The herald., 1894-01-04
DEVOURED BY FLAMES.
A Fearful Confagration at
Toledo, Ohio.
The Worst Fire Experienced
in Twenty Years.
Over Million Dollars Worth of
Property Destroyed.
Some of tho Principal Business Bio cks
of the City Laid in Ruins-A
Destructive Blaze In
Detroit.
Associated Press.


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northwest VIM no ht tane5 eerls5.
Madison street to tu, ato sD ls-
mess block OF g. A. King = e ou
are also total loss.
The flames also swept westward acros.
Water street to the rear OF the large five-
story business block, known as the
chamber of commerce building, owned
by I. P. Brown, and occupied by the
Western Union Telegraph company, the
American District Telegraph company
and d large mum hbGr oif 81 sees HIGH sgas
also destroyed. From this the flames
spread south to the next building, five
stories high, occupied as q museum and
theater. This was Quilted within a few
minuteg.
The next building southwark was the
wholesale drug house of West & Truax,
also total loss. To the west the flames
leaped across Summit street, the chief
retail street. of the city, injuring the
Hartford block, but the fire was here
checked without great damage. In the
rear of this building is the office OF the
Postal Telegraph company, the manager
of which removed all the apparatus pos
sible, thus cutting off all telegraphic
communication for time, as the West
ern Union Office and instruments were
destroyed.
A two-story block on the northwest
corner of Water and Madison streets,
diagonally across from the Qusle ele-
vator, was also destroyed.
The losses ascertained SO far are as
follows:
f. II. Quale & Co., elevator building,
$4,000, tuily insured, as was also the
grain in store.
@. A. King & Co., SAL 900.
Building OF I. P. Brown. chamber OF.
commerce building, $l2O ,000;, inAuraucs
$4,000.
Wonderland, loss on building $75, coo;
on contents, 10000.
West & Truax, loss on building,
$4,000; on stock, $4,000; fully insured
on the latter.
Losses OF various business firms and
offices in the King block and chamber
of commerce, 100000; insurance un-
known.
Other losses, $40, 900.
The total loss will reach nearly
81 900, 900.
Owing TO the high wind help was re-
quested from the nearest cities and re-
sponded to promptly by Cleveland, De-
troit and Adrian. Tne' two latter
reached the city before the fire was un-
der control and rendered efficient ser
vice. 1t is the largest fire that visited
Toledo in the past 20 years.
Later-The total loss is now estimated
at 81, 2O0,0G0 and the insurance about
three-tifths of that amount.
Revised losses are given as follows
T. P. Brown, cham Der of commerce,
100000; +. N. Quale q Co., elevator
and contents, 100000; O. A. King d
Co., elevator snd stock, $50, 500, fully
insured; G. L.. Luce estate, $4,000; j.
II. Moore, museum, $4,000; West x
Truax, wholesale drugs, building, Sll0,-
000 Second National bank, S25, 900. aud
500, 900 in currency in vaults, thought
to be safe; Splitter & Co., bankers,
$40, 900, and quantity OF bonds in the
vault, possibly Lost.
The loss OF other tenants in the
Chamber OF Commerce building is
heavy.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany's loss is $4,000; American
District Telegraph company, $4,000;
Union Central Life, $4,000; Bacon &
Huber, architects, $50 ,O00 e. 0. Falls,
architect, $4,000; A. B. Sturgis, archi-
tect, $4,000 R. Il. Dunn & Co. office.
$25, 900; other offices occupied by attor
neys, brokers, insurance agents and
others who lost all their libraries, furni-
ture and fixtures.
Sep Coad lost two buildings and sa-
loon stock. valued at $4,000.
The principal buildings damaged
suffer as follows: Hartford block, Sl0,-
000 Anderson block, $4,000; street rail-
way offices, $4,000.