The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1909-03-19
Vol. s. No. 40
BIG FIRE MONDAY
Galloway Hotel, Masonic Hall and
Adams Building Burns

Fire destroyed the Galloway Hotel,
the Masonic Hall and Gire & Porter's
barber shop Monday just before noon.
The fire was discovered about 10
O'Clock in the second story of the
hotel, and had gained such Roadway
that it was impossible to check the
flames. The fire spread rapidly and
soon the Adams building adjoining
the hotel which was occupied by Gre
q Porter's barber shop, was also
enveloped in a mass of flames. The
Masonic Hall, large two-story frame
structure fronting the hotel on the
opposite side of the street, eastward,
caught fire from the hotel and was
soon mass of smoldering ruins.
During the heighth of the flames IL
! looked for a time as if the entire block
of business houses from Main to Lo-
Gust street would be entirely wiped
out, and it was only by the most heroic
work that the fire was checked.
The town has no fire fighting apparatus
VI MINI, dAb tGEtl Hitil odOhtbo
climbed to the roof of the Galloway
restaurant building and in the face of
the scorching heat fought against great
odds to save the block from destruc-
ton. There was only about twenty
feet of intervening space between the
restaurant building and the Adams
building, and it required grim deter
mination and heroic work to face the
intense heat at such close range.
However, had this building caught fire,
the entire block, together with one or
two residences and perhaps several
buildings in the next block, would have
been entirely wiped out, and no more
faithful and heroic work was ever
done by men anywhere than by. those
who fought so nobly to save these
buildings. Several times the roof of
the restaurant building caught fire
from the intense heat only few feet
away, yet these men never faltered,
but remained at their post, and crouch
ing behind the incline of the roof for
protection in order to save themselves
from being literally baked alive, they
kept the roof covered with salt and
water, and came out victors, although
utterly exhausted.
The losses are about as follows: r.
NJ. Galloway, loss on hotel building
and furnishings, 81, 500; insurance
81 800 81, 200 on building and $500 on
furnishings. The piano and a few
other things in the lower story were
saved, but nothing from the upper
story was saved
Loss on Masonic Hall 81, 900; insur-
ance 5000. Practically everything in
this building was complete loss. The
upper story was occupied by the
Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of
the World, Woodmen Circle and the
Modern Woodmen of America. The
Masons lost about 1850 on furniture,
fixtures and lodge paraphernalia, with
| 5000 insurance. The w. o. w. lost
about $3.50 worth of lodge regalia,
the Odd Fellows about $3.50 and the
! Woodmen Circle about $75 worth, with
no Insurance carried by either order.
The Modern Woodmen had only been
| organized a short time and lost moth
ing but their working tools, books,
papers and charter.
The lower story of the Masonic Hall
was occupied by Adams Bros, and
C. M. Edwards as warehouse.
Adams Bros, had about 5000 worth
of goods in the building, all of which
were destroyed except few barrels of
sugar. They had no insurance. G.
NJ. Edwards had about 81, 600 worth of
good in the building with $1,000 in
slrance, and saved practically nothing
Loss on the Adams building $500;
insurance $500.
The Adams building was occupied
by Gire & Porter's barber shop. They
saved part of their fixtures, but lost
$3.50, including bath outfit and other
fixtures; no insurance. Part OF this
hall, which had been closed, however,
for some time, but the tables and fix
lures we're still in the building, and
was . complete loss. These were tho
property OF Joe Sequine, of Bates
vile, who places his loss at 81 900,
with no insurance
i All the goods in every business
house In the block were carried outintO
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