Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-03
DUNDEE STORES ARE BURNED
Resistance Suburb Has $25,o00 Fire
Sunday Morning.
BU1DUGs OWNED By J. Il EARTE
Saved by sRrenu0us wor4--Omaha
Departments Ous In Ffnae To
Prevent spreadsnE-

E.o9o fire eampietely destroyed the
business section of Dundee at FIftfeth and
Underwood avenue Sunday morning. ak
cepting one drug store. and seriously
threatned number or nearby residences
The stores Of the village. consisting Of
a grocery ami mene market. bakery. a
plumbers shop. a barber shop and a shoe
repairing shop were AL in a two-story
double brick and a ane-storv frame build
ing. both the pronerty of John A Harte.
contractor The drug store. the property
of George G. Gusrsfsr was directly across
the narrow street to the east OF the fire
and was saved BY a liberal application of
chemical exrfngiiisiier The residenee or
Mrs J. a Iohn5on. NJ NORTH FIfxfetfs
street, lying directly IN the path of the
flames that rolled high across the street
was most endangered hut the work of
friends kept the roof and sides wet and
prevented the IRE from catching The
intense heat burned the telephone poles
and the grass on the lawn.
Detailed Losses to Owners
The losses are estimated as follows;
John E Ha-ta. building s17uaa. with
about szs.0e9 insurance
= P. EsiildsOn ana g R. Maxwell
grocery and meat market. known as the
Dundee Grocery company. about sS.ooe. with
little insurance
Irwin Hadlock barber shop. about s5s
not covered by insurance
c R DOdds- plumber shop, about g. ooa
not covered
sam Ferranuo. shot repair shop. $50
covered
J. Beck. bakery. about szaos. Including
nearly d-9e IN fresh cdnsignment OF
sugar ana -four. not covered
Total loss. 81. 80 about txo-thirds COW
cred by insurance
The origin OF the fire has NOT been dis
covered. but il is generally believed to
have started in the Beck bakery BY $50
q crowd OF nearly L0s people had collected
around the roaring blaze ana although
nothing could be done 20 save the stores
the one hose cart OF the village was
brought out and used 70 save the Johnson
home and nearby residences The Omaha
nre department would not respond az the
FIRST request and not until the business
block was beginning TO fau in was there
any real work done on il BY that time
the barns in the rear near houses on Cali
hornia street. also the property OF John
H Earte. were beginning 20 60 ana the
firsEnen soaked them and the Gufnrer drug
store-
J P. Eskildson and his partner, c R.
Maxwell who live within a block were
among the nrst TO reach the place and
Immediately carried out their store OF gazo-
line and oil which were already near the
Games The safe also was em7ried but
nothing Of the stock could be reached
Strange Crowd Sf Spectators.
The crowd which witnessed the Ire was
anamazing turn out The hear and noise
woke nearly every one in the peaceful VII
lage and people came from al directions il
every sort OF undrssE. Women stood about
in curl papers and kimonas ana men IN
hare arms and slippered feet At daylight
number OF people came out erom Wesl
Omaha in automobiles % see the last OF ths
flames.
Mrs George Guintar who lived above the
drug store. owned by her husband. beeams
hystsricaI and had 10 be treated by DR.
W. s. Gibbs she was better during ths
day No one else was injured or hurt
II Is expected that the stores win be ~
built M Harte has not yet decided what
he VIII do, but the laws Of the village
forbid the erection Of business buildings sx.
cept on Underwood avenue. ami il Il likely
thar business viii be resumed there as soor
as the ruins can be cleared away