San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-18
the rear of Dreiss' drug store on the
south and the laundry and hardware

store on the north and the entire
block seemed doomed, including
Reuters fine saloon building on the
corner of the plaza and Crock EFT street.
Citizens to the number of several
hundred turned in as salvage corps
and while but little from the second
hand store could be saved, the entire
contents of Cooley's Register saloon
on the south side We're carried
to place of safety, although there
were q. few bottles Of "schnapps
filched or "broken." Buckets
aud small hose were put to good use
until the firemen arrived and with
the assistance of the hook and ladder
truck the fire soon had several
streams on 1t from front and rear,
and the other property in the block
was saved. This occupied the men
until ABOUT 1:30 O'Clock when, the fire
was under control, though it was not
extinguished until nearly 4 o'clock
Sunday morning The buildings and
firms damaged by this fire are as
follows:
Buck & Cox, second hand furniture
and other goods, % Alamo plaza, loss
Sc 600, insurance-Sl, 900 In the Sun
Mutual, OI new Orloou6s Ce. oui
German, for $500.
A. Bsttsglia, boots and shoes.
No. %, loss 5000, in
surance 81 900 in the Alamo and $500
in the American of New York.
John d. Miller. cut rate ticket
broker, No % l 2 Alamo plaza, loss
$500, insurance 500 in the Phoenix, of
New York.
Mic Loveece, No ", Alamo plaza,
fruits. cigars, etc. loss 81, 800, insur-
ance 81, 600 in q New Orleans com.
pany.
A piano owned by Goggan & Bros,
and valued at S400 was destroyed in
this store, insurance $500 in the
North British & Mercantile, of Lon
don.
These buildings were one story iron
clads, owned by Mrs. A. ID. V. Dane,
of Boerne. Her loss is $1,000. insur-
ance 1000 In the American, of New
York.
Joe Cooley, Register Saloon, No 2S
Alamo plaza, loss ST. 500. insurance
81 900 in Bowery of New YORK; $1,000
held by Lay & schmidt, and 500 held
by Shoff & Toullerton. The princi-
pal damage was by smoke, water,
breakage and theft.
The building was two story soft
rock, owned by Mrs. A. d. V. Dane,
of Boerne, loss $500, insurance $1,000
in British American, of Toronto,
Canada.
Curry & Wilhelm, No. 90 Alamo
plaza, hardware; loss by water and
rust, $500: insuranc e 81 go in Traders,
of Chicago, and 81 $50 In other COM
panies.
This building was q one-story rock,
owned by Kampmann estate; loss
5000, insurance carried by estate.
Martin & Co., safes, No. 81 Alamo
plaza; loss email, insured.
Building was owned by Mrs +. A.
Vance; lose 500, insurance $1,000, In
the Alamo.
Bennett & Co., real estate, 81 Alamo
plaza; no loss.
Sim Hart, insurance, q Alamo
street; no damage.
Building owned by A. Dreiss, dam
age small.
A. Dreiss, druggist, 10 Alamo street;
loss on two-story brick building on
Losoyo street, 81 800 ON building; in
surance ST, 900, in Greenwich, of New
York. LOSS on stock $3.50, insured.
Lewis & Ward, shirt factory, over
10 Alamo street, agents for Wheeler
& Wilson's sewing machines. The
factory was total loss $500, the sew
ing machines all lost. Insured by
the Alamo for s 90
Drs. Hertzburg, Vosburgh aud Men.
ger lost from 500 to $500 each, with
40 insurance.
Allius & Cumirs. wagon and car
riages, No. IL Alamo street, loss by
preakage, etc, small, insurance MOLE
At this fire the Excelsior steam
laundry was threatened, but bucket
brigade was organized and saved it.
Tnls fire was not nearly under con-
troll when an alarm of fire was rung
In from box % Central station, and q
fire was discovered in the two story
brick building, Nos. 10 and 81, Sole
dad street, opposite the county conrt.
house, known as the Howard build
ing. Claude Small and others, who
first noticed the blaze and effected al
entrance, say they found big coal oil
can in q box, in the middle of the
store occupied by Zemonteck, boots
and shoes. on the lower floor, burn
ing. The building was locked back
and rear. The fire had spread to the
floor and goods and when the depart
ment responded looked like it was be
yond control. The firemen went to work
however, and soon had q stream Of
water on the front OF the building,
which seemed to do no good. The
fire confined itself to the large double
building, which was completely gut
ted and communicated In the rear to
some small buildings in the rsar Of
Wolfson's clothing department., used
as store rooms. Things looked equally
FOR Mr.. Wolfson's large esta blishment,