Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-15

hluh below the Ocean house, WAS en-
veloped 10y the flames and burned; then
came the Avenue house, kept 10y Geo.
I. Dougherty, and the property of the
Burns estate, ut the foot OF Perry street.
This was followed by :. \. Rudolph 5
cottage, on jackson street.
While the fire vas at its height about
noon, and after the Avenue house had
caught fire, n steam engine from Cam
dem arrived, and in tins direction the
fire was checked. The flames then at
tackled the two story cottages of Alex.
Mcconnell and that of Rudolph,
but they were not seriously dam
aged. Back Of Cahills cottage
on Decatur street were Judge uamber-
gers cottage and three of W. +. Kings
cottages, which were destroyed At
this time, = o'clock, analarm came that
the Columbus House, on Ocean street,
between Washington street and Beach
was ON fire. The flames spread SO rap
! idly over this property that it was soon
i'll ruins, with II number of outhuildmgs,
and Beauer cottage on Ocean street,
Thos. 4. Tasker's cottage, adjoining Col,
l.. :. Mats cottage, ON Washington
street, the bath houses i'll front Of the
Columbia House, and about 1000 bath
houses belonging TO the Stockton Hotel.
Some cinders lodged on the Stockton
House roof, but were eXtinguishcd.
Two of Warmers cottages on
Stockton row caught fire but were
saved. The last building attacked was
VOLTS cottage, about 200 yards from
the Stockton house, where again the
tiremen obtained the mastery and this
after II continuous work of eleven hours.
At 4.30 anorher steam engine arrived
from Camden and rendered very ell
cient aid IN checking the flames.
McRays cottage on jackson street, be-
hind the Centre House and Merchants,
one of the oldest buildings on the
Island, went early in the day On the
lawn Of the Columbia house, between
It and the beech, two cottages belong
ing 10 the hotel were DESTROYED. The
property property in Columbia avenue
escaped, The entire burned district
covers an area Of about ~ acres and is
bounded by Congress street on tho west,
Washington street on the north, Ocean
street on the east and the beach on the
south. The total loss is estimated at
S40o, 000 of which more than one half
is covered by Insurance.. The losses in
detail are MS follows Congress, $780,
600; Ocean house, $4,000, insured for
$50, 900; Central house, owned by j. T..
McCray, loss $4,000; Columbia
house, owned by John G. Bullet, $780,
600, insured for $4,000; Atlantic
house, owned by f. G. knight, loss
$50, goo; Merchants hotel, owned by
VIM. Mason, loss $4,000; Wyoming
cottage, owned by Geo. Hildreth, loss
$4,000; Cahill's cottage, pss 10000;
George Freyer's cottage, loss $4,000,
insured $500; Avenue hotel, owned
by Michael Burns estate, loss $500;
William II. Kings four cottages, two
houses, etc, $40, 1000; Judge Hamburg
er's cottage, $500; s. a. Rudolph'sc scot
tage $4,000, insured $4,000; Barret's sa-
loon $4,000; Dennisott's cottage and
bath house $4,000; Centennial cottage
5000; Peterson's cottage $1,000; Wolf
cottage $1,000; Beaver cottage, owned
by j. G. Bullet, $4,000; Thomas Tas-
ker's cottage, $1,000; Shoots cottage
81, 500. The fire burned stubbornly
from z in the morning until between .
and 6 inthe afternoon. The water sup
ply was good, and furnished by artesian
wells. No lives were lost, and no one
seriously Injured. Tonight the steam
engines are playing on the ruins. In
1869 almost the same section was swept
scarcely less destructive than that Of
to-day, The fire is believed to be of in
cendiary origin.