The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-04-21

] horses, going first to the valuable thor
oughbred. Ansel, who was in a box stall
close to the fire. Help soon coming, all
he horses, carriages and some Of the
harness were taken out before the heat
| ,ecame intolerable. The harness, how
ever, was thrown in pile in the street,
| and some crazy individual threw Z
burning buff,lo robe upon 1t, causing
its entire destruction after once having
| been saved. In the meantime, the fire
had communicated itself to the hotel
stable in the rear, which was closely
connected by fences and out-buildings
with the hotel, and tn the harness shop
on the east. These buildings beiEg all
of wood, burned so rapidly that BY the
time the livery stable was abandoned,
the hotel had been given up and was
being emptied As fast as possible, BY
this time a large crowd had gathered,
and the goods were being hustled out of
Masterson's boot and shoe store, Miss
Miller's Millinery, Rowell's Jewelry
store, and McNamara's Drug store. AS
the wind, fortunately light one, was
from the west, it was deemed by many
that the wooden buildings across the
street opposite the hotel could not be
saved, i'm which case the entire block of
business houses north of the Court
House square were doomed to certain
destruction. Under this impression,
the stock of f. =. Dean, boots and shoes;
VIM. Dean & Co., dry goods; Casad &
Gilmore, clothing, and b. Lang, Restau-
rant, were hurried out and across the
street. Reichert Bros, hardware, occu-
plying the corner building next the fire,
and Smith Bros, also hardware, piucki
Iy locked their doors without removing
an article. .#w .st#
The corner brick, belonging to Nc
Namara aud Culbertson, the first floor
of which was occupied by McNamara l.
Lytle's drug store, the second, formerly
10y the Good Templars, now empty, and
the third by Cedar Lodge No. IL, A. +.
aud A. NJ, has no doors or windows on
the north side and was provided with
fire walls above the roof. The fire was,
therefore. very slow in getting into it
and it seems as if it should have been
saved; but the lack OF necessary hooks
and ladders and little properly direct
ed effort left it to go with the rest.
The wooden buildings burned very
rapidly, and sent shower Of bu, ming
shingles and cinders to the eastward,
compelling careful attention to all the
roofs within three or four blocks. But
the great fight was in saving J. Il. Gull
bertson's dwelling, about twenty feet
north of the hotel, aud the buildings
directly across the street. In both cases,
men on the roofs worked in such heat
that water had frequently to be dashed
over them, and in both, for "A time, the
issue seemed doubtful. A sample force
pump, set up in good sized water
box for exhibition, which with its pro-
prietor, Mr.. Parker, happened to be
in town, is thought to have been the
salvation Of the endangered houses on
the east side of the street. The box
was kept IulI Oh water, anu IL InTe" u
steady stream on the fronts of the build.
ings throughout the critical moments,
although Mr.. Parker and others who
manned it had to be constantly
drenchcd with water 1t Is wonder
full little machine can be put In well
of amy depth and supplied with hose to
carry water to any part of mans prem
Uses.
Having seen the progress Of the fire
arrested, we will turn our attention to
| LOSSES
sustained, which are estimated by the
several parties to be about AS follows:
Hotel owned by Stanley, So, 50O-in
sured 81, $50 each in the Union anC
State companies Of Des Moines. Mr.
S. also had 5000 worth Of goods storee
in the hote!, which were a total loss
This gentleman has been particularly
unfortunate, having lost niue buildings
three Of which were hotels, by fir,