The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-01-04
BIG BLAZE !!
BOHEMIAN AT LAST A
VICTIM.
LARGEST FIRE OF IT'S HIS.
TORY DESTROYS ELEVEN
FRAME BUILDINGS.
All Human Efforts to Stay the
Ruthless Flames Set at
Naught.

-lUst nltcr Ine tHEoNltIE hau pcth
printed-hlack smoke was seen to issue
from the upper story of VIM. Nevitts
hardware store on Main Street, The
alarm was given, and the fire company
promptly on the scene; but by half
past eleven the row of frame buildings,
occupied by twelve merchants extending
along the north side Main Street, be-
tween Bozeman and Black street was
mass of smoking ruins. The brick walls
of Carow's store sa, e,l that building, and
Levy & Ellis store adjoining, which was
frame, although water had to he ap |
piled constantly to the roof, which was
afire many times. On the other side |
Basinski Bros brick builling delied the
flames, and kept the fire away from
the combustible buildings of the adIoin-
in block.
The fire originated in Nevitt's store,
evidently in the upper part of the build
ing. Mr.. hewitt and Matt Black had been
working in the store and n few minutes
before the alarm, had started out to geta
lunch. All that was saved were the
books and some powder.
The flames soon leaped from building
to building with unabated and unqucnch-
able fury. extending quickly to koble n
Topel's tailoring establishment on one
side and Chas. Sopcr's barber shop on
the other; with this headway it proceeded
unchecked until it reached the fire proof
brick walls.
I.ucklly. hardly breath of air stirred
or the destruction of property might
havebeen total on Main st.
As soon as it became evident that the
fire could not be checked, men and even
women assisted in carrying everything
portable into the street. The buildings
burned (twelve,) were occupied by,
VIM. hewitt, hardware.
Kolble & Topel, tailors.
Gus Gottschalk, gunsmith.
Chas. soper, barber.
Jake Webster, fruit dealer.
f. ]. Owenhouse, harness, wagons etc
A. ]. Lawson, photographer.
Mint saloon.
Phil. Dodson. Fruit and Telephone
Exchange.
Home Restaurant.
Leais sperling, generel merc.,andise,
Geo. Barnaby, fruits.
| THE LOSES.
| As near as can he asceriained the
losses are as follows:
VIM. hewitt, $4,000; on which there
is So, ,525 insurance.
The Electric Light Company sustained
loss of $500.
Lewis Spe-ling, between $4,000 and
$1,000, on which was 5000 Isl 900 each
in the German American, Commercial
California, Hartford, Northern Assur-
anee and Liverpool and London.
Estate of Strasburger 4 Sperling,
buildings worth 5000, bringing in Sl2O
per month rent ; insurance $500 each IN
the Lion, of London, and the Washing
ton, of Boston.
Gus Gottschalk. who lost at least
81 800, had $1,000 insurance in the
Anglo, Nevada.
Ell. Owenhouse lost between 81. .5Ot
and $1,000; insured To- 81 200 in tn,
Commercial U nion and California.
, King Bros. were uninsured AMI lost
abont 81 600.
Gao n,.,,hv tho uomo Ras,,ur,n,
. I,no Uorh,uar Cbos Sonrr Kolblc 4
j, Tonel Phil. Dedson. and the telephon,
compary will lose in the agsregat,
S2,5OO.
Frank Esler, owner of the large tw
story building occupied by owenhous
ana Lawson ahh the p''ill'ni' '"""l'e'
by the Mint, lost at least N'"oo'
A. b. oarow' whose STOCK was "i'nPe'
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Jake Webster has rented the bnlldil
; next to Wilson'S. and is prepared