| Show l DESTRUCTIVE t T TI t FIRE fl t tIt It IN MI r LI It a Loss That Is Hough Nought I Estimated nt ill Three Million Dollars Hollars t TWO MEN WERE KILLED Sonic Some Missing nil and I Some SOllie i Por For ti n Long tong Time TIllie hest lc Tart Part of He Ie tail lull District Was Wat II Threatened II RK DK 1 broke out In the photograph house hotiN hOIl or of ere th O 0 H n Peak look company 01 on o Filth Fifth street treet South nt at 10 lOfIO tar lasi night spread to buildings bull lIns nm nn Mil r mused A t 1 oar roughly toughly at pt 13 3 0 The rho Pock Pack building WA entire entirely p ly Iy gutt Butted while hll the tory Mory furniture lions of ot Bros It to one of ot the Itus larg est of ot Its liS kind In n the flu flun lit n was ruined and 1 n of or destroyed The rowers Powers Mercantile company an aI Immense department storo atoro just juat Avenue South was threatened ll with frith destruction but the heroism Upon the part flIt of at the thu and St t 1 t lire fire prevented th destruction although Immense damage daming was WI delO to tho stuck stock by h water For l or a 1 time the tho beet best part pait of ot the retail f district it t the tho City ally was Willi threatened anc r tho the firemen seemed unable in to stay the tu 1 onrush or 0 the tho which were driven fitly on en by IL high bleh wind vI ul tram from the lire north Iy lIy Ii allowing the lire already o on u lie flit lieto to 10 burn out and confining their tn to adjacent buildings the tha v Inman had Imd the well im un und tind d cler d r control At nt 3 2 I this Ono intuit was wu reported killed by com coming m ing log In n contact with a n 1 live wire and two tec 1 are itro niso believed to lave have beer been beerY Y killed Tho rho tiro WAS discovered In Pecks storo at lit Fifth I South Houth and Firth Fifth 7 street treet It 11 soon SOlin got fot beyond control nod thu tho I tiros store The fhe big bl store fillet with draperies nod t rugs hung tram train display racks was wag easy cosy ens s prey for tor tho the lames and nIl tho store was wast t ruined r With tho the still working wonting orl on building tho walls tell fell fo folt firemen fremon lt men wore seen AIJen In tho glare that i lighted the Iho whole city to be burled bo boo north the tho of at brick and mor mar mortar mortar marl l tar One of or the men inon In tho the tall fall of lit tho the was n a member of tho ilia ml MI vago corps The other othor was n fireman from one ono of ot tho the engine companies The Lime lire fire spread to the 1118 Now New England louse House louser r Furnishing establishment across neross the ther r street et from the store Then It U leaped to tho the Powers Mercantile com cont v great grent deportment department store The district In which tho the fire occurred r In Is s closely built up most mont of ot tho the build r Inge being brick anti and stone tono structures Tho high wind carried burn Vurn lurn Ing fug brands and sparks In tn nil all direction s d nod and many small blazes were lit within n C radius of at four blocks block The Tho principal newspapers pere of ot the tho city were located but buta a Moat block from fro rain In tho time scene HoeM of ot tho the fire Ore and for n 1 time were thought to be In dan Ilan danger ger gr r gerThe The Northwestern bank building tho the Phoenix office building hll the National Hank flank of ot Commerce tho the New York Torl Life and many other big attire i buildings were within the time fire zone and for tor n a time seemed to be In ht danger of ot being wiped out As soon noon ns ne the tho ex foX extent extent tent of ot tho the fire was soon scon an no appeal for n was made to tho the St Paul I deportment and 1111 two steamers wore were II patched by special train The cold catch co weather and high wind flu duo the tha firemen greatly gre In their ef of efforts forts forte to subdue tho the flames but fortu nattily the time wind died down shout about 2 and further danger of ot the he fire spreading to tl have been averted t In tho the front ot of the burning building 4 nOli tell building there stands a af street wr car totally demolished d by lIy 1 A f toting electric light pole tram from which A several live JIve wires were ero burned burnell Only t ono on man luau la If reported killed by these wires though several were stunned hew seriously In la not known know The 0 O II n Peck Peek company ono one of or the time lending leading photographic supply companies A of ot tho the city sustained a n total loss lose The building was owned by the tho late Hale Homo Home stead company compon and was WaR valued nt of 20 Insurance Tho The Boutell rom com comp p ny hod stock stored In valued at betty Gen t valued at nt between Gustavo Gustave Miller corps John Ducklo salvage TIlE THE MISSING John hose hOlle company No 18 George hose hoslI company 1 No 18 IS Leon lose hose company No IS HO so far as ns known Brothers building stock nearly covered by Insurance ance AlC Frame company building stock Pecks lecks Photographic Supply house houle building stock eloc Miss Irene Ireno lisle building other loM a Pow ere Mercantile company building stack Block 0 I |
