Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
OAK CLIFF FIRE.
A Fire Yesterday Morning DESTROYS $780,
600 of Property-The Insurance.
RebuiIdinS-A Contract.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. 25.-Another de.
structive fire visited Oak Cliff at an early
hour this morning, whereby about $50, 0Ot
| worth of propr-ty went up in smoke. The
| fire was first see, in two-story frame
building on the east side of Lancaster ave.
nue.. near the Tenth street station. The
flames spread rapidly to the adjoining build.
ingS, north. south. east and across the ave.
nue. to the west. Oak Cliff has no fire pro-
lection whatever, and the flames spread IN
til there were no more buildings to con-
sumo. Fifteen buildings Were destroyed,
most of which were brick. The fire origi,
mated in the harness shop of w. II. Graves,
but the origin is not known. At the time
of its discovery the building was mass OF
fire. The Oak Cliff Weekly journal
Office, with all of its fixtures, including
two presses, type and subscription lists
were burned. Editor Thomas is in a hard
row of stumps. The Journal was burned
out before few months ago, at which time
everything was destroyed.
Dr. E. G. Patton lost buildings rs follows
One two-Story building, valued at $500
one two-story brick, valued at $500; one
cottage, valued at $3.50: three one-story
bricks, valued at 5000; one new two-story
brisli. known as the Bank block, valued at
SS0OO; one-story brick and wood building,
worth $3.50, and the Palace hotel, two
story wooden building, valued at $1,000.
Total loss, $4,000.
On the above property DR.. Patton had in
surance as follows: $1,000 in the Hartford.
$1,000 in the German of Freeport, $50 in the
st. Paul Fire and Marine, $50 in the St.
Paul German. $500 in the Liverpool and
London and Globe, $500 in the New York
Underwriters agency, $500 in the Lanca-
shire and $500 in the Liberty of New York
The doctors total insurance amounts to
$500
H. c. Boedeker. grocer, loss on stock
and fixtures, $1,000, with $1,000 insurance in
the Lion of London; on household goods
$500, insured for $500 in the Springfield
Oak Cliff Journal, Rosser Thomas, editor
lost $1,000; insured for $1,000 in the British
American
w. j. Parchman & Co., druggists, loss
$1,000: insurance, $1,000 in the North British
and Mercantile.
w. j. Parchman. household goods valued
at $3.50; no insurance.
w. H. Graves. harness maker loss $500,
with $3.50 insurance in the Home OF New
Orleans.
j. S. York, shoemaker, loss $500, with no
insurance.
Moore's photograph gallery, $500; no in
surance.
Rev Sam r. Hay and the st. Marks
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. lost
furniture and clothing worth S4G0: no in
SufaQce.
w L. Nolan. Oak Cliff China Hall, stock
$500: insured for $3.50 in the North Brit
ish and Mercantile. Nusbaunmer & Co.,
butchers, lost $500 in stock and fixtures
without insurance. j. NJ Reagan's Germi-
eide agency. $500 in stock: uninsured.
Felix l.. d Allotment, two-story building,
$780, insurance in North British and Mer-
camille $50; household goods, market stock
and stable, $1,000, uninsured. f. A. Trip
ncsn hill Il
stock of feed worth 500. insured in the
National of Hartford for $3.50. Two
story building of DR.. T. J. Avarett.
worth $500, insured in unknown company
for $500. F. L. Waller, $500 cottage: in
surance not known. Colored Masonic
lodge. $500: uninsured. WE. Best, damages
by removal, $780, insured in National of
Hartford. Four hundred dollars worth of
goods under attachment by constable were
burned. Total loss by fire, $3S, $50; total
Sl6,650.
j. Davis, proprietor of the Palace hotel,
saved all of his furniture.
Allen. the barber, Mrs. Burks, who occu-
pied the Waller cottage, the Christian
church congregation and the city council
and mayors office each saved their effects
by removal.
Fred Smith, painter, was badly in
iured by being struck across the face by
falling timber
The work of rebuilding the stables at the
state fair grounds is progressing rapidly
and will be finished in ten days. The new
buildings will be. thirty in number. each
fourteen stalls. The buildings
will be located seventy-five feet apart so as
to lessen the danger of an entire turnout
in case of a fire. All the horses now on the
grounds are amply provided with accommo-
dations and room for all that may come.
The fire has in no way hindered the ar
for the fair.
Mr.. B. Kavanaugh of Dallas has been
awarded the plumbing contract on the new
the price being $l2,7 III.