The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-01
"WEDNESDAY MORNINGS FIRE.
A Forts Thousand Dollar Blaze,

We suppllmenl our necessarily mea-
gp report, In yesterdays issue VI the
"Wednesday morning eonhagralion
with the following addition and full
particulars
iqA ORIGIN,
The fac undoubtedly had 10 origin
IN lhe building occupied by Mrs, Bath
40 millinery, dress making and hair
establishments That lady states that
she had occasion, owing 10 sickness
" be 40 several times during Tuesday
night aud that about an hour after
she had last lain down she wasarpused
by q eraokllng noise aud, a. glance
saw that The roam adjoining her bed
ehamber, aud which divided II from
the store proper, was IN u sheet Of
flame, Flnding that access 10 the
store was elieelually cut NJ, she,
with her husband aud adopted
child, commenced ~ remove
tho furniture aud clothing from the
room they were In, In this elibrt Mrs,
Bath and the little girl were both
much burnt, Mrs, Bath severely 80,
They lose their entire stock aud much
Of their clothing, Mr. Bath Lost u
pocket book containing several hun
dred dollars, There was no insurance
on their gOoda or household ELECTS,
From this building the fire spread both
north aud west, deyourlng all the
frame buildings In the square In the
boundary ~ given yesterday
LOsRih,
Mrs, Baths, enlirei the building
WIS owned by Mr., Sum Jones, upon
which there was small insurance,
Mr. O'lirlen, maltrasa maker, loss
slight, no lnsnrancei building owned
by residents Insured,
Adjoining Mr. O'hren was u small
room occupied by u carpenter who
succeeded In aaylng all Ia contents,
Mr. Optics boarding house, osssmall
on furnIturei no insurance. building
owned bya non resident,
Mcssrs, Scott Il lluggert, joint ocou.
pants Of the building on the corner Of
Austin street aud Pacific avenue aa
Hour fruit and vegetable dealers,
loss about S9OOi no insurance
building owned by Sam Jones;
Insured.
Mr., Jon o. residence, on Pacific ave-
nue., was also destroyed insured,
Mcssrs Adams n Leonard's bank
was injured 10 the extent Of about $3.50
or 5000, hy water and heat from the
burning buildings,
Mr. Ward, druggist, losses from 5000
to 800 In wines ana liquors Insured
for $1,000 building owned by build
lug association, the walls Of which
were materially damaged by the fire.
Messrs. llIncl,lcy n Dibrell, stove
dealers, loss $1,000 insured for $4,000 ;
building owned by Mr., Didbrell's faith
or. II was fully insured.
Mr.. Crawford, grocer loss 81 800 /;
insured for $1,000.
Mcssrs. Reed n Lathrop, stationery
and book house, loss between $1,000 and
$4,000 insured for $1,000.
Mr. Ludwig, who had u small stock
Of boots and shoes In the same room
with Messrs. Reed IL Lathrop, loss but
little; no Insurance; this building was
owned by Mr.. Gillespie insured for
$1,000.
The Dollar store, Messrs. Goldsmith,
Rosenthal ~ Co., loss not ascertainable;
insured for $500 building owned by
J. y. Allen insured.
M, a. Hibbler, auctioneer, loss 500 I;
insured for 81 800, building owned 10y
G. M, Hobbs insured.
Obenchaln Il Childress, grocery and
flour depot loss 81 800; insured for
$500 building owned by A. 4. Oben-
chain insured for 81, 700.
DIR. Mcqueen ~ DR.. Seegar occupied
offices over the Dollar store. DR.. Nc
Queen lost his wardrobe, while DIR.
Seegar had the most of his dental in
struments burned. Loss about $3.50.
Messrs. Obenchain ~ Gillespie, real
estate dealers, over Messrs. Reed &
Lathrop, lost about $50, in the destruc-
ton of their office furniture.
The building owned by Mr.. Craig,
on the southwest corner of Pacific ave-
nue. aud Market street, and used by
Mr.. w. A. Klavehn for a boarding
house, came out unscathed. The
out-buildings, though, were destroyed,
the loss amounting to about $3.50, upon
which there was an insurance of $500.
Mr.. Klavehn lost $3.50 by removal of
his furniture.
In the interior of this Gordon of
buildings were two small unoccupied
houses, owned by Sam Jones, in one
of which were slowed some household
effects belongngi to Mrs. McCabe,
all of which were burned.
Mr.. Jones owned five buildings in
all, upon which there was an insurance
of $780,
The following are the losses sustain
ed by the insurance agency of Messrs.
Ed. S. Gay q Co.: On w. II. Oben-
chains building, $1,000; ]. w. Giles