Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-25
A BAD BLAZE IN
BUSINESS BLOCK
Lewis Bros. & Johnson's Stock
Damaged
DR.. SlCMAN'S OFFICE
ENTIRELY Quilted
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4 IRE that for time seriously sndan-
gsrsd one Of the best Main street busi-
ness blocks and one Of the most costly
stocks Of goods In our business esatss
broke on, Wednesday morning about four
O'Clock. The starting point Of the ars
vas In tho Office Of Drs. Sieman and
Biotz. over the hardware and furniture
house Of Lewis Bros. d johnson. This
latter firm carries stock Of hardware.
furniture and vehicles valued At $4,000.
II occupies tho two lower store rooms Of
The oodding building. The north half Of
the upper floor and about three fourths Of
the two story Hall building abutting
The hre which started In the doctors
ONCE burned OF ruined everything In their
suite Of rooms and then climbing into tho
space between tho upper ceiling and tho
roof passed over and down into all tho
premises Of tho Lewis and johnson firm.
A skyligh, in tho hall Of tho Ooddng
building supplied a draught numo that
drew both hea, and smoke over tho en-
tire premises. Ye, the actual spread o!
flames was quito limited and by tho
promp; and truly bravo work Of our fro
boys the seiual destruction Of any large
property was hold in check. But while
tho actual burning Of buildings and goods
was limited. the damage from water and
smoke Is quito large. Some rs vehicles
stored over tho cleavn racket store arc
so injured by smoke fumes and heat ths,
they will have TO DO returned To tho fac
tory for restoration.
Strangely enough tho fro was discover
cd by Drs. Sisman and Blotz Themselves.
who had been called at midnight 10 at
tend tho victim Of tho serious accident a,
the sugar factory. THoy were driving
through .ain street from tho hospital
where they had been caring for the iiiur-
cd man when they saw their Office rooms
brilliantly lighted. Believing thoy had
turaed out all lights on leaving tho Office
with their surgical equipment. they were
surprised; but It required only few sec
onds to convince them that their rooms
were on fire. They aroused tho clerk
who sleeps over the store, Henry Bohan-
an. and together they turned in
alarms to the fire department and to
the property owners interested and pro-
ceeded TO save what seemed most endan-
gerej. Tho fro brigade was promptly on
deck and at the serious risk OF life and
limb some Of them carried the hose into
the attic space Of the upper story where
the fire was making the best Roadway.
Fred Hendricks did good Job Of securing
the Doctors books Of accounts. for which
they are duly thankful. this being about
all they did save. Or. Sigman loses all
his medical library and all his surgical
instruments and very valuable micro
scope. His insurance is only $3.50.
which will not begin to cover his loss
The insurance Of 5000 or the Godding
building will easily cover the restoration
Of the premises. Lewis Bros. and John
son had several storage warehouses out
side the Main street premises and their
insurance covers the several parcels
but the $4,000 to $4,000 on the Main
street stock will easily cover the damage.
The two buildings. both occupied in
part by the firm belong to T. F. Godding
Jr. and G. M. Hall. The Hall building
suffered no serious damage and is proper
ly insured.
MIR. Cleave's damage from smoke is
trifling and he will make no claim on his
insurers for loss. The local agents chief
ly represented in the fire are Mrs. M. j.
Anderson, L. R. Fenlason, A. c. Sloan,
George Preble, Ben Wilson and Hauck &
McKelvey. The adjustments are await
ing the arrival of Representatives of the
respective insurance companies.