The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-18
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Fire Record,
BROKERS BATTLING wirH A nlg hLAZa.
Nav YoRk, Jan. IA dre IN Exchange
court, starting In the office OF +. N. Lock.
wood q Co., caused u damage of $4,000.
Twenty Thousand dollars worth Of West
Shore SIS and 100 shares OF Union Pscido
aie known 10 have been burned. The build.
ing was occupied by many brokers and
bankers. IL. l.. Horton & Co. 10 ono OF tho
number.
LArER.-At o'clock the hro was under
control. The building In which the IRE %.
CURED extends from No. 90 Broadway "
Exchange court. In ia basement are the
offices of Kifkwood & Co, brokers, and
when the tire was discovered the hsmes had
made such Roadway that the CLERKS han O..
leave their books, and without Stop
ping for coats or hats brst
a iissty retreat. On the floor above ibe
alarm was almost rs sudden ana ihr clerks
Of Alexander Taylor 4 Son had barely time
to put their books In the sales before tue
binding smoke oiled the halls and passage
WAYS aud rooms. Down stairs the clerks
rushed pellmell. A large crowd gathered
before the bret engine arrived. Three
a arms were sounded ard n dozen engines
came upon tho sccne. When the hose hai
been dragged into position aud great
streams OF water were being poured INTO
the basement front, a cry OF help was
heard. IL came from the lsvaratoliss iu
the corner OF Lookwood's office, where ono
of the clerks was shut In and unable 20 ret
out. Two or three liremen rushed
bslow and dragged the youth into
the open air, AS soon as possible the
firemen tore up tho gratines over the nress
IN Exchange place and 30 had q better op-
portunity to direct the streams OF water.
No flames were visible, but dense volume
L.
dowB and iilling Exchange court, showed
that somewhere the fire was burning
fisrcaly. The police had the greatest trou-
bic In keeping back the crowds, and the
firemen' $ work WAS rendered more than usu-
ally difficult by the water freezing rs e.
TELL and so forming a perfect glacier on
Exchange place, on which II was almost
Impossib IL 10 keep the feet.
i. w. lockwood 20. lost, besides
n number OF Western bonds, q quantity ct
cash.
Eu CLAGEH, WIS, Jan II Tho fire This
afternoon destroyed the brick buildings Oc'
cuped by Kaufman & Barry, clOthisrs: j.
+. Fox, plumber, aud the Lafayette Lum'
her company's building, o@ued by Il II.
Wilson aud valued AZ $4,000; insured Tor
5000. Loss TO occupants, $4,000, insur-
rance, $4,000.
kTEhU CLAIRE.
Eau CLAIRE, Wis, Jan. H.-Kariman
&c BackrsCh's store, known ~ "Cheap
Uharley'sn is burning, aud tho neighbor'
ing bindings are IN danger. Tho loss 80
far is $50 900 The store Is In the most
crowued business part Of the city.
AT ciEAsToTA, Ny.
SYRACUSE, n. Y Jan. IA fire al Can.
astota, Madison county, this morning, de-
s'royed large part of the busine So portion.
The losses aggregate upwards OF $1,000
mostly insured.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. ia fire at Fayet'ee,
Missouri, yesterday, destroyed several
stores, involving a reported loss of $4,000;
partially insured.
HOTEL BURNED.
TopEKA. KAs., Jan. ia private dis.
patch states that the Montezuma hotel at
hot springs, Las Vegas, New Mexico, was
destroyed by fire, with all its contents. The
fire originated in the water works. which |
cut oil the water supply before anything |
could be done. This hotel was one OF the
fines. in the west, and belonged to the
Santa Fs Railroad company.
DENVER, Jan. 1.-The Grand Montezu-
una hotel at Las Vegas, New Mexico, was
burned this afternoon. The fire originated |
in the basement, II is supposed |
from gasoline machine. In |
thirty minutes IL was ia ruin5. The
guests numbering hundred lost every
The frozen fire Plugs rendered the fire
department powerless. The no
tel was owned by the Atchi-
son, Topeka e Santa Fe Riilroad
and was one OF the finest slruc'
lures in the west. Loss $500 600; insur-
ance, less than 800 900, distributed among
u large number OF companies.
ToPERA, KAs., Jan. IA dispatch TO the
announces the burning OF
the elegant hotel, the Mopttzum4, NJ Las
Vegas not sorings, New Mexico, this
afternoon. No lives were lost,
but the entire contents werc destroyed.
There was no damage To the. bath house tr
Hot Springs hotel. It is understood that
the Santa Fe Railroad company, be owners
Of the properly, will rebu ID 10 once, on
srsndsr scale. in time f2r the summer
tourist travel