The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-29
RosEon Fire.


the fire show the losses to be much less
than last nights estimates. On building
it will probably be half aEmilion and near
that figure on stock. The following firms
are damaged. On Federal street: Kice,
Kendall & Co., building No I,completely
gutted from cellar to attic; Franklin Wool
No, So, is in the same condition; No l05
occupied by Sabine & Page, saddlery and
carriage hardware, and Williams & Co.,
were also damaged in the rear and roof
The fire in it's southern course was check
ed at this point; No. 63. at corner of
Franklin W. f, Lawrence & Co. bankers.
Rand Avery & Co, Boston Credit Bureau,
Geo D. Drake & &C.,, Wool; Office of
New England Glass Works wv l. Libby,
John Garter. paper, No. 60; The Fletcher
Manufacturing Co., Samuel j. Trips,
agent, No. 73; c. j. Porters Il Son,
Stereo;ypere; VIM. Scott. wool shoddy
focks; s. Fl. Sauborn, book binding; 7,
F. Collins, Blank Book Manufacturing Co.,
and s. Bigelow Printers. No. "A, B and L,
Thayer q Co, paper, are considerably
damaged by water and rears and roofs of
these numbers are badly burned. On
Franklin street, No Ill. occupied by
CIsfin & Brown, Charles e Perry. Paper
Cutting, and John Dillingham; !;
No. II3 F. Brown & Co., Heugton
Osgood & Co; S o Warren, & Go; No.1I7
Rand, Avery & Go; No. Il9 S Cheneck
paper; Dillingham; Paper Co: James S
Monroe, Paper manufacturing agents
George P Gose. Il Co, Commission mer-
chants. Chicago: No. 1913. John Carter &
Co, paper. These firms are all losers,
On Devonshire street the following are
com pletely burned out and lose almost
everything; The North National Bank, at
corner of Franklin; Clafin & Brown twine
and bags, No ZIG; McGrath Brothers,
boots and shoes, 2l8; The Heliothrope
Printing Co., Houghton, Osgood 4 Co,
publishers. d Warren & Co. paper;
New York & Boston Dispatch Express;
Union Express Office, and Edward A Taft.
General Express No. 222 The following
firms occupying the numbers from 222 to
246, Spaulding & Tewksburg, paper
Monroe, Smith & Co, hats etc; Benz
Colendar & CO.. Cutlery etc; George
Foster & Moses E OsRood, are all dam
aged, either by FIRE smoke or water, and it
is impossible at this writing to ascertain
to what extent. The fronts of the build
ngs from Nos 222 TO 246 are not injured,
the damage being confined to the rear
where the block touched the lce-kendall
building. There is proba bility that one or
two of the firms given above are not
damaged to any great extent The
heaviest losers are Rice, Kendall Il Co.,
SI5O, 900; HoughtoD, Osgood II Co..
$3.50 900; and Rand, Avery 4 sCO., who
had large amount of stock in process
badly damaged by smoke and water. Their
loss may reach $l50,000.
Following is list of firms whose stocks
we're wholly or partially destroyed by last
nights fire. Rice, Kendall u Co.. paper,
loss about 100000; insured. In same
building 81 and 95 Federal streets. were
located the Ashton. Valve Co. Ephraim
Baker, book binder. K Abbot, binder,
Thomas Y Crowell, binder, ID Faulkner u
Co., wool brokers. Building loss: owned
by the heirs of Geo L Bigelow and the
recent valuation was $4,000 Adjoining
structure known as the Franklin Building
corner of Federal and Franklin streets,
was badly scorched and flooded with water.
Rand & Avery. printers, suffered almost a
total loss on stock. Their insurance is
800, 600. which will full cover the loss.
The other occupants were the Dillingham;
Paper Co; Schenck G Co., paper, james
Is Carter & Co., paper all of whom suffered
heavily by water. The building was owned
by the heirs of Geo. I Bigelow. Cathedral
building corner Devonshire and Franklin
stfeets IN me rear OF Ieice O. Aenuai was
occupied BY the North National Bank.
Clafiin Il Brown paper. John
Dillingham;, paper, Z E Per
ry, paper. cutting mach ines,
The upper portion of building occupied by
s. D. Warren & Co., paper, w. f. Brown
& Co., printers, Heliotype Printing Co,
and Houghton. Osgood & Co., publishers
of Atlantic Monthly. The last named firm
carried about 5000. 900 stock fully insured,
Lower floor occupied by Haplin s. Brown,
paper, McGrath Bros, boots and shoes and
the ground tieor on Deyonshire street front