The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-10

Pittsburg, Feb. 9.--At $50 tonight
fire started in the large three-story cold
storage house of the Chautauqua Lake
Ice company. occupying a block from
Twelfth to Thirteenth streets, between
Pike street and Mulberry. and before
the flames We're subdued, at 1:15 a. m,
nearly S2,000,0 900 worth of property had
been destroyed, at least six lives lost
and many people badly injured. The
fire. in point of fatalities, lis the most
serious that Pittsburg has had in years.
The department responded quickly and
a general alarm was sent in. Other
alarms quickly followed and at mid
night Allegheneys 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 inha bitants of which
fled in alarm. carrying with them as
much portable household goods as they
possessed.
greatly added to the confusion and
alarm. The streets were completely
blocked with people and their goods in
terfered with the firemen. who were al
ready handicapped in their efforts to
control the flames on account of WIN
being strongly barred by heavy iron
shutters.
At 11:15 y. m. an explosion of whskey
stored in the warehouse occurred blow
ing out the Mulberry alley wall with
terrible results. At the time the fire.
men, policemen, newspaper men and
others crowded the street nearby and
the alley. Many were caught in the
falling walls. How many will not be
known until the debris is cleared away
Many people We're injured by flying
bricks and beams and all the ambu-
lances and patrol wagons of the city
We're called into service. Telegraph
telephone and electric light wires at
the corner of Thirteenth and Penn fell
shortly after the explosion and killed
an unknown man,
Just after the explosion the large
warehouse of w. A. Hoverter q Co.
situated on Pike street directly oppo-
site the Chautauqua eompanys build
ing, was ablaze. and In a short time
was beyond hope of saving.
At about lis a. m. the fire was got
ten under control and no further
spread is expected. The two large
buildings are a total wreck and the
loss cannot be much less than 81 900 000
At a. IN. there are six dead in the
morgue. only five of whom have been
identified. The identified dead are:
A. J. BERRY. lieutenant of police.
WILLIAM SCOTT. JR, son of Will
liam Scott. president of the Chautau-
qua Ice company.
MRS. SIZE, aged So
STANLEY SIFE. aged o.
DAVID L0NELESS aged 81.
John Scott. brother of William Is
missing and is supposed TO be under
the debris
Among the seriously wounded are:
Captain ]. A. Brown. building inspec-
tor, both legs broken.
Owen X. Fielder. compound fracture
of right leg.
William Fleming, squeezed by falling
rafters: may die.
The following is the best list of losses
obtainable tonight: Hoverter Storage
company, building and contents $500
600: Chautaaua lee company $50 900:
Union Storage company, st75. 900 Seme
of the heaviest individual losers who
had consignments in the warehouse
are: The Economic Distilling COM
pany. 5000 barrels Of whiskey worth
$50 900: Monongahela Textile COM
pany. wool dealers. 125.000 pounds of
wool. Collins Cigar compapy. n car
loads of tobacco: w. II. Williams. COM
mission merchant. 20 carloads of SUI
gar.