evening at u quarter past
seven O'Clock FIRE was discovered down
stairs of Flremcn hall in the rear of that
part of the building occupied by Mcssrs.
dePaoli and Tabor as Il feed store. Imme-
dlately in the rear of the store is room
rented and occupied by Mr.. John Foster
as paint shop and 1t ls In this room the
fire it is thought originated.
Edmond Ennis ran TO the church and
gave the alarm which spread throughout
the town with the same rapidity as that
of the raging flames. People of the Vi
cinlty and members of the fire company
were soon on the scene and rushed for
the trucks of the company which they
brought out with parts on fire and the
water hose in the same condition. One
or two seconds longer would have left
the flremcn without their principle means
of combating with the fire. The flames
seemed to speed with unusual rapidity
and the hall was entirely destroyed before
wat, could be secured from the private
waterworks and not until an AK was used
In breaking the pipe.
The little restaurant almost adjoining
the hall was destroyed with the hall, and
soon the hungry flames were on the roof
of the undertaking establishment of Eu-
gene Ray. 1t was either to stop the fire
right there or else to lose every dwelling
down Union street, SO with renewed eff
forts about fifty men bravely demolished
the burning building and all was over at
that end of the destructive power.
While demolishlng the place OF Under
taker Ray, the cottage, directly opposite
Firemen hall, ignited from the heat aud
was totally destroyed, but this was no
place to prove of best service for the
dwelling of Mrs. Rosna Bennett was
totally DESTROYED when 1T was discovered
that the handsome home OF Mr.. Adolph
Anderson was doomed Hard work Of
many was utterly useless, so as to save
half of Bay ST Louis IT only renamed 70
save the cottage nearby also owned By
MIR, Anderson 1t required men of won
dc frl endurance 10 save the place, and
such men "en there working with
a voa -'@ . Their efforts were
crowned Hi,. ,IcCea3 .orH is brrc 2h0Jp
hrcteag'. The 9g>m.a aai Obs psddc
~srre lbmally assiq,d Oy tls tlothss
ana collegaus Of ST. Starismss co!ieks
The members Of tho fire company worked
with mUch courage and success, and il
Will be lasting shame If support should
fail to materialize In their favor.
The loss can well be estimated at ten
thousand dollars. Fir,men's hall, was
the property of the company erected 23
years ago on the ground owned by Mr..
Casanova, of Logtown. The building
was worth $4,000; no insurance.
The contents of the store of Messrs.
dePaoli 4 Tabor was valued ever 5000
which was total loss.
Rays undertaking shop, the FaYard
cottage and the Bennett dwelling was not
insured. The home OF Mr.. Anderson was
insured, bul not sufficiently to cover the
loss. Other people lost considerably by
the hurried way In which their homes
were emptied of the furniture and ether
furnishings.