The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-13
NJ c Eregor OF, Fire.

McGreEor ora Fire.
1t isn't necessary to rcproach our fellow cti.
zens with their past neglect, nor is it modest,
perhaps, in us TO remind them that for many
years we have scolicd in these columns because
of their failure to provide some measure to
stop fire. We have already seen nearly bali
of this city, as it originally was, burned, and we
expect to see The wood that is sill left, in
ashes but no matter about the past:
On Friday morning, about BE- O'Clock, fire
was seen in the Post Office. Mr.. Mcguire, the
night watch, gave the alarm, and in thi ty
minutes nearly all the inhabitants we're OFT and
at work saving property, tearing down build.
ings to stop tho flames, sc. &c. The Pos.
Office building soon went down. then II. E
Newell's drug store, Sail ,burys restaurant
and boarding house, E. p. Clarke. & Co.
tooacconists, Tim Hopkins saloon, the
McGregor House on The north eide Of
Main street, from Ncwcli's to the stone build
ing adjoining the American House. The
flames in the mean time got into the wooden
buildings across the street, and only short
timo passed till that "extra. hazardous old
bundle of infan ability was in ashes AS the fire
advanced toward Bass e. Emendorf's Com
mission House and Implement Depot, all the
effort of the town was exerted A light brick
wall Q8 inches thick) between b. & Z. and
David Allen, jr., stopped the famos let vi
say here-and we do it out Of reapecs to the
man--that G. II. Flanders Esq, standing or
the roof Of the threatened building, was about
as useful man as was around that morning
Some Of his words were probably not suitable
to church ceremonies, but they were just right
&c. Gre, and the lazy ones he ordered work ed
ike sailors after his "exhortations We
have been told Of personal risk, escapes, III
dividual peril and extra cxerton enough to fill
our inside columns entire 1t IS impossible t
mention all these In scare like that Of Fri
day morning, you will always find some wh'
are dull or cruel, senseess or knavish, lazy D
indifferen:-"sich is ,"and We can't help il
there were moan men in the first generation d
humanity, and the stock has not yet run out. !
LossEs.AH. f. Newell, building and drug
w. A. Benton. P. o. building and seme Of tlf
mail, tough not much f.. D. Ryan. nes
man in the P. O.. front, his books, magazine
fruits &C. &c. Salisbury, building and prep
erty of the McG:egor heirsD one billiard tablt
saloon fixtures, restaurant and boarding hou,e
convenienccs, household goods, family sup
plies, &c. DC.
f. P. Clarke d Co., Tobacconi-t, geueial
dealers in Notions, Fruits, Oysters &c. &c +
Tim, and Eb. Hopkins, saloon fixtures, MO
billiard tables included. Tim also lost his
household goods over the P. o. building.
Geo M. Stone, Gil Freiot, aud the Comet
Band lost clo,Sing, goods. instruments, books
&c. The McGregor House property Of Nc
Grcgor heirs, is next in o,ier.-Mr. Cope, the
landlord, lost in household goods. Mr. OAR
ham, Capt. Hoffman and other boar.ers los
severely in wardrobe goods. Commencing in
detail on the opposite side of the street, We re-
+ OFT Glnt from Jones g. Bass Brick sd.
journ;ng the TIMES Office block, all the way
to Bass 4 Elmendorf's Commission and sto.
rage house. Jno. B. Conant's dwelling and
household furniture. II. D. Evans old store
house, and the late Ruble Agricultural depot.
Suter g. Reed, barber shop and fixtures, aud
Mr.. Browns (thc waterman's) household goods,
over S. e. Reed. Brcsius g. Johnson's Tailor
shop, goods mostly saved.) John Freeman 5
house, and household goods. ]. F. Liebhardt's
house and liquor stocks family named o.
Conner, lived over Licbhardt's store.
Andy Gaffney, (Saloon) and household
goods; Kennedy, Restaurant and household
goods C. L. Wallace, barber John and
Henry Runkle, Sausage Factory and Saloon !;
NJ. O'Brien, building and stock Of groceries,
apples, cider and family supplies D. Allen,
jr. hides, wool. furs and commission Towns
end, liqors, &C., &c. We know but lite of
the losses. because the property is not ap-
praised. Our business is not to report the oss
Of our neighbors. Some are insured and some
are not. Those interested will know all about
it, and those not interested will care nothing
about it. BY advice of the leading men OF this
city, we mention no mans losses or gains.
When the Insurance Companies ray We will
mention them.
Newell 10 in Bass l. Elmendorfs block ".
A. Benton and E. d. Ryan, n. o. ditto !;
Townsend do; F.P. Clarke g. Co..aad F.. Lieb-
hardt, in TINES Block ID. Allen, At Ham ting &
Bsssets C. Wallace, next to Hopkins g.
Field M. 'Brien, near Daniels, Haywood l.
Co.. Rrosius t. Johnston, Koss' Block Suter
& Reed, near the Wanzer Block.
Fights, arrests, skinned faces, broken legs
imprisonments; swearing &c. prevailed extern
sively.
The total loes is about $l25,000. The
members Of the Cornet Band lost heavily
Mr.. Hoisinston is out 5000. but like all sth'l
losers, he takes the visitation amiably.
1t is believed that the fire was the work of
an incendiary. Frank Henderson, the P. o.
clerk, was careful when retiring, to see tina.
the fire was all out. and everybody knows that
Tim Hopkins would not 60 to sleep with a
possibility OF his being burnt out before morn