Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-17

available water was poured upon the
frame building used for a city hall,
where not SIS, 90 worth of property
was endangered A great deal OF the
hose. which had been LETT near the
Estill building, was burned, and this
rendered the engine still more worth.
less.
The next block which fell was own
ed by the widow of David Goshorn,
was of brick, one story and halt
high, containing four stores, the
fourth having been purchased by
Joseph Bonheart. Capito's old stand
in this block was empty, then came
Mrs. Lew Martins millinery store,
and next Sam Dandrldge's oyster
saloon, and finally Bonheart's grocery
and dry goods. The Estill block in
a few minutes fell as did these. In
this block were the Good Templars
Lodge room, Squires Brodt's and
Estill's offices above, and the store
room lately occupied by Jed. Bardett
and one BY Samuel Strauss clothing
store below, while in the basement
WIS Peter Mathews oyster saloon
Adjoining this was the two story
house OF Mrs. Burton and lately oc-
cupied by Kaufman fora store. Then
| fell Ritter IL Hatcher's stove and TIN
ware store, next Sterret's grocery and
J. Kiefer's cigar factory Adjoining
this was the st. Albert Hotel, and
above it Mrs. Beach's house contain
ing her Millinery store. and Aleck
Walters meat shop. Then went
down L. Wehre's block Of frame
buildings which extended on up to
Anderson street But it went up
some sixty feet higher on the other
side, consuming the store OF klinger
& Irwin, V Kieter's saloon, the tobac-
co store occupied by j. W. Lee, and
owned bv II. Slack; Ben Slacz's
grocery Wolf & Sons stove and tin
store Singer sewing Machine Agen-
CIV, and row of buildings owned by
Mrs. Col. Chambers, and occupied by
Traub's shoe shop. Gardeners meat
store and Hahn's saloon. At this
point the fire ceased though it dam
aged Rogers block and adjoining
buildings somewhat. Sparks and
brands were carried beyond Capitol
street, and the wonder is that many
more houses did not burn down.
The losses approximately were
about as follows. Allowances must
be made for inaccuracies incident to
the confused state of everything yes
.erdav. John Truslow, $4,000;
Estill building and stock, $500; Mrs.
Burton, $4,000; Ritter & Hatcher,
$4,000; Sterrett, $4,000; st. Albert
furniture. 5000; Mrs. Beach, build
ing and stock. $500; l.. Wehrie
buildings 1000; S. r. Youngs, per-
haps, $50; Gallus Cart, $500; VIM.
Doolev. $500: Charley Huffman,
$50; Aleck Waller, 5000; Good
Templar<. $50: Temperance Legion,
$50: J. T. Brodt, 500; Sam Strauss
81, 500; Hodges shoe shop, sl50;
Mayors office and engine house. 81
800; VIM KYLE, 5000; Peter
Mathews. s75; Lauehorn, sl50;
Charles Gebhart, $3.50; c P. Sny-
der. $500; Jim Ballard, $50; Balch,
5000; Cave, $500; Flack, 81 500;
Shearer, 81, 800; Mrs. l.. Martin, So
o0n; Mrs. Goshorn $1,000 }. Bon
hart, $1,000; Klinrer Il irwin, 81
coo; j. Kiefe, $4,000; V. Kicfer,
sl5C0; Fl. Slack, $1,000; j. Lee. 81
sos; Ben Slack, $4,000; Wolf IL
Sons, $4,000; Singer Sewing Machine
Company, $3.50: Mrs. Col. Cham
bers. $1,000; Traub, 800; Hahn,
$3.50: Rodgers Block, $4,000; Sam
cambridge, $50; Fred Gardener,
$3.50.
Total loss about $4,000. Insur-
ance, $4,000. The losses may
dwindle down some, but very little.
f. Langhorn insured in Phoenix,
Hartford, 81, 900; A. Cave, Fire As
ISOLATION, Philadelphia, 5000 90 l..
V. Shearer, Fire Association, 81 800
90; North Pritish. $1,000 90; V.
Kieffer, Phoenix Hartford, 500 90,
Home, Columbus, Sl,0000O; John
Spaniel, Phoenix, Hartford, $3.50 90;
]. b Wolf n Sons Fire Association
of Philadelphia, 1000 90, North
British, $4,000 Globe, of Chicago,
81 900 90. Nail City, Wheeling, ST.
OOOO S. Strauss, Fire Association,
$1,000 90; Harrison Il Co., Ameri
can Central, $500 90 Hartford, 81
800 90, Continental, of New York,
s.. 10000, Commercial, of Charleston,
w. Va, 81 900 90; st. Albert Ho-
tel. Aetna, 100000, Liverpool,
London and Globe 100000. Ner-
camille, of Chicago, 81, 800 90, Home,
of Ohio, 81, 500 90; John Truslow,
Home, Ohio, 81 900 90, Franklin, of
Philadelphia, 2,5C0 90, Fire d Ma
rine ofWheeling. So 00000 Niagara,
of Few York, 1900; Ginger Il IT.
win, Fire and Marine, Wheeling, 81
600 90, Niagara, 100000: VIM
Kyle, Peabody, Wheeling, 81 800 90,
Germania. n. Y $3.50 90, Niagara,
n. Y, $4,000; Mrs. David Cos
horn, Home, Ohio, $4,000, Frank
lin, of Philadelphia, So 800 90; Mrs.
Charles Gebhart, Home, Ohio, 81.
: 10000; y Trs35, Home, Ohio, $500.
; 90: G. jacobson, Continental, n. Y
! 1000 90, Franklin, Phi adelphia,
100000, Underwriters, y. Y, 81
10000; Mrs. Sarah Beach, Ger
mania n. Y $4,000, Underwriters
, NJ. Y 100000; j. H. Rogers
I Franklin, Pa. $4,000, Under