Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-27
SWEPT BY FIRE.
An Entire Business Block i'm
Columbus, Ohio.
Less Estimated at from $780,
Oonto $5OO.OOO.

II Starts in Godman's Shoe Factory and
Biock-Ths Metropolitan Opera House
! Destroyed Partial List of the Losers.
Hair-Breadth Escapes.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan, 27.--At 7:45 Tues
day morning fire broke out in the third
story of John N Godman's shoe factory
in the Metropolitan opera house block,
and because of delay in sending in an
alarm, the handsome and costly block
was enveloped in flames quite beyond
the power of the fire department to con-
troll. The whole block from Rich street
to Walnut,and from High to Pearl is
total loss.
About noca the fire was gotten under
control. 1t was confined to the Metro
politan opera house block.
Many Marrow Escapes.
There We're number of thrilling and
hairbreadth escapes, and with the large
force of women employed about the
building it is miraculous that the death
roll does not amount up high. Godman's
shoe factory employs S04 persons, 13a Of
these were girls, sixty men and twelve
boys.
The factory occupied three floors. The
spectacle of girls going down the fire
ladders and escapes with aprons over
their heads was one of the thrilling epi-
sodes that caused the hearts of men to
stand still. These victims were driven
out of the building by the fierce flames,
and had not even time to get any Of
their trappings, the fire spread so rap
idly.
The loss is estimated at from $500, 900
to $500,000. So far as known it is as
follows:
The south third of the block was
owned by Philadelphia capitalist, J.
A. Jeffrey, who is represented here by
Walter Morrison. His loss is $50, 1000,
insured for $4,000.
Isaac Eberly owns the central third,
including the Metropolitan opera house.
His loss is $75, 900, insured for $4,000.
George Foster owns the north third Of
the block. His loss is $40, 200.
The losses of the concerns occupying
the block and their insurance are as
follows:
A. Zwerner, drugstore, loss $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Steinhauser, wholesale liquors, loss
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Goldman, shoes and leather, loss SEQ
900; insurance, $4,000.
j. IL. Barcus, groceries, loss $50 900;
insurance, $l1 900.
III. & N. Gundersheimer, clothing,
loss, $i5, 900; insurance, $l1 900.
w. II. Halliday, loss slight, as most Of
his goods were saved; fully insured.
Staley 81 Morton's dry goods stock
was insured for $4,000, which will
more than cover the loss as much Of tho
finer stock was removed.
The Gazette Printing company, loss,
SEQ, 600; insurance, $4,000.
l.. M. Baker, photographer, loss, $10,-
600; insurance unknown.
Siebert & Lilley, bookbinders, loss,
$50, 900; insurance, $4,000
Daily Express, newspaper, loss, So, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
The forms Of The Sunday World were
also destroyed in The Gazette printing
concern.
Modjeslza was to have appeared at the
Metropolitan Tuesday night, and some
of her stage property was in the opera
house and is lost.
Sloans and Beck's restaurants aid sa-
looms were also in this block, and there
were great many offices in the upper
stories, whose combined loss will be very
great. Absolutely nothing was saved
there.
Harvey Colt, real estate broker, re-
ports 800, 900 in notes in his safe, which
was not fireproof.
While the above fire was in progress
a blaze was discovered in the Bijou tho
ater. 1t was extinguished with small