The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-15
given. Loss. $4,000. A high wind was

given. LOSS $S,VVV. "A ulSu WLAu WoS
July 26th, 1889. 5:15 a. m.-F1re was
discovered under the immense roof of
the A. T. & S. F. r. R. fve-story gem
eral office building at the cor
The large attic was used for the stor-
age of old records and papers filed
away-an accumulation Of years. Here
is where the fire originated, suppos-
ably from an electric light wire COM
ing in contact with other wires. The
flames were under good Roadway when
discovered. The f1remen labOred un-
der great disadvantages by reason OF
insufficient ladder facilities, not hav-
ing ladders of sufficient length to reach
the upper part of the building; con-
sequently, when the roof commenced
falling in, which it did very soon after
the arrival of the department. the men
were compelled to work beneath the
burning roof, on the upper floor, where
the heat was intense, and the smoke
dense and Suffocating. But there the
entire force stood and labored for FIVE
hours, holding the fire back, finally
bringing it under control and combining
it to the roof and upper floor of the
essarily increased by the disadvan-
tageous positions from which the
flames had been fought. The property
at risk was valued at 100000, and
the loss was but $28,940. Chief VIII
marth. Assistant McCarter, and eight
firemen were either injured or over
come by the intense heat and smoke,
none, however, with fatal results.
started in the 1' managers Of the Cup livery
barn at sl2-622 Quincy street, and commu-
Joining buildings. The loss at this fire
June II, 1890 midnight, another incen-
diary. attempt was. made on the same
premises. and this time with success The
IRE was 4 set IN six or seven difr ne d
when the department arrived everything
was afire. The loss was s15,40O Chief
Wilmarth and half a dozen firemen were
October Is. Ise1. s;45 p. m. at 5o1;513 Jack
Crawford building. 1t spread to, the Hen
ings, burned seven horses owned by t!he
Capital grocery and communicated to the
dep rG9F Of ine GOOD work and the loss
was only Sc, 500.
July IS, 1892, sos a m. The Edison plant
took fire from electric wires and sustain
October Is, 1893. 11:56 a. m. The Ettlin-
hue. The loss was s41oo and the fire is
supposed to have been incendiary, though
November r. 1884. public school building.
s3Q,Ss2 Western ,s avenue; loss; =; 4oo i,.-
yard. SIS Jackson Street; loss. $1,000
May 27, 1895, Clements & Chaffee cloth
6 ing store. Ss1 Kansas avenue; loss. &c.
April 1e, 1898. Dry house. Santa Fs rail
way yards; loss, $1,000
February g. 1899 Palace Clothing com
pany, 100 Kansas avenue; loss, s46 731 81.
December 20. 1900, Stormont hospital.
This fire originated from a defective huS
and the damage was IS, 635.
April %, 1902, the T. F. SeymeuT Com
avenue, was damaged to the extent of 3d.
$50. The fire started from electric light
wires.
February 10, 1904. Parkhurst-Davis fire.
Value of property destroyed, 1872 767. g.
March I. 1904. Security building. The
real fire here was confined to a small
room in the first floor, where the damage
was not to exceed $780, but the smoke
from the fire damaged the Zeis and Rob-
in Marshall clothing stocks heavily.
The total damage was 5000. There was
SIPS, 600 insurance at stake and the COM
panies were well satisfied TO get off as
easily as they did.
This brings the record down to the time
of the Greenwald fire on August 5. which
was one of the big fires in the cdty's his
tory causing perhaps $4,000 damage. and
the Twelfth street livery barn fire. with
a loss of $1,000