Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-26
BIG FIRE LOSS
At ROCHESTER
Five Million Dollars Worth of
Property Licked Up by
the Flames
NOTED GRANITE BUILDING GOES
Half Dozen Other Big Buildings in.
the Heart Of the City Destroyed in
Fire Which Burned for Six Hours.
Buffalo and Syracuse Send for
HeIp-coId Made Fighting Difficult.

Rochester, Feb. 26.-The worst con-
Migration in the history of Rochester,
broke out at about 5 o'clock this NOR
ming In the basement Of the Rochester
Dry Goods Company store, at 1856 16d
Main street east. The fire spread with
such rapidlty, that by the time an
alarm was turned in the entire front Of
the store was a mass OF flames. Soon
1.-THE building occupied by the Beadle
& Sherburne Company was ablaze and
Chief Little appealed to the Buffalo
and Syracuse departments for help.
Nearly five hours later four steamers
arrived from Syracuse. Within an
hour after being discovered the fire9
had spread to the big gigantic granite
building. occupied by the firm of Sib-
Hey Lindsay & Curr, and hundreds az
business and professional men. The
flames also spread to buildings In the
rear OF the granite block. The loss Is
estimated at between four and i've
million dollars most OF which fell on
the Sabley. Lindsay & Curr Company.
Beadle & sherburne Company. Rochl
lester Dry Goods Company, and the
Walker Shoe Company. The entlrAs
tenth floor of the Granite building was
occupied BY the Vacuum OH Company, 4
branch OF the Standard Oil, Company
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency had
torices In the building several en-
sines from the Bnnal8 Are aapaxt-
nsent arrived at II O'Clock. 1T tiai
hour the fire was still burning fiefceiy.
but Chief Little believed the flames
could be kept under control. as theras
was no wind blowing.
Firenlen used dynamite early In ths
morning. but use Of the explosive was
soon abandoned.
The principal loss will fail on the
firms above mentioned, but there are
numerous business OFFICES located I'm
1.-THE Granite building. loss OF which can
mot now be estimated. The extreme
cold made fire lighting difficult ana
hazardous.
Rochester, N. Y, Feb. 2s.-A great
fire is raging here. Main street east 1
between st. Paul and North streets in
the heart OF business district being In
flames. Buffalo and Syracuse have
been appealed to for help. Dynamite Is
now being used to check the spread.
Among the buildings already gone are
the Granite Building. high office
structure; sibley, Lindsay. Curr & Co.;
Beadle, Sherburne & Co.. Rochester
Dry Goods Co, and the Walkover Shoe
Co. The loss is estimated at $1,000, 00o. I.
Efforts OF the fire department are Gene
tered on the west wall OF the Granite
building to prevent falling and spreads
ing the fire. Should the fire once spread
to the west side of st. Paul street the
entire business section would be great
" endangered Assistant Chief FRANK
Jacques was severely injured by thl
fall. The fire is reported to have start
eo IN tHe uaseaheipe VI eiie HeVSaAeSesS HeVSSesS
Dry Goods Co. at 4cso. A fuse connect
ed with an electric motor that runs the
elevator blew out. In a few minutes
the building was in flames. Many wa
ter mains were frozen, rendering the
task of the firemen extremely difficult.
This afternoon the fire ds under conn
plete control.
Insurance men estimate the loss at
four to five million, with insurance OF
about two and one.llalf million.