The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

Fire Fishtin0 Apparatus out
3as Of Commission.
The village 10 Waited bv The wsfst
Fire in IL history Halt the
Loss Covered ~ insurance

II tt
The little village Of Waldo. ten
miles southeast of the clay. waa 'uade
Idesolate Thursday night by a raging
,Hre which swept ovsr the business
districts, estroying two fine business
blocks. Ave store rooms and damag-
ling other property, in all to the ex-
tent Of $4,000. About fifty per cent
of the loss ives covered by insurance.
The fire was one Of the lm0st de-
structive that has visited Marion
county In the last several years. 1t
left In its path only the ruins Of
the towns main business district.
And when tine sun rose over the once
peaceful little village Friday morn-
ling about all that could be seen on the
west side Of Marion street was the
,smoldering emberss Of the villages
once beautiful business blocks.
The fire was first discovered by
DIR. r. s. DombAugh, who was re-
turning home about IL O'Clock from a
might sick cali. The physician not
Heed bright light in the stairway
lleading to the second story OF the
iSelander block. Upon Investigation
,he discovered that beneath the stair
caseing, ferociops fire was raging.
A fire alarm was sounded and the
volunteer department quickly re-
lsponded.
within twenty minutes practically
the entire population, OF the town was
upon tha scene. An a&tempt TO put
the towns Are engine into commits
sion proved futile.A The hose which
had not been used but Z few times
within the past century were frozen
land useless After. a deepearte but
lfutile attempt to make the fire en-
Igine throw water. the fIre fiahters
Horned n bucket brigade and In this
lmanner they succeeded in saving
lseveral thousand dpilat's worth Of
|property. ss'ls ~ ~ ~ h
The origin. or cause of the Are Ia
mot known. II Is thousht. however.
THAT II was Of inceudiary origin. and
la thorough Investigation will be
|conducted f
! After the Are lighters realized roat
They were practically helpless 20 far
las extinguiching the .,re In the blocks
Twas concerned they ,directed their
Ienergies to PROTECTING the adio,nanp
buildings across tha' street and al.
|leys. So intense was the neat from
1.-THE burning buildines that the nlate
glass windows on the opposite side Of
Marion street, was broken. Had there
Ibeen high wind the entire town
would have undonhteeiiv been swant
Iaway. AS Il was hovever the III.
Liens succeeded in holding the Are
Ito the one aide NJ tbn etreet
!. The fire f,rst ate NJ the block owned
ilby Megs Selanders. Il was waived
lat about $4,000. It next caught in the
lime new brick buildAns owned by
lGeorge A.. Cook and totally de.
stroyed 1t. The latter building wa,
valued at $4,000. ,s
/ The stores and business f,rms suf.
|fering a total loss were as follows,
Selander's saloon. pool and billiard
room and the entire stock was de
lstUyed. Mochel ana Heimlech.,
'asss a. sse s.. ana os.:, .n's ..s s,osa a.,..
|gocery store and the enttre stocl
also went up into smoke. Thes
block. In the Cook block. Klinee
and Kramer. Hardware and Imple
ment agents, sustained an entdr,
loss. Groll Brothers' furniture stor,
was badly damaged, but great par
OF the stock was ,savsd. The barbe
shop Of william Corbin located Il
the Selanders block was also total,
destroyed,
|,na Village nssn about J. ? O'clock Friday morn