Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-17
A BIG BLAZE.
An Entire Block Of Business House,
Burned in Corsicana.
Over Gnc Hundred Thousand Dollar
Gone Up in Smoke ana Flame.
A Full List of Losses aud Insurance
Another Incipient Fire.
speeIal to lie Gazette.

Special to the Gazette
Corsicana, Dec. 1G.-This morning
about 1880 a fire broke out in IN,
building owned by Hon. j. +. Stout
ana occupied by Howell d Strauss
dfy goods, which was completely
burned in n few moments, cnmmuui.
eating to NJ. NJ. Burgess dry goods
! store on the west and Schwarl's cot
ton Office, Tatum's hardware store.
| Dfawiord d lSiggs' grocery and Jester
i1ros.' bank, all OF which were one
nlock and We're total loss. The bank
had ample time to remove all their
BOOKS, ect., so that they lose
nothing but the 6uildinr
The w. A. w. club LOST
thelr furniture. and the Athletic cIub
lost all their appa atus. Frost, Berry
" Lee had to move their law library
ana were somewhat damaged. II was
Ihe most destructive fire we have had
Tor THIS season. The loss foots IN TO
nearly Si@0,01O, with total insurance
OF Isl 0JO. No clue as to its ORIGIN can
be discovered. The losses aud in
sGFance are as follows: NJ. NJ. Burgess.
loss ~, 300, Insurance SIG, $50: Howell
~ Strauss VIZ 800, insurance IS 0DD. !
Z. Stout 81 800, insurance S3 900.
X. n. White $85 900, INSURANCE
526,0OO; Crawford d Riggs SG.0an i'm.
surance $4,000; Jester Bros S35 00a
insurance $4,000; Frost &; Berry
building and fixtures, damaged in,
sumnce 5000; II n. White three |
frame buildings, $3.50, insurance Sam. /
>. ~. Allen, $4,000, Insurance. S3,000, |
schwartz ~ Co, hides and Office fur,
hlture, $500, insurance 500. tos. Their
with many lesser losses in Offices ere
"A jury OF inquest is being held this
evening. ''''7
Another fire was discovered about q
D clock in the New York store kent
)y . NesdkoIsky. About $500 >yoJt,
nl ciothlng was Gisoovcrcd to be ON
hfe' without any evidence of any way
IN winch II could have originated ~
Doth tae doors and windows were
;tosed and locked, and no fire in the
stove. '''0
D; l., corbctt's dry goods store was
'"uiS ua'haged, but the stock saved.
D. p Cessais dwelling and grocery
Vas oaliiagsd about Sl,GG0; the resi-
ron We're damaged by water. tho es.
adjustments of Chas. Russell ana <
w. w lIsoh were also badly damaged.
''' NNSiiii'ltb ny WI ,
ietheringto0 WAS DESTROYED. loss
'2,o0i also the residence Of Mrs, s
" nodring, loss 5000, insurance {
mail. The handsome residence of
tSo. Schwem was damaged sl On0. I
4ily insured. Thns. Harlelnan,s ,ps, |
uence was damaged $l,G00, no inenr. c
nee. The Western Slope hotel. orcn. 5
ned by q, w. Sterling, So 900, NO {
w. }. Fonils millinery y
t'g9o; posloiiice building, occupied bv {
. II. Dale as store and postoific,, loss i
II store about ~ 600, while the most Is
iastcr Is not able to estimate the dliicn II
' ,,s. During the progress of the fire
her small buildings were DESTROYED
iad IL not been for the snow last p
lght, no doubt but the town to.niDht n
,ouid be a smouldering heap of ashes p
lrs: leighton broke her arm whije II
4tting out of the flames A fireman l.
hmed Grietzier was suflocated whiIa nj
second fireman named Reed WINS in. W
ied internally md his ankle disln- &c
IteG ny falling from the roof of u IL
hiding to the ground. dc