Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-18
AUDITORIUM N RUINS
Des Moines' Magnificent New Con.
vention Hall and Theater Des.
troyed by Fire.
Origin Of the Flames Not Certainly
Known, But Ascribed to De.
fective Wiring.
Materials Already Ordered for Work
Of Rebuilding Estimated Loss
and Insurance.
Special TO Tin. as-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. June 1S.-The rev audi
forum. bull. by popular subscription
last summer at a cost of $4,000, was all
most entirely destroyed by fire at
o'clock Sunday morning. The cause is
i've electric wiring. a few weeks ago
the building was leased to the w. p.
.Chase Amusement Company, which
completed the interior decorations and
the stage furnishings at a cost of sew
eral thousand dollars. This company
was using the building for vaudeville
performances. which continued to a late
hour Saturday night. The fire started
that II might have been due to some
1careiessness there. The new base. ball
park is directly back of the Auditor
sium and was the only thing injured
besides the Auditorium. The rear and
part of the side walls of the Auditorium
fell in and the entire INTERIOR, except the
front part used for offices was burned
out The loss to the Auditorium will be
probably in excess Of the $4,000 insur-
ance, az most of the wallis will have to
be torn down and rebuilt. The loss to.
the amusement company is about So
600 and to the base ball park $1,000. The
insurance is as follows:
AUDITORIUM COMPANY.
Insurance Company of North
America $500. -. IS 1000.
Prussian National Of Germany ;. 1000
Lancashire 1000,
London and Ilanca shire ......... 1000.
Firemenfs Fund -. =. 1000
Delaware >. ..... 1000
Dea Moines $500
Hawkeye. ~. $500. ...... 1000
Northwestern National ). .. :. >. LOGO
Hanover 1900
Pennsylvania Fire $50. 80. >. .. 2,o00
Pacific ...... so. 1000
st Paul 500. 49,. .....8... 80. LOCO
.Concordia 80. 1000
Philadelphia Underwriters .. 80. 1000
Total ...... 8. s s.s.ooo
Nv. p. CHASE AMUSEMENT COM
P.ANY.
Fire Association OF Philadelphia. s 1000
| DIES MONIES BASE BALL CLUB.
| National Standard. ...... ....S 900
4 Eagle ..i.l.s..-l,UVV
A Insurance Company of North
America ~. ....Bs... l.0O9
Fire Association Of Philadelphia. 1000
s 1000
The directors of the Commercial EX-
change met this morning and decided
the Auditorium must be Immediately
5Erebuilt so as to be ready for the repub-
lican state convention Aug. 1. The steel
necessary for the structure. which will
i be rebuilt better than before, has been
i ordered by telegraph. The National
! Music Teachers Convention was to have
used the Auditorium this week. Plans
were made yesterday afternoon to take
4 care of the convention, using the audi-
sftorium atchautaaua park seating 1000,
4 for the large concerts and Foster g ops
era house for the other meetings.
4 There was a prompt awakening 70 the
responsibility of the city in this emer-
4 gency. The resolve to rebuild and re-
deem all the cty's pledges for accom-
|modation Of various conventions came
4 without any hesltancy and will be inn
a medistely carried out. The music
teachers convention will bewell provid-
Led for betterst than could be expected UNI
q der the circumstances The Chautaqua
& park is reached by three street car
Hines and the auditorium is the iarges,
\ lin the city except the one that was
7 burned. The fun program cf concerts
Iwill be carried out az originally planned
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