The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-04
.SCOU L AGAIN.
The Fiery Fiend Paid Princeton
Another UnWelcOme Visit
Yesterday Morning
n. e. Jes1ner's Fine Store, Centre
Block, the Barber Shop and 4.
T." Persons Store Gone.
The Losses Foot Up $4,000 Gov
cred by an Insurance of
$4,000.

The Losses Foot Up $4O,OOO Cows
cred by an Insurance Of
$35.OOO. s;
The business portion of Princeton
presents a desolate appearance to-day.
Charred timbers and smouldering ruinsy
mark the site of several of our best
business houses. For the fourth time
within eleven months the fire demon
has held high carnival in our village
and the last visitation was. the worst.s
Between the hours of three and four
o'clock yesterday morn, Mr.. Albert.
Wylie, clerk in the Pioneer Drug
Store, discovered that the shed in the.
rear of Pierce & Ludden's store, the
adjoining building, was in flames. The
alarm was speedily given but much
valuable time was lost before the
chemical engines could be gotten to-
the scene of the confagration, and in.
the meantime the fire had made rapid
progress. Centre block was past sal
walton. Little or nothing was saved
from either the Pioneer Drug Store or
Pierce & Ludden's store. The chemi-..
cal engines did not work we'll, in fact
they were practically useless to stay
the progress of the flames In.
comparatively short space of time
Crawford & .Chapman's we'll furnished
barber shop on the south and Louis
Persons store succumbed, and the
solid brick walls of the Townsend block
stopped the progress of the fiery mon
ster in a southerly direction. A few.
resolute men made gallant fight to
protect N. E. Jesmer's large brick;
store on the north and across the alley
from the Centre block; but the heat
was intense and the workers were no9
properly sustained, and this splendid
store was soon seething sea of fire.
Brennan & Carmody's saloon, frame
| structure adjoining Jesmer's store on
the north, was the last building to go
down.
It would have been impossible to
have saved any of the buildings be-
tween Pierce & Ludden's store and the
Townsend block under any circum-
stances, as the wind was blowing in that
direction. But it does seem as if Jes-
mer's store might have been saved had
the proper effort been made even with
the inefficient apparatus at hand. 1t
was saved by the efforts of a few when
Rines' store burned, and it could have
been saved yesterday morning.
There was considerable saved from
all the buildings except Pierce & Lud'
den's and. G. A. Jacks drug store
Half of Louis Persons stock was car
ried out, but much of what is saved i:
badly damaged. Crawford & Chap
man saved their barber chairs, ciga1
case, their customers shaving mug
and a few other small thing. DR.. Tar
box saved few instruments and books
a human skeleton and his diploma
Max Mark and David Markus, VIII
with their families resided in the up
stairs of the Pierson building, save'
some of their household goods. Mrs
Roy, who carried on a dress-makin
establishment over Pierce & Ludden'
} store, lost everything she had, and nc
dollar of insurance. Jesmer mar
aged to get out probably a fifth OF tn
dry goods in his, store, in a damage
% condition. But he is a heavy loser g
he carried a large stock and transacte
a big business. His was by all ode
. the best store in the village. Brenna
10 & Carmody saved a goodly share
their wet goods and household ute1
J, sils, and their losses are amply CO
= cred by insurance.
y N. E. Jesmer's store building co
- 1000, and his stock of merchandi
Il Il was valued at $4,000, net loss over
p surance, $4,000. The building occupi'
by Pierce & Ludden was owned
Charley Murray, and was valued
$1,000; net loss over insurance, 81, 0(
er Pierce & Ludden valued their stock
n S., 500; net loss over insurance, ST. 81
- G. A, Jacks stock was valued at So, 81
to and the building at $500; net K
e. over insurance, $500. DR.. Tarbo;
net loss about $3.50. Mrs. Roy abe
l. $500. Crawford & Chapman's bari