The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
BIG LOSS BY FIRE.
ID. ]. GreenwaId's Clothing
Store Is Destroyed.
Value Of Goods Was About
$4,000.
PARTIALLY INSURED.
Only Little More Than Half
Covered.
Commercial Club and Other
Business Men Losers.
THREE FIREMEN HURT.
HOseman Ledden In a Serious
Condition.
Miss Hagar and Mr.. .Figg Slight
ly Injured.
Club and Other
Business Men Losers.
FIREMEN HURT.
HOseman Ledden In a Serious
Condition.
Miss Hagar and Mr.. .Figg Slight
Iy Injured.

ID. J. Greenwald'S clothing store in
the Curry building at 625-627 Kansas
avenue was almost totally wrecked by
fire which originated in the basement
of the building, probably from electric
wires, and was discovered at 6:22 FRI
day afternoon.
Splendid work by the 1ire depart
ment, together with good water pres
sure and two terrific streams from one
of the new steam fire engines, stopped
the conflagration and confined the loss
almost entirely to the basement and
first floor of the building, in spite of
the fact that at one time the Elliott
building on the south and the Sun
derland building on the north were
afire on the roof.
The total loss on all the buildings.
Offices and stores at all injured by the
fire will be about $4,000, of which
the Greenwald loss will be $4,000.
Practically all the losses are covered
by insurance except Greenwald's, who
had only $22, 1000 insurance.
Three terrific explosions of the gas
generated by the fire, exactly like those
which occurred at the outset of the
Baltimore fire, were what caused the
fire to spread with such tremendous
rapidtty from the basement.
Three firemen were injured. Tney
were:
E. V. Mcclure, No. chemical, burned
Hoseman Ledden, of No company,
overcome by smoke.
Truckman K. K. Pinkston, No.
truck, hands and face cut by glass.
Mcclure was the first man to enter
the building. He was lowered through
the coalhole at the 'front.' and had gone
about 80 feet into the building with
the chemical line wnen the first expios-
ion occurred. He was knocked down
and had to be dragged out of the build
ing and carried across the street to a
doctors office, where he was revived,
and insisted upon going back to his
post. He stayed with the fire till it
was out.
Hoseman Ledden was in such serious
condition that he was under the care OF
two doctors all night last night.
Pinkston's injuries are flesh wounds
which will heal rapidly.
Miss Jennie Hager, bookkeeper for
the Greenwald company, was overcome
by smoke and had to be carried from
the building by two of the clerks. She
went back to her desk, after once get
ting safely out of the building, for the
purpose of saving some of the books
and papers.
Charles Figg, one of the clerks who
helped carry Miss Hager out, sustained
a bad cut on the leg from a big pane OF
glass which fell out of the front door
as he was helping Miss Hagar through.
The losses and insurance on the var
ious buildings and stocks were as fol-
lows:
D. ]. Greenwald. clothier. value of
stock, $40 900; insurance, $22, 900; SAL
wage will probably not be over $1,000.
Curry building, owned by Mrs. c. Fl.
Curry of Topeka and Mrs. G. w. Dom
nelly. of Pasadena, Gala. damage to
building. $4,000; insurance. $4,000.
Sunderland building, 623 Kansas ave-
nue., damage $500; covered by insuT-
Elliott building. e2s Kansas avenue.
$1,000, covered by insurance.
w. R. Martin, house Furnishings,
fro
smoke and water, covered by insur-
ance.
E V Eden, millinery, occupying
half of Sunderland building, damage
$500, insurance $1,000.
G.. NJ. Chase, shoes, Elliott build
ing, $3.50 damage by smoke and water,
insurance, $4,000.
Madame DeLong, hair dresser, Cur
ry building, second floor, $500 damage,
Topeka Commercial club office, Sec
ond floor Curry building, damage SIS,
insurance $500.
Commercial club, assembly room,
third floor Curry building, damage $500,
no insurance.
Payne & Stevens, real estate and in
surance office, second floor Curry build
ing, $50 loss from water, covered by in
5urance.
DR.. E. E. Carpenter, dentist, second
floor Curry building, $3.50 damage. COW
S. NJ. Wood and E. N. Gum. offices
third floor front, Curry building. no
Grand Comrartlery Knight Temrlar
records, in charge cf Major Anderson;
10 damage; insured fer $500.
Grand piano and small pipe osgan.
owned by Washburn college aid kept
n Commercial club assembly hail; l;dam-
aged by water
V. Jensen, phot )srapaic studio IN
Elliott building, damaged by water and
broken glass, $500; covered by insur-
ance.
Greenwald in Kansas City
D. ]. Greenwald went up to Kansas
City Friday morning, and was there
when the fire occurred. He did net
know of the fire until he arrived home
IN the midnight train He was met
1t the depot by his wife and James
-hapeIle. who informed him of the
oss.
This morning Mr.. Greenwald was
Unable to say much about his future
plans.
Il haven't had time to decide what
will do My. chief concern now is
% find out how the fire started. The
goods in my store are almost a total
oss. 1 had one mirror in the back
part of the store which cost $500.
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