The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-06
Bur FALOS BIG BL 3.
Over 100000 Worth Of Prop
erty Destroyed by Fire.
Eight Acres OF Ground In tho Heart Of the
city Burned Over, Comprising the
Finest business Blocks In tho
Clty-One Life Lost.

BUFFALO, Feb. 4.-Saturday morning be-
tween two and seven O'Clock flames de-
stroyed nearly Sc 100000 worth OF property
on Seneca, Exchan!e and adjoining streets.
The following buildings woro destroyed.
Hoffelds leather and betting works; Ma
tional Express Company's barns; levitt Sc
Co.'s stove warehouses; Root Il Keatiny,
sole leather; Sihlcy & Holmwood candy;
Swift Il Stambach, stoves; y. f. ERan and
A. 7. Kerr, wholesale liquor dealers;
Broezel and Arlington houses; the Daubury
Hat Manufacturing Company; T. W. Rey-
mods, shoes; J. w. Lewis & Co., wholesale
grocors: Sidney Shepard & Co., tinware;
Henry Hearn, candy; Fowler & Sons, car
riage hardware, and number OF other
building,
At2:,l5 a. m. fire was discovered on the
fourth floor OF the five-story building owned
and occupied by Root & Keating, wholesale
sole leather dealers at the corner Of Carroll
and Wells street. The ferocity Of the wind
made 1t ccrtaln that the fire, II II got hold,
would be disastrous one The building
with frontage OF 1856 feet on Carroll and 1877
on Wells street, was situated In the heart of
business blocks. II was separated only by
the breadth Of Carroll street from the fine
Jewett block, fronting on Seneca street, and
: was directly In line with the new six-story
block OF Sibley & HOLLYWOOD, candy manu-
facturers, On the opposite side Of Wells
street, little further, was the Broezel
House, massive six.story structure, whose
guests were up and dressed few minutes
after the alarm.
The flames had good hold Of the Root &
Heating building and at three o'clock the
flames were boiling and seething mass,
entirely filling that part Of Carroll street in
front Of the doomed building A few min
utes after three o'clock the heat was so in
tense as 10 be almost unbearable, even at
Seneca street. The sky was illuminated for
miles and crowds from all parts Of the city
kept the police busy. At 1928 the rear OF the
six-story brick building Of Sibley & Holm
wood had caught and portions OF the back Of
the Broezel House were smoking There
were nearly fifty tons OF starch stored In top
floors Of the Sibley & HOLLYWOOD building,
according 10 the statement of one OF their
employees, and the starch burnel like tlnder,
carrying the flames from the rear TO the front
Of the building In short time.
In a few minutes the southwest corner OF
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forts 70 the building on tne other slde OF tne
street Ine 'front.' Oh Tue Droezei house nau
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HOLLYWOOD store iel win tremendous
orasn, sending storm OF aeoris ana emoers
In oil directions. AT this time the top hoor
Of the Jewett building appeared roaring