Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-12

DAMAGE AMOUNTS 70 SIS. 900
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Gosbsis pzint and picfor< stare ~ <n
ls Canal street lat night 81 io.3a ana
before the flames were under coztsol fhs
block and its contents we're damaged o
the amount of t25ooo Tie or.xir q
the fire is unknown
colonel Risely al Sweets sas chzttinx
with friend in front - the hotel aud
while pointing out the Wssson building
60 him sas THO shaft ~ smoke lssalpx
from the secoud-story window Il tie
hiock occupied by Goebei. An instant
later ; sheet of flame brnke through sud
be ran 90 the box % turn IN sbs alarnL
The Gre was 10 The center q one a.
the mosi central business bioca In TIE
city and crowd quickly uollected en
the opposite side u the street frosa
nelghboring stores aud other places
When the flames burst thronrh the
roof IL Was feared that before the ere
men could get water into the
source u the fire 4 would he comunni-
Gated 20 the Wesion block and Sweets
hotel on the south and the kent Couaty
savings hank on the north. The fear
Was ia founded. Tor the enfire ere ds
partmenf was on the ground in =
few minutes Ladders ~ese run np %
the cgunices of the burning building and
10 the roofs ~ the adJoining ooes and IN
a very brief space az fims several
streams we're playing directly into the
flames.
Ia less thaa a haH.h hour Mar
shal Lemons mcn had the FIRE
under conifol and Few min-
utes later the principal companies
were returning 90 their engine bouses
< detail of mea was placed ia charge %
the block and a stream was kept play.
ing into the smoking debris 81 the fire
until after = o'clock this morning.
The dispatch aud cooiness with which
the firemen went about their work was
the subject a many complimentary re-
marks among the ofiiookers Who st the
first burst of The fismes through the
roof we're fearful lcst the entire hiock ~
magnificent business places woald be
razed 10 the ground.
Owned D, the whhey Estate
The building is owned By the ". II
Withey estate and vsf occGpied by q.
A. Gocbel A Co. dealers In xall paper.
window shades. paints. OILS mouiiings.
artists materials. etc. The three f0ors
were used 10y the company and all were
filed with a valuable stcck of 7goodsL
The third floor. where the ere is sup
posed 20 have originstsss. was TILED with
mouldincs earnislies and frame trim-
mings. AZ MAS also used for a work
room where the franfe we're cut and
made The stock in this department
was estimated "a be pgrfh 1900. which
was almost entirely destroyed The
second floor contained the most vaiu-
able portion ~ the sfos.k of wall paper.
The stock on this floor is also pracfi-
caily a total los % MAS valued a
es.poo. The IRE dad rot De.
eccnd % THE for. bot the
stock vas deluged Hith water.
The manufactured stock pictures and
wall paper on the first iioor comprised
the most valuable portion a the Goebei
property and Was baily damaged hy
water from the vpper stories The loss
on this noor could not be estimated Last
night. but IL will be quite heavy. The
loes il fully covered hy insurance. the
amount Of which IL s200a The entire
etock was estimated 81 te <orth ir she
neigbborbood q e.. .oo0. and II is rfs,ha
bic that two thirds - II Was rendered
almoet valueless
Insurance ON the Buifdsne
The loss on the building s;-elf eili not
amount Co more than s.3.eD. The iiisur
ance amounts g. s7.soo II = Rod In
the following companies.
Secarity 81 New Haven tiooo
Spring Garden ~ Philsdeiphla. lsoo
Trans Niantic .....- ..-....... t.5V
Michigan FSre and Marine ....... i.sp
Detroit Fire and Marine $500. so
Pruasian National ........... icD
IN Dudley 10 agent for the propert,
II is cne - the oldest i.locke "a the
city. the entire three stories having heen
built early In the fifiics The trent ~as
covered vifh Plaster of Bsris made IN
the imitation ~ an inhpossilsls siDne u
- said b. DO the first building IN fhe
city upon which the eFperiment wss
made. The plhster facing scheme was
afterwards absbdonod on account -
cost and iack = stability
Boston Novelty compssr ssfrr.
The Bc.ston Novelty store occupies
4 three hoors - Col r. r Piarcs's biock
( ~ No n Canal street and suffered
I about f50po loss fron xatef The Gre
DID not reach the strk. buf wefer
1 flooded al three hoors The tip roos
wss efocked with tib rocas. the sscond
+ fioor was Stocked with dnils and toys
all a. which were very morh damaged
The Fret floor Nas efrcked With \ rnif-i
iot q gods or tina floof the rrokie<f
damage wss to a ounnfity ~ wicker
ware. iesthef bags aud ssictsif snd a
the pictures and toys
Mr. Hayden q the Novelty conrsny
said be corld not give = seff ciz@e esti.
: mate s.f the selof a fhe stfr.k bet thought
II uonid Fess'h s1on0. with about ftool
insurance he dbl ppt Think She dan
age wouid sxesed The insurnnrs Hs
/ could not give ths name - the crmpeny
h. which bis ineursrcs y plaesd. bul
eAid a wEs = cpmpany represented ~
L. W Heath. TIE dhnisgs g. CnioB-
riercs's building wiii nj sFcc>3 go
and is Folly coreFed ~ isesrsnce
Adioiuinr ire Withsy bu3lding or th>
norfh is the Kent CguufF Hsvines hsrk
The damage 20 fhis iuiiding - ertirei,
~ ssaoke end nstef. and T. ccrers6 y,
fiaoo ifsuraece
Nfais q. Cos n f'hcf1zrnfef. shr
has his gallery Ia tbe bsrk fsuiidHo
eustsisrd sussli i<-s - water. bat \
is oesssed - fl.o0o insur4pc. l.
fpvgerfs printing oroa. in fhs ssri'
lssil8ine. uas riighfiy dsnskx-d IN.
Nsriesn Ns1irins rrsopany, snvfke
fruart wiH refpf = srIfn ioes II
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