The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

The Crest Fire.
| The great hre, which occurre
here yesterday morning reducing !
/ ashee . large portion Of our city, in
cluding many Of our leading whole
sale and retail houses, il the exclu
sive theme Of conversation among
all parties. ma s.s
To-day the blackened smoking
debris, of fortunes that IL took year
Of toll TO sccumulate, are surrounded
with hundreds Of spectatsrs from
town and county, including many
from abroad, who have come to view
shs-FuinA including smong the iattsl
Willie, son of Senator Harlan, of Mt
Pleasant. ls tfai
II is now ascertained beyond any
reasonable degree Of doubt, that the
fire was the work Of some villainoua
incendiary. @ ea
Adam Schworm, one Of our most
reliable citizens, and heaviest loosers
BY the fre, informs us that be dis.
covered tho rear Of Charley Belts
store (where the are finally broke
out) on fr, about eleven o'clock on
Thursday evening, having been kim
died there evidently by some one
purposely.
Adam had no difficulty in putting
II out with three or four pals of wat
or.
It Is now evident that the fire
which was first discovered about one
O'Clock Friday morning, resulted
from some smouldering remnants Of
this fire, or from one reset At or near
the same place in the same building.
From the great quantities Of goods
carried offin theexcitement, it seems
to be . rational theory that the
town was fred by scoundrels, for the
sake Of plunder.
No effort should be spared by our
authorities TO ferret out, and bring to
condign punishment, the perpetrators
Of the diabolical deed.
Owing to the excitement, and the
difficulty Of procuring reliable data
yesterday, from the principle suffer-
ers, many errors occurred in our
yesterday evenings report. These
will all bs corrected in the weekly of
next Thursday.
The special aAgents Of the differ
emit Insurance Companies having
risks in tho destroyed property, have
been tslegraphed for, and until their
arrival, and an estimate is made Of
propertySaved, tits utterly impossible
to give the exact loss Of the fire, Full
ton, Mast / White, will loose $751;
176, in their various companies
Capt. Jaques $4,000 on J. G. Meek's,
stock. Stiles, Hutchison & Dixon
e34,7 700; Thompson L Blake some
s27, 600, and A. W. CASTOR $4,20O..
Of course the above amounts will
be somewhat reduced by salvage
At the present writing, well inform.
ed parties estimate the loss 1t the
same fgurus we did last night, to-wit
aggregate loss 100000. Insurance
t225, 900.
W. Moss ir. & Co., are in Fish
er's new brick, F. W. l. J. Hawley jr
| in Leighton's, new brick, both on
Front street, opposite Union Block,
Charley Peters will 60 into the
building, At present occupied, by
Scott 4 Myers, under the Hail. while
8. 4 NJ, will move INTO the Bank Di
rectors room next door.
W. D. Earl & Bro. will 60 into
Giliaspy's block in the corner oppo
site the Post Office. h. G. Grubs
and J. Loomis..will also move into
the same building, while Shreve 4
Yates are preparing to 60 into ths
next door east of Major l. Co.
These are all the arrsgements ".
have yet heard, for the re-establish
ment of the sufferers in business.
It is . great calamity tor MS. tha
many Of our most energetic business
men, thrown out of houses, will b.
unable to 90 into business again un
til next spring, on account of the ut
ter impossibility to procure rooms
We re-publish to-day the circum
stantial account Of the fire, we has
in yesterdays paper, to accomodat'
the great number Of people, Wit
have applied, and who could not b
supplied with yesterdays issue.
SEvERE Loss.-Among the man,
sevre loosers by the great fire, W
regret to learn that our friend Gee
D. Devin, lost his entire family ward
robe, household goods, &C., amount