Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1892-12-23

who was patrOllng the streets,
passed down on the opposite side
OF Main street at the same time
Neither saw any signs of fire at
that moment. In about ten min
utes Mr.. Ebert returned and dis
covered light in the back part of
the restaurant, and at first sup
posed it was a lamp light, but
stopped to further examine, and at
once cried fire. Gilbert Gulick
was on his way to the engine room
to look after the fires and immed-
lately gave the alarm.
E. n. Aldrich's stock of holi
day goods and drugs were consid-
erably damaged his stock of wall
paper for next season and large
amount of chemials and fixtures
were consumed. He held an in
surance of 50, 500 on his stock and
fixtures and with a proper adjust
ment of the loss will come out in
much better shape than some of
the others who were not so we'll
provided with insurance.
III. E. Gudehus, Harold Harold
son and several other citizen did
valiant work in tearing down the
P. C. Johnson building while the
fire department was turning its at
tention to the removal of the
building north of the Gaylord
block. By their labors the Dia-
mond building and Lentz & Ode
CARDS store was no doubt saved
from damage.
F. NJ. Halstead has opened his
iewelry store in with Long Il
Schlegel, real estate dealers, north
Of Jas. Natesta. Mr.. Halsteads
stock was damaged in the hurry
of moving to considerable extent
and some articles are missing, no
doubt having been stolen. He
feels thankful that he escaped SO
luckily, however as there was no
insurance on the stock.
c.. G. Barr lost everything and
was without insurance. He had
contracted to furnish the banquet
for the Masonic installation last
evening and had nearly everything
baked and in readiness. All went
up in smoke, making his entire
loss about 5000. Mr.. Barr had ust
newly fitted up his restaurant and
could i'll afford the visitation of
such a calamity.
/ 1t is difficult to learn the inten-
ton of those who owned the
buildings destroyed, but it is safe
to predict that such valuable bust
ness property will not remain
vacant very long. Only brick
buildings can replace those
burned or razed.
Firemen of Brookings You
deserve every word of praise you
are receiving and may your valu-
able services be fully recompensed
not merely with words of COM
mendation, but in a more substan-
tial manner.
Dr. A. P. Culbertson, whose Of
flee was over Aldrich's drug store,
lost about $50 in Office furniture,
surgical instruments and books
along with his diploma and class
photographs which he priced very
highly,
1t was lucky the fire did not oc-
cur last week while the boiler at
the city waterworks was undergo
ing repairs. The city will now see
the need of having two boilers,
perhaps.
T. M. Halstead was the first to
commence business after the fire.
He was enabled to do this through
the courtesy of Mr.. Long, who
kindly gave him liberty to use
portion of his office,
Some people did not hear the
fire alarm as usual, but they saw
the ruins Wednesday morning
The alarm sounded as loud as
loud as a fog horn to most people
Geo. W. Hough was away from
home, but friends removed the
: musical instruments to place OF
safety though some of the goods
were considerably damaged.
Thos. Madden owned the two
:lL:,r ooonn;ol hu HalsteaC