The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-24
A $4,000 FIRE.
{ HANDSOME B8IcK BLOCK GOES
UP IN SMOKE
49,. Morning Blaze Scattefs C0u''r
Goes. and aouts the Occupants of
Fifth Street Hotel

w. part OF The ~ NAoiio' ~ 49,,
resr odpn'psny's store. in the new
NJ Co np corner of Franklin and
Nne o.os s,, This building extended
q ,be cornerto the alley, a a n,isa ie
.,s a block, and was two 1tories III
s and built of brick; ne
asDl, s ap was occupied by the
: ounS o nv Millinery company, j.. Z.
nenol'onr racerv store, e. Kell-
M,o 's job printing estao uha men,
PAW se artire upper story by Mrs. b.
nate. Fifth Street Hotel
- ISD building was at first env'loped
the punt Of smoke, AID when the
.mss broke out they spf,au 'i nIha,,
Et I'' Iight4iug ike rapid y. lhey
" 4hInuyb the frame partitions
wet slong the h. Ia, ana
ID sVsA .sd havoc with everything
49, ~. me in tue line of heirprogrese.
ss"t the hotel occupants had mar
80 pes, aud Ihrllliog incidents
~. mpiilplicd by the close shave
- soma who made their way up
80 TO assist others TO es cape.
~, AFTER THE FIRE.
", rbs building is a wreck almost it,
IA, lire length, all the southern poruoh
=, ,iuriu complete ruin' ana me re-
I'D r a;1der so badly damaged as TO be
lai most total loss.
lily vp N1CHoI,soN's STATEMENT.
ST. NE Nicholson, in whose estab-
sn hmelt the fire originated, was at
;, Methodst church with his wife al
! time tie fire broke out. lie
skas the following statements
oti Tive in the rear of my store and
viii u done SO since | opened up i'll
'el. 40 last February. On Sunday
orpIng went to church al
sph IA. acc, mpanied by my wife
IN, wing a fire III the bed room stove
~ Don't twenty minutes afterwards
Wy nd the ala m of fire aud hast nee
ia he scene, uud found my place a!
ore. ~ Completely destroyed, and TIT
~, usreAdy to tall | saved nothing
nteyer-uot even u cnsI &c OF clo h
VI rfor either myself or my wife.
il THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The losses AID insurance are as TO.
nss Be-:
n. LIE Stone, on the building $4,000
- Sund for So 900; IS 600 in The Queer
NV d$S 600 in he W liam burg City
ENicholson, total loss $4,000, IN
ned $4,000, distributed, $3.50 OF
nth. ock, $3.50 on fixtures, $500 on per
WA nal wardrobe of SILT al d wife, an
~, 100 on household goods, fixtures
wa lyerWsre etc. The insurance is dl
cie' dedss fellows; City of London
her 1850; New Orleans Association
han M; Fire Association OF Philade
. n lid, 81 OOO.
y" John G, Craig. loss $4,000: insul
Own lce, 81 200 $1,000 in the eImaui
I'd d $1,000 in the Williamsburg City
rom y Kellner, IS $1,000; INSURANCE
IAN Sb as follows: Germania, S75(
'' hoenix of London, 1850; sun of Ca
Aegnis, 81 025, and East Texas, 500
gers Mn. b. +. Lehmaun, loss $4,000; il
tvr 4aece $4,000 lii the North Births
4, Merc,ntile.
Dan We'll, l,ss $1,000 insured o
NV !nlture for $500 in the 81. Paul.
patti ~. Bogart, one of the boarders
mote lost everything. amountin
oesween $1,000 and 81 800. NO il
, 3. Rsaw.
i, Caailes D'Andrea & Son, boot me
lost about S65.
2lI
ann. NOTES AND INCIDENTa.
cam. ,Ak.Herz, who was burned out
NJ mdence Il few days ago, W
% ~ ~ onrhcd ont in this fire, being
's 81 esfder 1t Mrs. Lehmsnn's.
ue; vutMg the fire Sunday the inten
hbor VA" ed the frozen ground f,
= e..onsiderable distance iu every d
. ou i"kihg perfect lob lol
whO lere out a few minutes before /,
,,et aard and dry. The fire cut |
10 > curious antics, among othe
-" eelne sheets of red he tin hu
:, ~ aof feet in the air and keepil
u" Mo"d dodging for safety in
t.fuu 8" herbeiin, ,he ddle and hs
a NJ ,,s,l kCr, moved from the Sto
~ .Dg only few days ago to A,
se' and had, at the time of
tho W., not one cent of insurance.
MON. Mc dent of the fire worth NJ
'r ~, n ~ ne rescue Of Mrs. Lehma
Wv ~ sne burning bui ding by her OF
siD' ~ a'd alienated husband, W
ca. c.u er III faiuting condition al
tss irsssuloc ted from smoke in t
SSps'alrs where she had been ma
in;sa olc tliorts t. save part OF t
from -sure OF her hotel.
), !, lumber of old love lettt
II v,,ss couple now hspp
lows ~, AID occupants of apartmel
tho a, Il Lrhmau's hotel, were tou
'ne lire in the rear of the bui
$500 Bogsrt rescued his ipva
NV soma al tEo,1 .o;. 80,