The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-25

OF tne LetnaIlfl company feyldNli pau
tation. below the town, destroying a.
large feed warehouse and three or four
smaller frame buildings.
BY this time. as a result of the heroic
work Of the local fire department and the
citizens generally, aided BY the gallant
fremen and volunteer work
ers from the surrounding country. the dis
astrous confiagration was brought under
control and the spread Of the flames
checked. y
For while during the fire the large
wholesale and retail grocery store OF Mayor
Charles Maurin, the swo-story brick Dali
feres building, and the tWo-story frame
building owned and occupied by Lucien
Gasso. all situated Immediately across the
street from the burning Nichols Hotel and
Stephenson's stable, were in serious dam
ger of total destruction. but through hard
work were saved with the loss of only the
frame warehouse in the rear of the Mau-
rim store. The office and coal-yard
of the Ascension Coal Com pany, represent
ed locally by Postmaster j. j. Lafargue.
which adjoins the Stephenson stable
building on the west. did not catch fire.
and the flames were likewise prevented
from communicating to the handsome two
story Vega building nearby.
AT the height of the fire Capt. H. G..
Whiteman signalled the steamer McDou-
gall. which was passing the city on the
opposite side Of the river. and asked the
vessel for assistance. The appeal was
promptly responded to and the cDougall
Immediately steamed across the river and
tied up to the shore in the rear Of the
blaze, the officers rendering the use Of the
vessels pumps for supplying water to
fight the flames. There being no hose
available for this purpose atthed time. how
ever, the fremen Were unable To- take adj
vantage Of the superior facilities so gem
erously rendered by the McDougall,
Mayor Charles Maurin received the fol-;
lowing telegram Thursday morning:
New Orleans, La, Feb. %, 1911.
Mayor Charles Mauria, DonaIdsenviIie, La.
We have just learned Of your city's
misfortune. We deeply sympathize with:
you. Can we be of any assistance to you5
MARTIN BEHRMAN, Mayor.
To this message Mr.. Maurin replied as
follows:
Hon. Martin Berhman. New Orleans. La.
Your sympathetic tender of assistance
deeply appreciated in our misfortune, but
we thank the Almighty we are not in need
of help. Accept our sincere thanks for
your kind offer.
CHARLES MAURIN, Mayor.
The Bank Of Ascension has established
temporary headquarters in the building
at the northeast corner OF Mississippi and
Lessard streets, opposite the former loca-
tion of the institution. The fire-proof
vault in the burned bank building was
opened yesterday morning by George
Coates, representing the Diebold Safe
Company. in the presence of President
Jacob Lebermuth and Vice President and
Cashier John S. Thibaut. The contents OF
the vault, which included nearly half d
million dollars in assets, were found in-
tact and uninjnred. The Bank of Ascen-
sion announces that it will erect larger
and more modern brick building on the
site of the structure destroyed in the fire,
and bids for the obstruction of the new
building will be solicited in the near flu
tnre.
i The uptown office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, which was burned.
has been re-established in the Maurin
building adjoining the temporary quarters
Of the Bank Of Ascension.
Meter & Company have secured an Of
fee III the second story of the Peoples
Bank building at the corner of Railroad
avenue and Mississippi street.
1 F. L. Trepagnier has rented the capa-
cious sto GROOM in the ground floor Of the
Peoples Bank building, and has re-opened
his jeWelry store. having saved large
of his most valuable stock and
some of the fixtures Of his former estab-
Iishment. He will share his floor space
with Meter & Co., who have several
thousand dollars worth of new spring
goods in q freight car at the I, and p. |
QGpOC Which GAEy AoVN uOS yet uAAttGdCO.sI
Fred. Rogge ST., has rented the residence
III Crescent Place formerly occupied by
Henry Goette. the latter having moved
into the smaller MeGalliard cottage in
Iberyille street between the residences of
Dr. w. M. McGailiard and Mayor Charles
Maurin.
Numa Colomb has leased the residence
Of Mrs. Ozeme Landry at the corner Of
Iessard and Iberville streets, and Dr. S.
u. Vega has secured the handsome To-
bias residence III Iberville street.
3 Never Meter and family are temporarily
The guests of their relatives, MIR. and Mrs. |
Jacob Lebernnth, at their palatial home
81 Salisbury plant tion.
DR.. Sheard More and family are in
stalled in one Of the Massardier cottages
d Iberyilla street for the time being.
Others of the fire victims are comfort
ably located with friends and relatives, or /
d new domiciles hastily acquired.
The Chief will publish next week an ac-
alrate list of the losses incurred in the T
ire, together with the insurance carried /
" the various persons whose properties
we're destroyed or damaged in the big
.onhagration. From the incomplete fig
res presently at hand it is estimated that
he total damage will approximate $3.50,
100. with insurance 70 the probable amount
il ST D0. 900 OT less. 4