The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
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FIRfi FIRE.! FIRE

The East Fad the Square in Ashes-Los>
81. O00-No Insurance.
On Wednesday night Of st week on
citizens were alarmed by the dreadful
cry of fire and, on waking, found thu
saloon occupied by Hancock Il Cherkley
cnSeloped in flames and sending W
brands and sparks which were borne up,
on the wind which soon sprung up, IA
wind always does during II fire, threat
rning destruction to other portions of the
city. The fire wis soon communicated
othc adjacent buildings, the RepabticaH
Just north of the saloon and DR.. Wake
fields dru" store on the south. BY the
almost supcrhuman efforts of our citizens
the fire was prevented from destroying
the Livery Stable of the Samuels' Broth.
erS, though it several tim"S caught in
the roof and hay still no efforts could
rove sufficient to prevent its spreading
I ward the north, and in :, short time tht
lire ficnd took possession of the whole
row of buildings from SamurlS Brothers
stable on the south to Main street on tho
north. The wind vas moi very strong
the fire did not therefore, spread as rap
idly nor consume as quickly as it o.!.icr-
wise would have done. This enable,
those present to save nearly every thing
in the Clifton House. the barber shol
and marble works: the RepuJlicas ofic,
and DR.. Wakefeld's Drug Store. hower-
cr. were So nea the place the fire origin
a1cd as TO render this impossible, though
good deal was saved from both build
ings. Messrs. Willis Paul, Ed. Price,
Porter Cooper and J. T. Painter took
from the Republican Office after il wa>
wrapped in flames all that was saved
from the wreck. To do this they wer,
compelled to force an entrance from the
roof and remove the material upon lad
dcrs through the from: window to the
street, the stairs ncNt the saloon having
been already burned down. An effort
was made by the Hook & Ladder Go. to
remove the barber shop and prevent the
spread of the fire toward the Forth This.
had they been successful, could not posi-
bly, have accomplished the object mas
much as the Clifton House was ALREADY
on fire in the roof IN several different
places. 1t was with the utmost possible
Ifls,r,lg, tho f,-n ,,.,- n-l e.,
crossing the street and consuming the
building owned by Mr.. IIornrr. Twice
the shavings in and about the cabinet
shop took fire and, hut for their immedi-
ate extinction, would have involved the
burning Of several other buildiI e. All
seemed moved to do do the very best
they could and where all did 80 well
comparisons ar. not allowable. We.
however, heard the work done by the
boys Of onr city school frequently spoken
of and we think it no wrong to any one
to say they did molly.
The loss sustained was probably i'll
the neighborhood of $1,000 and was a
total loss to those owning the property.
there not being Il dollar of i urd cr up
on any of it. DIR. Wakefield huildin"
and drugs, $1,000: 1heckl"y. building
and liquors, $Ij0o: Repu5Iicor Co. $500:
kirkcr, Rcp"biican building sso:
Judge Kelly, building, $500: and II. !.
Couch, Clifton House and barber shop.
between $1,000 and $1,000.
The fire originated in the saloon kept
by Hancock IL Checklcy. 1t appears
that some one whom they keep TO sweep
out and build fires took MP the ashes in
wooden box just before retiring and
all this great loss came from that. Too
Bad tina so many should suffer from the
ignorance or carelessneSS of one man;
but so il is frequently in this life.
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