The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-26
FIRE LOSS ESTIMATED
AT Fifteen THOUSAND
Heavy Damage by C0HfagatOH Which Started in Store of KeSS
Co. Sunday Morning and Which Threatened TO
DESTROY the Ihissen Building
FOUND THAT DOOR OF SAFE or
KREss G. co. WAS PRlEo OPEN
AND THAT ABOUT ss55.oO HAD
BEEN STOLEN, AND THEN
BUILDING FIRED.

The FIRE In the rhiesen BUN ling Of
sunday morning which, for a short.
while threatened to destroy that mag
nihcent structure. resulted in a loss Of
possibly $4,000. instead of $4,000,
whsch was tie hurried estimate Sun
day morning by The Journal
All of toe losses are fully covered
by insurance, and Krass d Co. are
the heaviest losers. the loss Of this
firm being fully $4,000. The stock
was valued az about $4,000
The fire. Of course, was of incen-
diary origin. and started on the first
floor. 70 IS presume that the parties
lOoting the safe fred the building 10
cover up the robbery.
safe Door Pried open.
The door of the safe. which was
in the Office of the firm. was pried open
with a crowlRr. the hinges being bent
to a considerable extent and the door
lifted of and deposited on the sutside
of the Office railing. TIE burglars Sc /
curel about S835.OO. which had been
taken I'm during Saturday afternoon
and night When CT was first discOv- (
cred the safe had been robbed, Ii was
thought that 90 had been blown open
with dynamite. but an investigation .
later showed that a croWbar had been /
used. and that the hinges hal been
pried Of This safe was a small one,
and ID was an easy matter 10 take q \
crow bar and pry the door from the
hinges. 4
How the burglars grained entrance
is a question which has not yet been /
solved. but Do is more than possible i
that they were concealed upstairs and \
after the store had been closed came
down the stairway ana proceeded to
loot the safe. Owing 10 the immense
crowd of shoppers out Saturday night
a person could easily have gone ND
the stairway and concealed himself
in what is known as the warehouse
without being noticed. So far the po-
lice have no clue TO the parties. and
inasmuch as only cash was taken I'll.
win be a hard matter to- locate them. 4
Manager John b. Nixon Of the Kress
Store. was in Geographic communica-
ton with the central ONCE of The firm
In New York yesterday. and later talk
ed with Ar. kress. son of the foun-
der Of the stores. who was in Atlanta
at the time. IL is expected that Mr..
kress win come to Pensacola to as
sist the management In straightening
up the matter and arranging for open
ing the store.
But Little Damage.
The stock Of the Standard Clothing
Company on the south side OF the
was damaged 10 but little exc
tent In fact Manager Goodman viii
noi await even an insurance adjuster.|
5ut win have his store open for bus
mess this morning Only smoke en-
tered THAI portion Of the building. and
this In only small quantities.
AS token of appreciation Mr.. Good
man yesterday presented TO each
member Of the FIRE d apartment a fne|
pair suspcndars for The excellent work
the men did sunday morning. The
bremen were profuse En- their thanks
Tor the sift especially as it was rec
ignition of their hard work
BUILDING Damaged $1,000.
The handsome Thiesen building was
damaged TO the extent OF possibly
5000 This was the estimate placed
lpon s. yesterday and last night The
northeast portion Is damaged TO a con
siderable extent but with the exceD-
Ion of this and the floors and walls
n the Kress store. the building was
bot injured
While smoke filed many OF the Of
ICES the damage was only slight. with
he exception of the once of DR.. Pol.
ock. directly above the fire ans into
which streams of water we're direct
Telephone Operators Praised.
The two Might telenh2ne onerstors
l-ss Margaret English. who frsf dis
oVered the fire. and Niss Foda Muir
hy. are c7ing highly complimented'
nd thanked by those oocupving
mCes in the Thiesen building. As|
Don as the Ere was discovered Miss
'nglish telephcned the police station
nd then both on The Young ladies be-
an % telephone Do every person who
ed an ONCE ln TIE building. NOTIFYING.
hem 81 The Gre in order nat thcy
iight save their property. Many
ersons came Down 10 The business
crtion cf The Cirr from their homes
nj while much excitement prevailed
be- courtesy of the operators was not
'rsotten.
Firsmen CompHusntsa.
The work Ia the IRE derarment.