The record-union., 1898-02-10
Flames Break Out in a Large Three
Story Cold Storage House.
Before Suhdued Nearly Two Million Dollars
Worth Of Property Destroyed.
At Least Six Lives Known to Have
Been Lost and Many People
Badly Injured-The Fire in
rious Pittsburg Has Had in
Years.

PITTSBURG. Feb. 10-At 1920 last
"wednesday night fire started in the
large three-story cold storage house of
the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company,
occupying a block from Twelfth 10
Thirteenth street between Pike street
and Mulberry, and before the flames
We're subdued, at 1:25 a. m, nearly
s., 000,0G worth of property had been
destroyed. at least six lives lost and
many people badly injured.
The fire in point of fatalities is the
most serious that Pittsburg has had il
years. The department responded
quickly, and a general alarm was sent
in. Other alarms quickly followed. and
at midnight Allegheny's department
was called on for help.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The vicinity is composed of a mixture
of huge warehouses and many private
residences, the inhabitants of which fed
in alarm, carrying with them as much
portable household goods as they pos
sessed.
There We're frequent explosions, which
greatly added to the CONSERVATION and
alarm. The streets We're blocked with
people. and their goods interfered with
the tiremen, who We're already handi-
capped in their efforts to control the
flames on account Of windows and doors
of the burning buildings being strongly
barred by heavy iron shutters.
At 11:lj p. m an explosion of whisky
stored in the warehouse occurred,
blowing out the Mulberry alley wall,
with terrible results
At that time the firemen, policemen,
neWspapermen and others crowded the
street near by and the alley Many
We're caught in the falling walls. How
many will not be known until the debris
is cleared away.
Many people were injured by flying
bricks and beams, and all the ambu-
lances and patrol wagons of the city
were called into service
Telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires at the corner of Thirteenth
street and Pike street fell shortly after
the explosion, and killed an unknown
man.
Just after the explosion the large
warehouse Of w. a. Haverler & Co. sit
uated IN Pike street, directly opposite
the Chautauqua ComDany's building,
was ablaZe, and in a short time was
beyond hope of saving
AT about / 10 the fire was under con-
troll, and no further spread is expected.
The two large buildings are a total
wreck, and the loss cannot be much less
than a million dollars
AT q. m., there are six dead at the
morgue. Only five of them have been
Identified
The identified dead: A. J. Berry.
Lieutenant of Police; William Scott,
Jr., son of William Scott, President of
the ChautauQua Ice Company; Mrs
Sife, aged 30; Stanley Sife, aged -;
David Loveless, aged 30; John Scott. a
brother of William. is missing, and is
supposed to be under the debris
Seriously injured: Captain j. A.
Brown, building inspector both legs
broken; Owen X. Fielder, fracture of
right leg; William Fleming, crushed
by falling rafters, may die.
The following is the best list Of losses
obtainable tonight: Hoverler Stor-
age Company, building and contents,
SCOo,0OU; Chautauqua Ice Company,
S150,0G0; Union Storage Company.
S17J.000
Some Of the heaviest individual los
ers who had consignments in the ware
house: The Economy Distilling Com
pany, 5000 barrels of whisky, worth
s1J0.000; Monongahela Textile Com
pany, wool dealers, 12J,000 pounds OF
wool; Collins Cigar Company twenty
five carloads tobacco; w. H. Williams,
commission merchant, twenty carloads
of sugar.