Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-01-24
WIPED OUT BY FIRE.

bYOHoss Portions OF War0 ana LayIsyette
" Destroyed by Fire.
The county seat woke to hear bad
news this morning. Two of the county's
most prosperous towns had suffered fear
full CONGREGATIONS. Wards business
section had been entirely wiped out and
Lafayette had suffered the same fate.
Absence of the operators at the depots
and the fact that the telephone ex.
changes had been wiped out rendered
the securing Of reliable news difficult
problem. but accumulating reports only
verified the distressing rumors. Owners
of property FASTENED to Ward and soon
reports began to come in by telegraph.
Manager Kettleman Of the Telephone
company went to Lafayette and at II
o'clock had connection reestabl,shed. the
exchange in DR.. Bocker's drug store
having been destroyed. as was the entire
block Of buildings IN which it was located
on both sides of the street, Mayerhoffer's
hotel and one other building alone ex-
cepted.
George F. Fonda received the follow
ing telegram from firm of Ward drug.
gists during the morning;
"Whole town burned. We save most
OF stock and part OF fixtures.
HUBER & MARKLE."
The fire at Ward began in Mrs Uriah
McClancy's hotel. which is hne two
story structure costing several thousand
dollars, and swept across the street. In
the center Of the street and at Its west
end stood three or four buildings, a
vacant saloon building. Hubsr & Markle's
drug store and McCinnis novelty store.
the building owned by Mrs l. Benson.
These were swept away and the street
had been crossed. Roney's rink. the
post Office building. Koontz ssshoe shop
in the rear of the post Office. Schmall's
house, Watkins & Fraziers' meat mar
ket. the old bakery building, the Sulph
ide Inn. conducted by Mrs Thompson
and owned by H. .Linkletter. the cigar
store, Joe Millers saloon. Bartholmew's
building where John Roney conducted a
confectionery and some houses to the
south including one owned by Charles
Mungersdorf Of Boulder. The flames
swept across Utica street, which is the
main street of the town running north
and south and licked up Mike MONEYS
cottage. Meantime the flames had pro
ceeded westward. which was the direc.
ton of brisk gale that was blowing. and
had taken the entire block in its resist.
less sway. Charles Gregg's store. Run.
dell & Wylam. dry goods. T. J. Thomp-
son and ]. Hartley 4 Sons. general mer.
chandise, vacant building formerly &C 4
cupied as drug store. Jake Mays
barber shop and Sullivan's saloon, a
large one story structure. were swept in
its path.
Meantime the fire had been busy on
Utica street from Moone rs cottage north
attacking Colonel Reardon's office. the
Utica hotel. owned by Mike Mooney and
leased hy Ivan Barr. the two story stone
building of ., F. Sullivan, Mr. Sullivans
hotel known as the Cottage House. the
fine Odd Fellows building. DR. Jacob
Campbell's Office building, vacant two
story building. Clarence Jarbeau's law
office, Mrs Sargents hotel, the residence
Of Harry Yates. residences of John Seller
and Jacob Miller. This marked the
northern limit of the burned district. On
the opposite side Of Utica street adjoin.
ing Sullivan's was Kenneth McDonald's
large block. . residence owned by his