, 1873-02-01
FIRE AT GREEN BAY.
i Husillcss block i'll 88.ainH-Loss over
A15D,000.


From the Green Bay t'Yia.> Adrocate. Jan. 50.
Shortly after o'clock Monday night. our citl-
zens wore startled by tho alarm of fire, and
moment after tho flames burst from tho wllolo-
sale grocery Rtoro OF Day 4; Whitney, on tho
corner Of Washington and Main streeta. The
corner building was of wood, two etorlos In
height, and occupied by Day y Whitney as q
wholesale grocery and shp-chandlory; Next
% ing owned net By By +. i. schottor, tic North storo
being occupied by Day & Whitney and con-
nocted with tho wooden building by T. large
arehel passage way. This department. continued
Eooda and such clothing, dry goods, and notions
aa tho firm sold in dealing with tho fishermen Oh
tho bay. Noxt aonth of this was tho Wholesale
dry goods and notion house Of George Sommera.
tog aso Surst from @ siR The nort1 atoro Of 5ho o2
building, and in All incredibly abort space Of timo
woro seon issuing from the Windows OF Bommers'
store. It was evident that tho destruction Of the
whole building. with tho magnificent stoeka Of
: The north edo OF tho frame building was
pulled down !; then the north and rear walls Of
the brick building came down with O crash, aud
lastly tho front and rour walls caule down, tho
to tho ground Tho south wall in falling struck
tho email wooden building occupied by II. Hall
rs gunsulth'a shop and crusholit to tho earth,
leaving nothing but tho front standing. The
bt0ck was mostly ToMoVeu, anu NHAt IcHlH1l!eu
was boing carried out at tito time. Several por-
cons narrowly oscaped losing thoir lives here.
In an hour anl n half from the first alarm the
wholo was n,aas Of smoking ruins;
John Day was in Now York at the timo, mud
his partner, Joshua A. Whitney, in attempting
to outer tho store to save tho books, was fear-
fully burned on one sfdo Of the face and one
baud.
Ab m ovidcnco OF bl1snoHs pluck md onorgy,
NO will Btato tllat George Sommors, not1yith-
standing his graat loss, started for Now York on
Tuesday evening to bring on n hoayior stock
thnn over, and will open in tho south store Of
Bchottlara building.
Il 10 impossible to got tho prccise amount Of
loss. That OF Day & Whitney was from $b0, 600
TO SEQ. 600. Thoy had insurance thoir gooda
in tho warohouao and in tho storo. The waro-
houbo was saved and tho proportion Of tho In
probably about 92o.o0o.. Moaaru. Day l. Whttaey,
in epito OF thosr loayy lossoa. will continue their
business uninterrupted aud have opened all
Office in their warehouse.
Goo. Sommers' loss iu estimated ut about S75,-
600, on which there wau mn insurance Of so2.
the dry~goods stock OF Day, Iyona y
| bacon, Which Of courso waB aiao destroyed.
| On the other haud was a fortunate circum-
| stauco. He Ind just received from tho East
| about 80, 600 worth Of goods, that Ind not yet
| boon removed from tio depot. His insurance
| was $52, 2,500.
Alr. Z. n. eollettlor valued his building nt
| about SI2, 200, Oh which lo had I'll insurance OF
| $4,000. Probably with what ho can Hayo Of the
foundation and brick Lis loss will not e1coed
! 50, 900. lie has agreed to immediately rebuild
the atore, making double store, which ia a.
dry-goodH. 1t ia bis intention to havo the new
storo roady by Nlay l, which shows commondable
| enterprise.
As noer "a uo can tell tho loasos foot up about