The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-23
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/. 81 .,.s:Es;ss. - III -
I. M I5Jj GRE lat FIRE. 81
t,rr pfshes most destructive fires
that ever occurred III this city, broke
amt last n;v,,, at about seven o'clock
inthsasfoitars store 81 Wilson 4 Go.
on Front street II seems that Mr..
wilson and two Of his employees,
were engaged III tho manufacturing
bart Of their establishment III the
Sea+. when ! coal / oil lamp exploded
snesraAh6 fcn barrel Ut vainisl,, which
'becamS instantly ighited, and to-
sether with ths inhAlnablc material
~ III workshopussrby immediately
iialed tho houss with sheet Of lire.
J . "a citisens turned out With most
siconmlsesd abls. promptnesa,a bnt nm
loftHnately depending TOO much on
the Engine, 6ntisw ii them l,toughtl
bdcksth along. The Engine was
eat. u ahox.. notics, hsas srea& diflisal1
lyxl sx u SsaSencsd ~ ettihg water.
We arc informed that several holes
awsssUttt INTO the ssice, without finding
sssdfon, fksIfiyer being frozen aclid
.to sdAe 60tS6as Finally aftcr ythe
vi~A1srvaad sfssi was brought into
sHl1et ptoxtmity, the engine played
sssesy iaae large, constant, stream Of
sswaysf, into the nowraging tou6aeral
tion, already embracing eySry bnild
ing from lforiarty's to O'Sa)llvan's
ehfhsf and II il abtedly owing 70
is6lEoslt 'worls, that the IRE, was con1
lined to those limits, and ltept from
l.assarcying Hinsey, Lewis 4 CO.'S
saofrasr, inswhicll / his olIicc u situsted |
xs wsill is BalIineaiI'sIIo ana mar
AaPs Hnion Hook. s5o 10 n, VI 80
IA before sisted the Ere broke ont
iaaRilsoa's Furniture slop. ! very IL.
1Smabls building, sin the midst Of 4
sf6w of wooden houscs; tofisring the
smost tempting food:to che devoufinr
'eletnent, and it became apparent toll
Aiio that tho entire row was dorm.
cato destruction. The attention Of
the psopiistorA ard those living inII
themswaw therefore dirocted at once,
70 TIE removal Of the goods, house,
shotdksf furniture, Be-, in them, and
nh tke aid OF the large number ofI
Psfsons present, nearly everything
Ofvalue Was removed, except in the
store whore the fire originated.
Wilson 4 CO. had i stock that they
estimated at Ave Thousand dollars /
and saved but little Of il. They
were insured for thirty-ffvc hundred |
dollars. The building was owned by
''WhsJh y Fisher. AZ ase4 M sqsp Z
me next building in tho way Of
- fire, later Wilson's going west, l
M the boot and shoe shop ofS. b
- stotally destroyed Picrce's
loss slight, estimated at s 200.0O. -
&ailding owned by J.. e. Fisher csti- |
mated 10 be worth. say 81 0O0.O0.--I
fSylor 4, Co.'S collar manufactnry | ,
sasnext destroyed, but they reinov-
50 AZ hef,goods. and the building
yhsch belonged TO =, g. Fisher was
Aoe worm more than say $SOo.O0.
Going east from Wilson's the de-
sasoylng element first encountered
tine harness and saddleshop of james
taylor = 70. which was toally con-
AsMsas They lost come, y, GOO. In
- y OOO buitdiug owned ~
Aaneaa Crowley and worth
d Following Tins building ~
ssssall ls,a course the iirsy ele-
meat snen seized the business and
rwellapg hosse OF James Crowley
SlA6caNae noon in rnins. Loss 5000 Q