St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-05
THEY ARE CALLED OFT SEW.
ERAL TIMES TO SUPPRESS
FLAMES.
OLD FIRETRAP DESTROYED
AND THE ADJOINING BUILDINGS
HAVE A VERY. NARROW
ESCAPE.
FIRE IN THE MussErTER BLocH
Causes a Good Deal of Excite
menf, but Is Suppressed With
out Heavy Loss.

Although the fire ladies decorated
their station houses and made ar
| rangementS to celebrate the Fourth
in their own way, they anticipated
a lively time of it and on the whole
they were not disappointed. For
| about an hour from IL to II o'clock,
the alarms came in rapidly enough
| to satisfy the oldest fire fighter in
town, and they came rather quick in
| succession. There were no serious
| blazes, but there were two close
calls before supper time.
The first alarm came in at 9:O4
| from box us. Free use of fire crack
ers had started a fire on the roof
of No. "a South Robert street. 1t
was soon put out with but nominal
damage. AT 11:15 a call from box
asa took the department to'149 Nina
avenue, where a small fire had start
ed from unknown causes in the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. Murphy. The loss
here too was but trivial. At 11:19 a
call rang in from box IS. Fire was
discovered on the roof of an unoc-
cupied dwelling at No. 1 Winter
street. The damage was small.
A bad fire was narrowly avoided
in the Mussetter block, corner
Fourth and Wabasha An alarm
from box q soon brought together
a large crowd of people, as the
fire was in the business portion of
the city. When the department ar
rived, being just on it's return from
the several small fires about the
center of town, heavy smoke was
seen issuing from the upper story
of the building. The fire ladies
hustled around pretty lively, many
Of them coming down on street cars
from their dinners. The rooms of the
third floor are occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Kari and mother, Mrs.
De Long, and several others. One
of the roomers, Mrs. Trapshaw, no
ticed smoke issuing from the kitchen
of Mrs. Kari and quickly gave the
alarm. This kitchen is located on
the inside of the building and the
smoke therefore penetrated the en-
tire structure. The fire was started
through a gasoline stove, which was
allowed to be alone for a time. The
damage will amount to about 5000
in all, on the building and contents.
Mrs. De Long suffered considerabl
loss through smoke and water, but
little of the latter got to the lower
floor, occupied by a number of doc
tors The fire was under control in
a short, time and many went away
disappointed at not seeing. "a good
chvely Fourth of July blaze. ,-.
A stubborn, hot and lively; fire came
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the
corner Of Western and Goodrich
avenues 1t furnished a considerable
amount Of work to the ireFllen and Il
great deal of fun for the small boy of
that district. who turned out in SO
large a number as to be in the way.
In one sense OF the word the fire was
| hailed with muoh pleasure by the
| neighborhcod, as it removed for good
| one of the worst fire-traps in town and
| one which
HAS BEEN A MENACE
| tea the residents Of that district for a long
time. a small boy DESTROYS Of having
| a bonfire, started one during a strong
| wind. 1t got beyond control and COM
| municated to the old Garland trunk
| factory. Famed by the wind, the sew
| eral buildings of the concern were soon
| q, seething furnace. The buildings were
unoccupied, having been abandoned
some time ago when the business was
! sold to Mr.. Horton, who moved the
works down town. There was no in
surance on the same. as no company
cared to carry the risk. The old plant
| was totally destroyed.
The dwelling house of Peter Els
| with, directly north of the burning
concern, was several times endangered,
| as the wind blew directly towards it.
| AS a matter of fact, the heat broke
the windows and the fire at one time
| had secured a foothold in rear dwell
ing room of the Eiswirth house, but
was soon put out He will suffer a
| loss of about $780, which is fully in
sured. A high board fence, which en-
| closed the burning concern, alone saved
i the house from total destruction.
Assistant Fire Chief Cook had a mar
| row escape from serious injury. Just
! as he emerged from the yard of the
| Eiswirth house, and started towards n
number of linemen. at work on the
| ruins close Dy, the IledNy pCSlS support
| ing a gate and a section of fence, fell
| in. But for timely cutlery from the
| bystanders the heavy, burning timbers
would have crushed the chief. AS it
| was, he missed them by but a few
| inches. The Garland works were a total
loss, including about twenty-five cords
| of dry cedar wood, which were stacked
up in the yard.
Another alarm of fire came in from
| the West Seventh street district about
! o'clock last evening. A barn belong
| ing to Godfrey Siegenthaler, an attor-
ney of this city, living at SO Garfield
avenue. had been set afire by the
usual Fourth of July cause and was
! totally destroyed. Loss, about $500;
| covered by insurance.
The pretty residence of Peter F.
| Egan, the jeweler, was badly dam
aged by fire last night. 1t had its
| origin in the cellar, from unknown
| causes. while the family was away at
| Como lake. The home was very neatly
| appointed and being badly flooded by
water about $1,000 damage resulted.
| A woodshed on Rice and Martin
streets furnished food for a patriotic
| illumination, which resulted from the
usual cause. Damage, S25.
Box 753 rang in about 10 o'clock. In
door fireworks had started an incipient
| little blaze at Sc West Concord street.
| Damages nominal.