The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-05-26

sunday morning, places the damage
at s23, $50 and the insurance at S.
$50. The owners of nearly all the
buildings have decided to rebuild,
but it is possible that there are one or
two who will not.
There is no doubt, but that for the
timely assistance, given by the fire
department from this city, the loss
would have been double what it was,
and it is not at all improbable that
the greater portion of the beautiful lit
tie city would have been almost totally
destroyed. There was a great delay
here on the part of the railroad COM
pany, which at this time seems almost
inexcusable and if it had been other
wise the loss would not have been so
heavy by fully $4,000. Mayor
Stevens and the department were at
the depot at 1910 o'clock and ready
to load on the cars. No car was set
in at the freight house until lilo
o'clock and it was lao o'clock when
the train started on its trip to La
monte. There was no time lost after
that. The train was in charge of
Conductor E. j Stubblefell and Was
pulled by Engineer Morgan and con-
sisted of an engine, fat car and ca
bose. The run was made in seven
teen and one-half minutes, the dis
lance being fourteen miles. The To-
cation of large pond near the depot
was exceedingly fortunate as the sue
ton hose of the engine would reach
it without being taken from the car.
The fire company took along 800
feet of hose which was
just enough to reach the fire and play
on it from either side. Chief Willis
and his men worked hard and with
the assistance given by the men who
went down from here, and the citizens,
soon had the fire under perfect con-
troll. Two sections of the hose were
burst while the. fire was being played
upon, but were so quickly repaired
as to not cut much figure in the gen.
eral result. The fire train returned
to this city at z o'clock in the morn
ing.
The citizens of Lamonte we're very
kind and treated the relief party with
the utmost cordiaiity.
This is about the fourth large fire
that Lamonte has suffered in as many
years and like all former ones is be-
lieved to have been originated by in
cendiaries. There was an unusually
large number of suspicious strangers
in that city Saturday night, and a
number of attempts to rob residences
were made while the fire was in pro-
gress. In every case however, so far
as reported, they were frightened
away without securing any booty, No
arrests of any consequence were made.
The fire was discovered by some
young men who were returning home
from a party, and when first seen,
was issuing from the basement of
Terry & Harris general store. 1t
was undoubtedly the work of en- in
cendiary as the doors OF several of the
stores were discovered open when the
owners arrived. 1T is possible, also,
that many of the goods were removed
before the alarm was sounded, and
the building, set on fire by the
thieves.
THE LOSS.
Terry d Harris, general merchan-
disc, loss on stock 5000, insurance
SO, 200; loss on building $4,000, in
surance 81 200.
Lamonte lodge A. o. U. w. fix
lures and furniture, loss $500, no in
surance.
Elgin Woodward, refreshment
stand and barber shop, loss 800, no
insurance.
II. G. McArter, drugs, loss Sc, 900 ;
insurance $500. Building owned by |
Mrs. frankie Snoddy, loss $4,000, |
partially insured.
Perry q Agee, hardware dealers,
loss on stock 81, 900, insurance $500. |