The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-22
The Friday Night Blaze.
Additional Parsicularj.


The forms of the HERALD were ready
TO be placed upon the press on Friday
night, when the frightful minister of
ruin Went forth to It's work Of remOrs.
less waste, and we were only able to
furnish our readers with but n meager
and consequently very unsatisiac-
tory report of the result Of the Burning
We, however, are able this morningto
supplement- our yesterdays report by
the following additional, and, we be-
lievc, about complete particulars of
| the destruction. snHp
The lire 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 alarm was given, and the
hook and ladder company responded
instanter, followed by the steam en-
CINE, the latter not getting to work
for some little while, owing to the alb
sence Of water, which ultimately was
obtained, by Major Jet, of the firm of
Block, Jett " Co., notifying the fire
company Ola cistern in the rearAof
their store, in which the hose was at
once introduced, and in u few minutes
thereafter "a 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 a baptism Of flame, and in
less than two hours after the fire broke
out, seven business houses were in
ashes t& El8H g4 .NEI NwG
LOSSES.
The store house of Mr.. Ogden, valued
at 81 800; insured forSe00; stock valued
at 81, 500; insured for $500. III 400
Stock of b. d. Wilson, valued at
$4,000 insured for $1,000 Southwes-
tern Mutual, Messrs. Scruggs n Dial,
agents. -~~.
Metan Il Co., stock valued at 5000;
no insurance. Building belonging to
b. ID. Wilson, insured for $400. San
berry Pennsylvania Company Major
Wellborn, agent. a. o.,,.
Calf House, owned by ] w. Smith,
and his private residence on Mai n
street, one of the oldest buildings in
the city, having been built twenty
years ago, collectively valued at S., 900.
No insurance.
Pryor's sample room, stock valued
at $1,000 no insurance. - EaFAg
Schoellkopf & Co., value of stock
$4,000; insured for 5000. a~arg
Building owned by NJ. Wohl, east
side, vacant, west side used for shoe
shop; insurance on building $500.
w. III. Tension, value of stock $4,000,
value Of building $llOO stock insured
for $500, and building $500; Hartford
Insurance Company, Ed S. Gay & Co.,
agents. ttf tadt fiA
Wallace & Wagner, value of stock, |
Si500;iinsured for $500. No Insurance
on buildings owned by Captain Jack
Smith.
Ward Dewey& Go; Value of stock, !
10000; insured for $500. Value of build |
ing, owned by re. Patten, $4,000; In
sured fofs2O0O, $1,000 in Southern Mi. |
Lual and $1,000 nPeoples, Philadelphia.
Major Wellborn, agent.
Owing to the" Sacrificing efforts,
almost unexampled, of the following
gentlemen, Messrs. Schneider, Easley |
Poage, Eunis, Barry, Ault, Ripply,
Ellis, and others whose names we could /
not obtain, the warehouse of Major
Thompkins, containing 100000 worth
of consignees goods was saved, and
with it probaby the entire block west.
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