The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-01-13
FIRE FIEND
WAS BUSY
LAST NIGHT
SieInOn Loss $4,000 TO
$4,000 Cohen Home
Burns Three Alarms

the fiFe fiend was busy ID chicka.
sha last night and property to the
value Of nearly $4,000 was destroyed.
The sigmon furniture factory, total
loss according to the statement Of
d H. sigmon. owner. loss between
$4,000 and $4,000
ia Cohen residence, tive room cot
tage and household furniture, total
loss estimated al $4,000
THE men Of the local iire depart
ment worked an night. leaving the
scene Of the last fire. tie sigmon fac.
tory at 1880 o'clock this morning
An alarm was given al l0.50 o'clock
and a run was made to the Rock Isl
land yards. A fence near the Oh
tank where crude oil has been unload
"a was the cause Of this blaze The
fire was quickly checked and no dam
age done
Al 1850 o'clock an alarm was turned
in At the central station from si6 COL.
oraao. Fire IN the residence Of Ed
Goben was discovered by Billy Holt, a
cab driver. and ihe house vas a total
loss IN spite Of the heroic work ol the
department. The Goblin family were
not al home. being ia oklahoma city
On visit and the origin q the fire
IS u0i known The house adioHine,
belonging 70 Nrs Edwards aiso
caueht flru on lhe ROOF but the depart
menl were able 70 check The flamcs
and very little damage was done
BILLY Volt who was driving bis cab
IN that vicinity discovered the blaze
Al the Edwards house and probably
saved tie lives Of tee family BY awak-
eulng them anu turning 10 the alarm.
The Goben house at thai time vas
enreioped IN ilames
while tie boys Of lhe central son.
ton were busy al the scene Of the
Cohen Ore tbo third alarm was given,
the sigmon plans being on fire .TAa
wagons from station No. had iuss
reached me central station when ine
alarm vas received They rushed 20
the scene arFisiAs there at 2.-a Of
clock. Cnlel Ca.ts received the
third alarm az sl6 colorado avenue.
The Department worked faithfully
aud rapidly but iha rlaut was mass
Of flames when discovered and was
burned to the ground. The plant de.
ssr0yed vas n The building lhal CON
galned tAe machinery GOT the outline
out Of al classes 81 furniture manu-
lactured heFe. Expensive materials
Aere also stored ia this part
The night waichman says That he
had just made the rounds and found
everything IN good order around th'
factory When ihe Iire was discover
cd il was sell uuder way
This IS The third fire that has beer
recorded at the slsmon factory. All
the other buildings Of the company
are brick and concrete. The fire iossei
we're only partially covered by insuf
anee
d. II. slgmon, president q the sis
mon company IN a statement mi
morning estimated the loss at be
tween twelve and fifteen ihousan
dollars. The entire plant q the iui
a.turc factory was DESTROYED and ih
machinery totally ruined SAID he
swe have no idea how the fire orig
mated. The watchman turned in th
alarm d 2:io O'Clock this morning
Mr.. sigmon said that a policy q
5000 covered the fire losses
The wholesale department Of th
slgmon factory and Che mattress ia'
tory we're not damaged The iil
hose that was used to protect thes
buildings was frozen SO thai il coul
NOT be removed from the ground ih
morning
MISS HOWARD WINNER.
Miss Alyce Howard won IN the q