The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
F|RFNEN DID GOOD WORK
BLAZE IN THE CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE BUILDING QUICKLY
CHECKED
DAMAGE ABOUT $1,000
Started in the Studio of Arthur c.
KOerner on the Fifth Floor
Fire Confined to West
ern Section.

Fire broke out on the fifth floor of the
Chamber of Commerce building shortly
after Z o'clock last evening, and for a
few minutes after the alarm was turned
in, it looked as if the entire building
would be burned to the ground. The
fire is supposed to have originated In the
music studio of Arthur c. Koerner, room
SOL The fire department was very quick
in arriving, but the fire already had
gained such Roadway that the flames
were shooting out through the windows
on the fifth floor and presented spec
tacular sight. In the quickest possible
time, the firemen had several lines of
hose playing on the fire, which was very
hard to get at being up so high Up the
stairway dashed fireman after fireman,
and for nearly half an hour they bravely
fought the flames. The fire was finally
gotten under control, and in a short time
the salvage corps were busy cleaning up
the debris, mostly broken glass.
CONFINED TO TWO FLOORS.
The fire was kept within the western
portion of the fifth and sixth
floors, and the heroic work Of the
f1remen in subduing the flames so
quickly deserves a great deal of praise.
The firemen worked hard and~the officers
of the company owning the building did
not hesitate to comment fevorably on
lu6lT WOIh III Ci6ChlllS the IRE So qulCh-
~, and with d comparatively small loss.
Luckily no one was hurt by the break
ing glass, which fell very thick at times.
LOSS MAY BE $4,000
The building sis~owned by the Chamber
Of Commerce Building company and is
insured for $S6;ee0.a The estimated loss
to the building is 5000.
great deal Of damage to the building
was caused by broken glass, as almost
all the windows in the rear part and
western end Of the fifth and sixth floors
were broken, as were also the glass
doors.
The following are the individual losers
and their estimated loss:
Arthur Koerner, music teacher, room
sol, total loss about $1,000; E. Schmaltz,
engraver and jeweler, rooms 502-3, loss
$500, mostly by water; Prof. Boenisch,
business college, rooms 601-2-3-4-5, loss
5000, mostly by smoke and water; Dr.
Ford and DR.. Darragh, rooms 504-5, dam
aged about 500 by water and smoke.
Mrs. Lenander room SOC, suffered slight
damage by water and smoke. The Nord-
vesten, a Norwegian newspaper, was
damaged by water to the extent Of about
500.
BIRDS ARE SUFFOCATED.
Probably the saddest loss of the fire was
the death of about twenty choice birds,
belonging to Patterson Bros, the dem
fists. The birds were all found sUffocated
by the smoke. The damage to Patterson
Bros, including the birds, will be about
$780, The weather bureau escaped with
out damage. The cause Of the fire is
unknown, but it is supposed to have been
started by crossed wires.
The individual losses are well covered
by insurance.
FIREMANS WATCH IS MISSING.
While working at the fire, Walter T.
Black, captain of No. engine company,
East Tenth street and Broadway, lost Il
valuable gold watch. He is not sure
whether he dropped it or whether it was
stolen from his pocket in the general ex-
element.
During the fire Capt Black also cut
his hand in knocking in a glass panel
of a door DR.. Gilfillan dressed the cut.
Capt. Black will not be able to report for
duty for two or three days.