Show spectacular blaze is attended by 20 fire engines chicago sept a the santa fe elevator containing bushels 0 grain was destroyed by alre today loss fully insured the building located at twenty seventh and wood street was a five story frame structure the alro Is thought to hayo been started by spontaneous combustion in a wheat bin on the top story where an explosion was hoard by workmen before the alre department arrived the flames had made a tray to the first floor and wore beyond control tho firemen experienced difficulty jn reaching the flames and obtaining water although twenty engines nd two alro tags were at the scene tha elevator Is controlled by harris company grain brokers and was valued abc forty or more grain cars were standing on a side track and were moved under heavy risk by the train crew and saved within fifteen minutes after the alre had been discovered tho entire bunding was a mass of names the heat was intense and tho firemen were forced back from tho building an hour after the alre the floors of tho building collapsed and later the sides of the building gave way hundreds of bushels of grain flowed into the river the elevator contained abolt bushels of grain of which half was oats the alre was one of the most spectacular that has occurred in years largo embers were carried acoss the river to the north and tell among the lumber piles in the yard of the john spry lumber company to prevent a reposition of the lumber yard alre of 1891 five engine companies wera sent to the lumber yards to extinguish several small fires which had been started by the flying embers |