The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-28

cigar factory. Nothing was saved from
the fire in this room and all the fixtures,
together with stock on hand, was con-
sumed by the flames Mr.. Stones loss is
about $500, partially covered by insur.
ance.
The fire spread rapidly from room to
room until the entire floor south of the
fire wall, which separated the part Of the
building occupied by Sternberg We'll &
Co. from the rest of the structure was
wrapped in flames. The occupants OF
this floor who suffered losses were Poupe-
ney & Murphy, who represented an East
ern clothing firm $500; Fond, Capbell Il
Satley, agents for dry goods. $500, and
w. r. Laid, representative for an East
ern dry goods firm, $500.
Mullen & Co., brokers, who occupied
offices on the fourth floor suffered the
greatest loss of any of the occupants of
the floor. Their offices were we'll fitted
up with office fixtures, including desk,
instruments, etc. The loss as estimated
by Mr.. Mullen last night, is $500. with
only 81, 600 insurance.
From the fourth floor the fire spread to
the third floor, but only portions of This
floor were burned. The general Offices of
the Western Express company was COM
pletely Quilted leaving nothing as the re-
mains of the complete stock of office fix
lures and supplies which were in the
rooms. This Office is the depot from
which local offices are supplied with sta
ticnery blanks. Mr.. Davis, the superln-
tendent, estimates that at least S2,O0G
worth Of supplies were stored in the
building, all of which were destroyed by
the fire. There was no insurance on the
goods in the office, making the loss total
The superintendent estimated that it
would be about 81, geo.
The American Express company also
had i+c off tha icd
and they were greatly damaged by the
fire. 1t was not possible to learn last
night whether the fire completely de-
stroyed all the contents of the office, but
it was thought that such was the case.
The loss Of the company is estimated at
$780, which was fully covered by insur-
ance
Other rooms on the third floor were
occupied by various firms located out of
the city, whose agents have local offices
in the city. The losses in these cases
were impossible to learn nasmuch as it
could not be told at late hour last
night just how much of the second floor
had been reached by the flames. The
heaviest loss possible could not be more
than a few hundred dollars, as all the
| rooms contain is a few office fixtures.
Damaged by Water.
The fire did not reach the second floor
except in the southeast part of the build
| ing. All the damage which was done on
| this floor was the result of the floods of
| water which came through the ceiling
| All the occupants of this floor suffered to
| some extent from water damage. The
| losses estimated last night are as fol-
| lows: Friend Bros, agents for gents
! clothing, $500; Granger, Lee & Co., fancy
| laces, $780, and Carson, Pierre Scott &
| Co.. $500.
| The first floor of the building was oc-
cupied by the American Express com
! pany which had the corner of the building
facing on both Jackson and Fourth
streets AS soon as the fire broke out
I the employees began the work Of remov-
| ing all the records and office fixtures
| Long before the water from the upper
| stories began to come through the cell
| ing, all the contents Of the office had
4 been removed far from danger All the
| loss the company will suffer is the cost
of removing goods and perhaps some on
! articles stored in the basement of the
| building. Mr.. Irvine, superintendent of
the company, estimated last night that
| $500 would easily cover it ALL
/ Are Protected by Blanket Policy.
Next to the American Express COM
pany's Office is the room occupied by the
| Fargo Express company. The
| manager of the company followed the
example set by the American people and
/ removed nearly all the contents of the
| Office to the opposite side of the street.
| Few things were left in the Office when
/ the work was stopped and the loss to the
1 company will not exceed $500, all of which
! is covered by insurance.
The United States Express company
which occupied the rooms adjoining, did
not fare SO favorably as the other COM
| panies Although the work of removing
| the contents of the Office was begun as
soon as in the other offices, yet it was
not possible to get all of the goods out of
/ the building. The Ire starting as it did
1 directly overhead it was not long until
| the room was well filed with water,
! which gave forth such clouds of steam
| as to render the work of removing goods
/ entirely impossible Mr.. Olds, superin-
tendent OF the local office said last night
that it would be impossible for him to
say exactly what would be the loss, but
he estimated it at $500. The company car
ries a blanket policy that fully covers
its losses.
sternberg, We'll & Co. Lose $4,000.
The north section of the building is
occupied by Sternberg, We'll K Co.,
! manufacturers and wholesalers of gent s
| furnishings. While there was an eight
| een-inch fire wall between this and the
section of the building which was on
fire, yet their loss was greater than that
| of all the other tenants Of the block The