The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-12-09
SECOND FIRE
WITHIN A week
Visited WwenSboro Wednes-
day Night.
Bankrupt Stock Of Ohio Valley
Dry Goods Co. Swept by
/. Fire and Water.

History repeatd iteself last night.
when a destructive fire, which visit
ed the business section of Owensboro,
Quilted the Ohio Valley Dry Goods
company's store, in the A. j. Will
liams building, on Main street, caus-
ing loss of something like $12,-
900. The fire was one of the most
unusual that has ever occurred in
Owensboro, and, despite the heroic
work of the members of the fire de-
partment the damage will be great.
The fire broke forth twice, in differ
emit places, and the firemen were
working at an early hour Thursday
morning.
The fire is thought to have origin
ated near the center of the building,
although the firsnen claim 1T was in
several locatlors when they entered
the building with line of hose. The
worst place, however seems to have
been near the rar of the building,
where the flames were leaping
through the skylight
The alarm was given by Miss Katie
Lee Braun, who was sleeping on the
second floor of Braun's restaurant,
and smelling smoke ian cut of her
room to be met by the flames.as she
attempted to pass down the side
porch She screamed, and attracted
the attention of Captain John WI
liams ard Officer Bellew Captain
Williams ran to the bottom. of the
steps and caught Miss Braun who
had tainted.
Officer Bellew ran to the Progress
Candy Kitchen and turnd in the
alarm to the fire departments, and
wagons from the three departments
responded. 1t was but a few mo-
ments after the alarm was sounded
until the wagons had arrived upon
the seine and lad three lines of hose
playing on the flames.
The peculiar feature of the fire Is
that the store had been closed for the
past two weeks, following the filing
OF position in bankruptcy by Louis
vile creditors against the company,
and the keys to the building \were
supposed to have been in the pos
session of Deputy Unitad States Mar
shall Charles T. Nichols, and no one
had the authority to enter the store.
So faras can be learned no one had
been seen in the building since the
building had been closed by the Of
ficer, although Frank Fuller stated
that the front blinds had been up
until yesterday, when he noticed
that they had been drawn.
The damage to the stock of the
Ohio Valley Dry Goods company will
probably amount to something like
$4,000, the value of the stock being
placed at $4,000. the figures given
out by William Rowland, one of the
stockholders of the concern. The
building was probably damaged to
the extent of $1,000 or $500.
Charles Cohen, manager of the
Ohio Valley Dry Goods company, was
burned out at Morganfield about a
year ago.
" The company had a capitalization
of $4,000, most of the stock being
held by Charles Cohn, but William
Rowland, who was connected with
the store for some time as a clsrk,
owned $500 wcnth of 5he stock, and.
1t is said, Ed. Hodges also OWNED a
small share Of the stock. 1t had been
under the direct management of Mr..
Cohn until the filing Of the bank
ruptcy petition in the federal court.
when Cohn left Owensbono and is
supposed to have gone to New York.
Levy's ready-to-wear store was
slightly damaged by smoke, but Mr..
Levy was unable ITO estimate lids loss,
but 1t is fully covered by insurance.
A singular coincidence Is that the
building In which the Ohio Valley
Dry Goods company was located Is
the same one that was occupied by
John H. Barry & Co. when It's stock
was destroyed by flames on the eve
ming Of August 27.1sOs. Las. year
tho burning Of the stock In the Will
llams building occurred about dhc
same length of tins after the de-