The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-06-23
Loss BY fire.
Nash { Hers Fine Store
Swept BY Flames.
The Burgess Building Also Consider
abr Damaged, with No Insurance.
Stock Partially Insured.

A very disastrous fire occurred IN
mia civ Al an early hour last Sat
urdny morning. involving loss 81
several thousand dOllars' worth q
Goods and a loss OF at least one
1housand dollars In damage to
handsome three story concrete build-I
Ing. The alarm was made about
haif past Que. caused b. flames
breaklne out the back windows on
the first floor Of the Burgess build
ing. Main Cross street. directly op-
po.ite the court house The room
uas occupied By the firm OF Nash
Herr. retail dealers in clothing,
shoes and mems furnshings. MT.
Nash. who lives very near his place
OF business. was one OF the first 70
bear the alarm. and he. assisted
b. another. ran To the building
where the hose reel was kept and
got Il TO the nearest fire plug In
: remarkably short time the fire
department was al work. but II was
q very difficult fire TO handle. The
flames were raging In the back
part OF the store. and the rear
door was pushed open and the
water turned on. After much hard
work the deluge OF water had IL
effect. and very soon the flames
we're drowned out. II is clear that
the fire must have been burning
= long time before IL was discovered
Much OF the stock was simply bak'
ed b. the intense heat caused b,
the burning clothing.
AZ this writing the insurance ad
iuster has not come to examine th'
ruins and adjust the loss. Dr. Bur
eess' loss BY damage to his office
and suite OF rooms is not yer
large. ana he was attending &
; .hls office patients as usual five o
AK hours after the fire department
had left the premises One Of hi
rooms contains a fine electrical out
III for the treatment OF certain dis
eases. and including a fine X-ra
machine. representing an investmeI
Of about s29Oe. Fortunately, n
damage whatever was done TO tn
valuable equipment
The damage TO his building. hov
ever. 4 large The floor and .
ceiling OF the store is partially d
stroyed. the heagy loaded az
wired glass at the rear end
the building ID totally destroyed. Il
tine clothing csbinet in the sto
was burned aud nearly all the heai
glass In the front is broken.
Nash & herr had a stock valu'
at between nine thousand al
ten thousand dollars The fixtur,
as ali know. who have been In 4
store. we're handsome and valuab
These are all destroyed. On I
stock tho firm carried an insuran
Of 5000. What ths salvage W
amount to il is difficult to tell wi
anything like certainty. but IL "
not be large. SO that. any W
you may fix II. the loss OF Nash
Herr viii be large fhey are son
what disfigured, but they want
understood that they are still
the ring. rhe work Gf repair a
refurnishing viii be pushed as sp,
fly as possible. and Us soon
skilled workmen can do II
handsome store viii be made to
sume the form and comeliness
possessed before firebug wrouI
It's ruin.
There Is no doubt that the St
was robbed and then set on 4
It was the custom OF the .
prletors to leave the silver taken
during the day in the cash regis
IN a cloth bag. This register
I found open - those who first '
1 tnred INTO the burning building.
! money gone and the bag on
11ewalk. near the door. I
pairs Of. boys trousers were 70
IN frank Yates" chicken yard
The rear Of the store. and at
quarter pastNasn Friday night
man was seen in the store.
he vas seen by one who suppS
Il was someone connected with
store. Several things indicate
entrrocs had been effected BY
locking the back door. The
had also been bolted. but Il