St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-27
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE,
Livery Barn, Dwelling, Gro
Gerry Store. Private Barn
and Ice HOUSE,
BURN AT ST. ANTHONY PARK.
Interurban Locality Had a
Narrow Escape From To-
tai Destruction.
BURN AT ST. ANTHONY PARK.
FAST HORSES CREMATED.
Man Badly Burned Woman
and Children Had a Mar
row Escape.

up in smoke last night, had there been
the vestige Of a breeze stirring. AS il
was, four buildings were burned To the
ground ana their contents destroyed.
entalling a total loss OF about 50. OUU.
The buildings burned were d. G. Mar
tins livery barn. worth 81. 800, and not
insured; a two-stOry frame dwelling
belonging TO tae st. Anthony Park
company, and the grocery store, barn
ana ice house, the property of Paris
Price. MIR. Price, who estimates his
total loss at about $1,000, had his build
ings and stock insured in all for IS. 600.
No other property was insured.
One man was seriously injured. 1t
was John Gallagher, a deputy collector
OF customs. MIR. Gallagher.i in removing
a tank Of Kerosene from Prices store,
spilled some of the oil OH his trousers.
A few moments later somebody told
Gallagher that his brother was shut in
the burning store. Gallagher broke the
door open II rushed inside amid the
flames. His clothes ignited in all in
slant. and had not Two men standing near
exhibited great presence of mind by
"ioPbihs q PiCSO " CdiN1o dDOuL
Gallagher. so eXtinguish;ns the fam es,
the unfortunate man would uilqueStion-
ably
Have Reen Burned to Death.
AS 1t is, his legs were blistered from
the feet to the hips. his back burned up
to the neck. and his left arm from the
shoulder to tine elbow badly scorched.
Gallagher was removed to Il neighbour
ing house, where DR.. c. E. Booth at.
tended him. DR.. Booth says that the
burns are severe, but he has no doubt
that Gallagher will recover. Gallagher
is tWenty-seven years old. single. and
lives III the "DiamOnd' block at Mer-
riam Park.
The tre demonstrated one thing forci-
bly,; and that is the need of a ire engine
at st. Anthony Park. Only one engine
reached there last night, and tina ar
rived too late to be of any service. To
the first alarm the chemical and hose
cart from Merriam Park. and the
chemical, hose cart and hook
and ladder from Hamline responded.
Chiet Jackson then sent Engine No. 9
from Edmund and Merriam streets, ac-
companied by a hose cart, but the dis
lance is SO long and the frame buildings
burned so rapidly that they were prac-
tically consumed before the engine
could possibly reach the scene.
The citizens of ST. Anthony Park
We're greatly alarmed. They feared
the flames could not be checked until
they had devoured every building in
the village. Had there been a high
wind, like that of the previous night,
the fire would lave done disastrous
work in spite of all efforts to check it.
But fortunately the air wrs unusually
still. ard the flames shot upward instead
of leapiug from roof to roof of the dry
wooden buildings. The people
Worked Like Beavers
to save the neighboring buildings,
particularly the factory of the Northern
Shade Cloth company, and succeeded
by keeping h structures wet con.
Stantly.
Paris Price and his brother saw the
fire as soon as anybody. IL apparently
started in the kitchen of the frame
dwelling between the livery barn and
the grocery store. Fast asleep
on the ground floor of this house
were Mrs. James Keenholtz and her
three little children. The father, who
is a street car conductor on the inter-
urban line, was away at work. Mr..
Price rushed over to the house when he
saw the smoke and flames issuing from
the kitchen and aroused the sleeping
family. He did this in the nick of time,
for Mrs. Keenholtz n her children
barely escaped with their lives.
They were unable to save ever
their clothing. and rushed GU,
into the street clad only in their night.
clothes. The neighbors gave them
shelter. The house was G enveloped
in flames. which quickly spread to the
livery barn a few feet distant. As nc
apparatus had appeared yet, the fire
devoured the barn in short order. Ii
was a two-story frame structure, about
200 feet deep.
In this barn besides five livery horses
aud some rigs. which were all rescued
were W. pacing horses belong to w. E.
Lockerby, the president o the North
ern Shade Cloth company. &Mr. Lock
erby valued them at $500 each. Both of
These Animals Persisted
in the flames. Their stalls were in an
other portion of the barn, considerably
removed from tho stalls of the livery
horses. M. I.ockerby's horses were
"Brown Nell," 2:23 PAGER, and her
colt, a yearling sired by Manager"
2:06%. There was no insurance upon
either animal. Neither did Mr.. Martin
have his barn or its contents insured.
Mr.. Price. the owner of the grocery
store and meat market. was more fort
unate with respect to insurance. His
stock, store building, barn and Ice
house, all of which were totally de-
stroyed, were insured for $1,000. He
valued his stock at 81, 500, and his build
ings at $500. He saved rs per cent of
the stock and some of his furniture
and household goods on the second floor
of the building, where be lived. The
little dwelling house. worth possibly
500, might a been insured though it
is doubtful. The personal effects of MI.
K~eenhoitz, the conductor, we're not in
Sured.
The fire was totally extinguished
about midnight, after burning for more
than three hours. The citizens of st.
Anthony Park then went to bed, but
the scare kept a good many of them
from falling asleep instantly. The new
engine house, the site of which has just
beer staked out, will 60 up as rapidly as
possible now. Had there been a fire
engine there last night the flames would
not have spread as they did.
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