Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-03
SOUTH MAIN STREET

Mrs Eyeline T. Morris Of 192 Pros pect street was one of the heaviest losers by the fire. She owned three
 buildings on South Main street The one occupied by the Boston Furniture company was completely gutted by the fire. This building was valued at S30.- sU0 The building next to the Boston Furniture company was owned by Mrs Morris and was occupied by Kelly, the baker. on the first floor, l.. Trudell, 1.-the furrier, second floor, and George Panneton, the carriage maker, the third floor The roof of the building was damaged considerably by the fire. Only for good work by Messrs Trudell and Panneton with q hose on the in terior of the building, this building would have also been burned. Kelly's loss is $1,O0O. fully insured. TrudelIs loss, $2,O0O, fully insured. Panneton's loss, $2OO, entirely insured. These damages were incurred by fire and
 water There was about $500 to $500 damages to the building, which is GOV cred by insurance. The building next | to this one was also owned by Mrs Morris The roof of this building was slightly damaged The building was occupied by the Outlet Clothing com pany and the Central boarding rooms, conducted by Mrs NJ. A. Dunn. The Outlet clothing company's loss was l S2.O0O due to smoke and water. Fully insured. Mrs Dunn's loss was about $500 owing to fire and water. The in- surance will cover this.
 Hotchkiss & Templeton. hardware dealers, occupied their entire building on South Main street. MT Templeton stated that the firm would lose $500 by damage caused hy water and smoke. Tie above sum $ . complete loss Fire broke out several times in this building, but prompt work by the fire men prevented the fire from making any headway.
 Edward McGrath. ex-inspector of schools, was ono of tue heaviest losers on South Main street. Two buildings occupied by him were ravagad by the blaze The building situated at the corner of South Main and Scoviu streets was one of his buildings. This building was occupied by NugenfS pharmacy and by T. F. McGrath, the
 cigar manufacturer. The interior of this building is completely guttad, but the walls arc standing. The other building belonging to Mir McGrath was
 on the opposite side of the street and was occupied by a fur company, John Edmondson, the under taker. and q family whose name i could not be ascertained. This build l ing is a complete ruin. Mr McGrath
 estimates his damage at $40.O00 The loss is partially covered by insurance.
 The building owned by Thomas l Guest. the liquor dealer. was damaged
 to the extent Of $200 or $500 by smoke l and water. There are three tene-
 ments in the building and they are
 occupied by the families of NJ. J. Hick-
 ey, 5. Freedman and l. Weinstein. l They suffered but little damage and
 this was caused by smoke and water.
 All the losses in this building are GOV
 cred by insurance.
 F. T. Hayes reports loss of about
 $500 on his building on South Main
 street. This sum includes all damage
 to his building. including his saloon
 and restaurant, by water and smoke.
 There was little or no damage by fire
 The third and last floor of the build
 ing was occupied by MT and Mrs John
 Gallagher. They moved their furnf
 ture early in the evening. Their loss
 Is very small.
 The building belonging to the
 Schlitz brothers of z Milwaukee was damaged to the extent of $1S.000 o1 $20.000. It is partly insured. The first floor was occupied by the Schlitz cafe, which was bought at the begin ! ming of the year by G. Taylor, who es 5 inmates his loss at S1.sO0. He has
 insurance to the amount cf $1s00o. The