The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-15

Forthcoming October number, were burned
anIodg the stock Of this firm.
}. v. FAREWELL 4 CO.,
wholesale dry goods, occupied the entire Far
we'll building with their stock. Their Losses
reach 81, 500, 600, on whichthey have $780,
600 insurance. Messrs. Farwell & Co. have
already rented the building Nos. Y and "A
Wabash avenue, where, by the aid Of = hrge
stock OF goods which were warehoused at the
time Of the fire, the business will be contin-
ued at once, and it is expected that every
thing will be in rs perfect running order as
before within two weeks. -.
= KIRKLAND, oRpwAY 4 co, H'
boots and shoes, occupied an l. shaped store,
fronting on both Washington street and Wa
bash avenue. Their loss is Sl5O, 900, on
which they had an insurance Of $4,000.
1910 No. LYON & HEALY, D.-
music dealers, in conjunction with Smith &
Nixon (S;einwav pianos), are also turned out
Of store and burned out Of stock. The
portion Of the stock saved is damaged, Mr..
Healy thinks, fifty per cent They have an
insurance of $4,000, which falls $50, 600
short Of covering the loss. This accnicnt
comes at a bad time, Messrs Lyon 4 Hcaly
both being indisposed, and Mr.. Nixon out Of
town; but they have already made arrange
ments to renew their stock, and taken the
quarters, No. ISL South Clarke street, lately
occupied by II. NJ. Higgins, in the music
business. Messrs. Root 4 Cady have gener-
Ously placed their own stock at the disposal
Of Messrs. L. & H., to assist them in filling
orders.
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dry goods dealers, occupied the third and
fourth floors of brakes Building As store
house for their merchandise, and lose $780,
900, which is fully insured.
- The Latest Facts.
The above account has all been prepared
in the additional light afforded by the lapse
Of twenty hours since the confagratiOn occur
red, and the return of business men to their
Offices, where they could be communicated
with by reporters. The following are addi-
tional facts which it has not bccn convenient
to embcsiy in the connected description Of
the event.
TIE Loss OF LIFE
The painful rrImors of loss Of life which
have all day agitateG the community, have
as yet received no confirmation. The opin-
ion seems prevalent that quite a number of
persons have met their fate in the dread con-
Migration, but it is impossible, in the present
condition of the ruins, to ascertain, by an
examination of the debris, whether any hu-
man bodies form a part Of the great mass.
The huge piles of brick, stone and iron are
in sucn a heated condition that it is impossi-
bic TO proceed with the work Of removing
them Even if this were ut present practi-
cable, grave fear is entertained that, so
fierce have been the flames, so crushing the
weight of walls, that human remains would
he undistinguishable from the whole clafretl
mass.
HOPES.
There are good grounds for the hope that
with the single exception mentioned below,
no lives have been lost.
The accounts of casualties are reported at
police headquarters, and no reports Of the
fire are recorded at the Office Of the Police
Commissioners. This is accounted for by
the fact that the officers whose duty it is to
make these reports, have been incessantly
employed, and that the affair has been at
tended with such confusion that concise and
thoroughly authoritive report can not as yet
be made.
FEARS.
On the contrary, We have the statements
and opinions of several credible persons,
who are positive that they saw dozen or
more persons enter the fatcd brikling who
did not emerge (of these is Mr.. Matthias
Junger, an cmploye Of Ira T. Bowen, who
was watching the affair closely from high
floor opposite, who declares there must have
been fifteen persons left inside; also of those
who claim TO have escapc,lofrom among the
victims, as the man Il. W. Patten, who
comes gu, of the wreck badly knocked up
and singcd all over, and who swears there
were surther in than he; but these statements
must all be received with large degree of
allowance, in the light Of subsequent events.
Commissioner Brown, it may be said, is still
of the opinion that there were more fatal
tiles than have been vet reported.
THE roll. CALL.
All the employees of Messrs. Farwell 4
Co., reported at their new store, Nos. "
and "A Wabash avenue, on the block ON the
same side, and north of the Drake block,
with one exception.
ONE MISSING.
Henry Dornheim, salesman, who came
here from New York, over year ago, and
entered in Farwell & Co.'S employ, is the
missing Young man. He was last seen by
Mr.. Chef. Frazier, also salesman, on the
front stairway, leading to the second floor.
Both gentlemen were engaged in carrying
out goods, and just before the walls fell,
Dornheim started back up stairs, leaving
Mr.. Frazier to proceed into the street with
his load. Since that time nothing has been
seen or heard of him. He boarded at Mr..
J. V. Farwel's residence, and has not made
his appearance there. There is no doubt
but that Dornhcim has been crush
cd in the mass of ruins. lie is represented
as having been a very active and Intelligent
young man of twenty years, and has parents
in New York. lie was much respected by
his fellow statesmen, and bore the confidence
of his employers.