The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-19
BROKE QUIZ AFRESH.
Firemen do Battle With
Flames in a Cellar,
And When the Underground
Fire is Under Control
The Flames Burst Out in the
Second story.
A Big Blaze Which Destroyed
the Dumont and Oberly
Buildings,
Ruined a Heavy Grocery Stock
and Spoiled the Goods
in 81 Saloon.

Two Firemen Injured, and Much Prop
erty Goes Up in Smoke-Firemen Suffer
Much From the Severe eogl1-sarticulsrs
of the Co, Hasration.
A very damaging fire occurred this, SAT-
urday, mOrntuS III Lhe oiu Dumunt and
Oberly huiidiuvy on South Market street
Just below seventh street. { he 'otal loss
will run up into stv rnl IL. nssnd C"Lars'
which Is almost entirely covered by To-
surancs. Just no tue plnzs originated ia
not known, but certain IL ia that the
flames first hroB" CUT from The celisr.
Shortly aftcr O'clock tnis morning
Ed. Buckius, rctidiHg on North Market
street, Was waking up South Market
street hetSseh S,vNnIh aud Eighth
streets. He had just returned from
a s,eigniug parry aud was m tkilg
bis wy hone. A5 he passed along ia
front of Cooks grocery in the Dumont
building, bs ditcerned light in the
basement of the building, and upon in
vestigaiiOn saw n blsza Of fire. lie ran
over to the Central En2iRe House. The
fremen we're immsCiztsly avs 9k"nGd and
hose companies No. 2 and were
called by telepnuue and tho apparatus
repaired TO the building. In the cellar in
a bin in which was found stored considers
able paper and other stuff of rather in
namms bic material, was discovered fiFe
of no mean proportions and it re CURED
about one and half hours work Oh the
part OF the dremeu 30 CXsiDgulsh it, Short.
ly before o'clock the bl Is was declared
out and Company No. 2 was Instructed 20
leave. Fire Chief Louis OliiReT who bad
been called by telephone when the young
man called at the engine house, had ac-
companied the apparatus aud when the
blaze ia the cellar was thought 10 be out
Of the way and thoroughly flooded out
with water. the chief went into the first
story of the bun in when he discovered
the q tme eatinR it's way through the north
wall, and ut the same time fire was dis
covered on the grocery floor and in toe
Konen & Figensbue saloon In the next
building. An al rm was turned in from
box 30, on the public tQ1are, and all
ihe companies responded. Streams
were piled on various parts uf the
building but the fierce flames eating their
way though the dry and intl 3mmRble
wooden building had gained such head
way that il was with the nerdest kind Of
work only that the hremcn could get IL uu-
der control. They worked till after 8
O'Clock before the flames q ere altogether
tXHnguished.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A family named Stewart occupied the
Dumont building as r resideuce. For
sometime past Roy, their threesyear
old son, has bsen laid up With dIphtheria,
but be = slowly convalescing.
Gavin SGswar', nuoth hsr member or
the family. was awakened shortly after |
2 o'clock by the smell Of smoke in his |
70 m he got up and tLcu went down |
stairs. Thinking 40 moro Ci the LUifocat- !
lug sensation which had awHEaneI him, |
he remained below UIui the hr5 was de-. |
Clarci ont in the cellar. de was aDouE TO |
re- enter bis room again when he found |
ths place Gense With smoke. He called 20 |
bic mother and, cntcniOR bis li.tie brother !
IL his arTnB they proceeded down gtairF, |
ard none TOO soon for the entire building |
at once was . mass 0f fame.
FOOTING UP THE LOSSES.
The Stewart family suffered q ios1 If |
$500 oy ths total destruction OF all their
Household rrticics. This was fully in |
sured. The grocery beneath is also total |
loss. hr. VIII Cook ssJimates his loss ~ !
nearly 50 OUO, all covered by insurance.
TIE building was not very valuable one |
aud was insured for 81 900. Il brought !
The loss IL Estimated by &r. Dumont at
something like $1,000 The lCg8 TO tho
ObsTiy estate viii reach several hundred |
dollars. The SELDOM stock OF hcneu d
Flzenshue is almost entirely dsstroyed
and the loss will ne quit" severe.
FIREMEN INJURED.
Fireman Dick Weber had his collar bone
broken during the FIRE. He was on the
roof, mAgipU atlug hose. The smoke |
was very GeGse and in walking 70 the rear
OF the building lie failed to see the edge OF
the roof ard fell CR 70 the ground dtteon
feet below. Ho was taken home and
surgical aEsigtaUcs secured.
Captain Ell Rg'er OF No, 2 hose CONS
papy had ris left arm bJdiy cut
while hghiug tho fire. lie was
taken 10 4 doctor. just
HOW THE FIRE ORIGINATED
cannot Le learned, &C all lights we're put
out when gh- grocery was closed last
night. A lighted aas jst in tue cellar, 81 Is
ALLEGED, miglt havs CAUSED the 70, but
n canuot be daflaigsly decided whether |
this had been lefI burning last nigh. Ihe
nrernen all did heroic work aud it was
this which saved tue balance OF the teamo
ia the vicinity. Tue grocery was
doing an excellent business and the soas
10 heavy 70 Mr.. Cock.
INSURANCE,
The Duuont building 70 insured for
81 coo in the Hartford Insurance Co. |
Cooks stoak IL insured for 81, 800 in the
London and Lancashire, and 81 900 N the |
Hartford Insurance Co. in Jonn l,
Lynch's insurance agency.
Insurance Agent J0hu Cole holdn two |
polices on tho Ooeriy building, $500 in tie
Delaware Iosurancs Co; $500 ID the Cou- |
cord; and S450 ia the Newark Fire lnluri
ance Co. on the furriiure aud aZturee,
Agent ". l.. Alex tnGer holds policy for
81 coo 10 the New Hampshire on the Obsr-
iy building aud Agent Cola $1,000 IN tbs
Royal Insurance Co. on the Dguck.