The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-21
New City Hall Suffered Damage to
Extent Of 50, 900 in Broken
Windows.

/ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was tplOu.
ably responsi BILE forS fire (which last
evening destroyed the Leonard Paulle
|, show case mani fac turing plant at 418
Third avenue S a$sfd damaged adjacent
property to the amount Of several
sthousands of dollars and promised at
one time ito spread to other sections
of the business dlstric t - !. s 81. 1:
s /. The total destrMet ionS between GAS
and 81 e. M 81 tim ates S 400 90 on
sa9ee. sOf-this latter amount $4,000
is carried by Mr.. Paulle, who estf-,
mates his losses. at $4,000, $40, 600.
being on the building and $50, 900 on
it's contents, chiefly fine woods.
AT one time it was supposed that the
engineer, a man recently engaged and
known to his employer only by num-
Der, had been a victim of the flames.
but the main turned up this morning.
He said he left the engine-room a
half hour before RI G. Cochran, the
Waterman, discovered the fire; that,
everything was all tight then SO far
as he knows, and sthatfhe had no idea
as to the cause Of the fire.
The fire was one3of the hottest in
the recent history Of Minneapolis
fires, and one. of the quickest and
most thoro in the. destruction of prop
erty. From the time the flames were
discovered, about Z O'Clock, until the
west side Of the factory fell lii ruins,
not over ten minutes elapsed, and by
+ s o'clock the remaining part of the
factory had been Quilted, the fire re-,
+ four story building ,left a pile. of
heated brick and tottering walls.
/ During this rapid and thoro- work
of :the flames adjoining frame houses
| in the rear of the factory and on
Third avenue s were either totally
y 4 ~, Jn,., II
while the roof of the brick: lodging
! houses known as the Linton-Clark
flats, 214~216-218 Fifth street S. were
/ badly damaged, the splendid North
| western Telephone scofnpany's plant
I at Fifth street. and Third avenue IS
| was threatened Withstotal destruction
and damage was done to the glass on
| house and eity,llall buildhrgsto the ex-
tent .ef s5,0ee:.s safs
-5ss Sparks Start Dthers Fires.
/ Incipient fires On; the Bank of Com
merce Ebutiding;sff l O. Oneida block. the
| Guaranty zbuildings the Times buil ding
| and adjoining .busfness blocks did no
considerable. damage only because OF
the vigilance and activity Of the
WatchInen son thse roefss That t las
| not suffer the loss of its entral plant
arid that business iii . the city iss not
greatly. disturbsds to-day In. conse-
1 lllencee was due entirely to the heavy
! fire. wall between. 1T and the Paulls
j Building and to the hreproof con-
struction of the. Telephone company's
| building. ,:.: a.
ss. City Hall Suffers.
Tn: the meantime the damage to the
city hall had been done and the beau
4 tiful heavy colored glass in. the colln.
ell chamber had been utterly ruined
!. while the roof OF the Linton-C Clark
1 flats had fallen In on FIRE, two or three
& smaller houses back of the Paulle fac
Z terry had been ruined and the story
], and-a-half frame. dwellings at 40S and
40 Third avenue S had been .rend red
!: unifhabitable. ~ 81. IS. e..
Mr.: Paulle. is not in position, a,
! this time to formulate plans. for the
4 continuing Of ! his business. About
! eighty-f1ve men were employed in the
i plant and they are temporarily, al
4 least out Of rnployrnent.
j Walls Ordered Down.
I. The building inspector has ordered
down two stories of the remaining
:. front wall Of the Paulle plant and the
4 remainder OF the wall in the rear OF
!, the building, the front wall Of which
Is all down. 81 81