The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-01-26

tinguished the fire with buckets passed Up
from below by employees of the store. At1
one time sheet of flames the entire length |
Of the building swept over Knapp, Burrell
g. Co. g and destruction seemed inevitable, !
when the wind died down, allowing streams
to be thrown on the roof and cornices
The cornices of Fleckenstean u Meyers
building and the Central block took fire,
but were extinguished. Nearly every pane
of glass in the latter block was broken by
the heat, After three hours good work
the fire was practically under control.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
.Corbitt & Macleay's stock, of which an
inventory had just been finished, is valued
at $l43,0OO. 1t is total loss. They, car
ried insurance to the amount OF $l2O,0OO
distributed as follows:
Imperial, London, Northern & Queen,
SAC, 1000.
London, Liverpool & Globe. $25, 900.
Commercial Union, $4,000.
Guardian, $3.50
North British and Mercantile, $4,000.
Scottish Union & National, $4,000.
Tho building ia owned by Capt John c.
Ainsworth, whose loss is between $4,000
and $25, 900. He has no insurance.
All three floors of Fleischner, Mayer &
Co. s house were filed with smoke which
discolored many fabrics. The loss may
reach $4,000.
The south wall of the building occupied
by them, owned by Il. R. Thompson, is
cracked in several places, and probably
$1,000 will be required to repair it.
Knapp, Burrell & Co. sustained about
500 damages, but they are so elated over
the escape that they will make no claim
upon the companies.
| III. L. Hoyt and Noah Lambert lose about
5000 by plate glass broken in the store oc-
cupied by Jacobs Bros. & Co., insured in
the Home Mutual.
]. W. Cook loses $lOO in the same way
on the building occupied by Mooney &
| Valentine.
| Holman & Co., forwarders, whose Office
adjoined Corbitt & Macleay, lose their
books and accounts to the amonnt of $4,000.
| Frazer Sperry & Co., wool commission
merchants, who had their office with Hol-
man & Co., lose their records for two years,
including memoranda of money advanced.
All the books and papers of the board of
trade, which were in the custody of Benz.
I. Cohn, the statistician, were burned in
Corbitt & Macleay's Office. Records of
meetings can be supplied from the files Of
the Oregonian, and the list of members from
the last annual report; but some valuable
statistics regarding the cereal product OF
Oregon and Washington and daily market
quotations, to which Mr.. Cohn has devoted
much time, cannot be replaced.
At half-past o'clock Saturday morning
the regular office hour, Corbitt & Macleay
were ready for business. They secured {
temporary office in the board of trade rooms
had new blank books stationery and ths
regular counting house force. A large batcl
of orders jast to hand received attention
they buying the goods of other houses
Telegraphic orders were sent to sources O
supply for duplicates of everything burned
five hours before, and temporary stocl
was ordered by wire from their San Fran
cisco house. It will be shipped by th'
steamer leaving to-day. The large four
story building in Dolph & Thompson's block
adjoining Murphy, Grant & Co., was Sc
cured, and will be occupied to-day. A larg
shipment for the house arrived by the Col
umbia last night. The firm announce tina
they are ready to fill all orders, and by th
) middle of next week their business will b
running as smoothly as it did last Thursday
Their enterprise reminds one of that re
ported of Chicago firms. during their fires
The safe is still in the ruins, but will b
taken out to-day.
Frame Block Burned
When Two's engine company answere
the call from box fifteen, they started OF
Oak street. When they reached the COZ
: ner of First they saw the roof of N. Davi
s tailor shop on First street, near Oak, burr
ing. Assuming this to be the fire for whic
the alarm was turned in. they took wats
at the corner, laid hose and began playin,
u With the terrible wind, it was imposs1b
e to do otherwise than let the block burn an
| save adjoining buildings. The whole corn'
. up to the two-story brick occupied by Oh
. nese ON Oak street, burned to the grount
LIST OF LOSSES.
J Mrs. Fl. Schulderman and r. Buchanel
j. who owned the block, $4,000, insured fl
e 5000 in the State Investment. The builo
r ings paid monthly rental of $500.
N. Collins, boot and shoe shop, $500; nj
insured.
N. Davis, tailor, $1,000; insured for So
in the New Zealand. A policy of $4t
lapsed at noon Thursday.
j. Chanhomme, cigar dealer, $500; il
+ sured $500 each in the Lion and the Mort
British and Mercantile.
> Robert ShortelI, saloon, $1,000; insure
- $500 in the North British.
French in Italian restaurant, $1,000 n
insured.
Geo. Haas, umbrella-maker, $1,000; i
sured $1,000 in Hamburg Bremen.
's Shipper & Rybke, tailors, $6sO0; insure
e for s4soe. as follows: $1,000 in South Bri
ish and Natioal; $500 in the Sun; sll0O
5 the Oakland Home; $l2oOin the Hambu
Bremen.
= The fire is supposed to have original,
= from defective fue.
wi Fire at Spokane Falls.
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