The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-03
A DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION
MANY WOODEN BUILDINGS BURN
on WEST rAIN STREET.
From Cathey's Old Stable to rians
fields Grocery the Red Demon
Held High CarniVal-EIeVen
Head of Horses Perish.

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one of the most disastrous fires oc-
Cured that has happened since
1894. The fire originated in the
stable barn Of Choate x Finley
and swept everything to the west
Of it until checked by a stone
wall east Of J b. Mansfield's S
store. There was another stone
wall east of the stable which kept
the flames from spreading east.
ward.
The old wooden buildings, which
were as dry as powder, burned very
rapidly and Notwithstanding the
fire department soon had two
streams of water playing upon it,
it failed to check the flames. And
what made matters doubly worse
was a stiff wind blowing from the
southeast, and Ere and cinders
we're carried in the air nearly to
Hargroye college, three-quarters of
a mile away.
For a time it looked as though
the stores on the north side of the
street would catch, and would have
gone had they been built of wood,
but fortunately they were all brick
and stone, and escaped.
The rate of insurance being so
high (from seven and one fourth
to eight and a half cents) but few
carried insurance, and then only
small amounts.
a visit this morning to the in.
surance companies Offices gave us
the following information in regard
to Insurance carried by parties af-
fected by the fire:
Choate & Finley. who used the
old City Stable for their transfer
place, lost everything they had,
consisting of six head of horses,
one bus, two wagonettes and two
carriages and their harness Nc
insurance. Loss about $l400.
Charley Durie came in yesterday
afternoon and put up his two
horses and buggy there. They
were lost.
Chas Wolf kept his fine saddle
horse there, which he lost with the
saddle.
The next door was occupied by
j. $. McCharen, the grocer. Ii,
inyoiced his stock a few days age
and found he had $1,175 worth o.
goods. He carried $400 insuranc,
with Bruce & Roberts, and a few
days ago took out 5000 more will
| Redheld 4 Wolverton.
Mr. King, who ran a saloor
next door, lost about $500 wortl
of stock and fixtures. He was
sleeping in his store and barely
had time to get his money out o.
the drawer and escape.
Clarence rrueloye occupied the
next door with a saloon. We die
not learn his loss, but no insurance
,as carried.
Next door was Al Rogers bar
Der shop. Loss slight no insur
ance
a. L. Rogers run saloon mex
door and carried no insurance, II,
lost everything.
The Fort Worth restaurant wa
the next door, run by Mr.. Gabriel
He carried no insurance, but save,
: a great zeal or his wares by mON
. ing them,
Next west of this place was tn
: dry goods house of b. f. Mills
t He carried no insurance, but save,
all the valuable part of his goods
| Himself and family lived in tn
back part of his place and lost
good deal of household and kltchei
furniture,
Next to this place was the fire
wall that separated j b. Mans
fields place from the burned dis
rict The fire was checked here
but not before Mansfeld's stocI
was considerably damaged by fir
and water Mr.. Mansfield carrie,
5000 insurance and his damag