The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-09-28
A MILLION DOLLARS

| Went Up In Smoke Mt st. Joseph. Mo-
Three Pine Business Biochs In tho
! ttebrt Of the City Dcstroyrd-A High
wind ana scarcity of Water Combine to
| Handicap the Efforts "t the Fircmen-
The Losses.
| Sr. JosErH, Mo. Sept. 2G.--Thrce
| fine blocks of the business portion of
81 Joseph are in ruins and a million
4h'lhts' worth Of property has been
destroyed.
About o'clock YESTERDAY fndruing
G. A. Purdy, who was passing along
Edmund street, noticed q thin curl OF
Strides coming from the top floor Of the
three-story department house Of
Townsend & Wyatt. tsy .te time he
could turn in an alarm tianihc burst
from the entire top floor. When Tic
department arrived it was found that
the water pressure was bad and the
| fireihen fought at disadvantage. The
entire building was soon in flames and
Chief Kane saw there was no chance
to save it.
A strong wind from the north car
ried the flames across the street to the
magnificent Commercial bank struc-
ture, and IL was soon IN flames. The
Central bank went next, Assistance
was asked frcrr Kansas city, and spc
cial trains brought dctaHhments from
that city.
The Regnnr & Shoup Crocltcry Co. e
new house was next to succunb and
$4,000 worth of goods dropped into
the cellar. The Carberry block was
next attacked. The Sing-Kong Tea
Co., the Spencer Cigar Co., and a dozen
smaller institutions went up The
fire was then burning tierccly from
four sides and the destruction of the
best business interests was imminent.
At this time dynamite was resorted
to and number ,of buildings were
blown up, and With the assistance of
the Topeka and Kansas City depart
ments the fire was gotten under con.
troll.
The losses so far as can now be as.
certained are as follows:
Townsend.wyntt Dry Goods Co., loss on
stock, S225.OOO insured for $4,000,
Central block, occupied by Townsend Wyatt
and owned by a. W. McAlister and c. f.. Wood
son, loss ;s5, ,000; insured for s75,0M
Regnier Shoup Crucliery Co., loss, $1,000;
insured for $4,000
Hoaglnnd building, occupied by Rignicr s
Shoup Crockcry Co.. loss, 5000, fully In
sured.
Commercial bank annex loss, saO.Ooc; fully
insured
Corby block, loss se5.ODl insured for i?O,OOl
German.American bank, damaged $3.50.
Stewart Bros, cigar dealers, loss nominal:
fully covered by insurance
A s. Scott painter; loss by brcakagc, s3O
ly lYut,
$1,000; insured
Kahn & Co, clothers, plato glass broken,
damage $50
Homan's restaurant damage by breakage
1880: insured for ~ 600.
Blnswangcr & Co. druggists, loss 5000: nc
insurance.
Turkish Candy Co. slight loss by brcakage.
Kirkpatrick g. Co, jewelers. slight loss.
THtt Brothers tailors; slight damage by
water.
Shirley Brothers, printers, slight damage 10y
water
Cartin & Clark. loss on plate glnsI, sl'O.
c. Hubncker, trustee w. u. Sanders & Son
loss on plate glass, slUO
ST. Joseph Drug Co.. loss e. 0o0; fully insured.
81 Joseph Book and Stationery Co. dam,
aged by water 5000.
Spencer Cigar Co, damaged si.OOl
Hong Kong Tea Co.. damaged a. ,0O0.
Valiant Lodge, knights OF Pythias, loss
el,200; no insurance.
Quigley Brothers, real estate dealers, loss
nominal
Fire Underwriters association. loss nom.
inul
Ransome. Garrett & Brewster, boots and
shoes: loss from fire and water, $1,000; fully
insured.
Sloan building, occupied by Ransome, Gar
rett & Brewster damaged sl7OOfully insured
Loss in Commercial block by attorneys
dentists and other ONCE occupants, estimated
at 10000.