The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-02-03
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE!
Ten Buildings Destroyed in the
Business Heart Of the City.

I OTTAWA Was Wits ye. terday 'rning BY
III, most ies .ruc:;vc fire that ever devastated
o-r city Ten business buildings, with a
number OF ogtbuildings, were destroyed, with
a large proportion Of their contents, entail
ing a loss of perhaps 100000. The whole
row Of wooden buildings. Oh the west side of
tie Court House Square, from Aschuler's
re-. buiiding, near Main street. north to the
Ciancev corner, on Madison street, except
l!ic Clancy store Ed. Drew's) and the meat
market, was burned to the ground. The
County Cour; House. which was several times
N lire. Was saved only by luck aud chance.
The fire was first discovered in the rear Of
.he steps Leading to Bushnell & Avery's
Office, between the buildings occupied below
~ L. Friedman and ". P. Finn. Ho1 it
originated there IS Z profound mystery.
There was and had been no fire near the
spot, bu. plenty Of infiammabie material was
there. such as would naturally tempt the
inc-fdiary.
The stores of friedman ana Finn were
almost Instantly euveloped in fames-so
suddenly that vcry little was rescued from
either. From these the fire spread south>
ward until stopped BIZ the brick walls of
AIschuIer's new bdildIng. and nor;hward
until stopped By z narrow passage between
Saniersou. and Drea's stores. The fire
was first discovered at about o'clock in the
morning and was not checked until near
daylight.
In attempting to euumeratc all the losses,
OF course, in the haste in which we have
been obliged to get this up, We may commit
many inaccuracies; bat We have tried to be
correct
3-giHuiac or the south, the first building
coming w.iaia the range of the destructive
c.-a,o,t Is the new brick of Alschuler Il Co.
TEe damage, however, vas very little, ex-
tending only to cracking and knocking down
some l'astcriHg On the second floor No
a-t57ip; WIS made to move their goods.
The next building was occupied BY u. ".
Peirce as grocery store. Considerable of
tie STOCK was moved out, bat Of course is
ba.'r d-raged. Hi lbs: We should guess
At 5000. upon which he had but 81 600
insurance. The building was owned by L..
Leland. Esq. ami was insured for 5000.
The next building Was occupied on the
g-grai floor by l. Friedman as a clothing
s.o-5, and on the second floor as a law office
o. bushnell! 1: Aver. Mr.. Friedmann's
stock ;gas totally destroyed, and was worth
-erhaps from $4,000 to $1,000 He had
=isrut :, 900 insurance. Bushnell & Avery
s-=. =ycrything in their oliice-even their
ros valuable papers, with slight exception,
...1uyh carefully st-ved in safes the said
r lies Pro~ing anything but safe. In their
l3ss Is included enc 0: the finest law libraries
III the State, valued at $1,000. with notes.
deais, bends, &c, &c, the value of which ii
Is imTozs.oic tU estimate. Nr. Bushnell also
owne the building Their wholc insurance
amounts % bit 81 ,300-loss . $1,000, at q
rough guess. fo- VINO can value the papers
acc-.la hating ic- ten years in the Office of q
laT firm DOING 50 large business.
Tac next building-owued by Darl. T.
,,4rph~. was occupied on the ground floor
b- Il. P. Finn as :. grocery store; and mp
Stairs IS IN oiice by y. B Smith, Esq. Mr.
FiHn's stock was about entirely Destroyed
and WIS worth $4,000 to $4,000. He has
insurance, understand, to the amount oil
s. .01G Mr.. Smith had no insurance, and
less about $500. His most valuable papers.
luckily. were saved by his '.safe.'' Mr.. Mu-.
pay had some insurance on the building. but
We have not learned how much.
Tie next building was occupied By II.
Ranforl rs = shoe store. About half the
stock was rescued III damaged condition.
Loss SIX or seven thousand. Insurance
some $1,000. Mr.. E. Richardson also occu-
pied part Of the building with hides and
leather. but We can learn nothing as TO his
loss. The building was owned By the heirs
Of Lyman d. Cava-iy, and was partially
insured.
The FIRE now crossed the alley and attack,
Ell the building occupied By Vim. Gould
His stock, consisting Of candy, toys, &C.,
would naturally suffer much in being moved
His los. perhaps $1,000. is miticatcd BY
$500 insurance. Up stairs, in TIE same
hu.ldin-. was Mr.. Kwasui-ki's Daguerrean
f..
insurance. Ills building. as we'll rs the next
II be named, was owned. we undersan br
the heirs of Fieldier.
The EeZt building was occupied By John
Hoban grocery store. y good part O.
his stock, which was very heavy, was re
moved-but his Joss must be quite severe
We can learn nothing rs 10 the amount Of
hi. insurance, though he had some.
VIM. p. Henry-dry goods sto-e-aas the
next sufferer His stock was mostly removed
His loss is covered BIZ $4,000 insurance
The building was owned by Mrs. Cnnkling
and was, We understand, partially insured.
j S'gnor-iry goods store--comes next
Mos. ofthe goo Is were removed. Hal 5000
Insurance. The building, as well as the mex
to be named, was owned by T. D. Mahoney
81 both were insured
Tie next building was that occupied b,
tie large c-soery establishment Of I. d
#'thoney- Much of the stool, was removed
-; sill the manage must be Leavy--si,
e ten Thousand. About s. ,O03 insurance.
iLe last building destroyed was that oc
caPiel ny David SanGersoa as dry good;
stole. Most Of the stock was removed
Loss covered BY $4,000 insurance Building
owned BY J. Clancy & Co.
Mr.. Il. Dew, OF course. suffered consid
cradle less by the removal Of goods. bu
u: i.rs'and IS covered by insurance. Tn,
same IS ;,IsJ true o. Pierce 4 Murray who