Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-11
Eddyville Swept by Conflagration
Early Wednesday Morning.
WAS SUPPOSED TO Be lNCENDlARl
Blaze Starts in the Rear OF Buildings
Second Attempt to Burn Business
Houses-kerosene Freely Used
Loss $4,000.
Loss $4,000.

Eddyyille, July l0.-(SpeclaL)
fire at this place few minutes ailei
12 o'clock this morning, the SECOND
within three weeks, which the resi-
dents of Eddyville strongly suspect IS
of incendiary origin, destroyed nearly
$40 1000 worth of property and Kept the
owners of outlying buildings Duslly en-
gagged in strenuous endeavor to keep
their residences from catching on hre
from the blazing, flying shingles.
Those who lost by the blaze are:
Elliott & Son, hardware and stoves.
Loss on stock $4,000; insurance Sl,5oo:
Building owned by Roy Lafferty and
Levi Baldwin as are the three follow
ing ones, the loss on which is S2,ooo'
insurance $1,175.
Fred Miller and Company, agrlcul-
tural implements and buggies. Loss
$4,000 insurance $1,000.
Mrs. A. Trotter, millinery. Loss
$500, fully insured. -
Photograph gallery occupied by
Wathall, of Oskaloosa. Loss Sl0o, no
insurance.
A. Lafferty. marble shop. Loss on
building, which was owned by him, to-
eether with stock, $500, covered by In
surance.
Mliler and Company, barn, used as
storehouse for machinery. Loss in
Guided in estimate of loss on stock IN
store.
Second Time in Three Weeks.
For the second time in three weeks
and at the same hour in the morning
the residents of this place were start
led by the cry of fire, which it is free
hot
purpose of wiping out the town.
Shortly after midnight, Fred Elliott
walked down the street, passed the
store in which he is interested, and
had gone but short distance when
he heard some one yell fire. He turn
! ed around and ran back TO the store
but when he arrived the building Wai
mass of flames, giving him only tins
. enough to get the safe out together
! with the books and a few stoves.
Started in Two Places.
The fire was started in two places
at the rear of Elliott & Sons store ant
, at the rear end Of the millinery store
In a few moments both structures
which were of wood and burned like
finder. were mass of flames whic!
quickly spread. Nothing could be don
to uuench the flames and the BATH
to save the othelpproperty was Tough
against odds.
) Firebues Work During Blaze.
While the excitement was at it
heighth an attempt was made to fiji
the buildings across the street, and bu
for the timely discovery OF the biaz
5 would undoubtedly have succeeded /
e wiping out more property to the yalu
@ of thousands of dollars.
: Woman Discovers Fire.
Y To Mrs. Frank Kussart is due tn
h fact that the second fire gained n
more Roadway than it did She wa
j in the act of ascending the stairway t
p the building occupied by Frank ku
+ sart as a restaurant and by h. G. Tru
= as a grocery store. While on tn
. stairway she saw blaze and imme
lately gave the alarm. Assistance VIZ
at hand and the flames qnenche
- Some revengeful person, whose ide
= tity, it is said, is known, had throw
= Kerosene on one of the partitions al
- touched match to it. The woodwol
q was blazing when discovered, but WI
6 promptly attended to, resulting in
J. small loss.
% Town Helpless.
d Eddyville is without a system OF W