The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-19
About Twe.,hirds Of Which is Covered by
Insurance.
Spoptsucous Combustion Of Saiura.
ted Rage Assigned ~ t1c origin
OF the sOunns ration.

Taking the situation in at a glance. lac
quickly gave the alarm Of lire. and rush.
ing to the front door Of the store. tried 10
effect an entrance. Mr.. Ellis. proprietor
Of the Arlington house. aud Mr.. Frank
Robbins. arrived with Babcock Fire cX.
| tinyuishers. ran across the street. and
! with the assistance of the first gentle
man alluded To. succeeded in breaking in
the door. BY this tiiN,. the entire large
.torcroom. which was completely packed
win furniture of every description. bed
mattresses, etc. was filled with dense
mass OF smoke and flame.
Mcssrs. Ellis and Robbins, however.
went to work with their cxtingii-lcr.,
and began throwing water On the floor.
IN order to make a passage through to
the back end Of the apartment. aud had
partly succeeded in doing 20. when the
back door was burst open by the crowd
on the outside. admitting strong cur
| rent Of air which drove the flames quick
ly to the front part of the room. driving
hc.,r,. Elli- aud Robin. before lhcm.
The lire had now got under such head
way Ia The furniture store. that the fire
men. who. up till this time. had bccu
working like heroes 70 g.t control Of In.
found that their efforts were OF no avail.
50 far "a, saving the stock and building
was concerned. and they very speedily
turned their attention 10 the adjoining
buildings, which already had been con-
-iderably damaged.
DR.. AFTER binding had by this time
been caught by the flames, which extend
el into the lhirl story, the room occu-
pied by the Old Fellow, OF Cairo. and
the Window had All bccn more or loss
broken, and he ,1~h burnt. The .hut-
tors were also ruined. and the entire front
Of the building, from the cond story 70
The top, cliarrcd by the heat.
Tho building occupied by Herr;
EichhoI. and owned hy Mr.. samuel
Halliday. va, soon destroyed. The
second il"or gave way beneath the weight
of tho stock slowed away upon it, carry
ing with i. large amount u furniture.
all OF which Wa broken and burned with
the building. All that remain. of the en-
tire structure is the front wall md a dcn,c
mas, of clarrcd and blacl,encl timberS.
the roof having been burned entirely on.
low the tire was kindlcd. j. not really
known, bur many express the belief that
1t originated from the spontaneous com
bu,tion of rags or other light material.
which, having been saturated with Gil
for the purpose OF oiling furniture, were
Internationally cast aside AMI forgotten,
after having been used.
The fire va, first discovered. we are
told by MIR. Robbins. who was one ofthe
first To cut = the room amer the front
door had been broken IN, about ten icct
To the rear Of a staircase situated on the
south side of the store. about half way be-
tween the front ana rear doors, and that
it had already burned large opening in
the floor Of the second story when lac first
entered.
The los, OF ia" several pIr.ir. whose
property was damaged by the eject, of
the fire, will reach nearly fifteen thou
sand dollars. and is divided a follows,
among the several individuals:
The cutire stock II Henry Eichhoif,
furniture dealer, yalued at nine thou.
sand, dollars. Upon thi, he had iu-
,urancr 10 the amount Of six thousand
dollars, three thousand in the under.
writcr',, and three Thousand IN the Nj
agara.
Mr.. Samuel Halliday. who owened the
building occupied by Henry Eichhon.
valued at thirty-ivc hundred dollars, en-
tircly destroyed, was insured for two
thousand dollars in the Franklin of Phil
adclphia.
d. Arter's building, adjoining that of
Mrs.. Halliday. valued at ten thousand
dollars, wa, damaged to the amount of
about fifteen hundred dollars; loss COW
cred by insurance.
Lincgar Il Lansden. whose law Office
i, Immediately below Odd Fellows hall,
in Arer's building, had number of law
books slightly damaged by water.
The furniture in Odd Fellows hall, in.
GLIDING the carpet. Il number OF chairs,
writing desk and other things. wa, dam
aged To the amount OF seven hundred
dollars, all Of which i covered ny msur-
aucc.
AFTER Il Stewards grocery store was
not disturbed by the fire. though they
suffer slight loss by the water dripping
upon goods, and also by goods being ,to-
len during the excitement.
This, rs far rs we can learn, cover, the
whole loss incurred by the conhagrauon.
Those who answered 10 the call of the
alarm, both in and ont Of the lire dcpar,-
mcn., did good work in the time OF need.
and Chief of Police Williams, who was
] on hand among the first i ioud'm his
praise of the colored people, who an
| swered without hesitation 10 hi, COM
mands while the flames were AT their
| highest stage.
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