Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-12
November Fire Gosses.


November Fire Eosses.
The record books of Henry Richards.
Chief oflthe Otttumwa fire department,
show total offthirteen fires during
the month ending Nov. 30, the most
Important of which was the one dam
aging the,sawn1i1l of Shock a& Son to
the amount of $1,000 on the evening of
Nov. 26.' ieRhe aggregate loss BY fire
during the month Was only $1,34e.s So.
and the aggregate Insurance. on the
same, totals s$B,200t aifEfrht Of The
alarms during the month were report-
ed by telephone; two by boxes, one
each from Nos Al and AZ, and three
We're verbal alarms. The following is
Ia complete summary of the fires of
the month, together with the losses
and insurance in each case:
NOV. l-9i45 a. M, telephone alarm:
lre IN one-story building at ST. West
Mechanic street, owned and occupied
by g. w. Wilson. Origin unknown.
Damage to building, SIS; insurance,
$3.50. Damage to contents, S16.35; in
surance, $3.50.
NOV. II a. M, alarm from box al:
lire at Ottumwa Iron Works, corner
Main and Wapello streets. Damage.
slight, fully insured. gii
f Nov. 10 d. M, Verbal false alarm
reported FROM the Eafon. building, Cor
her Main and Green Streets. s'' "a ~
Nov. 2-G:10 a. m, Verbal alarm; "a gas
cline stove explosion at t9is East Main
steer, owned by John Graham and DC
cupied by Cheadle & Fora. No dam
age. s!,]5i 81 800 $50
Nov. e--e:45 a. M, telephone alarm;
fire at 1o1 North Ransom street, orig
Iinated from defective fiue, Damage,
$3.50; insurance, $500. Y
Nov. 81 p. M, verbal alarm; fire
IN timber and brush west of Milwau-
kee crossing. Slight loss. 49,
Nov. flo a. M, telephone alarm;
fire at 702 Williams street; house own
Led by j. r. Clark and occupied by S.
j. Carter and l.. j. Hicks. Damage TO
building $40; insurance, $500. No dam
aage to contents.
Nov. 13-1 p. M, telephone alarm;
fire reported at w. v. Silvers' barn, $40
West Mechanic street. False alarm.
| Nov. 16-S: 20 a. M, telephone alarm,
| fire reported at III Church strees, own
Led by Mrs. George and occupied by j.
H. Lundburg. No damage.
Nov. 22 -7,S:'25 p. M. telephone alarm,
fire at 104 wilson street. in one-story
frame building owned by w. Rankin
and occupied by John Deer. Damage
to building SIS; no insurance. No dam
age to contents.
Nov. 25--6: 80 a. M, telephone alarm,
fire in one-story frame building at 4O4
North Jefferson street, owned by Rich
ard Warden and occupied by Ed. Carr.
damage to building, $50; insurance,
$500. Damage to contents. none.
Nov. $3.50 a. M, telephone alarm;
| fire at Shook & Sons planning mill in
Central addition; damage, $1,000; no
insurance.
Nov. 27-10:15 a. M, box 12 and tele-
phone alarm; fire in one and one-half
story building at SIS East Mill street,
owned by Mrs. Catherine Atkins and oc-
cupied by James Childers. Damage by
building (estimated) $3.50; insurance,
5000. Damage. to contents (estimated)
$50; Insurance, $500.
November Weather.
Observer Henry Schmitz, ut the
weather station in this city, has Just
completed an interesting compilation
of statistics of the weather in Ottum-
wa for the month ending Nov. 80. The
month just closed is remarka bic in
that it was unattended by any cold
weather, striking comparison to the
corresponding month last year. No
vember, 1889, did not include any lower
Temperature than 21degrees above ~
re, which was on the third day of the
| month. There was no snow, and in
fact the most OF the days were clear.
l0f this variety there were 16; IL We're
cloudy and 3. .werel fair. The total
precipitation for the month was only
lbs inches. Last year, on Noy. %, the
/ government thermometer in this city
1 Registered o, and we had snow storms
Ion the 9th, .2ist and a5th.;; After Nov
21, 1898, the mercury did not get above
rs degrees. The following is SUM
mary of the weather by days for the
month ending yesterday:
Nov. Max. Min.
l........ ......... ....... 81 20