The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-12
Plant of National Oyster Carrier
Company on Exchange ST.,
Quilted Wednesday Night
CREAMERY BUILDING BURNS
Oyster Carrier Company About to Move
to Another City Has Loss of $4,000
While Total Loss From Fire
Will be More Than $4,000

Carrier Company, located in the old
creamery building on Exchange street
near the corner of Market, was badly
Quilted by fire which broke out Just
after ten O'Clock Wednesday evening
and with the plant the old creamery
building was so badly damaged that
it is thought that it will be impossible
to rebuild it. The losses from the fire
were:
The National Oyster Carrier Com
pany. All machinery of the plant de-
stroyed at loss of $500 fully covered
by insurance.
Piper and Thomas. Loss on ,build-
ing $1,000 with insurance of $1,000.
The Kenosha Creamery company.
Damage to machinery and stock by
water and smoke $500 partially
covered by insurance.
The fire broke out just after ten
O'Clock and it is supposed that it was
caused by defective electric wire in
the northwest corner of the portion of
the building used as the plant of the
| Oyster Carrier company. It seems
that the fire had been burning for a
short time before it was discovered
and when the fremen reached the
building the entire portion used by
the Ovst5r Carrier companyaaswas a
mass cf flzmes.
| The fire spread rapidly to all parts
of the building and the construction
of the building, entirely of wood, Of
fered no impeachment to the progress
of the flames. Before the fremen
arrived the machinery on the floor of
tie factory had been practically
ruined and the flames had spread to
the stock room at north end of the
building and was breaking through
into the creamery. The fremen man
aged to save the creamery from the
| flames but the south end of the build
ing is regarded as a total loss. The
books of the National Oyster company
were in the little office at the north
end of the factory and they were all
destroyed by the fire.
| The company was already at work
removing from the old building and a
portion of the finished product had
been sent to the plant where the work
Of manufa ctnring will be carried on
for the present. On this account the
loss to the company was not 500 great
as it would have been had it come a
little earlier in the week.
| Edwin Hubert, one of the managers
l nT the Sx1c oIxs%1 90 -
fire said: ''The fire came at very bad
time for us on account of the fact that
the Christmas rush is just beginning
and we were operating the plant to the
| fullest capacity in order to fill orders
Our loss on machinery will amount to
So, 500 and it is fully covered by in
surance. One Of the bad features of
the fire is the loss of the books which
were in the Office at the north end of
the building. These books held ali
of our factory records and they can
not be replaced. Of course the main
account books of the company were
at the main Office in the Simmons
plant"
Joseph Thomas, part owner of the
building, stated that it was not Prob
able that the building would be re-
built as the loss is so complete and
the building SO old that it would be
almost i'm possible to rebuild it. It is
| probable, however, that new build
ing will be put up on the site early in
the new year.
! When the fire broke out there was
something of panic at the Rhode
opera house where the Wir ninger
company was playing to a capacity
house. Some boy in the gallery Of
the theatre shouted ''fre" and there
was break from the main part
of the house for the doors, but
the announcement that the fire
was in the old creamery building
allayed the fears of the audience and
most of them returned to their Seats
No one was injured IN the rush for
the exits.
GOES TO HIGHER COURT