The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-06
WINZENBURG'S WOE.
His Fine Country Residence,
Two Miles South of Sedalia.
Burned to the Ground.
All of the Contents, Including Sew
enty Thousand Cigars,
Also Destroyed.

A. ". Winzenburg's dwelling, situated
about two miles south of Sedalia, burned
this morning, at about seven o'clock.
The fire originated in room on the
ground floor, in the northwest corner OF
the building, and caught from detective
flue. A fire had Just been built in the
room few minutes before blaze was
discovered BY Mr.. Richtee, a carpenter.
who was engaged by Mr.. Winzenburx to do
some repairing on one of the out
buildings. A young woman employed as
help next gave the alarm, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Winzenburg, who had no, yet arisen,
were informed of their danger and at once
began to fight the flames, which were busy
at work between the weather boarding and
the inside Of the room, which was ceiied
up and down with pine flooring. This
situation OF the fire made it the harder to
fight, but Mr.. w. did not lose mis- presence
of mind. He worked heroicaily to save
that which sheltered his family, but in
vain, and the building was soon q mass of
ruins.
The house was completed eighteen
months ago, and was N elegant two story
frame, with double veranda in front and
perch on the south slde-facing east.
A Let of fine tobacco was stored
in the cellar, which Mr.. Winzenburg,
who also conducts the manufac.
ture of cigars, had just purchased at
bargain and placed there. On the south
porch was another lot Of tobacco, which
would have been manufactured into cigars
but for the loss.
The FIRE was thought to be under con-
troll shortly after it started, bu: not long
afterwards tie flame made its
way through the roof and
soon spread over the whole building, hav-
ing a strong wind from the northwest that
favored the fire fend.
Nothing was saved except few pictures,
a mattress and sofa Five men were on
the premises at the time, but they
seemed to have lost all presence
of mind, and this, together with the
fact they were trying to sub
due the FIRE, caused them to lose,
until toe late, all opportunity to rescue
any Of the furniture.
All the inmates of the house, except a
babe about month old, we're soon cut of
the doomed building, and when the flames
had claimed the house, Mr.. Winzenburg
thought ii his child in the second story,
and rushed i'm to save it, at great risk of
losing his own life, and now he feels that
the saving of it gives him far more salts
faction than would that of rescuing all the
furniture and property.
There was some insurance on the build
ing, the amount Of which, owing to the
confusion and mixture Of papers and poll
cies, has not yet been ascertsined. About
sixty or seventy Thousand cigars and all
the tobacco and furniture are thought to
be total loss.
The burned building was erected some
twelve or fourteen years ago by Mr.. Mar
shall, who fell dead in this city about eight
years ago. He never finished the structure,
however. and Mr.. Winzenburg, sop-in-law
of deceased, purchased the premises, farm
and all, and finished the building ia a
handsome style. 1t was one of the finest
farm houses in the county, and was worth
probably $1,000
Winzenburg. in 1867. had a cigar manu-
factory and store on West Main street, in
the place where the Age printing Office is
now located. Ii was the night OF Nov.
eth, 1867, q fire broke out in the room
where Charles A. Dexter's store row is,
and destroying everything to the corner,
thence across Main street, and also de- |
stroying the old McKissock house. Win !
zenburg lost nearly everything in that FIRE,
his gold watch. 81