The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-01-08
A SO, 900 BLAZE.
Fire Starts in Back Room OF Al.
bridge q Jones' Store, and
Rapidly Licks up Adjoin-
ing Outhouses.
Insurance Companies Hard Hit.

4 At 1915 O'Clock Saturday nipht fire
twas discovered in the rear of Adridgs
Ii Jones and Z. n Shorts stores, and
in fifteen minutes threatened to dest.o
hat Whole block.
The street alarm given by the pistol
8lrlgade was really peach, and bells
bang and Whistles were blown to An
eXtent that a most made ones hail
sland on end.
a Chief Mcdaniel was just in the c
+ oi taking IA bath at home, but he res
Xlonded promptly, as did his spltnd d
#telps If assistants, and in a remai k; :
#llY short time streams were play
|#inr upos the fire and adjoining prop
#ety
# As stated above. the fire originated
IN \ bridge Il jones Darkroom, aud
burned Ibe frame buildings ad
#lolning in The rear. The wooden kitchen
tie rear Of Mrs Wiuthrop's home,
8up-stairs. soon caught. and was proba
#by the cause Of the greater part of the
Bdamage to Mrs. Shades brick store
Hhouse which Is badly damaged
The firemen worked like trojaus and
Eby II o'clock had the fire completely
7under coutrol.
The brick owned Icy Mrs. Shade cost
S210o. 1t is badly damaged. She car
pied 1900 insurance, which will hardly
power her lass.
MIS-, Winthrop estimates her loss at
300 on furniture and household
+ )ods, etc, and had 800 insurance.
Il and her daughters losses include
i those precious things which usually
Rccumulate i'll the home. and Which
money can never replace.
W. 7. Evans, the groceryman who
occupied the lower floor of Mrs Shades
pnllding was not damaged by FAM.
put his stock is almost total loss
rom water, breakage, and such dam
{e as is usually done by those who
parry things out Of burning bui dings.
lis stock and fixtures were worth
b00at $1,000, and he had $3.50 insur
nce.
Aidridge & Jones had just finished
invoicing their stock, which footed up
3o00. Fortunately for them they cal
lied $500 insurance.
l. A. Short, the jeweler, who occu.
ped portion Of the south side of the
Hldrdge & Jones store room lest
Poont SLIGO He had also just taken
Pc k. lI7 had $3.50 insurance, and
rs perhaps the worst hurt of any who
sustained damages.
Inc building occupied by Aldridge
ones and L. a. Short belonged to
u ames RUSSELL and was almost fully if
ot quite covered by insurance as lie
PA policy for $1,000
III =. \ Langhinghouse & Co butch
i > who occupied the Finnerty build.
hg adjoining Russell on the south
were only slightly damaged, Theil
'Ss Is less than $50 except it be in the
oss OF business occasioned by the
.seN OF their shop by their friends.
Inc building occupied by them is
wned by Mrs. Finnerty, and is brick
'front.' The frame part-a back
0onl was considerably damaged. Her
> ) estimated ct less than 500 on
~ mouse and she is fully protected by
INSURANCE,
''ul hodges saved some of his tools.
IS loss Is about $3.50. No insurance
occupied frame building belong
10 Mrs, Finnerty, facing on the
'ey' which was burned, and on which
he carried $3.50 insurance.
81 l. |; Globmyer's ware house in the
- OF his butcher shop was demolish
81 and he lost some lard, &c. and his
- was considerably damaged by
'Saiiahgement and water. He LIST
iooably less than 800 which was fully
my covered by insurance.
M ne Bask of Forrest City sustained
Isl NSiaerable damage from water and
's'i 'a'gement, stationery, sc. which
A. United probably to / SIS than 500,