Griggs courier., 1895-07-05
FIVE FIREMEN DEAD.
Orushed TO Death While Firhtina
Fire.
One of the Most Erightful Calamities ip
the History Of Minneapolis and the
Northwest-The Property
Loss u o1OO, 900.

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Noethwest-The Property
Loss h 100000.
MINNEApoLIs, June 2S.-Five firemen
dead, and as many more 2ying at their
homes or in the various hospitals with
severe injuries, and the $lOO, 600 crock
cry establishment of Mcdonald Bros,
the largest store of its kind in the city,
In wreck-such is the story in a nut
shell OF Minneapolis most disastrous
fire Of recent years.
Not since the Tribune building holo-
caust has the city suffered such a terri
BILE catastrophe; never in its existe nee
has the Minneapolis fire departme..
suffered such loss in deaths: The
dead are:
Joseph w. Hoy, pipeman, No. truck.
Walter Richardson, No. 6 hose.
Frank Euline, lieutenant No. 6.
John Horner, No. truck.
Christian Sande, No. hose.
The injured:
Ed Thellen, lieutenant truck No. 2:
bruised and injured internally and back
injured.
Capt. Caldwell, No. 6: side and back
hurt, internal injuries.
Frank Egan, No. l hose; side and
back hurt.
Henry Gau, supply wagon; back hurt;
will probably die.
job Gray, No. 8 hook and ladder;
left leg broken and internal injuries
sustained; not expected to live.
Bert Thomas, No. hose; injured;
not seriously.
The fire broke out shortly after 10
o'clock last night, starting in the rear
portion of the Mcdonald Crockery COM
pany's building, 240 and 242 First ave-
nue. south. 1t was first discovered by a
party of young men passing along the
avenue at the time. The iron shutters
In the rear and side of the building
were closed and when first seen the en-
tire interior in the rear portion seemed
almost a mass of fame. As near as
can be ascertained the fire originated
in the rear portion of the building on q
lower floor, and the flames shot like
lightning up tn rough the old elevator
we'll at the back burst through the roof.
An alarm was hurriedly turned in
from two or three neighboring boxes
and was soon followed by q second
alarm. Despite the efforts of the fire
department, however, the flames
spread over the entire building. being
aided in their work by the iron shut
ters, which served to make the four.
story brick building a veritable Chin
ney.
The fireman had been on the roof of
the Barge block but few moments
when loud crash and the "boom" al.
most as Of a cannon's having been fired
off startled them. and the whole big
plate glass front of the North Star
clothing company's store, at 43 and As
Washington avenue south, blew out,
simultaneously with the crashing in of
the rear portion nearest the fire, where
. sort of light well is located. The
broken glass from the clothing COM
pany's store was scattered in every di-
rection and many narrowly escaped in
jury. A lady passing in, the street at
the time tainted and one man, whose
name could not be ascertained, was
knocked fully 20 feet, but was picked
up by the bystanders, unhurt.
The explosion in the North Star
clothing company's store seemed the
signal for general disaster, and was the
death knen of five brave firemen and
perhaps of more. The explosion was
followed by general crashing and
breaking of glass in the Mcdonald
building. the falling of iron shutters
and the loud crashing in of two of the
fre1f
flames shot up and had burned but a
few moments in the deluge of water
poured upon it, when the rear portion
of the side wall, facing the alley, fell
with a crash, where a score or more of
fremen were at work.
As soon as the dust and smoke which
arose from the fallen debris had cleared
away the work of removing the wound
ed was begun. Scores of willing hands
moved away the weight of debris, and
the injured ones were tenderly lifted
and carried to the nearest place where
they could be cared for. DR.. Kilving-
toms Office was converted in to a tenn
porary hospital, and one man was car.
corner of First avenue and Third street.
To DR.. Kilvington's Office were taken
John Gray, of Hook and ladder No. 3.
Capt. Caldwell, of No. 6: Henry Gau, of
No. 1. All were seriously injured. and
their cries and groans as they lay
stretched upon the floor were pitiful in
the extreme. Capt. Caldwell was
found to be injured about the back and
sides and SO badly crushed that it was
feared that he had been hurt internal