Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-27
FIRE loss At CHARLTON
Mallory Opera House Block En-
tirely Destroyed-Loss Is
About 100000
STARTED IN GROCERY STORE
The Fire Soon Worked It's Way Into
Opera House Above, and in an Hour
After Il. Discovery the Three Story
Building Wa. Doomed-Albia Fire
Company Aids.


nt.upowa Jan 2i.-Flre at Charltol
DESTROYED half the business houses
along the west side of the square ard
caused a loss of about 100000. TIE
largest building burned was known as
the Mallory opera house block anu
was owned by the estate OF the iate y
H. Mallory. It was totally destroSea
AVA thu stocks in the four stores II
contained, together with the Opera
ho,,se fixtures and furniture and sever
al stocks Of goods and fixtures, are
almost total losses. The Insurance only
PARTIALLY covers the losses and is es-
timated at $4,000.
List of Losers.
AS nearly as can be estimateo 'hs
loss resulting from the fire is sloo'ooo'
The Individual losses as nearly as Is
vet possible to estimate them are
as follows: 49,.
Mallory estate Opera house block
and fixtures. $4,000.
simon oppenheimer. loss on elota-
ing stock, $4,000.
George Won Behren. loss on grocery
stock, $4,000.
brown & Lutz, loss on notions stock
$4,000. .,..,
ing stock. $1,000.
.. q. stone. building. $4,000.
., 8. stone, loss on drug stock, w.
900. .,,
ing. $1,000. -. "a.
q. A. lockwood. loss on household
goods. $500. -.
smith, photographer, loss on STOCK
1880.
smith, photographer. loss on house
hold goods. $500.
WIN B. Barger, law Office. $1,000.
Inrimer & Croker, law Office. VI
600.
Dr.. D. q. storie. Jr., once. $3.50.
Adams Express Co.. furniture. $50.
Charles pa,in, tailor. $50.
1 All the above are partially coverea
by insurance, but the exact amounts
can not be stated a, this time.
Most OF the stocks were saved. u. y.
atone and the Lockwoods being tae
heaviest losers on their stocks.
Origin Of Fire.
Z se1ae ,a.ulauins destroyed iSa three
stories high in front and two Stones IN
the rear. The FIRE started about IL
o'clock in the Won Behren grocery
store. A blaze was discovered in the
ceiling OF this store but no one thought
II would result seriously until the
work OF fighting It began. when 1t Was
found that the entire ceiling was IA
flames. In short time the hre had
worked It's way into the opera house
q bove the store and by midnight tae
entire building was Doomed.
Az soon as the flames had eaten
thru the floor into the opera house
they had draft and 1t seemed almost
no time until the Oppenheimer cloth
ing store was in flames. This room
was situated on the northwest corner
Of the SQUARE, just north of the sceae
OF the fires origin. To the south u
the Won Behren grocery was the
Brown 4 Lutz notion store, next the
Hollinser. & Larimer clothing store
and on the south OF this two more
occupied respectively by D.
Q. Stories drug store and Lockwood
& SONS jewelry store.
Attic the IRE department labored
manf,,lly the IRE was too well advanced
before they could begin work and the
six stories were totally consumed. The
stocks in some were partially saved but
the Stone and Lockwood stocks Were
all consumed.
Abba Company Aids.
The Abba nre company was appeal
ed to for aid and arrived at Charlton
about 4 o'clock, too late to help fish,
the fre but in time to refill the els
terms which had been emptied during
the night. The Charlton engine froze
while being taken to the electric light
pond after the cisterns had been emp
tied and was useless after that time.