San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-25

uau street is also damaged In Gne rear, anu
the rear of the Devine building. In the
Maverick building, upstairs, were the Of
ices of Leo Tarleton, lawyer, who lost a
$1,000 law library, which was uninsured;
DR.. g.. w. Barnum lost his Office furni-
ture; DIR. Edgar Barnum also. The Provi-
dent Savings company, of New York, had
an agency in The building. DR.. Sommer-
vile had an Office up stairs. Also, r.. b.
Minor, whose law library was lost. Chas.
l. Sauer, insurance, Alfred Giles, archi-
tect, and the four lodges of the Knights
OF Pythias, and the Uniform rank. X. of
p, a so had their hall in this building.
All the lodge regalia and furniture, be-
sides valuable uniforms and accoutre-
ments of members were destroyed, al
though those Knights of Pythias who at
tended the Uniform Ranks ball at
Turner hall last night and wore their
uniforms saved them from destruction.
The policemen who were placed on
guard of the little property saved, state
that there were no attempts at theft by
any of the motley crowd of thousands
who gathered at the scene. and but few
cases of disorder were noted. A colored
man, who works in a restaurant on Mill
tary plaza, was hurt in a fight with an
other fellow. and a brick mason named
Costello, was badly beaten by Charles
Walker, a fireman working with the No. 2
company. lie had been guying the fire
men and Walker attacked him, knocked
him down and kicked and stamped him
numerically, until the crowd compelled
him to desiSt by pulling him off. The in
Jured man was senseless and was carried
into the drug store on the corner oppo-
site the fire and afterward was taken to
the hospital.
Az Q o'clock this morning the Water
works Co. sent a hal down who opened
the fire plug at the corner of st. Mary's
and Houston streets. and got water for
the firemen. He said if the firemen had
known how to unScrew an inside nut they
could have got the water when they tried
early in the fire. AT all events it was no
trouble for him to get the water when he
tried.
1t is very difficult to estimate the loss
by the fire or to get the correct insurance
report. Among the insurance agents
who held risks on the cOnflagration are
the Alamo, which held about
$4,000: Richardson & BealI, who had
about $4,000; Mrs. Abbey, $1,000 or 1000;
Lay ~ Schmidt. who had 5000 on the
Mitburn stock, SO. 800 on Olsen & Wakes,
Sl,5N on GuessaZ Il FeE4et'S: 81 600 on the
Maltoy estate, occupied by Olsen &
Wake.
Mr.. G. l.. Sauer had a heavy amount Of
insurance, but how much he could not
this morning say His risks will foot up
about 10000 or $4,000.
Houston street was %blockaded until
about s o'clock this morning by the fire.
mems hose and by the goods that had
been removed, and the street ears had to
transfer their passengers. 1t was very
difficult for ladies TO get by from car to
car, as the street was flooded with water
and crowded with men, women and
children. During the fire thousands of
citizens, ladies and children, and all
classes and conditions of social life visited
the scene. Every den in the city emptied
their inmates and hackmen reaped a mar
vest. Painted women in every kind OF
attire elbowed their reputable sisters.
and got as near the fire as they
dared, and the small boy seemed
TO be everywhere. Merchants walked
about and talked with each other
or %nervously watched their build
ings if located near by. A
good point of vantage was the Houston
thousands very bravely, and a great
many people ever looked at the fire from
the city hall, from the Kampmann build,
ing and from the rear of the courthouse
The old volunteer fire department. mem
bers were there and many assisted In the
work of saving goods and furniture, bu d,
did not interfere with the firemen.
Il ne Ultu are DuSy bOudN III ItDdIl
ing the Devine building, which was dam
aged about $500 worth. Had the fire got
past the old adobe building KIN )wn as the
Veramendi house, and swept the adobes
next 10 it. owned by Mr.. White, the
courthouse and the Devine building
could not have been saved and the entire
north side of Main plaza would undoubt.
eddy have been destroyed. There
was great fear Of this at
ono tima and mon wore stationed
on the roofs along the west side of Sole
dad street with buckets keeping fire from
catching and sparks from alighting. 1t
was a great fire and a great fight.
GENERAL NOTES.
Central Book and Stationery store, loss
between $l,7OO and $500. Insurance
Kwong Wan Juen, Chinese china store,
5000 loss. Insurance 5000.
Allen q Cummins carriage store, loss
between ST., 900 and $4,000. Nearly cover
ed by insurance.
The Milburn Wagon Company was fully
insured.
Smiths clothing store, loss $500. In
surance,S $1,000. ,
Mr.. Tarleton saved about one-half Of
his law library. =,
Elk Lodge. Knights Of Pythias, had
$500 insurance oil their paraphernalia.
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, had
$1,000 on their furniture and effects.
As closed car So on the Red line was
passing along Houston street in front OF
the ruins, the trolley wire broke and fell
to the ground. 1t struck the rail, causing
a large flash and loud report and then re-
manned dead. The sudden connection
had knocked a plug out at the power
house and then shut the current of. The
wire was soon spliced together and hung
up with no serious damage done. The
cause of it's breaking was that it had
been badly burned by the heat.
Chas. Kuhn and wife were sleeping In
the rear of their store and only woke up
when the fire was at their door. They