The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-07
Will Exceed $4,000 With But Little
Insurance---Plans Already Being For
mulated for New Buildings on Site
of Yesterdays Fire---Rain of Last
Night Considered God-send by the
Fire Department---Incide of the
Conflagration.

Walker & Widney were also ten,
| ants of this building and had a loss
of probably $50. They have not as
yet secured Offices for their real es-
tate business.
Confectionery store in the Woods
building, estimated loss $500.
J. J. Eyer, another tenant of the
Woods building, suffered quite a loss
in MS bicycle repair business.
MS. Eta M. Baker of the Cottage
House loss in furniture and fixtures
$4,000: building $4,000, with ST.
900 insurance.
Knowles & Son real estate, lost
their fixtures.
The city fire station and fire bell
and tower. loss probably about So
600.
The Farmers Telephone company
sustained a loss OF probably $4,000.
The telephone service was consider
ably impaired. 1t will be three or
four days yet before the system is
again in normal shape
The Wenatchee Electric company
also sustained considerable loss from
the burning of their poles and cables.
Immediately after the fire started
and when it seemed as though it was
going to be serious. w T. Clark des-
patched a man on horseback to cut
out the headgate and turn in full
supply of high line water into the
city reservoir. This fact alone prob
ably saved the fire from becoming
more general.
The Wenatchee Electric company
after the burning out of the power
line of the Entiat Power company.
Immediately connected up and fur
nished power for the running of the
pump
That there We're few accidents in
the fire yesterday was probably due
to the cool work of Fire Chief
Throw. What might have been the
most serious one. however, was due
to luck rather than to anything else
During the burning of the building
just to the rear of the main building
of the Cottage Hotel the firemen
were working close to the building.
the chimney tottered and might have
gone into the building or to the out
side, but as luck happened it fell into
the building. Should it have fallen
on the outside, however. it might
have crushed number of the fire
men.
There were all kinds of rumors
last night regarding the fire. but one
that caused most talk was in regard
to the stealing of DR.. McCoy's horse
and buggy which had been hitched
to telephone post at the side of
the Columbia Valley Bank building.
In this were Dr. McCoy's surgical
instruments and it was reported that
some bold burglar had taken the
cash register of the Harlin market
which contained some $500 and had
absconded with the buggy and the
cash register. There was no founda-
tion for this story whatever. but un-
til today many people believed it,
The horse and buggy were not taken
and while there was some search for
the cash register vet it was finally
located in the store of the Wenai-
chez Drug company, where it had
been taken for saef keeping.
After the Harlin market had
caught on fire and as much OF the
contents as possible could be re-
moved, one of the fire boys found a
kitten which vas meowing loudly.
Already the hair on one side of 1t
had been scorched. The fire laddies
carried the kitten to safety. A SINH