Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-22
A BLAZE IN A BRICK.

J.J Duffack's Block the scene of a
Morning Eire-With it's Usual
PrOmptness the Department
4uenches the Flames.
Shortly before three o'clock this
morning l.. e. Cavalier, who lives in the
upper story of Duffack's brick block,
on Third street, was awakened by tie
presence of smoke in his sleeping apart
ment. Upon making an examination of
the premises he found that the lower
portion of the repair shop attached to
Duffack's boot and shoe
establishment was ablaze and from the
burning room the smoke was forcing it
self throughout the entire building.
Mr.. Cavalier ran to the truck house and
rang an alarm which speedily
oUTTHE DEPARTMENT..
In a few minutes the hose carts were
at the corner of Third and Cedar, where
a hydrant attachment was made and two
lines of hose laid to the rear of the burn
ing building. This flames were by this
time bursting from the windows and
door of the shop department and q storm
shed over an outside door was ablaze.
The smoke was roiling.upward in heavy
volumes from the openings in the front,
rear and sides of the block. The pres
ence of so much fire and smoke awaken
ed the l~iveliest apprehenslons for the
fate of the Dutfack block and the ad-
Joining brick structures of Sawyer, Dan
forth, Pike and Lyons.
In three minutes after the alarm two
streams were pouring through the win
dows into the blazing pile and ten min
utes later the
FIRE WAS ExTINGUISHED.
The hose men continued to play upon
the smoking ruins a few minutes longer,
when they were ordered to cease and an
other conflagration was headed off by the
efficiency of our protective system and
the competency of those who handled it.
The hook and ladder company, which
was On the ground. with the other appar-
tus, planted its ladders at the front and
rear ready for use, but they were not
needed, so etfectnally was the fire sup
pressed by the first dash of water.
The fire originated in Mr.. Duffack's
workshop, which occupies a room on the
ground floor of a two story addition to
the building proper. 1t is supposed to
have caught from q coal stove within
the room, though this Is not known to
be the fact. a considerable accumula-
ton of repair stock was stored in this
room, which was destroyed, together
with the furniture and fixtures. The
flames did not
REACH II UPPER FLOOR
of the addition and did not
enter the main block which contains Mr..
DufTack's extensive boot and shoe
stock. This stock was, however, dam
aged by smoke and water and some of
the glass in the forward end of the sales
room was broken by heat. The plate
glass front was unlniured. The outside
casing of one of the rear
upper windows took fire from
the blazing storm shed. but the
fire there was quickly extinguished and
there are only q blackened window
frame and sash to replace.
From the upper story Mr.. Cavaliers
household effects were removed oe-
~casioning slight loss, but aside from
these the contents of the block we're I'M
disturbed. reliance being placed upon
the saving powers of the fire brigade.
A LARGE CROWD
of people, aroused by the alarm bell,
gathered of the scene as spectators. The
outside Indications were that the entire
brick pile, extending from Cedar
street half. way to Broadway
was doomed and that with it would go
the rear wooden structure belonging to
II. w. White. But a little water prop
erly applied dispelled these anticipa-
tions and reduced the confines OF the
confagretion to Its original narrow
limits. Forty or fifty thousand dollars
worth of exposed property was saved
and the slight injury experienced can be
speedily repaired.
LOSSES N INSURANCE.
Nh. Dufrack claims a loss of $4,000 on
stock, fixtures and building. His insur.
ance is as follows:
On fixtures, in American company, White
d Sharp, 81, 5Ut
On building, in American Central, of st.
Louis, Edmunds, Budson & o., agents BIC
On stock, in the agency of Ct. w. Roberts 1000
On stock. in the Washington of Boston,.
g. w. Roberts,, 1000
J On stock, in the Liverpool, London d
Globe, q. W. Roberts, agents.t...... 2,0G(
On stock, in the Fire, of England, CIV,
Roberts,, agent l,UW
On building, in the Phenix, G.. W. Rob-
erts, l,oU
Iotai ..',..-.........", ...'.-.-.-.Sio,'V
r L.. e. Cavaliers loss is twenty-five dol.
lars damage to goods in moving, covered
by an insurance of 5000.