The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-11


allied a man passing with 4 bucket Of VIZ
fr.npd come one DASHED " on her hnd eS,,
In rpiahpd the nfmes before they hhl
enrbed her person though hhc mui
rave been badly scorcned, ,.-,-.,.
There we're several fist fights during The
Gre Yesterday, and the poice made q mum
her of arrests for drunkenness.
A boy picked up roll OF greenbncks on
Lamar street which had evldenuy
boen dropped IN the hurried remoVal
of housebold effects, which amounted 70
500 but u well.dresscd man took IL away
from the little fellow, saying that he would
leave II nj the HERALD office and ADVERTISE
Tor the owner. He has 30 iar failed 10 Keep
hs promise TO the boy, ana the
natural supposiiion Is that the party Is
The water held out splendidly yesterday
and Superintendent Wheless, OF the WORKS.
dared the firemen TO exhaust his supply =,
The report that Messrs. Mitchell ~
scruges had 800 bales of cotton burned 10
the compress is untrue, they did not lose
single bale in the fire. a.,
IL Was Sam Klein who first flashed the
news to Fort Worth that Dallas was q
victim of the IRE tiend.
The fear that the mammoth boilers IN lne
elevator and compress wouln eHPIoue
made the large crowd feel little shady,
Thieves PLAYED lively part at the hrl
Yesterday. Under the guise OF aiding IL
the removal OF articles from houses threat
ened by the flames, they carried away d lo'
of silverware and other veluablts
GIN AND COTTON BURNED.
Yesterday morning the new gin OF Mr.
Freeman, at Lancaster, was consumed py
fire and with it eighty bales Oh COTTON
which we're partially covered by insurance
Loss on gin about 81 600.
LATER FIRE NEWS.
Hundreds of people visited the scene O.
Saturdays fire Sunday. to view the rum
wrought by the fierce flames that had
swept over that portion OF the city, con-
yerting business houses and happy homes
into a desolate waste. Here and there
stood chimneys, monuments to marx
where the buildings stood, and over the de-
wasted district were smouldering rulas thai
filed the air with fog-hke smoke;
The cotton ties that once, heio
large bales of the tieecy staple literally
cnyered the ground in the.elevatc, yard,
that of the compress platform ana the
pround some distance around. The DEP
bris of the elevators still burning in places
and large force was busy yesterday SACK
ING what grain had not ben burned though
it Was badly damaged by the steam and
heat. Two bins of wheat that bad escaped
the fire were found and sacked, though
it had been injured more or less oy tnt
heat. Messrs. Howard a. Rouch, the les
ees CT the elevators. had contract Win tns
government to furnish it lot OF oats, ano
thew had already bought from 40 O9O to on,
GOO bushels, which were destroyed, Ihey
were pretty well insured, yet one policy ior
S6 500 expired last Thursday, while Mr
Howard was absent from the city
and having failed to- renew hi
policy it was lost, the time having expired
1t is thought that a great deal OF litigatioI
will ensue from the burn, relative TO cottoI
in fact it might be said all of It. was in
sured. but it is never insured for its full
value. For instance, bale worth $50 \
insured Tor $40. Somebody will have t.
make good the difference. ant
the question is. who will 1t be
The seller disposes Of his stapl'
to the buyer, who instructs him to have
weighed and leave II at the compress
which he does, when he receives his ticke
giving weight of bale, etc. This ticket n
takes to the buyer, who pays him what !
calls for. Now, there was lot of cottor
That went through this process, blu
before the seller got his pay the disas
| trous fire broke out and soon converted I
into ashes Who loses the cotton? This i
II question which, as simple as !
NAV seem, il agitating those interested
| There are other features concerning TIT
loss OF the staple which are calculated, t
cause lawsuits. All of Saturday night
Sun'ay and Sunday night, a force battlef
with the FIRE in the cotton and partially
succeeded in saving portion OF it, though
in damaged condition. and they kept W
their work ipat night until Superintendent
Wheless, deemipg il unsafe to allow
the water to get too low
cnt off the supply for the night, but they
kept up the work, he laboring with them
using buckets ana getting water tnat nae
wasted and forming puddles, with whici
| they kept the burhing bales well saturated
1t is und ers.ood that the elevator will soor
ne rebuilt on the old site and the nov
vacant lot on The north side OF tn,
San Jaciuto street car track, and located
between Lamar street on the east and Aus
tin street on the left, the whole to be con
yerted into one immense cotton yard to bt
enclosed and covered with sheet-lron. The
insurance men were busy yesterday paying
off those who had hired to save cotton dur
the confagration. and they received 81 tol
every bale they saved. 1t took neat pile
of money to do 1t.
The insurance will not be paid ND probab
ly inside ofsixty days, and as the banks were
CARRYING many of the buyers, that much
money will be locked up, so to speak, fol
that length of time. The cotton yard o.
NJ. Force, corner OF Market street and Pa
cific avenue, escaped the fire. Mr.. Melton
who was weigher at the compress, has
moved his yard to vacant lot on Mckin
rev avenue, and the burnt and bnrninp
bales are slowed away in the old brick-yard
on Mckinney avenue, convenient 10
hrauch that fovs through n.
UNDERWRITERS MEETING.
There was meeting Of the board OF nm
derwriters Yesterday morning, held at the
office of Hereford Aunspaugh d Co.,
10 consult in regard 10 the FIRE.
A committee composed OF the following
was appointed TO audit claims for labor In
removing cotton, viz: Frank Wheat, Harry
Dunn and II. #. Ewing.
Captain Hereford and George Dexter
were appointed a committee OF two TO Sc.
lect a place 20 which TO remove the burned
cotton and take steps to protect IL from
Messrs. Carnes and Fulton. ", reisppointed
a committee Of two to take the mark and
weights of the cotton that was not burned.
The following Is the insurance held by
John s. Aldehoh.. agent, which was mad
vertently omitted In Sundays issue;
on cotton. -.
Traders. Of Chicago ..,....--.....-..-...-'S ~.
standard. OF London. .......s. --........s.s 4tO
Fire Infur1nce Association, cf London. 4V0
Sis.s ~ ~ View York. ais
Hownrd, Of New York ................... 400
on n Loeb a COS, stock; -,
os i9,esn central s. Louis ............ 100
ON residence OF W. b. SsnoOt
American Central, Of ST. Lsuls............. LOO
Total - -
since The FIRE II has been ascertained that
The humber Of bales burned will fall far
short OF the number frst reported, and II IL
nov estimated that 800 bales viii cover
The following telegram received
Yesterday from President J. 7. Hsrdie. OF
New Orleans, by Superintendent Wilson,
Of the compress, smncks very mucn OF Dusi-
ness. II reads:
John P. Slson, superiuendsnt
m compress il safe, will come the hrst Of
mart week and build warehouse 81 once.