Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-06
THE UNIONTOWN FIRE.
The Loss Reaches S126, 600
With $4,000 Insurance.

Inc Names OF tnOSe suffering from
this and the Amount of Insurance
Carried by Each one. Roth is the
Heaviest Loser and he has the Least
Insuranee-It was Reported at first
that he had no Insurance Mt All but
this Was Mistake Many of the
Losers are Dependent on their friends
to Tide them Over the Disaster
Some Of the Victims Only Get the
Clothes they were wearing out Of
the fire.
UNIoNTowN July 6. The extent
Of property destroyed by the fire of
last Saturday was the greatest record
ed in the history of Uniontown. The
district burned over is not quiet so
large as on some other occasions, but
the property was valuable and in the
best part of the town. The loss will
reach far about the hundred thous-
and mark and affects aside from the
real owners Of the property many
clerks, who will be out of a job, and
many tenants, some of whom lost all
they had. The following are the
losses as far as can be ascertained UP
to this time, together with the
amount of insurance:
George Roth, $48, 600 worth ofgoods
in store and $4,000 worth of house
hold property, belonging to his wife.
total $5l 600; insurance SIS, 000 Mrs.
Roth lost an amount of money. Mr..
Roth owned all the goods in the de-
partment store excepting in the mil
linery department of Mrs. Hochhei-
mer.
Mrs. Mary Harrison of Richmond,
Va, owner of the Wilson building,
loss $50, 600; insurance $50, 900.
Moser s. Springer, as partners in
the drug business, loss $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000.
Altha Moser, owner of building,
loss on building $12, 600; insurance
So, 600.
r. e. Springer. living above store,
loss on furniture 81, 352; insurance
5000.
Frey & Gilmer, as partners, loss on
stock $6, 900; insurance 1000. Their
stock was worth $4,000 and their
loss is claimed mainly through the
effects Of the water rusting nearly all
the material in the store rooms. The
damage to the building will exceed
81, 000 with 81, 200 insurance.
John S. Harah, is one of the heav-
lest losers, Notwithstanding that the
fire did not get to his store. Loss
o. 000. Gle II
ried $37, 900 worth Of stock The dam
age was all done by water and by the
goods being stolen. The building
was damaged to about $500.
Downs Bros, photographers, par
tial loss $500; insurance $500.
e. e. Weniger, partial loss about
81, 200; insurance $4,000
Charles Hagans, partial loss by wat
er $3.50 insurance 5000.
G. S. Andrews, tenant in Wilson
building, loss total, 5000; no insur-
ance.
Paul Sechrist, tenant in Wilson
building, loss all furniture. about
800; no insurance. Mrs. Lydia
Schrock, who keeps house for the
Ewing boys Isaac. Harry, Irwin and
Winnie, loss all furniture, about $500;
no insurance
j. M. Balsley, restaurant keeper,
lived in building, loss $500, no insur-
ance.
| Charles Conner, lives in building
lost all furniture, 5000: no insurance.
Miss B. A. Shields, dress maker in
| Wilson building, loss all about $500:
no insurance
Ed Evans, travelling agent for Penn
/ sylvania Savings Fund and Loan
association, lived in Wilson building
but not here; loss 1000.
/ Private school by Miss Sarah OAR
lington in Wilson building, loss $3.50;
no insurance
Mrs. Caroline Hochheimer, loss
81, 800: insurance 81 900.
NJ L. Refs, occupied Woniger
building on corner, loss $3.50; insur-
ance 5000.
/. N. Hagan's loss will be about
800.
All these estimate of losses are la
ken from the statements of those in
jured by the fire and as near the right
figure as it is possible to get at this
! time.
The total OF all the above losses is
$l26,562, with $685. insurance.
Many of the losers are now depending
on the assistance of friends to storm
over their misfortunes. Those who
had no insurance ON their goods and
/ lost all suffer most Some Of them