The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-11-14
MART. v. BROWN.


Last Wednesday night ut few minutes
before twelve o'clock The Mammoth Ware
house. lacasel near the depot, in tajs city,
was discovered To b, on tira. Tla fire bells
rang oat an alarm anI Is sooa Is Steam
csald bs raisol the locomative Of the even
ing express commenced the most terrible
screeching that ever was heard in these
parts Both engines We're out ON time, No.
2's arriving first, The steamer was station
ed At the Canal and it rcluirel the hose OF
both companies 70 enah'c the boys to get
water on the fire. The warehouse was To-
Gated far fcom the ensine houses that 10y
the time the engines arrived the building
was completely wrapped IN flames, and the
monster tongues Of IRE Were dartjug out
with ths wind to a distance OF full three
hundred feet, and burning shingles were car
riei by the brsez, for y mile through the
lower part Of the city. Il was very forta-
nate that it had r1ined during the day, for i
the roofs had been dry many buildings
would have been Ioss. As it was some two
or three caught ire on the roof bat were eN-
tinguished. The large warehouse was a
complete loss. rs 1t was barnel 70 the foan-
dation with all its contents. Mr. MeDon-
aid, the engineer o; the Albany anI Port
land express. slept in the building, and the
fire spread 50 rapidly that it vas with dilii-
eulty thai he made his eseap-. lie thinks
the sre aust have originated b-ne lth the
baildiag, AS, when Le escaped it was burst
ing out IN every direction. Tn=rs Is MP
dSabs bat that i was ths wor> ot an inee--
diary o. s,zns earelcss, drunken tram Das the
I,To;,rieto-s ssil Us they have hal NJ fire on
premises for several days eyeeptin, Ia Their
stove in the office.
III: LosSzs
Tbs battling WAS erected in lS7l by II. 4.
Nesrby assd cost about $ll.OJ1. Since that
time a great many improvements have been
made upon it; bins, elevators ami eieaning
machinery have been pat in and All engine
aud house have been aided. whieh would
bring the value up to about $1,000. 1t w-s
insured In the London AMI Globe Insurance
company for s., O0O- They also hal ai-,at
$1,000 worth of SACKS wEicI we're iAsur4,i ~
the Commercial Union for 81, 800
L E. Birin hal lunjsr T. tine a-aaaat Of
about SEQ which was insured IN tie North
British and Mercantile for siCU.
VIM Goltra hal $50 bushels If wheat
which was insured ia Tia, I.,.,el,ix A. s. censs
on the basheL
Mr. Huber, OF 81 ,rioa i,sss 5.o)) Bas, .ls
of oats.
Allen MsDoaald loses ealtivaaoes aai
mowers to the amount OF $3.50 and 200
bushels OF wheat.
AI Edgar loses all the things that were
saved at the time tle Cornstocl Hotel burn
ed lass 4th Of July. They will amount to
probably 81 600,
The property belonging TO the estate Of
JOS. Taylor, bankrupt, amounting to about
1920, was stored in the building and lost
There were about S, 600 or 9,OOG bushels Of
wheat in sto.c, divided up about as follows:
Wm. GOltra, 1890; 3. 7. Mcdonald, 1900;
John Robinctt, 300; WISH Pugh, COO;
Rob't Elder. 535; Hugh Lee, 40; All.
Wheeler 200; Ben johnson, 800; Thos.
Nonteith. 81; Fox, Baum ( Co., go; Jas
Foster, 200.
There were vbont 10, 60 bushels Of oats in
Store OF which A. Hubler owned about 5000
and the remaindar usgas divided up among
several parties.
The estimated loss Is pat at aboas So, 900,
which makes this fire the largest Albany has
ever had