Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31
bATHGATE FIRE
LOSS $33,2OO.
Both Sides of Main Business Street
Swept by Fire. :
FLAMES TANNED BY HIGH WIND.

ConfIagratlon Started Friday Night and the
High Wind Prevailing Made 1t Impossible to
head-0ff the Progress of the Fire Fiend-
Property Insured for Less Than Half Amount
of loss-Al Will Rebuild This Fall.
Bathgate, aPemblna county town we'll
know to many early residents of Langdon
and the surrounding neighborhood, sus
tanned a bad fire Friday night which
nearly wiped out the business centre of
the town. Stores on both sides of the
street for over a block we're destroyed,
the loss aggregating $4,000, the insur-
met on which will not amount to more
than half that amount. A heavy wind
blowing at the time served to spread the
fire. The losses and insurance follow:
Frank Howard, grocery store, loss
$1,000 on store and $1,000 on stock,
Total insurance of $1,000.
S. d. Bostwick, hardware store, $1,000
loss on store and $4,000 on stock. Total
insurance of $4,000.
j. j. Anger, grocery store building,
50, 1000 loss on store. Total insurance,
$4,000.
Wilmer & Derby, drug store, $4,000
insurance, $500.
Citizens bank building, $4,000 loss on
building and fixtures. Covered by in
surance.
Andy Richardson, butcher shop, loss
$500. No insurance.
Demars and Andres, stock in hardware
store, loss $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
Frank Fielder, building occupied by
Demars and Andres, hardware, loss
$1,000. Insurance, $500.
F. B. Bostwick, unoccupied building,
loss $1,000. Covered by insurance.
Citizens Telephone Company, loss
$1,000 on switchboard and telephones.
Insurance $500.
The fire started at IL p. m. Friday
evening in the rear of Frank Towards
grocery store, which soon spread to s..
| D. Bostwick's hardware store on the south
and the general store of j. j. Anger on
the north, and from there to the Office
of H. T. James, Wilmer and Derby's
drug store, Citizens bank building and
the office of the Citizens Telephone
company on the second floor, from there
to Richardson's meat market and the
fire hall. The fire crossed Main street
to DeMars g. Anders' hardware, furniture
and harness shop, and soon had the old
Bee Hive building, which is owned by
S. d. Bostwick, in its grasp. The fire.
men and citizens made a bold stand be-
tween the harness shop and the resi-
dence of F.. A. Fielder, which were only
twelve feet apart, and there stopped the
iend from going any further south, and
in the meantime it was getting pretty
hot for the old William James warehouse,
now owned by Craig & DeMars, bnt
right there some hard work was done
and the fire confined to what it bod al
ready consumed. Ike Fosters Office got
a good scorching and a number of build
ings farther north were on fire a num-
Ter of times. Mrs. Stacks Office build
ing, which stood next to the Bathgate
State bank, was also burned to the
ground, but the solid brick wall of the
bank stopped the flames from going
farther south. S. D. Bostwick, Wilmer
& Derby, and the Citizens bank will put
up good brick buildings as soon as the
material a be gotten on the ground
Wilmer g. Derby are doing business
in the old Bowen building. S. d. Bost,
wick has spread out on the corner Of
Second and Main streets, now owned by
F. A. Wilson, while the bank has movec