Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-31
BRYAN AGAIN
FIRE SWEPT
MAIN STREET VISITED BY DE.
sTRUcTIvE COMPLICATION
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
A RESIDENCE FIRE
Home Of Or. and Mrs. A. L. Mondriek
Completely Ruined.
A RESIDENCE FIRE

At 3:l5 o'clock Sunday morning
Main street was visited by another
destructive conflagration entailing a
loss Of about twenty thousand dollars.
The fire originated in the Emmett
Rohde building occupied by Martin &
Locks confectionery and oyster parlor.
presumably in the rear OF the second
story. lwhen the fire was discovered.
it was burning fercely on the inside
Of the building and great tongues Of
flames were pouring out OF the rear
second story windows on Bryan street,
and In a few minutes the flames burst.
ed through the roof and the whole
building became a seethlng mass oi
flames
Phe flames we're communicated TO
the Maloney building adjoining on the
south. burning out the roof and roof
ceiling down about half way OF the
building from the rear.Alt was only
by the most heroic efforts OF the FIRE
men. that this building was saved from
total loss.
ITAe new Perkins building. occupied
by b. Kaczer a Co. the First National
Bank. and opersteny's saloon. was In
great danger. aAd In fact was pretty
badly damaged. The enten, of the
damage is hard to determine until com.
petent architects pass on the partition
wall dividing the Kaczer house from
the Martin a Lock building. This wall
was burned on the north in the FIRE
year ago. and now on the south II is
cracked in a number OF places. has
some bad bulges in II and looks TO be
In very unsafe condition. Particu.
larly so when the fac; is taken into
consideration that IL must support It's
part OF the weight necessary in re,
building the Emmett Rohde building.
The Emmel q Maloney stock and
fixtures were almost totally ruined
from the fre and water. and b. Kacz-
er q Co. had a small loss from smoke
and water.
The Bryan Telephone Company had
one OF its cables melted in two. and
several men have be-H at work day
and night since the FIRE repairing Il.
Owing to the uncertainty OF the ex-
tent of the damage to the Perkins
building. and the Maloney building. II
Is difficult to Ak an Approximate es
innate Of the total loss As far as II
is now possible to estimate the losses
they are as follows:
Martin and Loeb stock and fxtures,
si.s5O: insurance. $500
Emmett Rohde. building. $4,000; in.
surance, $4,000
Em:nel and Maloney stock and fix.
lures. $4,000. loss practically total, in.
surance. $500.
Damage TO Maloney building and
Perkins building will reach several
/ thousand dollars. fully covered by in
surance.
At the time the FIRE broke out there
was n pretty stiff wind from the north
snd the fire being in the north end OF
the block. Il looked for a time as II
the whole block might go. II yielded.
however. to the carefui and persistent
efforts OF the flremen.
The fremen were on the scene
promptly and had line OF hose lad
but on acc ,unt OF the ross OF the span.
ner from the wagon. some delay vas
caused in Getting the water turned on
at the plug Three lines OF hose were
laid and by being well directed. a dis.
aster little short OF a calamity was
averted Chief Hamilton was struck
full in the face by a stream OF water