Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-08
DECATUR'S FIRE.
Loss in the NeighborhOod of
Eighty Thousand Dollars.
ALI the Houses on One Side of the
Public Square, Substantial Stone
Buildings, Destroyed.
How and Just Where the Fire Originated Tn
known-Northern Ohio Blanket
Mill Burned-Other Fires.
The Decatur Fire.

Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX, Feb. As was
stated in THE GAZETTE IS scoop this morn
ing, at 2:I5 O'Clock fire caught in the
PickerelT building on the east side of the
public square, and at 1880 the entire
block of two-story stone buildings on that
side of the square, and nearly all the
the flames, the loss being more than SIS :
600, on which there was insurance to the
amount of S4S $50. Just where the fire
started can't be ascertained, whether it
caught in the office of the Decatur Weekly
News in the upper front OF the house or
in some of the rooms used by the Palace
hotel Some of the guests of the Palace
barely esca ped with their lives. The
second story of the Hassell building, as
was part of the second story of the Pick
ren, were being used by Mr.. w. C. Bird
for hotel. The estimated loss and insur-
ance was as follows:
Mrs. Julia F. Halsell, building, $4,000,
and insured for $1,000 in the Sun Mutual,
$1,000 in the California and $1,000 in the
Hartford.
j. Ullman s. Co.-Stock of groceries,
nothing saved, SIG 900, and insured in
the London and Liverpool and Globe,
S2500; Pennsylvania, $1,000: North Amer
lean, $1,000; California, $500; CONNER
cial, S2750: American Fire, $1,000; Fire
association of Philadelphia, $4,000; Union
San Francisco, $4,000; Orient of Hart
ford, $4,000.
VIC. Bird-Saloon stock and fixtures,
entire loss $1,000, with $1,000 in Phoenix,
and hotel furniture 500, with $500 in
the Planters and Merchants
Knights of Honor lost everything in
their. lodge, valued at $500, with $500 in
the Fire association.
p. n. Hudspeth, loss on stock OF sad
dies and harness, $1,000, with $3.50 in the
Pennsylvania.
w. R. Pickerell, loss of building,
$4,000; no insurance.
L. w. Tyler, printing press and stock,
$1,000, entire loss, with $500 in the North
American and 5000 in the German.
SJ.zJ Lang. building, $4,000, with S1075
IN the Pennsylvania and S1075 in the
North American.
Mrs. f. C. Terrell, fonr stone build
ings, Sl2 900, with $4,000 in the CalifOr-
MIA, S2750 in the Phoenix, $3.50 in the
Hartford and $500 in East Texas.
R. Y. Davis, stock valued at S3000
loss S25 90 with $500 in North American
and $1,000 in Liverpool and London and
Globe
Conley & Jones, stock of dry goods,
loss $5O00 insured for $500 in the Hart
ford and $500 in Phoenix.
Gill & Smith, groceries, $500, with
$3.50 in East Texas.
Lillard & Co., hardware, loss $4,000,
with insurance in the Pennsylvania,
S1000 North American, $500; East
Texas, $4,000; Hartford, $1,000.
Alfred Freeman, photograph gallery,
loss $1,000 with 5000 III the Phoenix.
Press Terrell, loss on household furni-
ture $500, with $500 in the East Texas
John j d.. Terrell, loss on household fur
niture, $500; no insurance.
DR.. S. a. Mcdonald, loss on library,
ETC., $500, with $3.50 in Commercial.
A. Devereux & Co. and DR.. W. B.
Markham lost their Office furniture and
library. Loss, $3.50; no insurance.
COnley s. Jones gathered up what goods
they could find about on the streets and
opened up their dry goods house in the
Lang building, on the northwest corner
of the square. J. Ullmann & Co.
have a carload of goods at the
depot and more on the road
and will resume business in few days in
their building on the South side, now oc-
cupied by r NJ Beville.
Work viii be commenced in a few days
to rebuild part of the burned buildings.
Several buildings adjoining were con-
siderably damaged, being chared and the
awnings torn down.
The Mississippi store building was dam
aged about two hundred and fifty dollars,
covered by insurance. The east building
on the south side of the square caught but
was put out, beng considerably dam
aged; it belongs to William Rush, with
no insurance.
This fire was a great loss to the town,
as 1t was solid rock block, and some of
the owners are not able TO rebuild, while
there are not other suitable buildings for
the burned-out merchants to open up in