Show DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST LOUIS UO worlhumber IhCrl1 111 I Ier 11 or lell fl br 1oim July 1JV llro which proed to L hIt largest nml I most dostrnotive of Ito lt ltJ hiaUi tal that lit ever occurred in this city i diicovcrcd al 2 oclock jostorday after ton in I the Inmhcr yards of Knanp Stout Sib corner of ViiKclici street nnd llremcn 1 SnrmmH immedialely turned in thai hroensmei were soon nt tlio scene ihoy aft boaster owing to tho poor h water 8tp It IJ unable to Cola with llio flames which byn strong wind and HOOII communicated nndrhcn Alroli WIUI nnl HOOI olm municated to tim neare st Inmher pies nnd nit laaknu rapid headway IOK4KD TtIt USIOS HlOOIt 1AUDH Tie destruction of which seemed for n tniio totitalilo llio wind Boon chnnged to Ito onnosite direction hanover nnd they wern toed but tho lumber jards wore doomed In tbD meantime moro alarms had heon tot la and twenty engines wero called out Its water suppl liowtn was entirely in KJ itntf ir the emergency t nnd tho llames luwd from pie to pile of dry Ininhcr with incrediblesaiftncin 1ho fro WM not con taedto our one portion of tho jardi for I liippjtkj oat burning splinterK nero car u ifaecerv direction by tho wind and the thole territory of tho yards coloring thirtj five ncrcs of ground seemed lo ho 0E MAIiH OF IILAINO UM11F1I TkeeHoitl of the liromeii which would tndentl kayo hcon frnitless If directed toiarJi subtlniug tho tlnmos were from thwtimo employed in keeping them from tpteadmg and in this tlioj nero Hiicccssful plol The to nan idloweHl I to Imrn itself out nnel i Ilhe end of four hours 25000Ottt lot of umber were n total loon The contents of tho yards not a etoMtiy lateral niipcrior grndcs nnd the Ito on ihaaccount n very heavy nliout IOO000 The companys stables wore nlso coniumcd I bit the liorHcs vero rebcnod J I The total I insiirnneo enunot nt this hour Lt awrtaincd hut it is intinmted at h 000 < |