The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-08
CANTON BUGGY CO.
SUFFERS SEVERE LOSS BY A
SERIOUS FIRE
Which Burned the Front Portion of
the Plant and Much Of the valua-
bic stock The Company viii
at Once n. butId.


at Once Rebuild.
At $3.50 O'Clock Monday morning the
fire-bell rang, and tho,e who heard IL
were unable to definitely locate the blaze,
as there was very heavy fog and the
unusual occurrence of two boxes being
pulled at exactly the san Instant made
it difficult to tell what box the alarm
came from. The iremen went east, how
ever as the register tended 90 indicate
that two eastern boxes had been pulled.
IL was found that the immense plant OF
the Canton Buggy Co, ona Of Canton q
largest and most prosperous concerns,
was in flames. The fire had started In
the shipping room, as near as uan be con.
jectured, and was burning ferotly. Oil.
soaked floors fed the blaze and 1t seemed
that the building was doomed. The fire
was checked from working its way back
through the plant, but the flremen could
not keep 1t from destroying the front por.
tion Of the immense building. The por.
tion Of the building destroyed contained
the finished work and that part Of the
unfinished work upon which the most
labor had been performed. While the
destruction Of the main portion OF the
building WAS not total the stock was
totally destroyed, and numerous hand.
some vehicles cculd not be taken out OF
the show room until they had been
ruined and the tops burned off,
A general alarm at 4:15 called the
entire department, and the fire was well
under control at 4:46.
The Canton Buggy Co. Is locatsd near
the East Nimishillen creek bridge, In
East Tusoarawas street, and The factory
is a large one The officers of the com.
pany are: President, Otto Giessen; vice.
president ana manager, NJ. W. Miller
secretary and treasurer, H. H. Miller.
The company manufactures fine vehicles
and is one of tine best known firms, in
its line Of business, In the United States.
1t had a splendid equipment and was
doing good business, though In the
midst, jnst now, OF the dull season.
The origin Of the fire is mystery and
is likely TO remain such. Spontaneous
combustion Is ,t Improbable, and the
blaze might have been of incendiary y
origin. There was no fire In he build
ing from which it could catch, except
by design.
The building and machinery was fairly
we'll covered by insurance. The insur.
anoe ON the stock is not sufficient to make
good the loss, but Is distributed about
on different articles so as TO make IL diff.
c1lt to tell just what the insurance on
what was burned amounts to, until an In
ventory Is taken. Mr. q. H. Miller,
secretary and treasurer, stated TO-DAY that
he could not compute the loss. The
damage by the fire may amount to
100000. Two fine traps that were
being finished for F. K. Case and Otto
Giessen, were destroyed.
This forenoon the ruins oom menoed to
blaze again, and No. 2 engine house
company put the blaze out. One OF the
alarms sent In last night was by the call
boy at the @. U. s. s who pulled box 81
Workmen were put to work by the com
pany at onoe, to clear up the ruins. The
destroyed portion of the works will b,
rebuilt. a substantial brick struotur,
taking the place Of the one burned.