The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
ECHOES OF THE FIRE.
Hundreds From Distant Parts View
the Ruins,
REBUILDING TO COMMENCE
Martin Heisenberger VIII Replace the
Destroyed Frame structures with
Handsome Brick Buildings.
Business Resumed.

People from all parts of the county
flocled to town yesterday to view the re-
mains of the properties that were attacked
by fire the day before. Some came with
the expectation of finding the destruction
much greater than it is, as the early morn
ing dispatches sent from the town placed
the loss at figures ranging from 500, 900 to
S300,O 900. Nevertheless, the remains were
strong reminders of the terrible work fire
can accomplish, and the area it swept Sat-
urday morning was viewed with great in
terest
The first to rebuild on the ill-fated
grounds were James McElhenny and
William Oaucierius. As early as eight
o'clock on Saturday morning they had
lumber hauled to the former sites of their
saloons and pat carpenters at work build
ing temporary structures. Within a few
hours they were again ready for business
and the services of number Of special
bartenders were required to wait upon the
customers who hocl5ed into the places dur
ing the afternoon and evening. Messrs. p
j. Ferguson and W. NJ. Brewer are credited
with giving admirable financial encourage.
ment to the proprietors
The causeof the fire still remains a mat,
ter of supposition, but there is not the
slightest doubt that it started in The stable
owned by Charles E. Titman Nicholas
Frieband, of the New York Progress Man.
ufacturing Company, and Max Rabino-
witz, the West Centre street storekeeper,
say they were among the very first of the
people to reach the scene and that the
fismes burst forth from the stable, pre-
ceded by great volumes of dense smoke
j. r. Coyle, Esq, was also an early arrival
and says the fire blazed IN the stable and
made it impossible for men to get back to
the horses that were consumed.
The supposition as to the cause is that
heat from the bakers oven, which stood
very close to the stable must have ignited
hay, or straw, in the stable The estimate
made by us on Saturday as to the losses by
the fire were near the mark. 1t is not likely
that the actual loss will exceed $50, 900.
The estimates in round numbers as given
by the sufferers aggregate $50, 900, and are
apportioned as follows: G. E. Titman, SlO,-
900; Adam p Tabor, butcher $4,000; c.
Radziewicz, $4,000; G. Cancierius, saloon,
$1,000; John Ploppert, baker, $4,000; Otto
Carl butcher, $4,000; F, v Heisenberger.
dry goods, $4,000; R. Knight, grocer, about
1000; James McElhenny, restaurateur
81, 900, and the Herald Publishing Company
$4,000, insured for $4,000. Mr.. Knight
saved the stock in his store but lost all
that was stored in the cellar
Two victims of the fire, Martin Heisen-
berger and Gerlaoh Dornbach have dis
played admirable pluck and enterprise in
making arrangements to rebuild at once
Both will have their grounds cleared as
soon as practicable and erect brick struc-
lures with all modern improvements. Mr..
Heisenberger will cover his property, both |
on Centre and White streets, with three |
story brick buildings and have no frame |
structures connected with them. The first |
floors on Centre street will be planned for |
storerooms and the upper stories will be |
used as dwellings by the storekeepers Mr.. |
Dornbach will use as much of the old stone |
walls as may be fit for building purposes |
and will also erect a three-story brick build |
ing. This time he will not build mansard |
roof.
The intentions of the other property |
owners have not been learned, but it is |
probable that they will not hesitate in re- |
building as soon as the grounds can be |
cleared of the debris.
The reports that large sums of money |
were in the Heisenberger and Dornbach |
properties when they burned down brought |
a number of prospectors to the ruins, but |
no valuable finds have been thus far re-
ported. Some boys are credited with hav-
ing found coins of small value. Relic |
hunters are at the ruins in force at all |
times.
The report that Mrs. A. P. Tabor had |
suffered confinement just before the fire
started and was carried from her burning
in dying condition was a SEN
sation that had no standing in fact. Mrs.
Tabor had not been i'll and was out shop-
ping Saturday evening.
Thomas Bells got much of the furniture
out Of his house when the fire approached
it and says he is sorry that he made the
removal, as the damage to the furniture by
breakages, was almost as bad as the fire
would have made it. Some Of the fur
niture was completely ruined. The house
was not badly damaged.
The families who were rendered homeless
are quartered with friends and in hotels.
They will find difficulty in securing house
hold quarters until the rebuilding is
completed as houses are very scarce in the
borough.