The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-10
FATAL FALL OF WALLS
Al LEAST SIX LIVES LOST IN 4
PiTTSBURG FIRE

Two Million Dollars Worth of Prom
er'y Destroyed by the burning of
cold Storage Warehouse-Ex.
piosion of Whisky Caused the
Disaster.
PlTTSBURG. Pa. Feb. 10. At s.9r
O'Clock last night fire started in the
LdI ia ee slX-story storage house of the
Shautauqua Lake Ice companv and
peiore the flames were subdned ar
10 a. m. nearly two million dollars
worth of property had been DESTROYED
a. last SIX nVes lost and many people
badly injured.
Inc fire, in point of fatalities is tbe
in years. mas i"u
The department responded quickly
ana ana general alarm was sent in
Other alarms quickly followed and al
midnight Allegheney's fire department
Was called on for help.
ihe following is list of killed and
injured, so far as can be learned to-
night: W
POLICE CAPT BERRY.
JOHN WEST. aged 20 years
MRS SIZE, aged 80 years
SiANLEY SIZE, aged 10 years
DAVID LOVELESS, aged 35 years.
UNKNOWN MAN
Some of the injured whose names
nave been secured are:
TN omarIes res simon. a travelling salesman,
lrTn cincinnati, badly cut on head
William Fleming soueezej ~ saltrn-
rafter. may die.
:, Daniel Malcney. carried through the cell
ternally. " - NUT III
Charles Wilson. bridge builder. badly cut
ana hurt internally.
William Desmuke a pedd1er boad o,d
shoulders badly cut.
Mary Desmuke. hts wife, hurt Internal
David Stewart. badly cut on head
capt j. A. Brown. building insepctor.
both legs broken.
o. Robert Rosemund, lieutenant Engine No.
-, reg crushed. necessitating amputatlon:
right leg. Va
injured. " '"'0' many
Oven Oven -, Mqllhan. 1II. scalp lacerated.
william Elcming, contusions on hodv
Joe Headley. body and head cut
nate wilson Paducah. Ky. head cut
robert Dawson, head and body injured.
The fire started in the storage build
ing or the Chautauqua Lake Ice COM
pany and the origin is unknown. The
vicinity Is composed of a mixture OF
huge warehouses and many private
residences, the inhabitants of which
ned In alarm, carrying with them as
much portable household goods as pos
sible P''-
There were frequent explosions.
which greatly added to the consterna-
tion and alarm, and the streets we--e
completely blocked with people and
their goods interfering with the fire
men, who were already handicapped I'm
their efforts to control the flames on
account of the windows and doors Of
the burning buildings being strongly
barred by heavy iron shutters.
One Of the compartments of the
warehouse was used as the govern
ment bonded warehouse and contained
ABOUT AGO barrels of whisky and
alcohol
AT ll:l5 p. m. an explosion Of whisky
occurred, which blew out the Mulberry
alley wall with terrible results. At
the time the alley was full of firemen.
policemen, newspaper men and others
Many were caught by the falling wall
The telegraph telephone and elec-
tric light wires at the corner of Thir-
teenth and Penn fell shortly after and
Killed an unknown man.
Just after the explosion the large
warehouse of w. T. Hoeveler g. Co.
situated on Pike street directly oppo-
site the Chautauqua company's build
ing, was ablaze, and In a short time
was beyond hope OF saving
At about 1:15 the fire was gotten un-
der control. The two large buildings
are total wreck, and the loss cannot
be much less than a million dollars.
Until the fallen walls have been
cleared away there can be no certain
ty as to the number Of victims.
AT a. m. there are six dead al the
morgue, only two of whom have been
identified. They are Police Lieut.. A. ].
Berry, who was acting captain. and
William Scott Jr., aged twenty, son OF
William Scott president of the Chau-
tauqua Ice company. His brother
John. aged eighteen, Is missing and is
supposed to be buried under the ruins.
The following is the best list Of losses
obtainable tonight:
Hoeveler Storage company, building
and contents. 5000 900; Chautauqua Ice
company. $150000; Union Storage com
pany, $1,000.000; small Penn avenue
houses, $4,000 making a total OF 81 ,775,-
600, all of which was well insured.
Two Of the heaviest individual losers
who had consignments In the ware
houses are: The Economy Distilling
company, 5000 barrels OF whisky worth
$75O,OOO, and the Monongahela Textile
company. wool dealers. 125,000 pounds
of wool. A statement Of insurance
cannot be obtained.