Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-05
COTTAGE HOME HOTEL
BURNED THIS MORNING

| 1hiS morning little after 3 O'Clock
the Cottage Home. which has been al
ternately hotel. lodging and apar.
ment house for twenty years. was dis
covered to he on fire. No alarm was
| given, hut somebody managed to get
| down 10 the fire house and notify
the department after the fire had got
ten such headway that 1t was practi
cally beyond control when the depart.
ment reached the scene.
Yesterday a man named Barnes had
| rented some rooms upstairs to take
| mis- family into. and finding that one
| OF the pipes had bursted, a plumber
| was secured 10 repair II. The food
on the floor had frozen so that Barnes
built n hot fire to thaw the place out
| and went away and left II. II is pre-
| sumed the fire was started from this
stove, which was about in the middle
| of the house, upstairs. where the fire
was discovered. The building is near.
ly total loss. and it is doubtful II
the owners will try to repair 1t.
A Mr.. Stevenson had the place rent.
| ed and was running lodging and
| apartment house. Only one family
was living In the house last night
that Of Mr.. Rutledge. They have
| four small children. from one year up
| TO five years. and It was with diff.
Guilty that they made their escape
Most of their effects were lost All
| the upper portion OF the building was
hltr ri oil IN In a ri
walls and partitions. Two or three
stoves were not injured much, but
all the furniture, save little dragged
TO the street. was destroyed.
The next building on the south. oc-
cupied by William Foreman and fam
lily and Fred straub and family.
cought fire in the roof and the upper
portion of the main building was de-
stroyed. The furniture was injured
by water, all the rooms in the house
save the rear shed part. being soak
| ed. The house was well furnished,
there being probably several hundred
dollars thus invested. The families
got out in good time and early as 1t
was neighbors made them comfort
able.
Tine old Daugherty lodging house.
built in 1881, which has deteriorated
to fifth-rate apartment place for
those who can not pay much rent,
was not harmed 1t is the Oldest
building on Second avenue The Gar
banati shell house just north, was
not injured.
A Mrs. Miller. who lives In the
rear of the Cottage Home, was awak-
ened at o'clock. when the first stir
was made. She says that besides the
family in the Cottage there were two
| roomers last night, who managed to
get out with part OF their clothes
| One had his pants but was barefoot
ed and bareheaded, In mis- shirt
| sleeves. The other had his shoes In
his hands and his pants. The last
child taken out would have suffocated
in a few seconds more.
| The Cottage Home is owned by
Lou Nathan. insured in the lockwood
& Perkins and Local Security Co
| agencies for $l.700. Mr.. Stevenson
the lessor. carried $500 insurance on
furniture with lockwood & Perkins
The small cottage adjoining is owned
by Miss Minnie Grouse, with $500 In
surance, while Mr.. Foreman carried
$500 insurance on furniture, the two
being with lockwood & Perkins. Mr.
Straub. who rented of Mr.. Foreman
lost the largest portion of persona
effects of both himself wife and bah,
by being slightly burned and water
soaked. Mr.. Straub was awakened
by cracking sound and after dis
covering the cause gave the frs
alarm by firing his revolver and theI
Mr.. A. F. Hood turned In telephon,
alarm. Thus te blaze obtained goo,
alarm. Thus the blaze obtained goo,
rived.