The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-11
FIRE LOSS WILL
REACH $4,000
DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE ON NORTH
SIDE OF SQUARE.
SEVERAL FIRMS ARE DAMAGED
Miss Atkins Millinery Stock is Com
pleteIy Ruined-Fire Originated
in Doctors Offices On the
Second Floor.
SEVERAL FIRMS ARE DAMAGED

occurred TUESDAY night IN Inree-
story brick building ON the north side
of the park owned by Mrs. E. Hobbs
and occupied by Miss S. B. Atkins
millinery shop on the first floor and
Drs. Conway and Cowles' Office and
laboratory on the second floor. The
doctors apartments are a mass OF
ruins and very little was saved from
the Atkins stock. The Crissy & Girls
sy book store ON the west sustained a
heavy smoke and water damage, and
the. Huber & Kalbach hardware store
on the east also has some damage
from smoke and water.
List of Losses.
The total loss will be about fifteen
thousand dollars, divided as follows:
Mrs. e. H. Gibbs, building, 100000.
Miss Atkins, stock, 100000.
II. o. Conaway, ofilce,etc., $3,000.0O.
Huber & Kalbaeh, water, 100000.
Crissy & Crissy, water and smoke.
I$2,5O0OO,
Hub Clothing Company, smoke
damage, about $500.O0.
IOtal uanage, $l0,uUu.
Insurance Is insufficient.
The total amount of insurance on
the above cannot be ascertalned at
the present time. The building loss
is not fully covered, so it is under
stood Miss Atkins was insuficiently
insured Nothing can be learned con-
cerning the Conway insurance otner
than one policy held in the O'Hara
agency The Huber & Kalbach and
Crissy & Crissy damages, and the
smoke damages IN the block are fully
covered BY Insurance..
The FIRE was atsecTered about ten
thirty O'Clock BY several people. hut
was not seen until the flames were
breaking from the second and third
story windows. An alarm was turned
in and the fire company was on the
ground almost instantly. having but
a short distance to go. The interior
of the building by this time, however.
was mass of flame Chief Gochee
attempted to get at the fire by the
front stairway on the west of the
building and was met by such a vol
ume of fire and smoke that he could
not reach the seat of the trouble. The
fighters tnen made their way to the
rear of the building and fought sue
cessfully from this point. The de-
partment did remarkably well in
handling the fire. 1t was a hot one
and the boys had hard work in con
fining it to the walls of the one build
ing in which it started. Had 1t sue
ceeded in getting start on the west.
the entire three-story block west to
the alley, including the Hub store and
the many offices in the upper stories,
might have been destroyed.
The fire originated in rear room
of the H. o. Conaway & Cowles ONCE
and whether from a stove in the
apartment or from some chemicals
which occupied part of the room.
could not be ascertained. The fire
burned through into the third floor OF
the building before it was discovered
and had big start when the water
was thrown.
Damage to Building.
The damage to the building is
greater than appears at first glance
and an entire new interior will be
necessary to repair the damage that
has been done. The second floor Is
mass of ruins and the fire burned
through the third floor to the roof.
The east wall is damaged to some ex-
tent and may require rebuilding
where warped. The damage to the
first floor, while chiefly by water. is
severe and the entire room must be
rebuilt. To replace the three floors
as they should be will require the
bulk of five thousand dollars or more.
Miss Atkins Loss.
Although the fire did not get to the
goods in stock, Miss Atkins loss is
practically total. Water and smoke
caught everything and the millinery
shop Is in ruins. The lady was but
partially Insured on account of one
policy she thought placed, being can
celled by the company too late to be
placed with another company.
Miss Atkins has secured a lease of
the Gibbs room on the east side of the
Ypark in the room next south Of the
Guy Woodin offices and will remove
the remnant of her stool; t;I this
place and will be ready for business
here again within a short time. She
win be at the old location again as
soon as the location can be replaced
Miss Atkins. comparatively a
stranger in the city, is very grateful
for the many kindnesses extended her
by the business people, and she is es-
pecially thankful to the firemen. whom
she feels did most efficient work un.
I. der tying circumstances.
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