Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-07-04
FIVE FIREMEN DEAD.
Crushed to Death While Fighting
Fire.

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:. .no Hsost frightful Calamities In
sne History Of Minneapolis and the
Northwest THE Property
Loss is 100000.
MINNEAPOLIS, June ss.-Five fremen
aead' and as many more lying at their
homes or IN the various hospitals with
severe injuries, and the 800, crock
cry establishment of Mcdonald Bros,
the largest store of its kind in the city.
~ Wreck-such is the story in nut
smell OF Minneapolis most disastrous
nre OF recent years.
MOI since SIN the Tribune building holo-
caust mas the city suffered such terri
pie catastrophe; never in its existence
los ene minneapolis ire department
sunered such loss IN deaths: The
ue a'* are:
Joseph w. Hoy, pipeman, No. 2 truck.
Walter Richardson, No. 6 hose.
Crank Euline, lieutenant No. 6.
John Horner, No. 8 truck.
Christian Sande, No. hose.
The injured:
Ed Thellen, lieutenant truck No. q;
bruised and injured internally and back
injured.
Capt Caldwell, No. 6: side and back
hnrt, internal injuries.
Frank Egan, No. hose; side and
back hurt.
henry eau, supply wagon; back hurt;
1
Jon cray, NO. hook and ladder;
le1t leg broken and internal injuries
sustained; not expected to live.
BERT Ihomas, NO. hose; injured;
no1 -, seriously.
Inc nre broke out shortly after 10
CLOCK Aast nlgnt' startlng IN the rear
Portlon OF tne mcdonald Crockery COM
Panys Dullolng, 24O and 242 First ave-
nue. SCUM. II was nrst discovered by a
party OF young men passing along the
avenue al the Time. The iron shutters
IN the rear and side OF the building
were ciosed and when first seen the en-
tire anterior IN the rear portion seemed
| allhosc mass OF name. AS near as
| can DC ascertalned tne nre originated
II 1ne rear porClon OF the oulldlng on
ioWer hoor, ana the flames shot like
| nsntnlng up Tn rough the Old elevator
well al Cne Dach Durst througn Inc roof.
an alarm was hurrlealy turned IN
rom TWO OF tnree ne1gn boring boxes
anu was sum lolioWeo Dy q second
n4ainn. Desplte the eHorts OF the nre
uepaf.lhen'' however, Inc names
sp,eau Over one entlre oulldins, oelng
aiueu III 'neir WORK oy tne iron smut
'ers' which served 70 make the 1our-
story orlcK oulidlng verltable Chin
ney.
Inc nreman had been on the roof OF
the barge Dlock put few moments
When a LOUD crash and the "hoom" al
most as OF q cannons having been hred
OH startleo them, ana the whole big
cioCnlh9 com panys store' at IS ana 80
washington avenue SOUTH blew ont,
siln UNANIMOUSLY Win the crash1ng IN OF
tue rear portlon nearest the nre, where
sort OF hsht wen is located. The
broken grass from the ciothlng com
Pany s1oie was scaC1ered IN every di-
.ec'lou .'nu insiy na'roWly escaped ln-
jury. iauy passing III the street at
the tilne iaih'eu anu one man, whose
name coula not DC ascertalned. was
knocked 1uliy ~ 1eet' put was picked
up oy the oystanders' nnhurt.
Inc explosion IN the North Star
ciotning company STORE seemed the
slgnal 1or genera olsaster' and was the
deatn kneli OF I'VE =, brave nremen and
perhaps Q! more ne explosion was
iolloWed ~ q general crashing ana
p .anl a. - sam ns - .ne Mcponalo
uu ul' ~ ,a .n a - iron shu.'ers
anu .ne louu :. Vs. asn ~ :, 'wo oi .ne
appsl my 20. o.ie
sa.. $500 sn. ~ aa,'ue a gu.
&c" - - - az. - Nael
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a'ose ~. - .n1 - - nav oiea'e'
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81 Wa o ~. $3.50 - ~ nin, nauus
noseu ." ay WIG we ~ W ueulis' az ano
ene inJuleu ones were 'enueriy i,l'eo
ann oa1,, ,, :, " .ne neales' Piace w.cie
..s,. 49, 800 80 -.
W. =. 49, $3.50, ond 80 ~ - " ECU
pa - Lea a.,,s nta.a :" 40 90. "a.
corner o. FIRST avenue and Third street
John Gray, of Hook and ladder No. 8
Capt. CALDWELL, of No. 6; Henry eau, Of
No. l. 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 anG
sides and so badly crushed that it was
feared that he had been hurt Internal