The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-03-28
The Friday Night Blaze.
Additional Particulars.

Additional Particulars.
The forms of the HERALD were ready
to he placed upon the press on Friday
night, when the frightful minister o
ruin went forth to its work of remors'
less waste, and we We're only able tt
furnish our readers with but u meagei
and consequently very unsatisfac'
tory report of the result of the burning.
We, however, are able this morning to
supplement our yesterdays report by
the following additional, and, we be-
lieve, about complete particulars OF
the destruction.
The fire originated in the kitchen of
Mr.. Ogden, in the back part of his
store, which was used as Il family
room; but whether the fire was the
creation Of accident, or the work of n
''fire bug" has not yet been deter
mined. The instant the fire was dis
covered the ala'Il was given, and the
hook and lauder company responded
instanter, followed by the steam en-
gine, the latter not getting to work
for some little while, owing to the alb
sence of water, which ultimately was
obtained, by Major Jett, of the firm of
Block, Jett & Co., notifying the fire
company of cistern in the rear of
their store, in which the hose was at
once introduced, and in few minutes
thereafter magnificent stream of
water was thrown upon the now roar
ing and sweeping sea of fire.
BY this time that portion Of the
block from Messrs. Spencer & Bros
store to the corner of Poydras street,
was under n baptism of flame, and in
less than two hours after the fire broke
out, seven business houses were in
ashes.
LOSSES.
The store house of Mr.. Ogden, valued
at 81 800; insured for 5000; stock valued
at $500; insured for $500.
Stock of B. ID. Wilson, valued Mt
$4,000; insured for $1,000; Southwes-
tern Mutual, Messrs. Scruggs & Dial,
agents.
Meltan & Co., stock valued at 5000;
no insurance. Building belonging to
b. ID. Wilson, insured for 800. Sam
berry Pennsylvania Company, Major
Wellborn, agent.
Gait House, owned by J w. Smith,
and his private residence on Mail
street, one of the oldest buildings in
the city, having been built twenty
years ago, collectively valued at $1,000.
No insurance.
Pryor's sample room, stock valued
at $1,000; no insurance.
Schoellkopf & Co., value of stock
$4,000, insured for $1,000.
Building owned by NJ. Wohl, east
side, vacant, west side used for shoe
shop; insurance on building $4OO.
w. ii. Tension, value of stock $1,000,
value of building Sll00; stock insured
for S2500, and building $500; Hartford
Insurance Company, Ed. S. Gay g. Co.,
agents.
Wallace & Wagner, value of stock,
$500; insured for $500. No insurance
on building, owned by Captain Jack
Smith.
Ward, Dewey & Co: Value of stock,
$40 900; insured for $500. Value of build
ing, owned by r. G. Patten, $4,000; in
sured for $4,000, $1,000 in Southern Mu-
tual and $1,000 in Peoples, Philadelphia.
Major Wellborn, agent.
Owing to the sacrificing efforts,
almost uneXampled, of the following
gentlemen, Messrs. Schneider, Easley,
Poage, Ennis, Barry, Ault, Ripply,
Ellis, and others whose names we could
not obtain, the warehouse of Major
Thompkins, containing $4,000 worth
of consignees goods, was saved, and
with it probably the entire block west.
On Poydras street, the boundary of
the fire west, the paint shop of Mr..
Martin was consumed. There was no
insurance on the building, which was
valued at 800. Contents were saved.
The carpentershop ofMr. d. Anderson,
adjoining the paint shop, was also de-
stroyed. Loss 5000 on building. Both
of these shops were rebuilt yesterday
before noon.