The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-02-05
FIRE FIEND.
Two II Es-AG6gEGArE Loss. TWEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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THOUSAND DOLLARS.
FRIDAY night. about naii past nine o'cloci
The arm of fire was sounded. The n..'
wa beautiful one, without any wind wis,
ever. the air cool aud bracing; in fact be
ter sight for fire could not have been -
lected--which has ALWAYS been the fortune
this city. The fire t. supposed to have ol'i:--
mated in coal room Oh the second floor %
Bissantz & Buffers hardware store. TIN
fire had gotten into the partitions whicli
surrounded the closet aud had almost reach
ed the roof before the extinguishers arrived.
The stairway. hall and adjoining rooms wcr,
so full OF smoke that it was impossible fol
any one TO get very close TO the Goa! pile and
partitions which were burning. The nearest
point 10 be gained was from the awning in
front Of the building. from which point the
extinguishers did good work aud put the fire
ont in the rooms. partition and hall, hut the
flames had reached the roof and the attention
Of all was directed to that locality, and final
ly II was announced to the immense crow,
below that the fire was out.
The estimate of the loss sustained by tn,
different parties and companies occupyinS
the building is hard 10 obtain.
A greater part of the merchandise In tn
rooms occupied by Smith & McComb Bros.
sadlers Bissan,z Il Butler. hardware, tin.
ware ani-stoyes: II. Bote. furniture ; ant
Dieter & Kayser, BARRIERS. was removed from
the building.
Messr.. Smith a. McComb Bros. will. in
stock. perhaps sustain loss Of five hundred
dollars on the building more than that.
Bissantz j. Butler. on stock, more than two
thousand dollars on building, five or sin
hundred dollars.
II. Bolfe. on stocs and building, from
twelve 10 fifteen hundred dollars.
Dieter & kay-er. nifty dollars.
A. Hess did not move great deal of hi.
stock and the damage 10 him was but ltth
considering the immense stock which stoo,
there menaced.
On the second story wa. the-i law office o
Wright a. Crews. Their library was great,
damaged by water. and in trying to save it
was roughly handled. We believe, however
they had nothing burned.
4. II. Go.saro. loan Office. no loss "a,
damage by water.
Mes-rs. Stanley & Wall came in Tor hea,,
share OF losses. Their large law library ".
almost completely ruined. some Of il burne.
aud the balance so damaged by water that il
will not be lit for use. Mr.. all. NJ grea'
risk of his Lille. entered the private office a.,
secured SOME valuable papers belonging io
some o. their clients.
Across the hall from Stanley a VI all ", Z
TIE Gun Cub room. The damage 10 them
Wa, not great deal. perhaps twenty-t,,
dol arr.
; Mis-, Bullock, dres.maker. wa, on hand
time. aud with the assistance of some geuu.
men carried all her goods. among them sew.
raj fac dresses. out oi her Room before an,
dsmsge was done.
e are informed that the insurance IN al
most every instance where loss wa. SUSTAINED
will cover the loss, a fact which we are giau
10 note.
ANOTHER BLAZE.
"Wednesday morning about three o'cioe
the fire alarm was again sounded. The bla4.
THIS time Nas on Main street, ea>t side, IN .
s,w of wooden building between the post
office aud the +. n NJ bank The tire w.'-
first seen in the room occupied by sommer
jcwelcr. and Mrs. Watson. millner. The
flames spread rapidly TO the adjoining build
ings. and in 4 lew moments all four of the
building were ablaze, and 80 rapid was the
burning that scarcely anything in three OF
them was saved
Bioomer Bros next 10 the posioffice, lost
everything.
kendle 4 Holmes, undertakers and sewing
machine agents, saved few machines
Bates. shoemaker, saved nothing.
Sommer, jeweler, lost everything but wha,
he had in his safe.
Mrs. Watson. saved nothing.
l.. Il. Ferrili sustained the heaviest loss OF
any. His entire stock was DESTROYED. also
the fixtures Of the telegraph Office He lived
in the back part of the building. and most OF
his household goods were saved.
Fuler's stock aud household goods wer,
aimos, all carried out.
Al this time il Is a hard ristter TO estimate
the loss, but it is probably not less than ten
Thousand dollars.
Ii was only by the hardest work that the
buildings on the other side Of the stree, were
saved
As usual when Wichita has a Gre. Their,
was no wind blowing. How the fire started
il not known. and perhaps never will be.
Mr.. Kent, the night clerk at the postotice.
was at his work and heard the roaring and
cracking of the danes. aud opened the back
door, when he discovered the fire issuing
from the rear of the building near the ROOF.
He gave the alara,. aud called Mr.. Davis. an.
other clerk Ia tae Office. who ran aud took
view Of the surroundings. He looked through
the window, and the situation was as follows:
All around the stove in the jewelry store ths
ooor was r., al.i Tor ten OF fifteen feet tro,u
the st,.e toward. thr door the door wa.
buruiu The t'se api pipe We're red ho,.
acd ...up stooa On the s.fc ba. MIN.