Saturday Night Fires; Elgin Kerosene Can Co. fire

Saturday Night’s Fires.

There was a small fire Saturday eve­ning in Moerlein's malt house, on Henry and Elm streets. Damage slight.

A general alarm was sounded from Box 9 at half-past 12 yesterday morning, and the engines were called to No. 143 West Second street, where a conflagra­tion seemed imminent. The building was occupied by the Elgin Canning Company, the firm’s name being Bar­tels, Eaton & Swan, and the structure was owned by Mrs. Margaret L. Pollock. B. Meyers, of Fire Company No. 9, was thrown from a ladder to the ground, a distance of thirty feet, but luckily was only slightly injured. Assistant Chief Lew. Wisby was more seriously wounded than Meyers, by the falling lad­der. Reuben Clark, runner of the Nines, was also hurt. The damage to the stock is about $3,000; Fully insured as follows; $1,000 in the Traders' Compoany, of Chicago, and $2,000 with John B. Thompson's agency, this city.