The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16

Total o., .,,,..,.,.,... S29i, $50 SSioao
The heaviest loss sustained In last nights
disastrous IRE falls on r s. Reed in whose
Wholesale grocery the hrc had Us origin
The men employed In tho cstahI shment
had eNcaed every effort to get the goods in
the railway yards into The store and rhr
stock on this account was unusually heavy
Nhen seen this morning Mr. Reed said ms
loss would be between SJoWn and SGUoOu.
u VIII he necessary to check M the hooks
and learn lust how much Of the recently
received stun had hcen placed In the store
before an accurate estimate can hc made
W the loss Tho Insurance totals S22Un.
and as the loss was total, Mr. Reed is net
loser " about $4,000. Business will uc
resumed az once by Mr. Reed. and the
goods now ON the tracks and ON the way
VIII he transferred TO the now location.
me desk and private papers NJ Mr. Reed
were saved and au Investigation of the
safe showed thHt It's contents were safe,
and the business eau bc resumed Just whore
III WAS dropped Hast night
Early In the progress nf the Gre chief "a
Eastman called mp Cbipt Husscv nt the
Houston department aud asked him To he
prepared 10 send assistance. enter Hussey
/ RESPONDED promptly and General Manager
Van Week. upon request, hnd q specihl
train waiting for the engines 10 o very few
minutes TWO engines and hose truck
werg loaded, but before they started thtet
| Eastman wired again that 10 would not be
necessary for the train to come MI taSi
mann and beaumont feet grateful FOR The
willing inclination Of Chlcf Hnssey To- rrn-
/ der any ala possible.
( has DESTROYED tho buildings on this block.
Something Ike twenty years ago Che tiaWc
| structures on the block were DESTROYED
and tho Blopchctc building was then
built II was the first hrick hulding butt
I in Beaumont and WAS the pride NJ the
I village lu those days. The building GOV
! cred TWO lots on Pearl street and thr
| Key lot facing The southern facihc Ilghi
/ of way II was built by MI y Bhn
| Ghetto, deceased. and now belongs 10 the
| Blanchcttc estate, Of which LLOYD Blan
| chctte rs trustee
rhat Harry Maxwell As alive and able
ia tr9vel with "rhc Gay Mr. GoldHcin
company rs due 80 Deputy Marshal Rod
| dlck Mr. Maxwell iu company with p
| g. Maxwell and Bergman, went to the
McFBdilu hat- last night after the per
tormouce at he the@ier ana retired. M ,l,i
The alarm WIS sounded In the bnlldnl
Nlr Maxwell was the most difficult Of al
The sleepcrs to awaken His friends Z"
thr thrnteF company aroused hlm seNefA
Itlmcs and Thought no was following i9e3i
out OF the doomed building. When the'
/ reached the open mir they could not iint
/ Maxwell Hud turned again into the build
Ing and Wprc crnuiug around IA the smoke
! for the missing man Just rs they. WIZ
! the Hight Of matches had found MaNWei
and We're cudcavorlug 10 litt him aud gel
I MIN out OF the building Officer Reddl'f
came into the room and qulrkN t1klnl
hold OF the nearly unconscious mar
/ dragged blIu down stairs and dropped me
| totally unconscious man ON the walk
! Messrs f. + Maxwell and Bergman tol
/ lowed quickly and F"un rCNNrd lhei
/ ficnd. who was uhlc tu go with the rom
many This morning. Enough STAN uu"rln-
| iront the effects produced by tine smoke
/ Mr. Maxwell is q lusiy specimen OF man
hood and his weight was too much for hl'
{ friends who were nearly overcome them
selves Maxwell was the man whom mann
paople believed was left 30 the buli'u.
when The fHmcs drove everyone ON o
the fats.