The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-05
BRUCE VISITED
BY FIRE FIEND
NEiGHBoRING TOWN SUFFERS A
BIG LOSS.
ABOUT $4,000
THREE GENERAL STORES AND A
BANK BUILDING DESTROYED.

Bruce had another disastrous fire
early Tuesday morning, which burLSd
out three business blocks and damaged
a fourth. The building destroyed are
the Walters Mercantile company and
stock; j. p. Carlson, furniture store
and bazaar, building and part Of stock;
Ribstein & Bunday building. totally de-
stroyed, together with entire stock of
Carlson & Rosedahl; Farmers State
bank, roof burned away and damaged
to amount OF $500. The fire started
about -four o'clock in the morning in
h Carlson store and its origin Is a
mystery. Most Of the stocks and
buildings were well insured, but the
loss will be heavy. Bruce seems to
be having more han its share of fires
lately and the town has been q heavy
sufferer in this respect.
Yesterdays Bruce Herald gives the
following account OF the bad fire that
visited that town Tuesday:
Bruce has been visited by another
terrible fire that reduced three stores
and the new Farmers State bank
building to ashes Tuesday morning.
The fire started in Carlson & Rose
dahls store some time after midnight
but it was not discovered until about
four o'clock when the whole building
was in flames and not q thing was
saved, even the books Of the firm being
destroyed. The fire her passed to the
Sol Walters company store building
which being of wood burned rapidly.
The fire engine was got out and a
stream Of water checked the fire some
what but in a little while something
broke or gave out and the fire engine
proved a failure. This is the second
time this spring that the fire engine
has been useless. II 1t had done good
work the new bank building could
have been saved and also ]. P. Carl
sons store or the east and q portion
Of Walters store on the west. Finally
the heat became SO great that the
roof Of the bank building took fire
and fell in, cutting the building, but
the walls are still standing, and most
OF the fixtures were removed and
saved. j.. p. CarlsUn's Winner
Bazaar on the corner was burned Tut
all of the stock was removed, Of course
in a damaged condition as there were
so many small %breakable articles in
this store. The large stock Of goods
in the Walters store were many of
them got out ond Iiled up in the street
but the loss will be great on those
that were saved.
The losses and insurance as near
as follows:
Sol Walters Company, loss estimat-
ed at SIS, 900, less goods say d. Insur-
ance on stock $7,450, on building
81, 900.
Carlson & Rosedahl, loss estimated
at 81, 900, loss total. Insurance on
stock $1,000. The building in which
Carlson and Rosedahl did business was
owned by Bunday and Ribstein and
was valued at $4,000 and was insured
for 5 1000.
j. P. Carlson, loss about $4,000, less
goods saved. Insurance on stock
s ,150, on building $500.
We could not secure the loss or in
surance on the new bank building but
we would estimate the loss on the
building at about $1,000 to- $1,000.
Couldn't learn whether there was any
insurance. The building will probably
be rebuilt again in a short time. The
Walters Mercantile company will prob
ably put up a large store building also,
and John P. Carlson says he will build
IN the near future.
Since the above was written we
learn that a policy Of 5000 on the
Bunday and Ribstein building expired
the day before the fire.