November
3, 1911 – The Aberdeen Hotel, St. Paul’s exclusive apartment
house at Virginia and Dayton avenues, was threatened with destruction by fire
this afternoon, which did cause damage to the extent of between $10,000 and
$15,000. Damage was caused mostly by smoke and water. The fire started on the
seventh floor and is said to have been caused by defective electric wiring near
the freight elevator shaft.
A panic among the tenants resulted from the alarm, but no one was injured. Three women confined to their rooms by sickness, were rescued. Mrs. Cal E. Stone was carried from her apartments on the sixth floor to the office. She was in a weak condition. Mrs. Masqueray, wife of E. L. Masqueray, architect of the Minneapolis pro-cathedral and the St. Paul Cathedral, was carried from her apartments on the sixth floor. She was unable to leave her room without assistance. Mrs. S. T. McNamara, who had been confined to her room on the seventh floor, was rescued before the flames spread that far.
Miss Clara King, telephone operator, notified the tenants of every apartment. George Sherman, manager of the hotel, directed the rescuing of the sick tenants and succeeded in preventing a serious panic. Lawrence Koppy, elevator operator, made several trips up and down the smoke-choked shaft.
Fifteen streams played on the fire for nearly two hours. Several hoses burst.
The hotel is owned by the La Crosse syndicate and is valued at $700,000. The loss is covered by insurance.
The
Minneapolis Morning Tribune;
“Tenants of Family Hotel Panic Stricken by Fire. Three Top Floors of Aberdeen,
St. Paul, Burn, With $15,000 Loss. Invalid Woman Carried to Safety by House
Attendants Under Manager’s Direction.”; Nov. 4, 1911; p. 1.A panic among the tenants resulted from the alarm, but no one was injured. Three women confined to their rooms by sickness, were rescued. Mrs. Cal E. Stone was carried from her apartments on the sixth floor to the office. She was in a weak condition. Mrs. Masqueray, wife of E. L. Masqueray, architect of the Minneapolis pro-cathedral and the St. Paul Cathedral, was carried from her apartments on the sixth floor. She was unable to leave her room without assistance. Mrs. S. T. McNamara, who had been confined to her room on the seventh floor, was rescued before the flames spread that far.
Miss Clara King, telephone operator, notified the tenants of every apartment. George Sherman, manager of the hotel, directed the rescuing of the sick tenants and succeeded in preventing a serious panic. Lawrence Koppy, elevator operator, made several trips up and down the smoke-choked shaft.
Fifteen streams played on the fire for nearly two hours. Several hoses burst.
The hotel is owned by the La Crosse syndicate and is valued at $700,000. The loss is covered by insurance.
The Aberdeen Hotel, St. Paul
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