Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-07
BUSINESS PROPERTY, INCLUDING
BANK BUILDING, is
DESTROYED.
!. THE ORIGIN is UNKNOWN
Flames Started In ATOMS Furniture
=, Store Hooking Valley Coal Co. Tip
>
: pie at Cincinnati Rurns-Fire In Al.
bia Millinery store.

Birmingham, Feb. Especial. y
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed bust
ness property on the main street of
Birmingham this morning, doing dam.
age estimated at almost $4,000. The
Insurance Is only partial and the ac-
tual loss to the owners of the buildings
and stocks destroyed is quite heavy
The lack Of facilities for fighting
flames was keenly felt. though almost
every man and boy In town Joined in
the efforts to extinguish the flames.
Started In Furniture Store.
The fire was discovered about 1880
O'clock in stock of mattresses in the
rear part Of 3. H. Atoms furniture
store which was situated in frame
building owned by Mr.. Alton. The loss
on both building and stock is complete
and amounts to several thousands of
dollars The Insurance was but $500
on each.
Bank Burns; Vault Safe.
The bank building, one-story brick
structure. almost new, adjoined the AL.
ton building. This was destroyed but
the vault, which contains many valua.
bic papers, books and considerable
money, is intact with its contents un.
harmed.
Uninsured Building Burns.
"A two story building owned by R.
u Work was next in the path of the
1 flames. This was occupied by Parson
( a. Aibaugh, with q general merchan-
disc stock on the first floor and by DR..
W. G. Norris, physician, and DR.. ]. G.
Calhoun. dentists. on the second floor.
This building was not insured and is
a total loss. The stock and the furn.
iture and books in the doctors offices
were destroyed.
Drug Store Destroyed.
Adjoining the Work building was the
building occupied by Parson &
Aibaugh with a stock of drugs and
owned by Fred Cramer This was also
destroyed with a total loss. but the
flames were stopped here through va
liant work by the volunteer firemen
Adjoining buildings were damaged
but not seriously.
Fire at Coal Mine.
Cincinnati Ia, Feb. 6.-(SpeciaD-
The tipple and top works at Shaft No
of the Hooking Valley Coal Co., 10
Gated one mile south Of Cincinnati, was
totally destroyed by fire Saturday aft
ernoon. The blaze was discovered
about 1870 O'Clock and though ever,
man worked hard to save the propert.
1t was a complete loss. The insur
ance was only partial and the actua
loss will amount to several hundred
dollars.
Fire al AJhia
Abba. Feb.6.-( Especial. )-Fire brok,
out in the millinery store belonging tt
Mrs. Thos. Shehan shortly after .
o'clock Sunday morning. The stor,
was formerly the property of Clark &
Richardson and is situated two doors
west of the First National bank Night
watchmen, Woofter and Whited imme
diately had the chemical engine on tn,
spot and the fire was extinguishet
with the destruction of the furniture
fixtures and stock and considerable
damage to the building. The blaze oc
CURED at the same hour that ever,
great fire in Abba has broken out, be
tween 2 and 80 a. m. The loss wa
quite heavy but there was some insu1
ance on both the building and stock
Emmett Noble, the owner of the block
will replace the burned building witt
a fine modern structure.