Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-09-07
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Terrible cOpsaghdoK hdss
ad-idss Half A Million ofptanrs. ~ =

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Terrible conaagAao hSsstiey-
ed-I6ss Aalf a Million ofpsAsrss
We have, to r,Srd IBIS .Porsns tne tBat
disastrous co~naSTation whichhafeyer TAKEN
place in our city, resulting in The lossIras
near rs can be at presenHes mated Of oyer
$500, 600. At 10 O'Clock yesterday the slafA
of FIRE was given and Yas found 40 proeesd
from S. B.E J, Davis livery stsole, ia the
rear OF the .. S. hotel. In an -ufAaRtSas 1t
seemed, the whole roof Of that extensive cop :
Germ was on Gre, the flames being taken north
wsrdly and wsstwarakt towards the rest of the
block. Butler & Bowers Livery Stable soon
caught, and the stablesof The 1lemon House
adjoining on the north IN the same block an !
and the fremont House, itself von the north
east corner of the pfosk being $oou on fire.
An these were frame buildings, and the roofs
beng dry as finder, thp whole soon one
mass of flame, driving over towards East WSter
street. The rear oil the line Of stores upon
This streetsoon took fire, and the smoke and
flames drove out the tenanjs Of this block one
of the finest in our city before they had been
able TO get out but Hvery small fraction OF
their goods, and those Of course in a Damaged
condition, and scattered about everywhere,
many of them havingSo be removed two or
three times, as the fire burned its remo-seless
way. The heat was terrible, and The smoke
ponred from the fronts OF the buildings in
dense black Masses rendering II utterly mpos-
Sible for the tiremeRto endure 1t, except at
interval.
The whole block on East Water street ex-
cepl one building was BRICK, and was sub
stanlielly built. The fremen laboring like
heroes, fought the fire inch by inch, in the en-
tdeayor, since they could do nothing further
to conGue the fire 10 the block in which ii
originated. The doors OF the stores on the
west side Of East Water street were closed up,
and water kept playing upon their fronts and
roofs. The cornice Of Sexton u Bros, four
story store, and the windows Of the upper
half story of G. Pfeter adjoining on the north,
were burned of and out, but the progress oil
the flames was then stopped on that side. BY
Q O'clock, p. NJ, the whole block bounded by
East Water, Huron, Main and Michigan streets
was a mass of ruins. most Of the brick walls
having fallen in. At the south west corner, a
part Of the walls OF the U. S. Hotel were still
standing, and the NORM wall at the other end
of the building at the block. containing the
Wis. NJ. g. F. lns. Bank, and the Wisconsin
Printing Office, was just %toltering to its fall.
By that time, however, The roof OF the
block on the west side of East Water Street,
continuing the stores of BoswortfS Son, ia.
ney g. Leb M, and ]. Gardner. Vas 5iozing
up, and the forts OF the iremeR wefSdiTect-
ed thi;her. a..
Great apprehension was felt lest the.wood-
en- buildings on the north side Of Michigan
street fronting the burnt block. SHOULD take
fire, and none but the most aeTSeveflng ef-
forts on The part of the occupants in keeping
their roofs md fronts wei preserved them
Had that block taken FIRE, The damage would
have been doubled. As it is the loss is a Ter.
rihle one.
The Milwakie Sentinel OF Saturday says that
1.-THE local Insurance Offices had very little in.
%snrance upon the property destroyed, The
following are the estimates losses by the for