Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-03-18
q TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
FIRE IN THAYER AND
LaUER BUILDINGS.
Sbaribaugh Laucr, kieinschmidt, Losey' fos'
Thayer and the Odd Fellows all sustain
considerable loss. Insurance " III prODaoiy
cover the Damage to ich- Tain Damage
Caused by Water


clear and distinct last night at O'Clock
notifying the people that hre was
raging ON Michigan street. The Dig
whistle at the pumping station respon'
did promptly and soon the entire
population of Plymouth were on the
run to Michigan street. The lire was
located ID the tailor shop OF George
Kleinschmidt in the rear OF the oillce OF
III. G.. Thayer on Mich. street. Inc lire
companies were prompt TO respond ana
under the direction of Chief Kuhn were
soon at work. The volume of smoke
was tremendous and owing to the lire be
ing located in back room 1t was I'LL
ficult to master 1t at once. but the
fire laddies went to work with Will
and soon three streams were brought
to bear upon the flames. Ii looked 1or
a while as though the loss would De
much greater than subsequent eveu's
proved to be In the case. just how the
fire originated is not known as Mr'
kleinschmidt says that everything was
alright in his shop when he left 1t. The
greatest damage was caused by the i'm
mense volume of water which was
poured into the buildings. The hre
was confined to the store room OF nj.
Lauer x Son, Shambaugh and ). X.
Losey's stores. From what we could
learn Mr.. Shambaugh will be the
heaviest loser, his loss being placed at
$1,000 with an insurance of only S3,OOO.
Mr.. Shambaugh had carried $4,000
stock and had just placed his elegant
line OF spring goods on the shelves. Al.
Lauer u Son suffered a loss of S4,oOO
which was fully insured. The greatest
damage to this firm was caused by the
smoke yet vast amount of water
found its way into the store. Their
heaviest loss Is on their line of gents
furnishing goods. The Odd Fellows
hall located IN the Thayer block was
damaged 10y smoke and water to the
extent of S2CO which is covered with
insurance. Mr.. lost suffered loss of
$4O0 but his cigar stock WAS fully in
sured. The furniture III the office of
I'll. e.. Thayer was moved to the restau-
rant of Fred Shoemaker and while his
loss is not so great as the others ne has
the consolation of knowing that he was
fully insured, The roofs of the build
ings are badly disiigured as the tiremen
were compelled to cut number ofholes
In them. Atty Chas Drummond took
time 10y the fOrelCck and removed his
law library to place of safety before
1t was damaged by the smoke which
was coming toward his office at 2:i0
gait The fire occurred just as the
churches were dismissed and hundreds
of people crowded the streets and side
walks. Nc two persons agree as just
how big fire. which threatened TO
destroy thousands of dollars worth of
property, should be handled, but we
think we are safe In saying that Chief
Kuhn displayed the best of judgement
in the manner in which he directed his
men After one hour of hard work the
fire was extinguIshed, at least that
was the opinion of every one
Hose trucks andcartS were taken TO the
engine house. But at l o'clock this
morning the fire broke out again and
as the blaze had gained considerable
headway it was hard work to get 1t un-
der control. 1t was at this time that
thegreatest damage was..done as consid
eraDle water was used which greatly
damaged the goods In the rooms below
The stores of Lauer and Shambaugh
have been closed all day and will likely
remain closed until the adjusters arrive
which will undoubtedly be in few
davs III. G.. Thayer was not in the city
last night. lie was in Michigan City
where he went on Saturday to deliver a
lecture in the First Methodist church
Lawyer DrummOnd's office looked some.
what disfigured today but to night it is
alright. And he is ready to greet all
clients who desire his services
The fire was discovered by Lot Losey
and Fred Logan and they lost no time
in sending in the alarm. Mr.. Yost car
ried an $500 stock and was insured for
$500. His loss is almost total as it was
damaged by smoke and water. AS
soon as the adjusters arrive and figure
up the damages business will again be
resumed. Mr.. Losey places his loss al