Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-11
Great Fire at Eddyville.

Great Fire at Eddyville.
n On last Saturday night, commencing
BIT about half past nine o'clock, a de.
structive conflagration visited our sis
ter city of Eddyville, in this county
1t started in the third story of Dnnlap'i
brick building on Bridge street. The
third story was occupied by the Odd
Fellows and Masons. The origin Of
The fire is not known, but it is sup.
posed to have arisen from defective
hue. The three story building burned
was occupied on the lower story by
4hree firms, to-wit: s. Il. Caldwell
GENERAL stock Of dry goods and gro.
berries; J. G. Dunlap, hardware, and
McGinitie & Co., dry goods and gro
series. The building was owned by
Fith and Dunlap. Next to the burnt
block was that of Mrs. H. d. Ives, oc-
@cupied by George Chamberlain, drug
5gist. The falling of the wall of the
ahird story building crushed in the
roof on Chamberlain's store and dam
aged the building and his goods, but
Che fire was stayed there without
burning the building. There was q
PANE building near by burned, and
bne pulled down. One of these be-
longed to Fish and the other to
McGinitie. The Masons saved their
books aud papers, but lost their Jew.
bis. The Odd Fellows did not save
anything. The third story over two
pr the stores was owned by the Masons
ind Odd Fellows. The Odd Fellows
had q thousand dollars insurance on
their hall; whether the Masons had
eny insurance or not we have not
earned. The q. s. express Office was
over McGin:tle & Co.'S store and near
u or quite all the valuables In It were
Daved. 8. T. Caldwell's loss will DO
heavy by damage to goods in removal,
but 10 probably fully insured. J. q.
Dunlap lost heavy; insurance not
known, but without doubt he had con-
siderable. McGinitie & Co. lost .
good deal; insurance also unknown.
Manning & Epperson and S. A. WEIGH,
dry goods and groceries, and the
Union Hotel, lost heavily by the re-
moval Of goods. The total loss is es-
.timsted at CSC, 900, and insurance say
$4,000.
VIZ are indebted to J. o. Briscoe for
the following additional particulars Of
the Eddyville Fire:
The fire was controlled after burn
Ing four stores and one dwelling and
partially destroying another. The
stores burned were occupied as fol-
lows: Corner building, by McGinitie
70 Co., dry goods on 1st floor, and Odd
Fellows Lodge in Sd story. Next, by
John Dunlap, hardware; building be.
longed to ]. NJ. Fish. Third building,
by s. T. Caldwell, dry goods; this
building belonged to w. H. Dunlap.
Next, was two-story building, occu-
pied by Chamberlain, drugs, books, etc.
The first three buildings were totally
destroyed. The next, nearly so. j.
N. Fish had also two-story dwelling
burned, and frame dwelling partially
destroyed.
The stocks were mostly saved, but
in . damaged condition. The Odd
Fellows' had $3.50 insurance on the
Sd story, which they owned, and lost
their entire Regalia, books, SC. The
Masons, who owned the Sd story over
Caldwell's store, had 81, 500 insurance
on the building. They also lost their
effects. The loss on Goods is perhaps
fully covered. Total Insurance on the
block, as now ascertained, is $37, 400;
diatrihufod M follOwa.