Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-04
BIG Loss BY FIRE At WACO
The Fire Is supposed 10 Have ONT
mated by 'nccnd,ari-a. bpt spo.-
aneous Combustion L. oiven
as rheery-othcr Fires.


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waco, Tex, July s.--one OF tho most
destructive and largest hres that waoo
mas known for years broke out about
s''o o'clock this morning and Is stnI
burning.
me extensive lumber yards Of wn-
lam Cameron & Co., ut the corner Of
Eighth and Mary streets were ths
scene OF the flames which had attained
great Roadway when the alarm was
given. The entire FIRE department re.
sponded quickly. but nil efforts 10 cx.
ungulsh the roaring IRE that had Dc.
veloped We're unavaIling and their ef.
Ior,A were directed to saving other
properly In the Vicinity. ove- 1000, 900
feet or lumber was stored Ia the wards
and In few momenta SIT was ali burn
ing nereely aud sending out heat TINT
nade j Impossible 10 gct within
block OF the flrc.
frontirg on Eighth street was
brick block, In which was the Perry
hc el. several stores and the office OF
Cameron 4 co. In few moments
the iire reached II and roon the build-
Ing was In ruins.
Everything wns swept away along
Mary street TO Seventh ana two frame
buildings across Seventh street, fully
900 feet from whore the fire originated.
were burned TO the ground,
Across the Cotton Belt railroad
tracks on Mary street soverur houaea
were dnmagcd and were only saved
ny splendid work on tho pnri OF tho
IRE department, The Intense heat
nude Il impossible TO render the SER
vice that otherwise would have been
given, and number OF the fire Fighters
work.
The entire block Ia In ruins and great
blazing piles are lighting up the scesls
tonight Engines have been at work
M day throwing HtreamH OF water on
the blaslpg lumber plea. and tonight
one HtcaInor ~ gtili az work.
w, B'braAelton OF the Arm N Cam
eron 4 Co. Ftatea that the IRE was
due either 10 spontaneous combinations
or 10 incendiorism. and he Is inclined
TO favor the latter theory. lie said:
Our loss VIII amount to about taA,-
600 which Is fully Insured barring tho
10 per cent. loae which, you know, has
gone into eject under the new co.
NurAnce rulings In Texas. This loss
includes all our property, buildings. Of
fees and lumber. We will build again
and have our business running In fun
blast IN ffiecn days
The Insurance.
The total loss will probably roach
$4,000. Cameron a Co, were insured
as follows; Royal $4,000; Liverpool.
London q Globe, $500: Hartford. $1,000;
Phoenix, $1,000 palatine. 1880: North
British md Mercantile 5000; Northern.
$1,000; caledonian, $4,000
ffsl.
Waco Investment company was In
sured for $1,000 In the London and
Lancashire and $500 In another COM
pnny,
Antonio Pruto. fruit dealer, lost his
stock, and Is fully insured with $3.50
In the British American company.
VIII BROOKS, who owned two houses
on Seventh street. sustained less OF
$500 and was insured FOR $3.50 Several
houses on Mary street were more or
less damaged and are fully insured.
J. $. Hlil. bootkerper OF the Even
ing News, who roomed In the Cam
eron building. lost $40 worth OF furni-
turc.
j. 8. Perry. proprietor OF the Perry
hotel, lost, he says, about $500 worth
Of furniture, with no insurance
The following parsons. who roomcd
NJ the Perry hotel, lost small effects,
amounting IN most cases TO only n few
dollars; W, j. Howard, ]. j. Burke, o.
II. Perry Tom Nowlan. Joe cahilL
Jack corbctt, r. Marsh, joe Dury. Jim
Moore and Henry Williams.
Walter Caroline. negro cook. who
worked at the Perry hotel and lived
IN a small house In the rear OF that
building, lost everything he had.
No accidents were reported and no
danger 10 life was In sight ut any
time during the progress OF the fire.