Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-26

not fall so heavily. On the Gebhar
building, Kickbusch carried an insur
ance of $4,000 and on the Kickbuscl
building there was an insurance o
$500. This will hardly pay for the ex
pense of repair. L. A. Hyman carried
an insurance of 81 300 on his stock o
goods and on his household goods above
the store. On about $4,000 stock O
clothing Evenson, Butler & Co. carried
Sl1 900. There was $4,000 on the Gems
man property Otto Kickbusch carried
no insurance. This was about equally
distributed among the local agencies
The adjusters will arrive in a day OF
two and viii perhaps effect a settlement
in one days time, after which work will
be Immediately commenced on repair
ing the buildings. Mr.. Robt. Kickbusch
informs us that some changes will be
made in the structures and that when
the work has been completed that they
will be in better shape than they were
originally, and this block, one of the
handsomest in the city, will not long
lay idle for by early spring, those now
burned out will again be doing business
at the Old stand on broader scale.
As to where the fire originated or
what caused it there is much difference
of opinion, but all agree on one point
and that is that there was a fire. Had
it not been discovered until 10 or 90
minutes later it is impossible to say
what the damage would have been, for
it would have gained such Roadway
that it is highly probable that the fire
mems efforts at saving the building
would have been futile.
NOTES.
At the time of fire Mrs. Otto Kick
busch and daughter, Stella, were absent
from the city, and did not know of it
until lastevening when they returned
from Milwaukee.
Mrs. Anton Mohr, with her infant
child, had narrow escape. She had
not been awakened from her slumbers
until the outer halls had been COM
pletely filled with smoke, and she found
her means of egress by the stairway
shut off. Had she been a women of less
presence of mind she might have strayed
away into remote part of the build
So H. 1,,Alaao4oI
but taking her child in her arms she
hastily made her way to the veranda,
where the strong arms of firemen bore
them to the street below.
L. A. Hyman and family were in
dreamland until some time after the
fire was in progress. Mr. Hyman was
awakened by commotion on the
street, and going to the window and
peering out, saw people looking up at
the building and crying Fire" He
awoke the family, and dressing, they
went down stairs. After sheltering his
family in Bernhard Riebe's barber shop
Mr.. Hyman went back and endeavored
to save some of his effects, but was
driven back by smoke, which by this
time was issuing in clouds from the
apartments which the family had occu-
pied but few minutes before.
Chas. Fvenson was absent from the
city, having been called to Rhinelander
by the illness of his brother, Nels. He
was later informed by his partners of
his loss in the clothing store.
Some of the members of the lodges,
which meet in Gensman's hall, made
an effort to save some of the parapher-
MALTA, but could not reach the lodge
rooms on account of the dense smoke.
Upon entering the hall later it was a
sight to behold. Everything was
smoked up as black as ink. The
Modern Woodmen and Kranken Yer
elm societies were protected by insur-
ance, the former by $3.50 and the latter
by 800.
DR.. A L. Brown, whose offices are in
the Gensman building, also suffered
considerable damage to his effects by
reason of smoke.
Chas Mackey and the literary editor
of the Deutsche PIONEER were among
those who suffered losses. The former
lost his wardrobe, gold watch, bicycle
and other articles, the latter library
compiled by standard authors, clothing
and other effects.
Since the above article was put in
type, an examination has been made of
the buildings, and sufficient evidence
has been found to warrant the belief
that the blaze originally started in the
floor above the boiler in the Kick busch
building, worked upward and then
diverged in different directions. The
fire got into the Gebhardt building by
following along a 2x4 scantling and
coming out of the roof of the latter
structure.