The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-12
FIRE IN BOSTON BAZAAR.
Considerable Damage to Goods
and Building.
AMPLE INSURANCE ON ALL
The Origin of the Fire Mystery.


blaze was seen in the store of l.. s, Gates
Il Co., the Boston Bazaar, on Illinois
street, in Gayford's building. The alarm
was quickly given, windows and doors
broken in and the fire extinguished. All
the fire companies were at works
pouring ln great streams of water from
front and rear, deluging the store with
water. The wind was blowing gale and
had the fire once gotten outside the build
ing terrible confagration might have en-
sued. As it is, the damage is quite
heavy, as quite an amount of goods were
burned, and the whole stock thoroughly
soaked.
THE BUILDING.
The insurance on the building is as fol-
lows: sl,00O.in the Phoenix, of Hartford
NJ. I. Wiser, agent; $1,000 in the Under
writer's Agency, Hayes & Cleaveland,
agents; $4,000 in the Hartford, and 81
600 in the Etna, j. NJ. Buford, agent;
total $4,000. The damage is not very
heavy-perhaps $1,000 The building is
the property of Mr.. A. B. Gaylord, now
in England, and was bringing him rent
from the store alone of $4,000 year.
THE GOODS.
The stock of goods consisted OF dry
goods, millinery, notions, carpets, ladies'
suits, cassimeres, broadcloths, gents suit
lngs, etc., and the proprietors claim that
| they had on hand stock worth $50, 900.
They say they never carry less than $685.
600 worth Of goods, and that their stock
was larger than ever. From appearances
this morning and they say that no goods
were removed from the store-the stock
would not have invoiced at nearly so large
| figures
They were insured to the amount of
S27 800, as follows
In Elmer Hursts agency, IN the Com
mercial Union, London $4,000; Pennsyl-
vania Fire, Philadelphia, $500; Spring
field, Mass Fire $4,000: Mechanics
Newark, n. j. $1,000; and the Faneuil
Hall, Boston $2,50O-Sl2,5OO.
In Hayes & Cleaveland's agency-Un-
derwrlters, $4,000; Liverpool & London
Il Globe $4,000; Phoenix, of Brooklyn
$4,000; Continental, of New York, So. SOC
$4,000.
In NJ. t, Wiser's agency-Royal, So,
600.
This makes a total of S27, 800 on goods
HOW DID TIE FIRE ORIGINATE?
Mr.. A. Gates says that he and his broth
er, l.. S. Gates and a New York CONNER
cial Traveller he don't remember his name,
and the girls clerking there, all left the
store together. at about 10 o'clock. He
says there was a coal fire in stove in the
forenoon, but none in the afternoon; tha
the store was lighted partly with gas anG
partly with kerosene; and that he know!
nothing hatever Of the origin of the fire
The fire seems to have originated il
about the center of the room, where Their.
was I shaped counter piled up witt
millinery. ribbons, ETC., but how it origin
ated is the enigma that has not beer
solved. The shelves on the east side 0
the store were filed with cassimeres
broadcoths, curtain goods. tablecloths, anc
many other kinds Of goods. while on tn
west side there was hosiery and notions
In the rear of the L shaped counter ther
were other counters on which were SOM
goods, and in the rear of these there wa
some carpets. All the goods in the cente
of the store are nearly total loss, Will
those on each side, save for few PAGES il
the front of the store, which is a doubl
, one, are damaged by fire and water.