The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-01-29
Leavenworth Again the Victim of Destructive Fire
Third Time in Seven Years the City Has Suffered
LOSS REACHES NEARLY $25,OOO
Partially Covered Rebuilding
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the roof with hose playing upon the
building despite his efforts at times the
roof was smoking but the boys below
were doing good work with buckets
and kept the sides wet down and saved
the building with its contents.
The buildings destroyed were six in
number. Commencing with the
Lobby saloon, which is at the west
end of the row, and which belonged to
w w. Walker, loss on building and
fixtures $4,000; on stock, $500. In
surance $1,000.
NJ H. Cahill, American hotel, loss
on building, so, 800, on stock and furni-
ture 81 900. No insurance.
Adams g. Burke's Hall. Loss on
building $4,000. Insurance 81 600.
/ Plisch e. Bliss, dealers in general
merchandise. Loss on building and
fixtures $1,000; on stock $4,000 In
surance $1,000. L. W. Bloom, meat
market. Loss on fixtures and stock
ST. 200. Insurance $400.
John Bjork, Overland hotel and
building in which meat market was
located. Loss on buildings So, 500, on
furniture and hotel fixtures ST., 800. No
insurance.
About two hundred dollars damage
to the roof of the Adams g. Burke build
ing. Fully covered by insurance.
Fortunately there was no wind at the
time or the fire would have spread to
adjoining buildings. The Adams &
Burke saloon building, which is brick
and was completed about December
first last acted as barrier and stopped
the further progress of the fire. In
the same block, east of the Adams &
Burke building are three other frame
buildings which owe their salvation to
the brick.
On Monday morning Plisch g. Bliss
promptly began the erection of a
temporary frame building which will
be ready for occupancy by the last OF
the week.
L. w. Bloom will also begin at once
the erection of new market Others
have not fully decided yet what they
will do.
Reminiscent.
The first fire in Leavenworth that the
oldest inhabitant remembers occurred
in November 1894 A frame building
on the big rock corner, occupied jointly
by Bill James with barber shop and
T. c. Owens jeweler was burned. The
loss was small and there was no insur-
ance. ta RE1
The next fire occurred on Thanksgiv-
ing day in 1896, and was almost knock
out for the town and some of its people.
Seven buildings were consumed, all oc-
cupied, and not a dollar of insurance
on either buildings or contents. The
buildings were all located in the same
block where the first fire occurred and
also where the fire of last Sunday
morning took place. John Bjork' s
Overland Hotel, Bisbee &, Donahoe's
saloon, Posey's barber shop, Severtons
saloon, Mrs. H. A. Anderson's restau-
rant, J. NJ. Duffy's saloon and a dwell
ling occupied by Mr.. Belvel. John
Biorll was one of the heaviest loosers in
this fire, which started in his hotel, and
he saved nothing and carried no insur-
ance. His loss alone was close to eleven
thousand dollars on building and fur
niture
So far as we have been able to learn
there was no insurance on any of the
property destroyed in this fire. With
one exception however all managed to
rebuild and go into business again, and
on last Sunday morning the fire swept
over almost the same ground. The
loss by this fire has been varlously esti
mated at from $25, ,OO0to $50, 900 dollaas.
The next fire occurred on Sunday
afternoon, Dec. 2Sth, 1909. The suffer-
ers by this fire were G, c. Merriam,
dealer ip general merchandise, whose