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SIX TÍREME! KILLED. Louisville, Ky., Sept lü. - l'ive firemen were killed and several badly hurt in a nre here Sunday nisrht Soon after lü o'clook flamea were seen bursting f rom the windows on the third tioor of Bamberger, Bloom & Co. 's wholesale dry-goods and notion house, which fronts on Maiu street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Five minutes later part oL the roof feil in. The fire department was out In fuü torce promptly and ten minutes after the flrst alarm half a dozen streams were playing on the burning building, but ït was Boon clear that nothing could save it, and the hose was turned upon the Louisville Hotel, two blocks away. That building was smoking, and it was a sharp half-hour's fight to make its afety reasonably sure. Th guests of the Louisville, as well as of Seelbach's Hotel at the corner of the block, poured out. A nuinber, niostly frightenod servante, were taken trom tha second and third stories by means of ladders. They joined at once the crowd of sight-seers, which gathered in half an hour to the nuniber of 10,000. The fire originated in Bamberger, Bloom & Co.'a, and Watchman McGrath, who turned in the alarm, sald the whole building was aglow when he discovered tha üre. An explosión occurred soon after, and a fireman who had iust arrived was knocked over by it, but not hurt. A conservativo estímate of the lose on stock is f 750,(HK). The insurance is heavy and wlll about cover the loss. The building was a doublé six-story, ovvned by the flrm, and valued at $75,000. EXPOSITION BUILDING BCBNED. Bt. Joseph, Mo., Sept lü- The St. Joaeph exposition met with a great disaster Sunday night The crowd during the day and night was f ar greater than at any time Bince the opening. About 10:30 o'clock p. xn., just aH the entertainment in the great amphitheater had closed, a fire broke out in the main hall, a magnifioent building l.OOü feet in length and filled wlth all manner of exhibits. The entire building and contenta were consumedin spite of tha most heroic efforts on the part of tha fire department It is understood that nothing waa eaved but the carriage which was built to convey General Fafayette during nis visit to this country in 1S42. Tho exposition grounds are located two miles from the city and at this hour details of the fire have not been received. The origin of the fire is said to come from the electric lights. The exposition wiil continue, but will be short of its vast exhibits in the main halL The loss must exceed $250,000. FIRE AT CHICAGO' S EXPOSITION. Chicago, Sept lti- Shortly after 10 o'olock Saturday evening fire startedln the Exposition building from an electric aro light in the booth contal u ing Gossage & Co. 's exhibit, and spread to other booth contalning the display of Marshall Field de Co., Gossage & Co., J. H. Walker 4 Co., Bchlessinger 3i Jiayer, the leading goods houses of Chicago, ciusing a loss of nearly JIOO.OUO. M. ny pieces of oostly fabrles iniported, and having no duplicates in this country, were on exhibition. Costumes from Worth'8, furniture of the moKt exquisita multe, pianos and frail stained-glass pieces, were near by. In the building was $500,000 worthof valuable goodsbnd machlnery, and within ÜUO feet more than 500,000 worth of paintings and statuary. Rarely was so exquisite and coatly a spread iaid before a tire. Píate glass a half inch thick melted like icicles, and the rafterg, ieventy feet above, blistered in the heat. The fire was quickly put out The janltor of the art gallery closed its doors before the alarm was sounded, and not the slightest damage was dono the worka on exhibition. Except the booths in the immediato vicinity, no damage was done either by fire or smoke. Ten thousaud people were in the building, and 5,000 lost their wits. The big doors in the canter were wide open, and the people nenr them stopped to watch ths Sre. Those at eilher end of the building' and fartlii-st away went wild. They ■maphed Windows, climbed over each other and burst open doors. At the lunch counter people seized chairs and flung them at the Windows when doors were open within (orty feet of them. Several ladies falnted and were bruieed in the crush, but no dbe was reported as seriously hurt