The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-29
will be repaired Immediately. and be ready
for lease within ten days.
COLLAPSING WALLS MAKE
FIREMEN'S WORK EASIER.

4
Thirty minutes after Private Watchnal
Martin Ryan discovered the fire bursting
| from the rear of the store formerly occu
| pied by the Rosenthal-S Sloan Millinery Com
pany, the side walls of the building col
lapsed. and fell upon Seventh street. send
| ing high In the air q cloud Of burning en-
| bers.
| from this on. Fire fighters had climbed tht
| roof Of the Lindel Hotel and surrounding
| buildings. They clustered upon the ladder
| towers and poured eighteen streams OF
| water into the fallen building.
With the fall of the side wall, the flames
attacked the Washington avenue side OF
the building. and. leaping across that tho--
oughfars. ignited the top floor Of the vacant
building owned by Daniel Nugent
FLAMES AGAIN
THREATEN. HOTEL.
The fresh outburst Of flame along the
front wall renewed its attack upon the west
wall of the Lindell Hotel. For q time It
looked as though that structure was
doomed. The departments efforts were d.
rected afresh by Chief Swingly against
these new dangers, and after desperate ef-
forts, the progress of the flames in this
direction was thwarted- Proprietor Shaugh-
nessey warned that there was new danger
to his building, again called upon his own
fire forces to fight this new outburst.
In less than a quarter of an hour the
fury Of the confiagration had been con-
quered. Ffremen were still standing at
their posts in the streets, where they had
remained throughout the tempest of falling
debris. breaking electric wires and crash OK
raining glass.
FIREMEN STAND AMID
THE BURNING TIMBERS.
They were literally knee deep in burning
timber and tangled masses OF tin roofing
and wire. when Fire Chief Swingley stood
in the middle of Washington avenue and
announced that the battle had been won.
This was at midnight. The fire fighters
were sheethed in armors of ice. But the
hotel building had been saved with a dam
age of only $25,0o0. which Is the estimate of
Proprietor Shaughnessey.
ESTIMATES OF THE
DAMAGE AND INSURANCE..
The wreck completed by the work Of the
flames will reach a total Of 100000 esti-
mates made by Chief Swing1ey. and Moses
Fraley. underwater for the property dam
aged. The total insurance Is $4,000. dis
tributed as follows:
Lndell Hotel, top floor, Turkish bath.
rooms and cafe. were damaged by fire.
smoke and water to the extent Of 5000
The L. Bauman Jewelry Company, 100000
which includes jewelry exposed to the
fire, and excerpts tewelry stored in vaults.
M A. Heinman, shoe fixtures, No. SIS
at $4,000.
Max Lipschitz. clothing. No. SIG North
Seventh street. total loss. $4,000, estimated.
Morris Wolf & Co.. clothing. No. 200
Washington avenue, $4,000, damaged by
smoke.
P. Murphy, trunks, $500. No. el4 Washing
The Hub. No Si2 washington avenue,
800: damaged show windows.
Hayvley-Murphy Trunk Company. No. COS
Washington avenue. $500 damage to show
windows.
The insurance carried by the Lindell Hotel
was $3O0.O
L. Bauman Jewelry Company. 100000
The Peter O'Neil estate, owners of the
building occupied by the Bauman Jewelry
Company. and recently by the Rosenthal-
Sloan Millinery Company. $4,000.
Max Lipschitz, occupying the rear OF the
ONeil estate building. $4,000. estimated.
NJ. A. Heinman. occupying quarters next
door to the Lipschitz establishment, $25.0O0
estimated
Morris Wolf & Co., $4,000, estimated.