The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-09

~ That the Efforts of the Fire.
men to Save 1t We're of It,,,a
Avafl-Many People Are
less-The Insurance 1t Is Esti.
mated VIII Not Cover Mora r,,
Half the Loss.
BISMARCK, N. D., Aug. 8.-(Special,
Fire gutted the best portion Of tba
city OF Bismarck this evening. utterIv
destroying hundreds of thousa nds ami
perhaps millions of dollars worth of
property.
Inc names originated in the agents.
ONCE OF the Northern Pacific denor
Almost before they were discoverAdi
the entire building and the Immense
warehouse Of the company were in4
names. Inf1ammable oils and powdetl
contributed to the heat, and before tbai
names could be checked they had
spread to the block of brick buildingsd
across the alley, destroying the Tribsi
une building, Hare's hardware stora
ana the entire row Of structures
MELTED AWAY.
The flames then leaped across the
street to the magnificent First Nationa,
al bank building, which melted awav1
IN few minutes. The Central block
Followed, and the flames spread to thAa
postoffice, sweeping over the entirea
block and carrying down the postof..I
flee, the Merchants bank block. thA
Griffin block and all the Intermediates
frame and brick structures.
The fire then spread across the streeE
and devoured Kupttz's store and tba
greater part of the block.
The flames also spread north into al
residence block and completely gutted
it.
FIREMEN POWERLESS,
The firemen were powerless to checlr
the inroads of the fire, which spread
to hundreds Of buildings, licking them
up as so much waste paper.
The origin of the fire is unknown. s
no one was in the freight office When
1t started
1t Is impossible to estimate the loss
tonight. All wires are burned out. the
Western Union office being one of the
first to go, and the railroad office was
also destroyed. A temporary cut-in
was made to handle imperative bust.
ness.
LIST OF LOSSES.
The following buildings were destroys
eq completely: Penwarden's confection-
cry store, Morris shoe store, Hare's
hardware, the Tribune Publishing COM
pany, Rraithwaite's shoe store, First
National bank, Beardsley's drug store,
Eppinger's clothing house, Remington
drug store, Gussner's grocery. J. G.
Cuntz's cigar factory, Gorsuch's bakery,
Wen's cigar factory, Smalps restaurant,
Wilcox's dry goods store, Phelps sta.
tionery store, Sweets grocery, postofice.
Auntz's restaurant, Slattery's grocery,
Massen's paint shop, Review Office.
kupttz's grocery, Mericles' pool room,
Boothe's restaurant, Moorhouse's sta.
tionery store, De CRAFTS clothing store.
Mrs. Dunn's millinery, Steinmetz's har-
ness shop, Justice TibbaPs office, Dohls
clothing store, land Office, surveyor gem
erals office, Best's drygoods store,
Northern Pacific offices, baggage and
express office and freight warehouse,
Wills seed store. MELONS bank build
ing, law offices of F. H. Register.
Boucher and Philbrick, States Attorney
Allen, County Judge F. Ort, C. D.
Edick, Alexander Hughes, A. T. Pat
terson and several others.
LITTLE LEFT.
Every drug store in the city was
burned, all the groceries but two or
three; two newspaper offices and the
great bulk Of the business portion of
the city, with several blocks of resi-
renoes.
The Sheridan house had a narrow es-
cape, but was saved All the postofice
supplies and fixtures were lost and
many people are homeless.
The line Of fire extended from tho
Northern Pacific tracks to Thayer
street on the north, and from Fourth
to Third streets on the east and west. !
Insurance may cover one-half Of the
loss.