Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-13
Flames mt waco

Special 10 the Gazette.
WACO, TEX Nov. l2.--An alarm OF
Are was Turned In from box six at 4
O'Clock this morning The tlremen re-
sponded promptly and worked bravely for
three hours In the cold, raw wind, and
stopped the tlre In q building adjoining
where 1t orlgina' ed. The nre had its
start N G Carbonero's (known as French
TONY restaurant and lunch stand, which
is next door to Murphy's Grand Central
saloon, corner Of Bridge street and
the plazs. Mr.. Dan Murphy, the
barten Ter, was on duty when the fire
broke out, aud makes the following state
ment; 81 was about half asleep, silting
in a chair, and was awakened by smoke
which almost stiled me. Jumping up |
saw the fire was in the rear OF French
Toms restaurant. I.called to two men
who were asleep Ia the saloon aud they
! helped me TO carry plano out Of the
house, but before we could return the
| house was filled with hot smoke, and this
kept us out, The piano was all that we
could saynn
George Euos, F,ench TOMS cook, said
! he closed the restaurant at III 80 O'Clock,
and put out all the Ire in the stove. lie
slept up stairs, was aroused by the smoke
aud flames, and barely escaped with his
| lite Nothing WIS saved from the res
taurant, and no one entered the room
after the alarm was given The corner
building was an old oae and has been
on fire aevefal times within the last
ten years, but prompt action on the part
OF the firemen had confined the flames
within the walls Now they are down,
and the OLD corner has very dilapidAteo
appearance. The flames spread rapidly
and burned j. A. Samders dry goods
house, G. Kemendo's fruit stand aud shoe
shop, and George Birds {colored) barber
shop and boarding-house, and severa
smaller buildings.
THE LossEs
are as follows: G. Carbonero, restau
rant, loss $4,000; no insurance. j. IL
Murphy, saloon, loss $1,000; no insurance
d. Domnau, building, loss, 5000; insur,
auce Fire Association, S2500; j. A. Sam,
uels, dry goods, total loss; insurance
$1,000 IN Union, and $1,000 Ia British.
American. G. Kemendo, fruit stand and
shoe shop, loss, $500; insurance 10 Union
$500 #. o. Rogers, building,
loss, $500; Insurance in Phmnlx, $500
Robert Bird, colored boardlag -iTotrse
and barber shops, loss -S70;no insurance
Gamba's eating-house, damaged by wa
ter S25; insured Turckheim, second
hand clothing, loss by removal, $3.50; no
insurance. s. Olive, loss on building,
$1,000; insurance in Northern, $500. ID.
M. Osborne & Co ,Imachinery and farming
implements, damaged by water; insur
ance, Germania, $4,000; Anglo Of Nevada,
S2500. All these policies were taken out
In the j /. Moore and Fort Morrow
agencies. The total loss will foot up
$4,000, and the Insurance $4,000
MISSING MAN.
johnny 0'BrieD, an Ifishman, who
boarded with French Tom, is missing,
and 1. Is supposed he was burned IN the
building. The cook, George Enos, went
with O'Brlen to his room at II O'Clock
last night, and at that time o'Brien
was verv drunk He was moi
seen after the Are broke out, and
! has not been seen since. The man has
been drinking for several days, and being
well known Ia the city, and hi5 not show.
ing up to-day gives his friends good rea-
son to believe that he persisted In the
hamea. The timbers under the great
piles OF debris are stlll burning, and il Ii
impossible 10 search for the body unit
this is extingnished.