Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-01

They gave the alarm at once and then ran
around to the rear Of the building. There
they saw the rear Of the first floor in blaze.
They came back to the front end Of the store,
and breaking in the door, endsavored to save
some Of the property. The dense smoke pre-
vented By this time a general alarm was
sounded and the Fire Department came to
the scene The store of A. Stephens Sons
was entirely consumed, and the two stores
adjoining, occupied by George sprague,
Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant,
we're much damaged by Ere and water, prin-
cipally by the latter, before the frewas sub
dued. Stephens & Sons insurance on stock
amounts to 81, 5000. Their loss above in
suranee cannot be calculated exactly, bat is
believed to be not less than SO,0O0. They
held a policy Of insurance of $500, on their
portion Of the building, on their lease, in the
Washington Insurance Co. Of New York. A
box containing pounds of cream of tartar,
and bundle Of 500 labels, is all that they
know to have been saved, except the articles
contained in their safe.
The safe, manufactured by S. C. Herring,
Albany, was found all right, although it had
been subjected 70 tremendous heat. At
one time it was red hot. When dug out, af-
ter the hre, it was opened with the key, and
the paper and money contained therein,
found to be uninjured. There was between
g, 900 and s, 900 in money in this SAFE
Messrs. L. F. & S. Burgess are the agents
for the Herring safe in this city.
Stephens & Sons OocUpisd the whole store
No. 20 and the two upper stories of tho store
adjoining, No. q, (the building is three stO-
ries.) In the latter they had 1873 tons peas
stored, recently received from Canada. They
will prove almost an entire loss, not being in
sured.
Although the loss to Stephens 4 Sons is
largo one they are not discouraged. They
had recently purchased machinery, &C., for
branch works at indianapolis, and this ma
ehinery being nearly ready it will be placed
at once in new works to be erected here with
out delay.
The two stores in the same block adjoining
Stephens Sons, Nos. % and "a, are Occu-
pied by George sprague, wholesale grocer
and commission merchant. His property
was injured to the amount of between s25, 900
and $50, ,OOO-all covered by insurance in diff
fersnt companies.
Gordon, Mcmillan 4 Co., to the north of
Stephens & Sons, suffered from water to the
amount of from $1,000 to sIO,OOO-the loss
cannot be correctly estimated at this time.
The ere burnt through the roof and set FIRE to
some furniture stored on the upper floor, be-
longing to Mr.. R. Lauderdale, consuming it.
Mr.. Lauderdals's loss was between 500 and
$500. Close by tha furniture were several
hundred barrels Of highwines, and it is al
most remarkable that they did not catch FIRE.
Had they done so, terrible eonaagratiOn
would have ensued. A stream Of water was
poured through the roof of Gordon, Nc
MILAN & Co.'S building, which quenebed the
fire inside, although it destroyed great guam
tItieu vr tabaooa. cigars, teas, &c, on floors
beneath.
Al. Wenham, dealer in drugs, medicines,
&C, whose store adjOins sprague's, suffered no
loss.
The FIRE is believed to be the work of an
incsndiary. At eleven O'Clock on Saturday
night one Of the firm Of Stephens & Sons,
Samuel Stephens, together with the porter,
went in all parts of the building, and every
thing was found to be all right. At five
o'clock Sunday morning, A. ROtham, grocer
on Merwin street, passed by the block, and
saw nothing to indicate a FIRE. It is thought
that the store was broken into from the rear
for the purpose of robbery and then set on
FIRE.
The block is owned by Geo. NJ. Atwater.
It was built two years ago last spring. He
is in the city, and estimates his loss above
insurance at $1,000.
The engines and other property were re-
moved from the engine house of the Cleve-
land Toledo Railroad, for fear of the Ere
extending.
The entire FIRE department was on hand,
and worked nobly under the suPerintendenee
of Chief Engineer Edward Hart. The new
steam fire engine was not brought out, not
being in readiness.
The above locality has been particularly
unfortunate with regard to fires. The first
Ere there occurred in 1884, when a tavern
was burned. In 1s4Oa large four story brick
building was erected on the present site Of
Gordon & MeMilIan's establishment, and
was burnt the same year. In the winter Of
'42 and as a FIRE occurred which burnt the
warehouse of n. N. STANDARD 4 Co., on the
opposite side Of the street, on which Ocea-
sion the steamboat New England narrowly
escaped being burned. In the winter Of "A
and as the Gordon & Mcmillan corner was
burned down, then occupied By Gran
gle 4 Bailey. In the Summer Of '46 FIRE
occurred which swept the west side Of MOrWiu
street, between Superior street and the canal
In Is49 the Merchants Hotel was burned up
between the site Of the present fire and the
canal. In 1854 the great New England HO-
tel FIRE occurred, when upwards of $SOO,OOC
worth Of property was destroyed. The next
extensive FIRE in the above locality occurred
on Sunday morning last, making the tenth
FIRE there.
TOWING TO CHIcAGO.-The tug WinsloV
left here on Saturday night with three yes.