Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-19
BURNED LIKE FINDER
An Entire Block at Washburn
Wiped Out by Fire.
THIRTY BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
The Loss Estim ated at $50, 900 Citizens
Unable to Battle With the Flames
Owing to the Absence of Fire
Apparatus-The Losses
and Insurance.

WAsHBURN, Wis, Sept. IA fire
which broke out in this city at about
2:3O this morning wiped out the business
part of the place, destroying in all
about thirty buildings and causing loss
of nearly $4,000 with small insurance.
When discovered the fire could have
been easily extinquished had the city
been provided with fire apparatus; but
owing to inability to get stream OF
water on the blaze, the flames swept
from building to building without check
or stay, the efforts of the citizens to pre-
vent the spread of the fire by means of
hand apparatus and buckets being
utterly useless.
AS soon as it became evident that the
flames could not be checked, assistance
was asked of Ashland, just across the
bay, but the company arrived too late
to be of service, and one after another
stores, the Opera House block and the
public library were wiped out.
The fire originated in an old barn. DR..
Bradley and travelling man had a
narrow escape from death. They be-
came blinded with smoke in one Of the
burning buildings and were with diff
The principal losses, with insurance,
are as follows:
Opera Block owned by Aune & overly; loss
$4,000; insurance 5000.
Aune Il overly, saloon; loss 1000.
T. III. Blenk!ey, lawyer; loss in books and Of
fee furniture, $500.
Bettinger Bros, printers; loss $1,000.
Corning. Sullivan q Co., general merchandise;
loss 81, 600; insurance, IS ,00U.
VIM. Furla,t barber shop; loss, $500.
Jas. McGuigen, building: loss, $1,000
O'Rourke Il Donahue, saloon; loss 81, 600.
NJ h11il6
Chas. Furatt. barber shop; loss on sock, $500;
building, $1,000.
building. S., 000 insured for 1000.
John A. Jacobs, stationery and confectionery;
loss stock, 900; building. $1,000; insured
for S., 600.
S. A. Yates & Co.. jewelry; loss on stock, 81 900;
Washburn News, book and job printing; loss,
S1,00o.
D. n. Maxey h Co., real estate office; loss, $500.
Northwestern fuel Company's office; loss, 500.
American Express Company; loss, 500 on office
fixtures.
R Greenwood, meat market; loss, ST 900.
James Windle, building; loss, 81 800.
Peter Nelson, hardware; loss on stock SIS, 600; on
three buildings, $l0,00G insurance $1,000
+. J. Meehan, clothing; loss on stock, $1,000;
insurance, "a 600.
A. NJ. warden law office; loss on books and
Office furniture, $780,
Sam Lee Lang, laundry; los, $500.
A. BransOtul. building, $500.
NJ A. Fitzpatrick blacksmith shop and tools;
loss, 5000.
A. Verson, boarding house; loss on building
and contents, 81, 500.
Griffin, saloon; loss S 900.
James Hulsey; loss on building, $4,000.
w. III. Freenett saloon and boarding mouse;
loss on furniture $3.50; on building, 81 600; in
sured for 81, GOO.
John Starr. boarding house; loss on building
and furniture, S., 200.
w. h. Ferguson, saloon and boarding house;
loss on building ana contents, $1,000; building
insured for 5000
Public Library loss $500.
w. 81. DUNCAN, news depot; loss $500:
Jackson & Ruggles, building; loss, 81, 20O.
Johnson Bros, blacksmith shop; loss, $4,000.
Most of the parties burned out Will
rebuild at once. A spirit of determine
tion to build up better than ever pre-
walls in the town and that will 20 doubt
be done.
The insurance rate in the burned
block was 10 per cent, which partly
accounts for the small amount of lnsur-
ance carried. The parties burned out
lose nearly everything and that lnclud-
ed in most cases their ali.
JUNEAU, Wis. Sept. 14.-E1re broke
out in the rear of the residence of +. Z.
Lewis, of this city, at o'clock last even
ing, destroying the kitchen and store
rooms of the residence. Loss estimated
at 81 600; fully insured.
The farm residence and barns of Mrs.
John Wetherby, in the town of Clyman,
seven miles southeast of this city, were
entirely destroyed by fire yesterday.
Insurance not known.