Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-02-08
-FOUR BLOCKS BURNT
Property Worth $I,5oo,ooo
Destroyed in st. Louis.
ONE KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED
In the aeart Of the Retail sectior oi
the City-Losses Were Distrib-
uted Among Many.

uted Among Many.
ST. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 8.--Property to
the estimated value Of 81, 500, 900 was
burned today, the greater part OF four
blocks Of buildings and their contents
between Third and Sixth streets and
Franklin avenue and Morgan street, in
the heart Of the retail section, being
destroyed. One fireman was killed,
nine other members OF the fire depart.
ment were injured more or less seri-
ously, and five or six citizens were
hurt slightly. None OF the injured
will die, as far as known tonight.
The loss on both buildings and
stocks of goods is approximately
81, SOC, 900. Definite figures are ex-
ceedingly hard to obtain There were
six retail concerns which were heavy
losers. The remainder of the loss Is
divided in varying proportions among
score or more OF small shopkeepers or
firms. Only two concerns suffered loss
OF over 500, 000-Penny q Gentles and
Schaper Bros. The buildings in which
the two concerns were housed were
owned by the Mary X. Knox estate,
and " ere erected at cost OF $l65, coo.
Penny & Gentles' loss, which is COW
cred entirely by insurance, is estimated
at $135, 900. Schaper Bros. loss is es-
timated at 800, 900. These two con-
Germs occupied about half the block on
the west side Of Broadway, south from
the corner Of Franklin avenue, and the
buildings were entirely destroyed.
The rest OF the block on the west side
OF the street is taken up by the build
| ings occupied by the Famous dry goods
store, whose loss was comparatively
slight.
On Franklin, Just back OF Penny q
Gentles, the building occupied by the
Fuch Millinery 81 Cloak Company
suffered loss on the stock of $40, 900.
The store occupied by d. Crawford -
Co., at Broadway and Franklin avenue,
was entirely burned, with loss on
buildings and stock of $4,000. The
| Peoples Housefurnishing Company, at
| 8l4 North Broadway, was completely
!, wrecked; loss $50, 900. At 8l2 North
Broadway, Deere Bros store, filled
with stock OF and 10-cent goods,
sustained u $3s, 900 loss on buildings
and stock.
The fire swept through the block
from Broadway to Fourth street and
burned all the buildings from S27 to
500 North Fourth street. These build
! ings we're old three and four story
structures, some occupied rs tenements
! above and stores below, while Others
we're vacant. Here the st. Louis
Dressed Beef & Provisions Company,
Herboth Mercantile Company, the
Schisler-C Cornelia Seed Company, and
three small stores, suffered an aggre.
gate loss of $65, 900, while the losses
! on buildings amounted to, fully $45,.
: 900.
. Among the firms and individuals
, that suffered heavily from the fire are
. the following, whose places of business
: were on the east side of Fourth and
west side of Third streets:
q Al, Nasse, wholesale grocer; Plant
Seed Company; Krenning Glass Com
! pany; Bassett's plumbing establish
! ment; McLain & Alcorn Commission
9 Company; Bueller Block Commission
: Company; Nelson Distilling Company
Hake & Sons Commission Company
: George A. Benton, produce; Bauel
Flower Company; Shaw & Richmond
produce. Their losses aggregate thous
ands OF dollars and are partly covered
: by insurance.
!, Late tonight John Cummings, pri
: vate watchman of Penny & Gentles
was arrested and is being held, pending
!. an investigation into the origin OF tn
fire. He was taken into custody as tn
!, result OF a statement by woman room
: ing opposite, to the effect that she ha
: seen a man answering the watchman'
!. description, lighting matches in tn
i store previous to the fire. Cumming
denied having had anything to do will
it, and states that he was at hom
J when the fire broke out.