St. Paul daily globe., 1895-01-14
MID FIRE and FROST.
Great keystone Conflagration
With the Thermometer
at Zero.
THE FIRE LOSS 100000.
Over One Hundred FiPemen
Are FrOstbitten While
at Work.
TANY NARROW ESCAPES.
Some Of Those Frozen Are in
a Very Critical Con-
ditiOn.
THE FIRE LOSS 100000.
nANY NARROW ESCAPES.

BRADFORD, Pa. Jan. 13.-At $40
this morning fire broke out in the Shee-
han house, 80 Mechanic street. The
cause of the fire is SAID to have been al
overheated stove. An alarm was sent
IN. and the department. responded
promptly. When Chief Ropp arrived
on the scene he saw the condagration
was one that would nece5sitate the
force of the entire department. So
general alarm was sent in, and the in
dependent companies arrived quickly
Considerable time was lost in getting
water on account of the severe cold
weather. which froze some Of the drips
i'm the hvdrants. The fire spread rap-
idly to the adjoining wooden buildings
north occupied by Mrs. Peterson, who
lived up stairs. and was the owner.
The ground floor was used as barber
shop by Stephen Foley. In the rear
was the livery stable owned by the
BarnsdalI brothers. On the south, l.
ROtnstein, clothing store; S. Fello,
barber shop; g. GardeIla, fruits; john
Fftzgibbons. butter store, and Egbert d
RYAN. the corner store. The above
named tenants were in what is known
as the Columbia block, owned by d. +.
Rosenberg. Most of those named in
the Columbia block saved their goods.
Fgbert 4, RYAN will suffer heavy loss by
water. which damaged a good portion of
the stock not saved. The fire extended
from the rear of the store to Nusbaum
q Steinberger's grocery, and 80 Main
street; NJ. Rothstein'5 pawnshop, Z
Main; Dean Places photograph gall
Iery. over Rothstein's store; Smith
Bros. grocery store. 8 Main street. All
of these buildings we're gutted. The
extent of the cOnfagTatiOn takes in two
buildings on Mechanic street, south OF
80 Mechanic street. the Columbia block,
the Nusbaum block. NJ. ROthStein's
uawnbroker store, Smith Bros. grocery.
A number of firemeu are suffering from
frozen hands and feet. Mrs. PetersOn's
TWO daughters and son, who lived over
Foley's barber shop. had a narrow es-
cape. I hey saved nothing and were given
clothing by the neIghbors. Mary Gala
han. a guest at the Sheehan house. was
aroused by the cry of fire and ran to the
head Of the stairs and lost her footing.
She fell down the stairs and broke her
arm and leg. She was removed to
neighboring house. The fire ragged for
four hours, and it was with the most
heroic work of the fire department that
the fire was prevented from spreading.
A high wind was blowing at the time
and the thermometer registered zero,
making it difficult work for the depart
ment Several of the fremen were
taken to places Of shelter with frost
bitten ears and fingers, and two had to
be conveyed in a carriage, being unable
TO walk. A baby was reported missing
from the Rothstein building during the
excitement. but it was found at another
neighbor's house, we'll and happy. The
loss foots up over 100000. One hun
dred firemen were frost-bitten. j. Z.
McQustOn's hands were badly burned
and afterwards frozen. Robert Ssco
and Robert Helm, Of Citizens Hose
company, are so badly frozen that their
condition is critical.