The Dickinson press., 1896-03-07
BLAZE!
Close Call For
the Business Portion
of Dickinson.
Four Business Houses
and One Residence
DO up in Smoke.

Fire broke out Thursday night at
about IL o'clock in the Fennell
building, occupied by o. P. liner as
II meat market. The fire was first
discovered in the back room on the
ground floor. 1t was about an hour
before the N. P. pumps could supply
water and by the time a stream was
ready the flames had spread north to
the Ryan meat market, and it was
only by desperate fighting that the
fire was kept from burning MI. Ry.
ans residence. The wind was blow.
ing from the northwest, so the flames
did not cross Barnes street. NJ. H.
Linsley's residence property was
quickly destroyed, and the residence
portion of DeGraff's building was
badly damaged. Every one saw
clearly that unless the flames could
be held at bay here the whole bust.
ness portion of the town would 90
up in smoke. Every effort was put
forth and in Il few minutes the tide
was turned.
The loss will aggregate about $l3,.
600. insurance $4,000.
4. H. Ryan uilding $500; insur-
ance. $500 St. Paul Fire and Marine,
$500 Liverpool, London 4 Globe;
stock $500, two.thirds saved, no in.
Surlnce.
j. l.. Brown: Building twelve hun.
dred; insurance, SIX hundred Liver
pool London & Globe; stock five
thousand; insurance thirteen hun.
bred Liverpool London & Globe;
large portion of stock removed but
it is in bad shape.
jim Lee: Building six hundred, no
insurance: stock and fixtures three
to four hundred, no insurance.
James Fennell: Building two thou.
five hundred, no insurance.
O. p. liner: Stock and fixtures in
Fennell building sixteen hundred;
insurance one thousand in Northern
Assurance Co. Mr.. liners new ice
house was not damaged much.
NJ. II. Linsley: Residence seven
hundred and fifty; insurance five hun.
dred in British America; furniture,
etc. four hundred. damaged fifty, in.
sured in British America for one
hundred.
l. c. DeGraff's damage to furniture
and living rooms will probably
amount to four hundred, which the
PRESS understands was not insured.
His large stock of boots and shoes
and furnishing goods was carried out
and dumped in Il heap and in this
way was seriously damaged, perhaps
two thousand.
Drenkel & Davis lost 5000 in break.
age. and damage to ice house. They
will not recover insurance on this.
Frank Lish's loss to a warehouse
and contents is $500. No insurance.
Frank kim lost two hundred by
brrakage.
j. j. Freeman sustained some loss
by breakage.
NOTES.
Il. II. Ryan will he ready for bust.
ness in the front rooms of his resi-.
dence next Monday.
The Linsleys are living in the
McGillivray house on Hannaford st.
j. L. Browns goods are stored in
the north half of the old Lish hard.
ware store.
e. L Scofield hustled dry goods uI
to his residence.
Carter didn't get out to the fire.
O. P. liner does not know what he
will do. He seems to think that fate
is against him, and it looks that way
two fires in less than a year.
The hose company did nobly.
The band boys saved their instru.
ments. 1t was a close call for Nc,
Williams.
The N. P. employees gave every as.
sistance possible.
People will think about incorpora'
ton now.
The Fennell building has always
been a fire trap. This is the 4th fire.