Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-10
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
BoNHAM, lex, Msy 9.-Shortly after
midnigh. last night the thriving little city
OF Honey Grove, twelve miles east of
here, WAS visited by one Of the most
disastrous fires experienced in the histo y
of that place. Besides loss of several
thousand dollars n property, human life
was sacrificed. Lesrning Of the fire this
morning a reporter was soon on the
scene and clicked the following facts {:
About u o'clock the fire wss discovered
on the north side of the public square.
The entire rev of building, with the ex-
ception of the new opera house, were
wooden structures, and with the Inferior
facilities for fl shting the flames, the citi-
zens who bad gathered about the COLI.
gration were almost helpless to check its
progress. The entire row was consumed
except the opera house, snd il ID scarcelY
dsmsged. The fire appears TO have orig
mated in the confectionery store OF John
Kirk. Jonn Dixon, q barber. and Ed and
Fred Burnitt, brothers, were sleeping
over one Of the doomed bulldogs.
z Dixon and Fred Burnitt were awakened
by the falling walls and binding heat,
and attempted to arouse Ed Burnitt, but
life was SO nesr extinct inst their efforts
were fruitless. Dixon and Fred Burnitt
then to save themselves jumped from the
second story window. When picked up
they were in & bruised and sufflcatiDg
condition, both having received very Sc
rious Injuries. The body Of Ed Burnitt
wss rec Jysred this morulng in 4 charred
condition, his Aims and legs
oeipg partislly burned off. The
position of the b1dy when
found showed thst he never aroused.
Following is a list of losses: Sustained
with insurance:
DR.. Penni5scker, storehousa, sl2C0;
no Insurance.
RI. Thomas, FIVE one-stoIy buildings,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
G. NJ. F. Graves, confecsioner, 500;
insurance, $50.
Charles Kohier, barber shop, $500; no
insurance.
J. 3. Burnitt, harness and saddlery,
$1,000: insurance $1,000.
John Kirk, confectionery, $3.50; in
sursnce $3.50.
Mrs. Ford, millinery store, $3.50; no
insurance.
The following received serious damage,
the loss not yet estimated:
Shs-p & Bank.
J. B. Ryan, drugs.
S. L. ETin & Co, hardware.
Mitchell Warner, groceries.
W. 81. Lemons justice Of the peace,
Office furniture ana Ill papers except the
court docket destroyed; no insurance.
The law office of Wells, Carpenter &
Gross. together with furniture, destroyed.
W. N. Aliens carpenter shop an. tools
total loss; no insurance.
Gus Wood, brick building slightly dam
aged; fully insured.
Gil Smith and George Denton, frsms
building badly damaged; no insurance.
The Baptist church caught fire but was
extinguished before it WAS seriously
damsged Considerable wind prevailed
during the fire, and but for the heroic eff
forts of the citizens much damage would
have occurred. The damage all told will
prob.bly exceed $4,000.
Ed Burnitt, the young msn who lost his
life, was twenty years Of age and en- ex-
emplary young man whom everybody
loved and respected. 1t is confdentially
believed that the whole lamentable &C.
currence was the work Of an incendiary.
!. Created excitement.
loSsial to the Gazette.
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