The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-04-21
Destructive Fire at Medina.
NEARLY THE WHOLE TOWN DEs-i
TROYED.

Dispatches to the associated Pres
. on Friday last give the particulars o
destructive fire which occurred a
the town of Medina, on the morning
of that day. The fire originated in al
old wooden building occupied as s
barber shop and by several negro fam
| lilies. In four hours every business
block but two was burned to the
ground. There were no fire engines
and the superhuman efforts of the cit.
izens, made with buckets. were power
less to arrest the flames. Many per-
sons were burned some severely, but
no lives were lost. Some persons
were rescued from the burning build
ings by ladders thrown up to the sec
ond story windows; many rushed in
to the streets half naked, carrying in
their hands what clothing they could
seize in the moment. The fire finally
stopped on the west side of the square
at Aaron Anderson's block. Nearly
all the town is one waste of ruins.
The dispatches give the following list
of the buildings burned and the suffer-
ers from the fire:
G. E. Bostwick's frame building,
where the fire originated, no insur-
ance; Fl. Shule's frame building, boot
and shoe store, no insurance; G.. Castle
one frame and one brick block, par
TALLY insured; j. FL. Miller's dry
goods ETC., in Castles block, light in
surance; Mrs. Butler, second story in
Castles block, sewing machine agency
no insurance; j. B. Beckwith, frame
building, no insurance; J. FL. Green,
Gazette Office, in Beckwith's block, no
insurance; loss four thousand dollars
j. Barrows, cabinet shop, no insur-
ance; I'll. G. Blake, Phoenix block,
brick, partially insured; FL. G. Blake,
small frame building, occupied by
Mrs. Bennett, as Millinery; G. A. L.
Boult, dry goods store, Phoenix block,
loss probably $4,000; Mcdowell
Bros, druggists and book store, Phe-
nix block, heavy loss, partially insur-
ed; DR.. Belding, dentist. in Phoenix
block; Black & Woodward, lawyere
and library, Phoenix block; G. NJ
jackson, dealer in produce, DR.. J. S.
Hart, with brick building, drugs and
stationary, total loss; FL. B. Tifing &
Co., drugs, paints, &C., insured; S. B.
Sackett photographer, Ainsworth
block; FL. j. Walker, law office, in
sured; DIR. j. N. Robinson, insured /;
FL. j. Root & Co., jewellers, in Aims
worth's block; heavy loss, partially
insured; Sanders s. Sturges, Aims
worth block, stoves and tinware, heavy
loss; no insurance J. A. Wood, jew
eler, in frame building, total loss; S.
II. Bradley & Son, hardware, etc.,
heavy loss, probably insured A. Mat
tison, frame building, groceries, par.
tally insured j. B. Blake, boots and
shoes, frame building; Humphreys
block, brick, occupied by DIR. E. G.
Hart, commercial Bank of Medina
W. w. Pancoast, and WI Shippley,
High and Broadway, frame bui lding,
boot and shoe store, insured; G. a.
Botchford, boots and Shoes, frame
building, no insurance; A. S. Lamp
man, frame building, meat market, to-
tai loss Ephraim Brown, Eagle Hotel
frame building, no insurance, heavy
loss Selkirk block, brick, occupied
by Goodwin & Hinman, groceries and
provisions, partially insured; S. j.
Lapman, Whitmore block, brick, deal
er in millinery and iancy. goods, in
sured for six hundred dollars; heavy
loss; Houke's International Hotel and |
barn, brick, no insurance, heavy loss !; |
w. Fl. Garfield, barn; post Office in
international Hotel, mails saved VIM.
Asire, two blocks, frame, partially in
sured; loss heavy; occupied up stairs
rs the law Office OF Judge Humphrey
Z. w. Hobart, groceries, frame build
ing, light insurance; Danforth & Aims
worth, livery stable, total loss; the
horses and wagons were got out safely.
1t is impossible to tell what the loss
amounts to but the entire business
part of the town is in ashes. The list
nearly all the names of the
sufferers. 1t is not stated what the
oss is, but it is conjectured at not far
rom 100000. The air was fiIleh with
'parks which were swept off many of
he house tops as soon as they fell.
Fhe Covent House caught fire three
lines, but the flames were extinguish-
ID by water brought in buckets. The
The Congregational, Free and
Methodist Churches were saved.
American House and the Empire
Block narrowly escaped. The roofs
we're kept covered with wet blankets,
which prevented the sparks from tax
ng. Hotels were efnptied of their
urniture, which was piled up in
tate of inextricable confusion in the
'ublic square. Some of the merchants
lad just bought heavy stocks offspring
'oods, which were in many cases to- !
ally destroyed.
The Gazette had worked off and
nailed part of its edition Thursday
fiernoon, and it was thrown, with all
he mail bags, into the square.
Racing Extraordinary.
The approaching racing meeting at