The Greenville times., 1900-02-10
FIERCE CONGREGATION.
Nearly Two Million Dollars Worth
of St. Louis Business
Property Burned.
ONE FIREMAN KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED.
The North broadway Retail District the
Scene of the Fire-EighteenL Large Stores
Either Burned Out or Practically Ruined
List of the buildings burned and the
Victims.

st. Louis, Feb. 6.-Fire Sunday de
stroyed the four blocks extending
from the east side of Third street and
between Franklin avenue and Morgan
streets.
The fire started in the store of Pen.
ny & Gentles, and the alarm was
sounded by the patrolman on the beat
at 1852 a. m.
The Retail Business Section.
The loss will be between 81 800, 900
and $2.OOO,0O0.
The fire was at the north end of the
retail business section. some of the
largest and best-known dry goods
houses in the city being destroyed or
damaged. The fire was checked at the
east side of Third street only after
every engine company in the city had
been called into service for the first
time in the history of the department.
Due to an Explosion.
According to the testimony of all
, persons in the vicinity of the outbreak
of the blaze, the fire was due to some
kind of explosion.
Killed and Fatally Injured.
John karp was fatally injured and
Charles Moebey, member of engine
company No. IL, was killed by the col
laps of the four-story building occu-
pied by Doerr Bros, who conduct a
five and tencent store. JohnJudge, fore
man of the company, was also buried
beneath the debris, but was released
after several hours of most difficult
work, and is not believed to be fatal
1y injured.
Flames Jumped Across the Street.
All persons in the vicinity at the
outbreak of the blaze agree that the
fire was either due to or followed by
an explosion. The doctor who was en-
gagged in the Dill dental rooms, inn
niediately opposite the store of Penny
d Gentles, and the gentleman who was
i'll the chair agree in the statement !
that the fire broke out on the second |
story of the big dry goods house, and !
that the first intimation of the CON
flagration was the sound of an ex-
Plosion: The two men say that the
whole front of the Penny q Gentles |
building on the second floor was blown I
cut, and that the flames jumped across
the street To the old Crawford build
ing in an instant, almost as man
would leap.
COrrOheratcd by a Policeman.
A police officer makes statement
t1a4 xUith
that he had just passed the Penny g.
Gentles' store when the fire broke out.
lie saw no sign CT a blaze when he
went by the store. lie had scarcely
reach Union market, half block away,
when he heard an explosion. He, too
says that he had scarcely turned his
head toward the sound before the
flames had shot across the street and
the old Crawford store and
the Peoples House Furnishing Co.
The Buildings Burned.
Following is list of the buildings
burned;
Penny & Gentles.
Schaper Pros. dry goods store.
Peoples house furnishing store.
johnson Bros Drug Co.. partially.
Schlisler-Cornelia Seed Co.
Plant Seed Go.
Krenning Glass Co.
Bassett Plumbing Co.
Doerr Bros five and ten cent store.
Famous, partially.
Mueller Block Commission Co.
Dill Bros dental parlors, partially.
Nelson Distilling Co.
Mclean & Alcorn Commission Co.
Hake g. Sons commission house.
Benton e. Co.'S commission house.
Banr Flour Co.
William lock, saloon.
The Dead and Injured.
The following is list Of the casual \
les reported: t
Charles Moebey, fireman, killed.
John Karp, fireman; probably fatal
i; taken to the hospital.
George w. Durand. Fourth and Luz a
a. right hip injured, slipped on side n
falls Il
John Kenmore, sss Gratiot, driver II