Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-05-31
DESTRUCTIVE
FIRE.
7. F. Godlisgs Frame Stsre Z fetal
Less. Three Dusisess Firms
tr, Burned Ont. ~,

At four O'Clock yesterday afternoon .
firs started in the Vienna Cafe. J. E.
Evans. one OF tho proprIetors, bad placed
q lard can on thessnes to melt dovu The
small quantity remaining. Hewas called
to the front room to wait on customer
and the can melted. the lard summing on
the range aud taking fire. At tho same
time his partner, E. d. Kessslriug was
filing gasoline stove nearby. The
burning lard ignitsd tho gasoline in the
gallon can then being used, causing Mr..
X. to drop it hastily. A five gallon can
close at hand was thereby exploded, Mr..
Kesselring being thrown from the
kitchen. door and his eyebrows badly
burned. Tho alarm was given and the
hose curt brought but OWN. to tho alb
scnce Of proper connections only por-
tion OF the hose could be used and the
tire could not be reached. q. W. Hig-
gins took some 2.inch garden hose from
his barn aud had the first stream on the
tire and was almost able to control it.
Tho damage would have been very slight.
had tho hose been in working condition.
Within an hour tho building, belong
ing to I. +. Go,lding. was in ashes.
The Vienna Cato lost everything. They
carried sGo0 insurance which will cover
two thirds their loss. The Stur.is Fur.
n,tars Go. saved some goods but lost
heavily. Uufortupatsly their insurance
was in bad shape, tho usk not having
been transferred to their now location.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans lived upstairs and
lost all their soosls except tuo trunks.
Tho Republican oiiice vas totally
destroyed. Mr.. Springer arriving only In
tims to save tho b,,oks. The ofice car.
ricd an insurance Of s700 aud therc will
bc some salvage on tho job prrss aud
paper cutter.
Ds. kssrby vss able 10 rs~cue his
hosss aud buggy from his barn but the
building was burned
Al the height OF tho hrs u seemed that
nothing could save tho Dauley Hard.
ware 4 Furniture Co., Psscs & Lancs.
Cartwright & Cummings. cassidsy's rss.
iaarant and u. II. Smith. Stocks and
iixiacs were largely removed from all
ihcsc business places aud sornc prcpara.
lions for removal wcrc made by ssoscs
On vest sids Of Main street.
Tho spread Of tho fro 10 tho Davisy
and Pnec 4 Lancc siof~s vas only psr.
vented by hard work and good manage
meai. Sheet iron was nailed Over Da~.
lsy's door and Windows. Biankcss
covered tho cntirc east cod Of Pricc 4
I.anec's store which being kept w.t no,
only saved them but otl,crs. Tho heat
vas 50 great that windows w-rv broken
but tho sirc did not break out In tho store.
The telephone Instruments werc removed
but much damage was done aud scv-sai
days " Ill bc required To restore commun.
icaiion. both Tot town and long distance.
Mayor wcs, came down from Pueblo
this morning TO look after his interests
affected by the loss Of the S,ufgis Fufni.
tufc Co.
The plate glass In ono O! Col. Ro:i's
buildings was broken.
The building. the property Of r. T..
Codding. Jr., was partially insured.
l ttVht-s Ftsufu
thanks 10 the many friends whose hard
labor was 80 valuable In tho removal Of
goods.
Cartwright, & Cummings had their
stock all out but report that IL did no, ali
&c, back after the csei;cmsn,.
Price * Lance arc closed pending the
adjustment of insurance. They suffered!
heavily by damage In removal uf goods
and ia loss Of stock by the has;y moving.
They estimate that cxeCp; in the matter
OF shoes their damage is as great as a, the
hrc OF thsec years ago.
The insurance agencies Of Il. ]. Smith
and Fcnlason * CrctchCr and A. c.
Sloan carried most Of the ,-giieirs on the
buildings and stocks In the damaged dis.
,rict.
The Hall * Hale building, occupied by
Price X Lance was damaged OH tie cast.
cru end, woodwork bVing burned and
glass broken.
j.. I. Crockett, came down from Pueblo
this morning 10 look after insurance adj.
jus,mcnts for several companies.