The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-16
THEY'RE.
Is BUILDINGS BURNED!
Estimated Loss OUer $4,000.
No Insurance
Salinas Second Big ScOrch


ner's stable was eiscQ yereSsto>be on fire.
Dense volumes of smoke rolled out of
the crevices, windows aud doors into
the air, followed by sheets Of fame.
Fed by the hay and straw about the
building. the flames soon communicated
Sith the buildings adjoining the stable
on the north, in the first story OF which
was Huebner & Behr's saloon, Mr.. Hueb-
ner's family occupying the second story
By active work Mrs. IIedigaa's building
lust north Of the saloon building was
saved. The FIRE progressed southwark
from the stable and the following build
ings in the order named were destroyed:
Mrs. GoIy's barber shop; e. l.. Mar,
tins building (occapied by Mr. Martyr
as carriage storc); Barncck & Davis
saloon building two buildings belong
ing TO j. L. Harrison Zone used as a
restaurant and the other as meat mar
keD; Maxwell Phillips building (occu-
pied by Mr.. We'll as a hide storc); Rob
ert Crafts building (ono half occupied
rs barber shop by Mr.. Graf and in the
other half the shoe shop OF David Free
miller)'; IL. Goodspeed's building Cone
room occupied by Mr.. Wright as va
riety store and the second no )m the jew
clry shop of G.. c. Flcck and the gun
shop of Tn. Streitz) the building owned
by Berry, of Leavenworth Qhe frs
room occupied by Meade & Son as a
butcher shop md the second by Wheeler
a. Brother as grocery store). With
the exception of Mr.. Huebner's two
buildings and Maxwell Phillips build
ing the structures burned were one sto-
ry. The dry weather we have been hay
ing bad made them almost as finder
lVx. Although there was little or
no breeze, il soon became evident that
the Erc was making such Roadway that
its progress could not be stayed until
one OF more parautgs nau vcrn .orn
down. Tho hook and ladder apparatus
was brought into service, and by the use
of it's hooks, axes, &c, good work was
done. Commencing with MIR. Good
speeds building and taking in the build
ing owned by Mr.. Berry of Leaven-
worth, our citizens succeeded in making
huge vacant spot over which the
flames could make no Roadway and the
fire was thus stopped. Tho fire pro-
crossing SO slowly enabled the people
occupying the burnt district to save
nearly everything. Tressin & Miller, Ii.
Harms, G. A. Kingman d Co., e. J.
Lay & Bro. and Mrs. A. 7. Grier, fear
ing that the whole row Of buildings MS
far as RadcIiff Bros. a. Halls brick store
was doomed, removed their respective
stocks of goods, to which considerable
damage was done by the removal. As
far as we can ascertain not one person
(neither owners of the buildings nor
those occupying them) carried one cent
OF insurance. Upon Mr.. VIM. Huebner
the loss falls most heavily. His family
barely escaped. At one time it was re-
ported that one of his children had been
burned, which proved TO be untrue. We
learn that Capt. j. ID. Marsh broke into
the building when it was entirely envel-
oped with flames and rescued the child.
The Captain is certainly entitled TO much
commentator for this brave act. Near
ly everything was saved belonging to
the saloon. Mr.. Hucbncr's livery sta
bic was a building l20x30 feet. The
loft WAS full of hay. There were some
1000 bushels of corn in the stable, be-
sides oats and other grain belonging 10
Mr.. Hucbner. The passage way through
the stable was filled with farmers way
ons and in the stalls were some forty
horses. The stable being bIockaded
as it was, even after the horses were I'M
loosed it was impossible to extricate
them. Twenty ono horses were burned
besides the wagons, Mr.. Huebner's ON
biOu' dhu VuSSNS. III. liuSbhSI lnSl
three horses and only saved one buggy.
Mr.. John Agnew, Heading farmer of Dry
creek, bad put up his team at the stable
for the night, and his horses and wagon
wcrc burned. Mr.. Agnew in making
an effort to save his property, was seri.
ous!y though not fatally injured. Mr..
Schemmerhorn, of Lincoln, lost three
span of horses and three wagons which
we understand were loaded with grain.
y Mr.. Corning from the solomon river
also lost team. Mr.. Huebners indi
ridual loss cannot be far from IS 600.
The other losses, rs near as can We ascer-
tain them, are about as follows: Two
Buildings south of the stable, $1,000;
Mrs. Golly, Barber, $500; Barneck &
Davis. building and stock, $1,000; J. E.
Harrison, two buildings sl,oe0; John
Milan, butcher shop, 500 restaurant.
500; Maxwell Phillips building, $500 /;
Wm. Well, hide dealer, $50; Il. Graf-s
two buildings and barber tools, 500 !: