The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-25
ANOTHER FIRE AT MERCUR.
Loss AMOUNTS TO $4,000, PARTIAL
LY INSURED.
But for the Efficient Work of the
Fire Department. the Entire Town
Would Have Been Laid in Ashes.

MERCUR, June 24.-Had it not been for
the prompt and efficient working of the
fire department, which has lately been
organized at Mercur. the entire town
would have been laid in ashes by a fire
which originated about o'clock this
morning in Senior Bros, restaurant The
entire population turned out and assist ed
IN putting out the fire, but not before it
mad done about $1,000 damage, the larger
portion of which was covered by insur-
ance. The losses and insurance are di-
vided about as follows:
Thomas Carter, loss about g, OO0, insur-
ance, s., 500 divided between the Phoenix
of Hartford, Svea OF Gutenberg, Ameri-
can of Philadelphia, and the British
America of Toronto.
j. W. Yates, who owned and conducted
the Sideboard saloon, next door lost
about $3.50, with 500 insurance Ell in the
American Central of St. Louis.
The Silver Club saloon directly south Of
the Sideboard, conducted by Virgins &
Co., lost about $500 in stock and MIXTURES,
Judge Shoebridge, who owned the
building, however, which was worth
about $500, had $3.50 insurance in the
Orient of Hartford.
The New York restaurant, conducted by
a Chinaman, had no insurance nor did
the owners of the building, Hughes & CO.
Senior Bros, where the fire original ted,
and whose loss will foot up about $500,
American n
trail of st. Louis.
Charles Seybodt, who had a bakery in
the other side of the building, which was
owned by w. l. Higgins, sustained a loss
of about $500 with $500 insurance in the
Aachen & Munich.
A small tailor shop next door south
was totally destroyed with no insurance,
and Woodruff Bros, who conducted a
general stationary and book store, sus-
tanned loss of about $500. with S1,UO0 in
in no off rntf 1la,.c =,
Magdeberg and Prussia National
Nearly all of the above insurance was
written by Windsor & Hudson of this
city, who have a branch office at Mercur
Mr. H. B. Windsor is now in Mercur
looking after the losses his companies
sustained
Had it not been for the fire apparatus
with which the town provided itself a
short time since the probabilities are that
the town would have been reduced tc
ashes, as there was quite little vino
blowing.
With their accustomed push and energy
the owners of the burned buildings arc
! letting contracts for the erection OF
buildings to take the place of those de-
stroyed. Among the things which Mercul
badly needs and which it is to be hoped
will be provided for is lodge hall. Near
ly all of the buildings burned were one
story and as they will be replaced by
two story structures. in nearly every in.
stance, the effect will be to improve the
appearance of the town.
| L. e. Hombuckle, who owned the build
| ing in which Carriers store was located.
| had $3.50 in the Phoenix of Brooklyn
and Home of New York, and a loss Of
$500.
Word was received by phone yester
! day that Thomas Carriers stock wa
valued at $1,000, insured for $3.50. Abou!
one-third of the stock was saved ,hu
this was badly damaged by fire anC
water To make matters worse. Mr.
/ ,-to, ;f. +o1 To- No.. T~=4
to $500 by the recent failure of the Mer
| cur banks.