The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-02
A MIDNIGHT [ | FIRE!

"A MIDNIGHT fire!
Steffens r Restaurant
Badly Burned.
About 1880 Saturday morning the
fire department were summoned
TO the bakery and restaurant Of A.
o. SteAans, and did excellent work
in subduing the fire before the en-
tire building was consumed.
AS NJ. p. Shanahan and Sheriff
Fauskee- left Helmick's restaurant
they heard the whistle Of the switch
engine and at the same time saw
the flames coming above the roof
of steffens restaurant. Mr.. Fauskee
went to q phone to notify central
and MIR. Shanahan ran to the hose
house. He was accompanied by
James Mann and Harry Nichols and
they pulled the hose cart nearly to
the bank Of Worthington, being
joined by the firemen; stream was
soon turned on the fire. Three
lines of hose were run, one from the
Western House corner and two
from the Torrance corner. There
was at the time very heavy wind
from the west and q suction was
made between the two brick build
ings on both sides Of the burning
building. The building being of
light frame and very dry burned
like tinder but the department soon
had the fire under control and ex-
tinguished. Nance's meat market,
the nearest frame building did not
catch fire although it was very close
The origin of he fire ia unknown,
but from appearances, after it was
out and while burning it appeared
to have strated between the kitchen
and work room and a store room.
The bake oven extends back into the
store room but no wood touches the
oven at any place. Mr.. Steffens
closed up about half past nine and
he always goes through the entire
building every night to see that
thece$is no fire and that every thing
is all right and done SO on this eve
ming. He has no idea Of = posi- bity
Of the origin. The store room, kitch-
en- and work room inclnding entire
contents and large supply of flour
are a total loss. In the dining
room there are holes in the ceiling
where the fire burnt the lath and
the paper is off or hanging and all
the furniture is more or less damag-
3D.. The store portion is damaged
Oy smoke ana W8tor. TX
The building is owned by Mrs. j.
p. Biltgen and was insured in the
Connecticut for $500, DR.. Geo. o.
Moore local agent. Mr.stehens had
$3.50 insurance on contents with
G. T. Tupper in the Milwaukee Me-
chanics.., As to what will be done
with the building or the restaurant
and bakery business cannot be de-
termined until after the insurance
is djusted. The loss by q suspen-
sion Of business will be considerable
to Mr.. Steffens as he had q large
patronage in both departments. The
departments done most excellent
work and too much praise cannot
be given every individual fireman
for their prompt responce to call.
Mr.. Stefens is we'll pleased with
the way the fire was handled and
20 expresses himself at ever oppor-
tunlty approaching tne gooo Work
done by the firemen.
e. L. Nance when informed
where the fire was, lost no time in
hitohing up y horse and getting to
the scene. The mocking bird whistle
did good work with its unwelcome
notes. .
THE OCTOBER HOUsEKEEPER.
: The charmigly colored cover
illustrating a spirited football scene
prepares Housekeeper readers for
the many good things in this month
magazine. One Of the more notable
artistic features is the full page illus
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