Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-03-21
Fires.

MIR. Beatty. the hardware man "t Har
risville. went to his store last Monday
morning and built a fire. Then he went
back home to his breakfast and when he
| returned he had more fire than he wanted.
As the ceiling and floor above were blazing.
He gave the alarm, and saved the greater
part of his stock The flames spTead rap
idly and soon consumed that building and
also Morrison's grocery, and +. a.. Gal
brcath's shoe store and residence on the
north. and Al Henderson's barber shop
and ]. Z. Curry's grocery and notion store
on the south. The people all turned out
men. women and children-and fought
the flames Elrick's store on the north
was saved by covering the roof with salt,
and han ging carpets over it. and plenty of
water 4 ten foot alley separated it from
Galbreath's building. On the south the
fire was stopped by vacant lot and Cur
ray's brick residence. Beatty had no in
surauce on his building, Morrison lost ey-
erythine but is said to have been fully in
sured. Curry lost everything and was part
~ insured, Galbrcath's goods were saved
but had no insurance on the house.
AtIl o'clock, Monday night. while 4
dance was going on in the Kane house,
near the P. q W. depot, and Of which Mrs.
Funk was proprietor, the building was dis
covered to be fire. \ young man named
Spencer, a brother Of Mrs. Funk, went mp
stairs to a front bedroom, and upon enter
ing it saw that that the side Of the build
ing was burning. He ran down for water
and also gave the alarm, but the flames
seem to spread as if by magic all over the
house, and before water could be procured
the building was doomed TO destruction.
The hose companies got there promptly,
but all they could do was 10 prevent the
spread Of the flames to the Birch and Wick
buildings on either side Two men who
had gone to their room on the second
floor had to get out Of a window to save
their lives The building contained eight
rooms and was built of boards weather
boarded, and was not pIastcred The ra-
pidity with which the flames spread lead
some to suppose that the boards had been
used in the oil country and were saturat-
cd with the fluid.
Mr.. Kane carried $1,000 insurance.
On Tuesday morning CentTcyiile, not 10
be outdonc by Harrisvile, got up a fire
and though she did not succeed in burning
more buildings than her rival town she
burned newer and perhaps better ones cZ-
ceeding in value those burned in the for
mer town, and capped the affair by having
no insurance whatever.
The fire started in Muntzs ncw store
room which was being plastcred, and
which was heated by gas. 1t originated
about ) a. m, probably from an ovcrheat-
ed stove. The flames soon spread over
the building and also over the balance of
the new block which was owned by Bing
ham Il Sons. Frank Clutton had just put
in a stock OF groceries in the central room
and lost everything part Of his groceries
burning on the street after being carried
out Bingham & Sons saved part of their
hardware and the fire continued south and
burned their old warehouse and their brick
dwelling, whore 1t was stopped by an al
ley. ON the north Muntz's dwelling ad
joining his store building was also destroy
ed
Some students rooming over the Bingham
storerooms lost part of their furniture.
We are informed that there was no insur
ancc whatever on any Of the buildings or
any Of the stocks, that Bingham Sons in
suring next week.
4 remarkable accident was the one that
occurred after fire at Indianapolis, Ind,
Monday afternoon. \ large fonr story
stone and iron buildiDg occupied by q book
publishing firm took fire and a large stock
Of stationery and books in the lower stor-
les was burned. The ircmcn fought the
flames into the attic Of the building, and
some twenty Of them were on the roof Of
the building, when it gave way; the mass
falling upon the top floor caused it also to
give way and so on 10 the lower floor.
Twenty two men were taken from the ru
ins, ten of whom were dead and, all the
others badly injured.