Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-04
A THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE.
Sol spiegelberg's Furnishing Store and
Mondragnn Bros. Jewelry Shop
Destroyed Early this Morning.

The business house on the plaza &C.
cupied by Sol. Spiegelberg as gents
furnishing house and Mondragon Bros.
jewellers, was destroyed by fire at an
early hour this morning. About 4 O'Clock
James Keogh, of the electric light works,
observed light springing up near the
center of the Spiegelberg store room and
apparently in the rear part of the jewelry
shop. He ran to the hose house and gave
the alarm which brought the fire boys
promptly to the rescue, but by this time
the blaze had made rapid Roadway and
the dense smoke arising from the burn
ing of clothing and other effects in the
furnishing store made it next to impossi
BILE for the fremen to do effective work in
carrying out the goods. Another disad-
vantage labored under was the weak
water pressure. For time it looked as
though the whole block of buildings was
doomed, but the firemen and the people
generally worked liked beavers, and tin
roofs and adobe walls on either side of
the burning building served to keep the
blaze pretty we'll confined. The building
was a one-story adobe with brick front of
fifty feet and about 200 feet in depth. 1t
was owned by Mrs. Ilfeld, daughter of
Mr.. Spiegelberg, and was valued at 81 900.
The building is practically wreck, and
the stock of goods either burned or dam
aged to such an extent as to be of little
value. Mr.. Splegelberg states that he
carried stock worth from $4,000 to
$25 900, and on this he had insurance
amounting to $4,000, of which sum J
W. Schofeld & Co.'S. agency holds $4,000
and the agency of Paul Wunschmann &
Co., $1,000. The first named firm also
holds 81 900 insurance on the building.
Mondragon & Co. value their stock al
upward of $4,000, on which they carry
81 800 insurance in Wunschmann & Co.'S
agency. Most of their jewelry stock was
saved so that their loss will be compare
lively small outside of tools and fixtures
The buildings adjoining were somewha
damaged, but were all insured. Felipe
| Delgado' 8 store and residence was scorcheC
IN spots, and McKenzie's hardware store
had a narrow escape, the fire breaking
out in three places and getting a rather
serious hold on the books and papers in
the Office, but, fortunately, the flames
were checked by the vigilant and earnest
work of the fire department.
AS to the origin, theories differ, though
the point at which the blaze was first OBJ
served makes it quite clear that it coulo
scarcely have been incendiary in it,
character. The impression prevails tina
either the small furnace in the rear o
the jewelry store or a swinging gas jet il
responsible.
One sorry feature about the blaze is thu
destruction Of the splendid stock Of min
eral specimens which Abe Spiegelberl
had packed away in the rear of his faith
er's store. He had spent lifetime il
collecting it, and it's value certainly coult
not have been far from $4,000. 1t wa
uninsured. Capt. Hudson also suffered
a small loss, having some $50 worth o
stuff stored with Mondragon Bros. Al
told tile loss is about 100000, with insur
ance covering one-half. The building
will be reconstructed and Mr.. Spiegel
berg will resume business there at al
early day.