The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-09
$4,000 LOSS, WITH LESS THAN
$4,000 INSURANCE

| a
eleven o'clock = FIRE broke out in the row
of frame buildings located on CONNER
cial avenue between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets, and in very short
time I've of the seven houses in the row
were in ashes
II WAS an awfully hot day. the Their
momcter ranging high up in the nintios,
and the main ohjec, sought by every one
not otherwise engaged WAS IT, find tho
place where they could keep the coolest
The church bells were ringing out the
hour for the morning eervices, and those
OF our good christian people who were
sufficiently imbuei with the "love " the
Lord to devote All hour of that dieal-
fully hot day to his worship, we're wand-
ing their devious ways to church. II was
lust al this moment that the Data
City frs company. bell rang out tho hre
alarm. The other ire bolls soon joined IN
the olatter. and IN less than five minutes
,h. Of -.ets war suet with nennia running
bttbor anu thither, nnxiously inqutrihE
"whero the Ore was But they were not
, long in a.ccrtsining, for in nm iporidou.
| ously short time after the first ringing of
I tho fire bells, great red streaks OF hot
, aames and an immense volume of black
smoke shot up from the burning buildings
and then every body rushed in the direction
of the corner of Eighteenth street and
Commercial avenue.
The fire companies were all Ut tho scene
of the conatgrs,ion promptly, but owing
10 a scarcity of water in the viciaty
tboy we're with one or two exceptions de.
lAysd some time in getting 10 work.
The Delta fro company attached the
section OF their engine TO the plug
II Of the wstsr tank at the Illinois
u Central round house, which furnished
u them with MI abundant supply of water,
and tho company did excellent work,
o leoping a constant stream on the fire from
N frat to last
The Rough and Ready, tho Hibernian
n and tho Arab iro companies ali worked
10 erge,icslly and did good service, bu,
ht all without avail.
ings DESTROYED, and IN order that the
reader may more clearly understand
nv where tho Ire originated we will give
their locations. There was seven build
h fronting on Commercial avenue between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. The
building on the corner of Eighteenth and
Commercial is OF brick and occupied by
Mrs. Lewis Nassani as q saloon and bill
d. lizard hall. The next building is n two
Sc story frame, and occupied by Mr.. Henry
90 Schick as cigar mandatory and
barber shop. The third and fourth
houses were owned by Mrs. Nssssni,
y and were occupied US residences
some six families living in the two
houses. Tho fifth house WAS owned by
q. Mr.. J. K. Lufkin OF Anna, Union county
IN and was until recently occupied by Jack
ga Winter as a grocery store. Tho sixth
C. WAS owned and occupied by VI. +. NJ
~ Ward a. q residence. The seventh, To-
Gated on the corner Of Commercial ave.
a. by Mrs. John Cshill ard occupied by
n her as . boarding house
N The Are WAS frst discovered immsrgin z
"A from the windows OF the kitchen In the
r. rear of one of the buildings owned by
Mrs. Nassau, and occupied by a family
4, named Roberto, but how it originated NJ
ono seems 20 be able 10 tell. There was O
strong south wind prevailing at the time
ard in five minutes the entire rear end OF
o' tho house was in hamM. Tho 6rs com
~ panies and hundreds OF our citizens
10 did everything in their power to stay the
,, flames but it was impossible. Tho build
~ ings were all CONSTRUCTED of light, finder.
!. lot material, and burned like so much
To- shavings; and in ono hour from the
o. time tho FIRE was Grn discovered nothing
~ but heap Of black, sm,lldsring ashes was
loft to mark the spot whore they had
stood.
The loss by the fire will not fall shor,
of ten thousand dollars, about half OF
co which WAS covered by Insurance.
40 There was $1,000 insurance on the two
tn houses owned by Mrs Nasssni, $1,000 of
a which was in the Mississippi valley com
m psny of Memphis, and the remaining
n $500 in the Continental OF Now York.
1t Mr.. j. E. Lufkins held u policy fol
" $500 in the American Central of st
Louis.
+. NJ. Wards house was uninsured liz
had been carrying 81 800 policy fol
so more than year and about two weeks
I'd ago II expired He was negotiating will
nd a st. Louis company for - 900 policy
and would have consummated the con
tract this week. Mr.. Ward figures hi,
loss at betwee, 81, 500 and 1000. Thi, il
>, . hard blow t. him. ss what he had wal
a. accumulated through years of hard labor
:, Mrs Cshils house was ono OF the bes,
10 in the row, hi could not be built to-day
-. for less than $4,000. There was 81, 5Ot
I'd insurance on tho building but in wha,
~ company we Sere unable to ascertain.
=, Mira. Osborne, who occupied several
rooms in one of Mrs NAsssni's houses,