The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
A HEAVY FIRE LOSS,
Bad Fire Breaks Out in the Buchanan
Building on Wisconsin Street
at Noon To-day.
LOSS WILL PROBABLY BE $4,000

Fire Is Caused by Sparks From an open
Stove Falling Into Pile of Infiammable
! Material on the Floor. = Smoke and
Water do a Great Deal of Damage to
the Terry Furniture &C 1pany Small
Loss to the A. o. Il.
| Shortly after noon today serious
| fire occurred in the building owned by
Nicholas Buchanan, on Wisconsin
street, occupied by the Terry Furniture
| company. The fire was one of the
most stubborn that ever occurred IN
this city and loss of nearly 700 was
incurred before the firemen managed
to extinguish the flames.
The 1oosers are Nicholas Buchanan,
loss on building, $500; Terry Furniture
company, loss on stock by fire, water
and smoke ESTIMATED at $3.50; Miss
Madge Hava1in, loss on furniture stor-
ed in a back room, 5000; A. O. H., loss
on piano aud other things in Central
Music Hall, less than 500. All the
losses are covered by insurance.
The fire was discovered shortly be-
fore II O'Clock and it seemed that the
flames had almost taken possession of
the back room, which is used by the
furniture company as d repair shop.
An alarm was at once sent it and the
department responded promptly, but
before they arrived the entire building
was wrapped in the clouds of smoke
coming from the back rooms and even
then the water did little to dissolve the
clouds of smoke and it was impossible
to discover the location of the flames.
The firemen braved the smoke and
soon managed to open the windows
and with the air passing through the
atmosphere was sufficiently cleared to
allow the men to work.
Several of the firemen were over
come by the smoke, but no serious
in Jury is reported. Driver Letson, of
the North side engine house, narrowly
escaped serious injury. He was at
tempting to drive through the alley to
the rear of the building, when he was
caught by some one opening one of
the iron blinds of the building. He
was thrown from the wagon under the
horses feet, but luckily escaped unin-
/ iured. At the time Of the accident
large crowd was concentrated about
the building, and it was thought by
many that the man had been thrown
to instant death. When he managed
to climb back to the wagon seat he
was greeted by hearty cheers.
After the building had been cleared
of smoke the firemen found little diff
Guilty in extinguishing the flames.
The most of the loss from the fire was
from the destruction of furniture and
materials in the back room. In one
end of this room was stored the furni-
ture of Miss Havalin, and it was COM
p1ete1y destroyed. The picture mould
ing of the Terry company was also in
this room, and like the furniture it
was a complete loss.
The building is badly damaged.
The walls are badly charred, and it is
feared that the fire has weakened them
so that it will be necessary to replace
the east wall with a new one. The
damage to the furniture in the front
room of the building was due entirely
to the effect of the smoke and water.
The fremen poured torrent of water
into the building, and when they had
the fire out foot of water was stand
ing in the furniture rooms. Of course
the loss to the furniture company can
only be estimated.
The loss to the A. O. H. consists
mostly in damage to the piano and
other furniture which had been left in
| Central Music Hall.
The building will be repaired as soon
as the insurance has been adjusted.
The fire department deserve great
credit for the work they did to save the
building and the contents, and are to
be congratulated for the success of
their efforts.