Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-01
Spread Rapidly to Adjoining Building
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $4,000
in Both Buildings.


800 O'Clock. aud before tho flames
We're checked resulted in serious dam
age. Only the prompt response and
efficient work Of the fire department
saved the block Of buildings The
flames caught in the back par of the
building and spread rapidly to the
wooden buildings in the rear AS
fast as one part Of the blaze was sub
dued, il would break out in another
place, and the department had hard
work in keeping the flames confined
To one building. The loss on the build
ings could not be estimated before
the Graphic was put to press.
The Losers.
The entire building at III and 113
Main street was completely gutted,
and with the exception OF some of the
desks and office fixtures taken from
the Offices Of Leitner and We'll and the
Bell-Vernon Insurance company,
everything was lost
The chief losses by the flames and
water We're in the market of Joe Mey-
er and in the offices of Leitner and
We'll downstairs and the law Offices
upstairs The offices of. Mayor Fl.
King White Coleman and Bell Irv-
ing Reinberger, A. T. Whitelaw and
8. A. Miller We're on the second floor,
and nothing was saved from them.
II is understood that Mr. Coleman
had just put in new stock of law
books, on which there was no insur.
ance and that these were completely
destroyed Others of the lawyers
lost their legal libraries and Office fur
niture and carried very little insur-
ance. The Herald Printing company,
owned by j. G.. Dukes colored, was
also damaged by the fire and water.
AS soon as it was seen that the build
ing adjoining the bakery would also
burn, a force of men were employed
to move the office fixtures of Leitner
and Well and these We're placed in
the office of Roberts and Johnson.
The building was owned by w Fl.
Davis of Altneimer, and it is under
stoood was fully covered by insurance
The buildings on either side of the
burned structure were not damaged.
Fourth Time to Burn.
This is the fourth time fire has or
iginated in this block, and three times
before the bui ding was completely
destroyed. On each of the times pre-.
vious the fire originated in the bak-
cry, and only the fire-proof walls OF
the adjoining buildings were proof
against the heat.
The fire was first discovered by
Night Chief Perdue, who was patrol.
ing the street at that hour and saw
the flames shooting out of the second
story window in the rear of the build.
ing. He at once turned in the alarm.
The oven of Mr. Meyers bakery was
located in a sort of I, which is back
Main street. The l. also connects
with The store room on Main street,
and a fire originating in this place is
in a difficult position to get at.
Under the direction of Chief Fraser
the fire department played thee lines
OF hose from the alley and one on the
front of the building.
The origin of the fire is unknown at
this hour but it is supposed to have
caught from defective fue in the
oven. Chief Fraser says he inspected
the fue Saturday and warned Mr..
Meyer it was unsafe. The ovens had
been closed for some time and no one
was in the bakery when the flames
first broke out
City In Darkness.
While the firemen were fighting the
flames, Chief Fraser ordered the lights
turned off to avoid live wires and
plunged the whole city in darkness.
This cut off the lights at the Graphic
office and delayed the paper for near
ly an hour and a ha f. The lights
were turned on again at 4:50.
Loss Estimated at 100000.
The loss, roughly estimated by