New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-22
ENERGY OF THE FIREMEN

Between eight and nine o'clock last night
smoke was noticed issuing from the upper
portion of the four-story store, No. 60 Camp
street, occupied by Mr.. Kunholz as sta
tionery and book-biuding establishment
When the alarm was given it seemed as if
the fire had been IN progress for some time,
in one of the upper stories. When the en-
gines arrived water could not be obtained
in sufficient quantities for effective use, and,
Of course, during the time the fire was
raging fearfully. Breaking open the front
doors, it was discovered that the fire had
fallen from the upper stories and set flames
to the wood work on the ground floor. The
fremen. and the police did all they could to
save goods, but the fire had progressed so
far that it was next to impossible to take
out any great quantity. When the ma
chimes got fairly at work the entire build
ing, from roof to floor, was in flames, and
all the fremen could do was to confine the
flames to the one building.
No. e., Septoline Oil Company of Mr..
Cross, next to the Picaya4ne Office, was in
great danger, and it seemed next to impos-
sible to save it, but by hard work it was
saved from serious damage. The smoke
was SO dense that the compositors in the
Pieayene Office were compelled to cease
their labors for the time.
No. 58 the old stationery and paper ware
house of Messrs. Stetson & Armstrong, was
well warmed, and all present supposed the
place to be on fire and past saving, but
thick brick walls and energetic fremen
saved it from serious loss. The roof was
burned through.
Mr.. Kuhnholz' store had iron shutters
on its front windows, all tightly closed.
The heat was so intense inside that these
were red and white from the flames, and
the fremen found it very difficult TO open
them.
Had the flames reached the inside of No.
62 and fred the oil there, there is no telling
when or where the confagration would
have ended. As it was, the fremen gained
the mastery in two hours.
The store of Mr.. KuhnhoIz was entirely
destroyed, all the wood work completely
burned 1t was unknown at midnight what
his loss will amount to, but he is nearly
covered by insurance.
Insurance will cover the losses of Mr..
Cross and the others.
The offices of Mr.. D. Urban, notary pub
lie, the law Office of Ex-Governor Hahn, and
McIntyre's newspaper agency, on the sec
ond floor of No. 60 Camp street, suffered in
the general confagration of that building.
AS the fire made an Immense blaze, thou
sands of people were attracted toward the
scene of confagration. For a considerable
time the running of the cars Of the Camp
and Magazine street lines was suspended.
The police estimate of Messrs. Stetson &
Armstrong; loss is $4,000. Insured in the
New Orleans Mutual, Crescent, Factors and
Traders, Home (all New Orleans Offices,
and Globe, of Liverpool, for $40, 900 on a
stock of $4,000.
Kulnholz' building and fixtures were
to the amount of $4,000.
The Septoline OIL Company, No. 60 Camp
street, was damaged to the amount of $685.
600. Insured in the Phoenix Insurance Com
pany, of Hartford, for $4,000 on a stock of
$50, 600.
The police assisted in saving $1,000 worth
of oil, $4,000 of stationery and $1,000 worth
of fixtures.