Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-18
FIRE
The Hear. OF the City of Grcsnville,
Texas, Destroyed by Midnight
Flames.
An Unfortunate City Dosola.iou Reign
Where Prosperity So Lately
Forty Business Houses and Numerous
Dwellings in hes-Total Loss
Over 100000.


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Banner and Herald combined forces
to-day and issued the following extra,
giving the details OF the great fire:
Greenville has again been visited by |
the demon Of destruction. Already |
she has passed through fires cyclones
and the great hotel horror, but each
tlne she has emerged from the sea Of |
ruins to become more prosperous than |
before, but this Sunday morning has |
witnessed the browning calamity 40
far ~ the. destruction OF property IL
concerned.
At . o'clock this morning a fire
broke out mysteriously Ia the rear OF
the wooden buildings occupied by J.
l.. Beal, grocer, aud j. n. Herndon,
furniture dealer, on South Stonewall
street II is uncertain which building
the fire took hold on first, but
IL was the work of dastardly
incendlary. The wind was blowing
strongly from the south and the flames
spread with alarming rapidity, de
stroying two solid wooden blocks ON
the south of Stonewall street, inolud-
lug the large two-story Coffey hotel.
From this the mad flames crossed
Washington street and destroyed the
splen did brick block on the west side
of the square. extending 200 yards up
the south side of Lee street. Among
the many handsome buildings In this
block Were Rainey opcra-housc, Rags
dale * Harrison's mammoth hardware
house, and many others given In de-
tail below. To tbs sorrow of every
one the flames also took hold
on Hunt county's fine $4,000
courthouse, and II was totally con-
sumed In spite OF the efforts OF the lire
company and the citizens. So fierce
were the flames that the streams of
water from the engine made no per-
oeptible impression. Stonewall street
was also crossed to the east from the
Ccllcy hotel, and hall the buildings ON
the south side of the square were con-
sumed, altogether about forty business
houses, half of them excellent brick
buildings, were burned, comprising
over half OF the business part OF Green
Vile. The feeling Ia Greenville IA of
course one OF encouragement Oar
little city that was 30 proud and pros
perous but yesterday II sorrowful to.
day. Our hopes We're bright.
Our town was becoming solid
and beautiful. Our county had recent.
~ completed its beautiful courthouse
after many months OF hard times and
dizziness, we were anticipating
business boom of unprecedented pro-
portions for which ample preparations
were being made. Our people were
proud of their town and Hunt county
LII. In I..fa
With brave hearts nll the former dis-
and every face was bright. To-day
there stands bIackened walls aud
ruinous heaps TO mock our blasted
hopes, and dcsOlation rcigns where
prosperity lately stood Az an old
citizen sad this morning NJ lie viewed
the ruins, "GreenSille has borne
her mlsfortnnes bravely. but now l'm
heartsick beyond expression. All the
stiilening Is taken out of The town
now. Well, 1t does look dfeary,
indeed, but we are hopeful y
IL will take long, but Gfeenville will
rise again. The Dick Hubbard fire
company worked nobIy, but unfor-
tunately their engine got out OF order.
But for this the fire could have been
chokcd Off AT Washington street and
the destruction would not have been
half 40 great. After that brick block
was In flames the heat was 40 intense
that the fire people were po.erless.
The following details of losses and
Insurance are as accurate as IL Ii posi-
BILE TO obtain nj this hour. There are
doubtless some mistakes and some
crude estimates. A. II. Clements, on
stock 81 900. insurance $500; j. y. Cof-
fey furniture and hotel fixtures 3d.
900, INSURANCE Sl,2j0; NJ. NJ. Arnold
damage TO two brick buildings 81 900,
covered with insurance. loss on frame
building $500, insurance not stated; A.
NJ. Dawson damage 10 stock 81 800,
fully insured; J. ID. Hargrave lors on
buildings and photograph gallery
1900 insurance s75G; q. w. Cherry
picture gallery $3.50 no insurance; Il.
+. Avery stock $50, no insurance;
Patty d Samuels stock IS 800, insur-
ance i,yO0 Lnttimer d. German stock
/ 81 500, insurance 5000; J. Wegger shoe
shop $500, no insurance; j. 4. Wise Il
Bro. stock sll 500, insurance 5000;
Briscoe a Mattox stock 1000. insu red;
/ ance, 81 700; j. Il. Beall, stock, ~. 900,
stock, 5000, Insurance. g., 900; Jenkins
d Germany stock, 81 900, Insurance,
5000; J. n. Cook, saloon stock, 80, 100,
insurance, $1,000; IRA .. Wyse, stock
and building, $4,000, insurance. $3.-
800: X. L.'Lowenstern, stock, $4,000,
insurance, ~, 800; TeThlne Il Yoakum,
library and office furniture, 5000, In
surance, 1900; Mathews Il Bro, feed
i and harness, $3.50; Masonic lodge,
building and furniture S2,200,i nsur.
ance, 81 200; Ed. Schin. three frame