The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-29


! household furniture in greatly dam
| aged condition. Loss unlbuildino sd
/ 900 insurance Sl,475 Er Gidord's
/ loss on stock Of drugs, fdncv articles.
and household furniture wifi 'aogrepote
! SO, 800; insurance $500.
Next east of Mr.. Gihord,s residence
was house owned by Albis LmtIler,
and occupied by Mr.. Slower conductor
ON local freight. This building Inv
! tremendous effort was saved n Whole
! force Of railroad men tanning i'm TO as
| sist
Crossing tie railroad track the fire
! progressed in a westerly direction
taking in the passenger depot. Loss
on depot S4 600.
Then l.. Vogels hotel, loss S., 900
I insurance $4,000.
J. f. Windfeder's saloon, building
owned by himself Nothing of con
sequence was saved from this building
except a lot of beer which was taken
down under the stone bridge across
Elk Creek, the necks of the bottles
broken and the beer stored away.
! Loss about $4,000; insurance on stock
and building $1,000. Mr.. Windlelder
made out "a bill for the lumber for a
new building, and will rebuild at
| once.
John f. Weidenbmner's store.
dwelling, and general stock of mer-
chandise, helped to swell the blaze. A
| part was saved in damaged con-
dition. Loss about S4 1000 insurance
| 81, 800.
Frank Sosenheimer, in Leonard
Whitman's building, stock of hard
ware, part saved, loss about 81 600: no
insurance on stock. Loss on building
| 900; Insurance $500.
Hiss Killen's millinery store i'm
John Wilhem's building, suffered
about 500 dollars damage. Loss on
building 81 500 insurance $500.
Anthony Schaut's large building on
corner of Railroad and Michael streets
occupied by Spatlord d Ticrney. gen.
erai merchandise, who lost about 5 H.
| GOO; insurance $4,000. Miss Killen.
mi!!iner, lived up stairs in this build
! ing. Also occupied by Charles
Miller, cigars, tobacco, books etc.,
loss about $500. ]. Grmtzingor plo-
tographer, lived up stairs, and lost
nearly all his hOusehOld effects. los.
probably $500. The losses on Schaut's
building is placed at SS,UJO without
one cent Of insurance.
Anthony Auman's residence was
| totally destroyed with his household
! effects, loss about s., 300; insurance on
| building ,00O.
Joseph Roaenhofinr's residence. barn
aud household goods including the
/ building occupied by Col Ames, foot
/ up Il total loss OF about $500: jnslir-
nnce on his dwelling ST 600.
j. j, SUei's building in which hc
lives Went up in smoke at a loss Of
/ 5 ,UjO; insurance SJOJ.
Dr c. q. WILSON, who had rooms
! IN the Riley House, lost on furuiture
about SHo; insurance $780,
/ John Keller, shoemaker, succeeded
/ in getting out his jOOI. uAi stock with.
/ u;,l loss.
\ lodge Of l[uight. Of Pythias loss
/ ou furniture ANA Ivgalia about 5000.
/ lAe spread ut tie fire Was terrible
anG sure, ana Iu less than two ana
ohe-hali hours the whole territory be-
/ tween Washington and railroad streets
/ as IA? cast rs L@.heT's building, was
( consumed bc.dGe5 the Riley house
earn ANA another building on The
north side Of Washington street. il
. tn pot marked vacant lOt.r
IWtntN-E!lie buildings iii all fell Il
| prey 10 the dt v0urlng element, inc!ud-
| ~ stores, hotels, dwellings and barns.
/ J Ii" place ON our NlHp marked II i,
/ ,atI,a 't4,o l)iJr1OGt. ~ UNI on WnIcn
- tUiiuug uayG as q eu.ohor shop.
, t.iS t-r|pld. as a.-U Gii The opposite
/ side OF -. hlichuei street, by Tie wind
/ blowing from the west. Al kinds Oi
/ mCrcEan,;i-", household goods, furui-
, turc, etc, lay atreWu on the Diamond
and about The street i'll the vicinity OF
| the fire iii the greatest confusion.
The tOtHl loss reaches 500 900 ac-
cOrding 10 the above estimates, which,
| madc as they were in the heat oi
/ excitement, are undoubtedly mach
above The uctuai loss Of property. 70
doubt So, 900 would cover actual loss
/ OF course tnc loss and Inconvenience to
/ business men by reason OF the ire is
| very great, and cannot be estimated.
The pert burned over includes Il
| greater snare OF the business portion
OF the town. And il is very likely
| the greater part OF the buildings viii
not he replaced in long time. Cor
yell d Russ will without doubt, put
their store up in short time. The
Riley Bros. may, and probably viii!
, rebuild Their ho:Ci. James Riley was
on Il visit 10 Wisconsin at the time Oi
tine fire, intending to make visit OF
Two or three months, but a telegram
iHiuGniu. him OF the calamity cut
short lis visit and hastened his de-
par.urc for home.
III anticipation Of greater demand
for stores and dwellings we are in
formed that many property owners
advanced the rent O. their buildings
TO Il considerable r&ttut. Mr. -;cnaUt,
The man who owned the fine three
story building at the corHcr Of Rail-
road and -. Michael streets is one Oi