Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-30


ing building
1 Efforts to Protect stock
| On the second floor were the house
! furnishings. carpet. and optical de
partments. and on the first the jewelry
and crockery. Attaches of the Nc
Cabe store, and others looked after
| the stock. much OF which was protect
ed from the water b. tarpaulins. while
| the firemen were at work on the third
I floor. but there was little on there
/ floors that escaped soaking. as it did
! not take long for the water. which
was turned on the burning portions Of
| the building in great volumes. 10 find
: its outlet through the lower floors.
smoke spreads over Wide Range.
Despite that all entrances TO the
/ Third avenue store were closed
| the smoke worked its way
through. and there is likely not
an exposed article in that part
as well as in the Second avenue
side. that does no; bear the Odor. The
smoke also found an outlet in the
stores Of TIIemeyer & Sterling. Tot
ten music house and in the Masonic
temple lodge rooms. and the Offices on
the Second floor above the Rock Island
National bank. UIlemeyer * Sterling
and Totten's say their damage will be
nominal. and il Is not believed that
there will be much OF a loss in the
Masonic headquarters.
Insurance ON building md stock
The Robinson estate carries $4,000
insurance ON that portion OF the build
ing 10 which the fire was confined.
The agencies and companies follow:
n. l.. Schm agency-American of
Boston. 1900.
{. :. Kerns agency-Northern. 81
600.
". G. Mauckcr agency-Phoenix.
81 600: Insurance Company OF North
America. $500.
C.. Z HOdssOn asency-American OF
Newark. 81 600. Insurance Company Of
the State 81 Illinois. $1,000: Security.
81 GOO: Traders. 81 700: Williamsburg.
81 900.
]. VI. Buford agency-Hartford. So
500.
III. CIeland agency-Girard. $1,000.
German Insurance Company agency
Rochester. $1,000.
Insurance Carried by Mctabr.
Following IL a list of the companies
held in various agencies in the county
and amounts carried in insurance ON
the McCabe stock. totaling s2i5.OOO on
stock in both stores and $3.50 on
fixtures in the Second avenue store:
Stock Third Avenue Store-Queen.
g. 200: London * Lancashire. $1,000:
Liverpool. London < Globe. $1,000;
Western of Toronto. 81 900; Hamburg
Bremen. $4,000: Manchester. $1,000;
New York Underwriters. $1,000; Equi-
table Of Rhode Island. $1,000: New
Hampshire. $1,000: American OF Phil
adeIphia. 81 600: williamsburgh City.
81 900; British America Of New York.
81 500: Traders. $500; American of
New Jersey. $1,000: Continental. 81
GOO: Agricultural. $1,000: Security. 81.
500: American Of New Jersey. 1900:
Aachen. Munich. $500; North British
Merchants. s2.5OO: Phoenix of Hart
ford. 81 600: Fire Association. $1,000:
Hanover. 81 900: Commercial Union,
g. 600: Mercantile r & NJ. $1,000:
Hanover. $500: Insurance Company Of
North America. 5000; London Assur-
ance. $4,000: Phoenix. 81 600: Hanover.
81 900. Norwich Union. 81 1000; Con
nccticut. S2.IOO: Sun. $4,000; Spring
hcld. 81 600: Californian. 1880: Home
90 California. 81 600: Providence. Wash
ington. $1,000: Providence. Washing
ton. 81 coo; Home OF California. $1,000:
Milwaukee Mechanics. $1,000: Germa-
MIA. 81 GOO: Milwaukee Mechanics. 81.
600. German of Peoria. $4,000. Ger
man OF FrccpoTt. $4,000. Firemen's
Fund. $1,000; Lumbermans. $1,000;
Fircmen's Of New Jersey. $500: Con
cordia. $4,000: Western Underwriters.
So 900. United States. $1,000: Pcnnsyl-
vania. $1,000: German of Piusburg.
81 .0"O. Palatinc. $1,000: National of
Alies-heny. $500. Gcrnania. $4,000:
German Of Indiana. $4,000; Eureka *
Security. $1,000: Delaware. $1,000: Cit
liens 81 ~. Louis. $4,000; Phoenix of
Hartford. 81 600: Aachen. Munich. So
"00. Traders. 1000; Philadelphia Tn
dcrwriters. 1000; American Central.
81 1000. Western of Toronto. $1,000.
ConncctiCut. 81 coo. Phoenix. 100:
Northern. 81 900: Continental. $4,000;
Insurance Company Of Mort America.
se.oJ0: Franklin. $4,000: Niagara. 81
600: National. $4,000: Hartford. Sc
GOO. Firemen's Of New Jersey. 1000.
Second Avenue Stock - Insurance
Company Of North America. $1,000.
Commercial Union. $500: Commercial
Union. 5000. Continental. s2.000:
New York Fire. 81 300: Traders, 81
500; ROYAL. 81 600: British American.
8 Uv9. Providence. Washington. 81.
500: Providence. Washington. 81 600:
Niagara. $1,000: sun. sl.500: German
q Peoria. 81 900; Niagara. 81 500; Con
necticut. $500: Royal Exchange. 81
0Jc
Furniture and Fixtures. Second Ave
nue. Rochester German. s2.000; Phoe-
MA 81 Hartford. $500. Phoenix. $3.50.
kr-iI a Nash BaiIdisg-
The Krcli A Math building was dam
kngg RI.