Iron County register., 1900-02-08
FIERCE CONFEDERATION.
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-Eis hteen Large Stores
Either Burned out or Practically Ruined
List of the Buildings Burned and the
Victims.


Either Burned Out or Practically RUNE.
| List of the Buildings Burned and tn
| Victims.
St. Louis, Feb. 6.-Fire Sunday de
stroyed the four blocks extendins
from the east side of Third street anC
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 bea
at :52 a. m.
The Retail Business Section.
The loss will be between $500, ,OO(
and S2,OO0.0O0.
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 OF
damaged. The fire was checked at the
east side of Third street only afte.
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 Harp was fatally injured and
Charles Moebey, member of engine
company No. IL, was killed by the col
laps of the four-story building occl-
pied by Doerr Bros, who conduct a
five and tencentstore. John Judge, 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
ly 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, i'm
mediately opposite the store of Penny
& Gentles, and the gentleman who was
in 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-
fagration was the sound of an ex-
plosion. The two men say that the
whole front of the Penny & Gentles
building on the second floor was blown
cut, and that the flames jumped across
the street to the old Crawford build
ing in an Instant, almost as a man
would leap
COrroberated by q Policeman.
A police officer makes a statement
that agrees with these reports. He says
that he had just passed the Penny e
Gentles' store when the fire broke out.
He saw no sign of a blaze when he
went by the store. He had scarcely
reach Union market, n 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 Bros. dry goods, store.
Peoples house furnishing store.
johnson Bros Drug Co., partially.
Schlisler-Cornelia Seed Co.
Plant Seed Co.
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 & Sons commission house.
Benton & Co.'s commission house.
Baur Flour Co.
William Book, saloon.
The Dead and Injured.
The following is list of the casual
les reported:
Charles Moebey, fireman, killed.
John Karp, fireman; probably fatal
y; taken to the hospital.
George w. Durand, Fourth and Luz
as, right hip injured, slipped on side
walk.
John Hanmore, 523 Gratiot, driver
.ngine No. ?, dislocated spine and
10Th legs broken.
j. Adams, OF NO. truck, lacerated
land, causing partial paralysis.
Mike Harmon, 22O2 North Tenth,
ireman of truck No. Z, injured in
Jack.
John Judge, fireman, shock from
alling roof.
Joseph Schwaiger, fireman, of 4o6
outh Third street, badly injured and
aiken home.
Harry Bridge, foreman No. IL COM
ANY, shocked by electric wire; not
injured; taken home.
August Roeber, Locust street; leg
roken at First and Olive.
Ran OF with the Ballots.
Trenton, Neb., Feb. 4.-When prep
rstions were made to take up the
ontest case of the sheriff and treas
rer it was discovered that all the bal
1ts cast at last falls election had been