Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-06
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Several Immense Structures
Partially Destroyed in a,
New York Fire. y.
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delight Of tho Buildings Made
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LOSS IS FULLY A MILLION
Rogers-Peet, Home Life and
Postal Telegraph Company
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Desperate Efforts to Save VAL
). liable Papers Prove Of
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LOSS IS FULLY A MILLION

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rain storm the massive block of build
Ings on Broadway, 25S to 259, and in
cl,1ded between Murray and Warren
streets. was almost destroyed by fire.
Within three hours more than 81 coo, ,0O0
worth of property was destroyed. y
The fire began in the 5-story brick
building occupied by the mems furnish
ing firm of Rogers, Peet & Co., on the
southwest corner Of Broadway and
Warren streets. Adjoining the Rogers
Peet building and south of it was the
magnificent white building of the Home
Life Insurance company, IA stories, and
next to this was the brown stone build
ing of the Postal Telegraph company.
20 stories, erected at a cost Of millions
only few years ago. Within q few
minutes after the discovery of the fire
the Rogers Peet building was roaring
furnace and an alarm had been turned
in which brought 4
More THIN q Score of Engines +
to the scene. 1t was but short time
when the flames had eaten through the
wall of the Home Life and were roaring
high above that lofty structure. Thou
sands of people, had gathered onsthe
scene and the binding glare Of the
flames lit up the lower part Of the city.
Even in the downpour the graaqpvds
Of people grew and the police reSg%es
were called out from many stations and
kept the people back for blocks. 4Greast
showers of sparks were Carried IA ikll
directions by the gale that blew 1,60
miles an hour. 1t was aspicturesqale
fire. The Home Life Insnfance build
ing was occupied by that company and
q large number of prominent men in
various lines Of business. Every effort
was made to :. -. Z, u !:
Save tho Valuable Papers
stored in some of the offices but many of
these were lost. The Offices Of the rapid
transit commission were on the ninth
floor Of this building and it is believed
that all the plans and schemes Of work
with which the commission have been
working this many years have been de-
stroyed. In the Postal building as we'll
there were many serious losses Of q pri-
vate nature and when the flames reached
the operating room of this structure,
which they did within the three hours
of the outbreak, the one or two solitary
operators who remained at their posts
were compelled to fee for their lives,
leaving unsent messages at the keys
The fire burned even more fiercelyt in
the Home Life building
Owing to the Great Height
of this structure and in an incredibly
short time the upper half of this smagni6-
cent building was in flames. The water
towers in the street were only able to
throw their heavy streams into the
lower part of the structure, and the
firemen, though they worked with great
bravery and untiring energy in the
binding smoke and heat, could do lit
tie in the face of such q fierce sweep of
fame and gale. 1t was only question
Of time when the Postal building, 80 far
as the upper stories were concerned,
went the way of the others ~
The estimate of the losses by Chief
Bonner was 81, 600, 600. with a prohabil-
ity o: 4 still further loss. E Z