, 1866-01-08
piykYT YTaevs FIRE.
Gefbs' Block Des1oyod..-Nine Families
Driven into the Street..-Frs
Stores In RuinS,
ESTIMATED LOSS, $4,000.

destructive eunHzE,aHon, which resulted IN
hearJ loss Of property, broke ont about ten O'Clock
Last evening in the new frame block which vas Ee-
Gently erected npon the site Of the CHIMP Of shan
ties noto,ionsly known through the city By tho
na,ne Of Unne7 tho Willow" 1t originated In the
rear Of Fretnd Bsohsfa' ds1 goods store, which IL
the second door RON ths eofneK OF Wells and Mon-
roe a1rocts. Spreading rapsdly IN both directions,
the flames soon caught the adjacent stosrs and In tho
course or ha3f m hour the whole block waa in 1
blaze. This building Wa sther a elegant one Of
Il! kind. md eontainrd var1ssJ OF hOsness s'ora,
ing houses and IFiva'e dwellings: The drst stose
On the corner w18 occupied by D.. Ofguod al I
drug siore and ever that Wtrn two boarding haEkes,
une Kept BY Mt. T. Leonard snd the othet hy Jali1l
sh Mt f. Enf " as M
1T, who occupied also The rooms sbo1e- The ne1t
vas bakery. conducted by William Steele, It No,
~ md The last On ths hlosk ~ =, grocery store,
Most Of these stotrA. ~ well II the rooms above.
bare been quite recently eoppleted. fhe, vtrtuous
propnesor. Of the oM building above alluded to,
who e1ttted, during last epriuE new frame edifce
on the site Of the old one TheT had spent consid-
efable suns Of money in Il extszosy and
contract 70 the suuaid and Sile aspect OF the place
az 1t appeared In former daJs.
VA w1etcbed place 1t was In tunes Of yore;
And something ats It Jet: the place Is curst"4
to bear charmed life against psattienee, police
aad psragrarhs combined; No sospsE p .., Is
Is scnt zeekin9 to heaven. No one hut would haze
honestly re}oced at such a consumuaation, bad It
happened some time ago. Now that It hsd become
uuent over an infamous g7ase-and !as occupied
BY tenants Of undoubted raspectabllty, tbs o1ent
The iire department could hive little control over
such fire. This Games spread fpnousiJ In eseEy
direction, and with saplhly which barely gare the
occupants chance foE thclrlife, The poor women,
a.ms. were esdy distracted between fear fos their
safety and anxiety to care their property some
were weeping and some ar.e shsiek1ns, while tha
dss department Worked viii their accas:
toned ,,slgoE, snd soon thef1 efforts began
te ten 1he ,n;s,., aamss were 1 . aGsuehs,d aG d.,
.he walls lef,. Many Of tbe inmates uesu fortunate
In .aving GONE portions Of thelr furniture. such
articles mirrors md eFocke yfeTe tteely tossed
ti&l In doing foolish and frantic things On these
| occasloEr.
The following is a bs1ef summary Of the losaes
Il ri sore s aas
ihetr ~ i est.psted At g o0o Tie ttock va,
Contents M & Mosek co.s % r1oeesy sto1s wei seie 7ai
ned At $ao00. The stock was damaged 10 The e1
tent ct about 55n. It WIS lilly insured: D.; Os
l Eu1u alu HEl6 HN%AA EStutA
liia loss may b. estimated At between Ss,ool
and Et,0oo; Fully lssured. sseeles bakery "2'
sared. The lose, Which 10 covered By insurance
T. aeout 200. The TX goods store q Fralne
almost totally destroyed. The loes Is ially covered
b msu1anee u; Ieoas.a. who oeeupied Tie fsea sns
No insurance. Mr: Julius E1ehanty, boarding
house Y The rear Of No: III sustained about $50
loss; No insufa1ee.s s,s NJ John buchanan, s,a,
rooms orer No. ms, lot 10 The e1teu
Of 800 No insurance. Friend Brothers ais.
lost about $500 in furriture Ia their prIyae res!
deuce. which was situatcd In tho rearof No. 175
The tfont room oycr No. 1871 was occupied by NJ
Hreenfelter. who lost about xlp0 Mr. Beeoot wh,
lived In the rear apartments, lost about the sam
| amount
1zTbe building s7as owned BY two brothers, c1arl
and Henry Getb, ard vas worth x10, 900. It vii
probably COST q 600 to:Eepa1r The damage. 1t VA
Insured for Is 001, In the Mutual Insurance Con
pany. Mr.. Henry Geib occupied the rooms ove
No is9, and has lot in furuture By Ire, water an
breakaGe. about $500.
The Total Ices il estimated at shout Faa, 600.