Show A Big Fire III Rochester ROCHESTER N Y Jan 12A fierce fire is raging hero at noon Hiram Sib J leys seed house a ten or twelve story building covering nearly a whole square is a mass of flames Tno heat from the fire makes it impossible for tho firemen to be of much use in saving adjoining buildings build-ings and it is feared other fires will follow At 1230 Half an hour after the fire started the south wall of the great building fell crushing in tho r ear of the store of Howe Bassett which is in tho Sibley block in the rear burning the building A woman and baby were rescued by a fireman fire-man from the third story of this building build-ing Later a large portion of the southwest wall Jell setting fire to the Second Baptist church Detective Long was in the back hall of the top floor with ten or twelve firemen and citizens t helping rescue the people within when the walls fell in and all were buried in the ruins When Long and two firemen es cappd they saw nothing of the rest of c the people who were with them Long feels certain some of them are still in the ruins As soon as it became apparent the building in the rear could not be saved and the danger of the front building which ii is occupied by fifteen firms as well as residents from catching t fire the tenants in the latter began to move out Tne fire however was gottea under control before the whole front of the structure was consumed No estimate of loss can be given Hiram Sibley said the rear structures worth was looOoo He cannot account for the origin of the fireThough Though several firemen had narrow es capea from death no one was injured Howell Bassett plumbers lose their I entire stock valued at 30000 The seed house was valued at 75000 The total loss will foot up 150OCO insured I |