The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-02-22
TWO ENTIRE BLOCKS DESTROYED
Entailing a Loss of Approximately
100000, With Less Than
$4,000 Insurance.

1--WE demands of just such a pro-
tectlve feature.
On the north side of tbe street
the Crea building, occupied bv
the Robert Dunlap jewelry and
nook store, the only brick in
the block, caught fire from the
'front.' and thus offered little de.
lay to the progress of the
flames, which swept on to the
east end of the block, and grave
~ threatened the destruction of
the new Schmadeka brick block
just across the street, but which
was eventually saved with the
loss of the large plate glass win
doWs and other items of damage
Ihe flames being checked in
thelr eastward course in both
blocks at Hall street, they turnee
Doth north and south, taking the
Free Press office on the north
i and the creamery and Armory
and other small buildings on the
south, making clean sweep of
both blocks. When the Armorv
burned, the |. O. O. f. hall and
opera house were in imminent
danger, and escaped only with a
severe scorching by the shifting
OF the wind. AT the west end
OF the block the Idaho rooming
house, standing Immediately at
the rear of the Savings and Trust
company bank building, also es-
capped as by a miricle. with a
badly blistered exterior. Had
this building caught fire this en-
tire block from the band to Elm
ers-Wood's hardware would al
most certainly have been con
sumed, with a strong probability
of the First National bank block
going with it.
From the Batty corner, oppo-
site the First National bank, the
flames took everything north in
the block, including the old
Standard-News and Fogg build
ing at the north corner. This
put the George D. Smith livery
and other frame structures on
the west in great danger, but the
course of the wind and the eff
forts of the fire fighters COM
bined again won out. and the
flames were thus confined to the
two central blocks,
This disasterous conflagratiOn
is generally conceded by the old
timers to surpass in loss and
distressing conditions wrought,
the well remembered fire of Sep
tember 5th, 1905. Something
like sixty business men and prop
erty owners have been made vic
Tins of the Saturday morning S
cOnflagration, with an attendant
loss estimated at 100000 And |
the sad feature of it is the in
surance was so light, something
less than $4,000, which means
the financial ruin of number
of the uninsured. However, there
is not a pessimist to be found IN
the entire list of sufferers; but
on the contrary all are disposed
to be decidedly optomistic, and
are now busy arranging for the
erection of new buildings and the
purchase of new stocks of goods, !
at the same time expressing the
well founded conviction that
within a few months all regrets
will have been swallowed up IN
the rejoicing over the new ana
greater Grangeville which VIII T
arise on the ruins of the old. 1t
is simply impossible to keep down
people possessed with such cour-
age and optomistic views. Most I
of those who saved portions OF
their goods have been gwen room
in some of the other business
houses and offices, and are dong
business in the most cheerful man
ner possible under the trying con
ditions. Following is a talriy
well authenticated list OF losses
and amounts of insurance car