The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-01-28

, -, :, Or, occupied by the Collins Capt
nooro "o or,nonv The flames s".p.
,I this big structure ana nag su on Sill.
'lroust toIr The small buildings on nr 81"
r ,oi street., which runs west from LIN
yer S'it 90 Iunircr, were all Quilted.
''g gihn sTon Of Contractor Lewis haven '
,,,h, fra from the rear of Blum DtOI ,i
caus t,. 80, sramen were caught by ian
~" , vail Frank Piper of Engine oolr
nnnv No. 80 was the only man Sef'o"'''
injured. ,, l;scovered in
tho tower of John ManamakerS o's VI.
wv store A stream of water from
So e tbo wafer towers was run up 10
tho haze but the supply of water was
o;tber too small or the apparatus ueies'
;ro 90 rho stream would not reach Inc
tower contained a handsome cloch "nu
chimes At 8 o'clock the entire tower
ooIIonsed the clock falling through 10 tue
first floor. Two lines of hose were 'i'en
gotten on top of the gigantic s'ruc'".
and the flames, which had threatened ~
destroy PhiladeIphia's most FAMOUS
store. were under control H..
The fire had been confined entireiy "
Market strect front and the loss sustain
cd by Mr.. Wanamaker was prihclpali!
in the destruction of his clock ana
chimes and the breaking of all the large
plate glass windows on Market street.
In to this time the flames had been
confined to the block bounded by filbef'
street on the north, Thirteenth street OIL
the cast. Market on the south, and Juhl'
per ON the west. The wind was blowing
from the west and carried the flames into
the rear of the buildings on Thirteenth
street. The first building to catch hr'
was that of Jacob Miller, gents furnish
ing goods, No. North Thirteenth street
Then came the cigar factory of Tarblis
& Co.. at No. 8 North Thirteenth street
McCune & Co., manufacturers of pictui
frames, Nos. 10 and Il; Pither Bros
dry goods, No. II; n. II. Smell, drugs NJ
IS; Heines Bakery, No. s; the Cafe d
Blaberg, No. 90; Burke d Kyle, iewe
ers, No %; private residence and bal
Der shop, No. "a; Huber & Wether, dr.
goods, No. %; J. II. Stall, ieweler, occC
pied the first floor of No. 8 Mort
Thirteenth, and William Stieh, wall pa
per manufacturer, the remainder of tn
building. Foley's restaurant, at No. q
North Thirteenth, and James FurlonS'
saloon, at Nos. 80 and 81, were the las
in the row from Market 10 F'ilbert street
All of the buildings were completely
Quilted. In many instances nothing il
left standing but the bare walls.
The flames ate their way almost direct
ly northwest from the rear of Blum
Bros building, cutting the rear of Show
ellis & Frycr's big grocery. The rear part
of Nos. Z, 8, II, IL, 10, II, 10, q, % and
% North Juniper streets, which buildings
are used as law offices and private resi-
dences, were completely burned out, leay-
ing only the front walls standing in some
cases.
Between 3 and a. IN. an alarm brought
the department to No. 80 Chestnut street,
where flames had broken out in the fifth
story of the building occupied by O. S.
Bunnell, wholesale stationery. The fire
was cXtinguished, with loss of about
| $4,000. -. ..- ..-
Shortly before 6 o'clock another fire
started on the sixth floor of the big car
pet store of John d James Dodson, sos,
SlO and 81 Chestnut street. BY hard
work the flames We're confined to the
sixth story, but water soaked through
| every floor to the basement. The store
was filled with expensive carpets, rugs
and upholstery, and the loss caused hy
water and smoke exceeded 100000.
The heaviest losers are Hrscb Bros.
who suffer to the extent of about S1OO,.
0oO. They had an immense stock On
hand. preparing for summer trade Wal
ter Hirsch, member of the firm. said
that the stock was fully covered bv IN
surance. This firm EMPLOYS 40 bsndS
t Liirscn BROS. occupied the top floor of the
h'Nh tAltuuGU from I,ytD tO
1919, inclusive. The building was owned
by the estate Of Henry c. Gibson tbo
well known distillcr, and was valued 'n at
| about S500,000. Ut
Blum Bros, who occupied 1919. will
lose about $150,0O0 on stock. Hasc %m,
Bros, Sl2O,OO0, on stock; Mizpah rest to.
rant, oSlo,0oO; ,Hillman's Drug company.
S'o,OOO; Marshall's restaurant, S25 006.'
George B; Wells, $4,000; Shovel H'VOS &
Fryer SOU, 600; James Goodwin. stainod
glass, $4,000: James Dickson, h"at heaters
and and ranges, $1,000; Dunlap Bros AS Sp0a
W on building and machinery: Fp rLvv
Slo;WO: John Wanamakcr S16 0T' 006S..
Nsiickoiai, $4,000; A. McCune -J & So
S4o'0Oo; :. II. Shull, drugs, S1500o, Raj US;
u Kite. $1,000. Ti''ooo' nuQd
Inc loss on the smaller buildros win
feacn INTO the neighborhood of S40o 0 Mo-
Nearly all the sufferers by todnv yT'V S,.
are fnliy protected by insurance "'e
w Startling incidents were not wan,ino
n Mnen the fire was at its heigbt" mn n%
Pioyr of the carpet firm of Iryins aI ni en-
x MagCe, whose building is in ,' tbo p b,1;
p pGloW that devastated by the fam u oiO OK
m Market street was overcome by oxcit On