The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-02
Garner Furniture Company
and Guy Nance Deluged
Department Does Excellent Work
When Unavoidable Delays With
Apparatus Are Overcome.
TWO HORSES HAVE PNEUMONIA

Timely discovery of fire in the
third floor of the Guy Nance Under
taking establishment. 213 South
Third street. this morning at 7:45
O'Clock, by Frank Bailey. colored
porter for Garner Bros Furniture
company next door, prevented a
great property loss. As II was, the
loss to the stocks of the two stores
will approximate $4,000. The loss
to the buildings will be several
thousand dollars from damage by wa
ter. Insurance will cover all losses.
Smoke was seen curling down the
stairway leading from the second to
the third floor of Garner Bros fur
|niture store, by Frank Bailey, the
porter On investigation he tracked
the smoke to the third floor Of the
Guy Nance establishment, and It was
coming into the Garner store through
IA doorway. The third floor is occu-
pied by the Garner store as ware
room. Notifying them down stairs of
the fire, Bailey endeavored to fight
the fire himself but soon was driven
back by the smoke.
He had the presence Of mind TO
close the fire doors between the
third floors OF the two buildings, thus
combining the fire to the Nance store.
It is believed that this saved a far
greater loss.
All the fire companies in the city
responded promptly to the fire.
though a delay was occasioned in the
arrival of some of the apparatus by
a shortage of horses Chief Woods
superintendent the light.
The aerial truck was serviceable in
raising a ladder to the third floor of
the Nance store where the fire origi-
mated. The dense smoke made il
impossible for a half hour for the
firemen to live inside the building,
and the fire was fought from the
windows. Many of the fremen were
relieved frequently, being overcome
with smoke. Lines Of hose were soon
laid to play on the fire from every di-
rection and by 3 o'clock the damage
from fire had been stopped. Little
more than the third floor of the
Nance store was damaged by fire.
Nc effort was made to remove
stocks except in the Nance store
where the fine hearses and carriages
with some of the stock we're remov-
ed through a rear door. The finest
part Of the Nance stock of Baskets
was stored on the second floor. where
1t was impossible to reach them. and
a dozen fine caskets In hard wood
cases down stairs we're damaged Mr..
Nance could not estimate his loss
accurately but said mis- stock was
valued at 10000 He has $4,000 in
surance and thinks his loss will be
covered.
Garner Bros, furniture dealers,
occupied three floors of their build
ing, 207-209 South Third street. and
Oht hooI VI tut lHtl
valued their stock at $4,000 with
Insurance amounting to $4,000. Be
fore invoicing they thought that
their loss would be covered.
The damage to their stock, except
on the third floor Of the Nance store.
where fire damaged somewhat, was
from water which soaked down
through the floors from the Nance
building. The fremen endeavorej to
save the Garner store from this
cause. The damage to the Nance
stock was entirely from water.
No idea as to the origin of the
fire is held by any of the property
owners. There was no fire on the
third floor nor are any wires known
to have been arranged so that the
fire could have been started from
their being crossed.
Both buildings are owned by Mrs.
Georgia Boyer. Fifth and Monroe