The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-17

which might have tendency to
weaken them temporarily. The
smoke and fire did not discolor the
brick and stone to a great extent.
Most of the floors have fallen through
as wen as a portion of the roof. The
walls in front and back have settled
( several inches out of plumb and are
/ in dangerous condition. They will
/ be reinforced with props and sup
ports run along the side walls and
anchored to the upper side of the
/ building. Krietner Bros. are doing
= tho work.
The first real test OF the metal of
the local troup of Boy Scouts came
/ with the bitter hours of Sunday
morning and how well they stood the
| test only those who watched them
| know. Nearly all the larger boy
| scouts were i'll. Under the direction
/ of Scout Master Edward Jenkins they
did excellent work and carried cof-
| fee and sandwiches to the men, Too
much credit cannot be given them for
the work they did.
/ The loss ana damage incurred by
! the fire cannot be reckoned accur-
! ately until the insurance companies
! have gone over the ground and made
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| the building and stock of goods in
| Spettigue's and Reif's stores respect
| fully, and in the law offices Of
| Greene and McCarty, Bodie, photo
grapher, and Miss Mable Broad, will
! reach in the neighborhood of -45,-
| 000. The H. X. B. store to the
left of the burned building although
| wooden structure was very slight
! ly damaged in the roof. A. Eber-
| hardt suffered a loss from water.
! The buildings in the rear were
! slightly damaged by water. The
| heavy loosers were the owners of the
| building, o. M. Spettigue and w. j.
Ref
Homer Greene's safe was opened
! Monday morning and everything
! therein was found to be in excellent
/ condition. Most of his law books
were recovered. He estimates his
loss at about $2,5OO and he carried a
| small insurance.
Attorney C. A. McCarty was less
! fortunate. His safe in which he had
! placed many valuable papers, crash
! ed through the floor with all his law
! books and other articles in the
rooms. He carried no insurance up
on his Office equipment. He esti-
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j. A. Bodie states that his insur-
ance will about half cover his loss.
| He carried $1,000 insurance.
Miss Mable Broad had insurance
: g. the piano aid music in her studio
to the amount of $500. Loss par
TALLY covered.
w. j. Ref states that his loss is
! $4,000. He had policies to the
amount of $4,000 on stock AMI S5,-
600 on building.
o. NJ. Spettigue estimates his loss
at about $4,000. He carried $12,-
600 Insurance on his stock and
about $4,000 on the building.
A. A. Grambs, F. G. Terwilliger
and A. Eberhardt suffered loss which
was covered by insurance.
NOTES.
Protection Engine Company No. 8,
of which George Bergman has been
a member for 2S years, held a spec
ial meeting on Monday evening to
take action upon recovering the body
of Mr.. Bergman, dead or alive. The
committee, which is composed OF
Harry Richards, j. A. Bodie, Jr, w
w. Wood, e, H. Cortright, Frank
MacMullen, Jr., c. II. Rockwell and
n. B. Spencer, was empowered to
spare no expense in the search OF
Mr. Bergman, whether the body be
in the building or elsewhere.
Protection Engine Co. No. 3 is tC
be commended upon it's action.
Homer Greene will have his office
with Attorney w. H. Lee in the Fos
ter building. Mr.. Greene says he has
lost a number of valuable record:
that are over 80 years old and car
never be replaced. He opened his
large safe Monday morning and stat
ed that all papers and documents
, found therein were not damaged
, The family of C. II. Rettew have
, vacated their home and the store o.
; A. Eberhardt has been ordered clos
! ed. The town council has provided
day and night watchmen for the safe
J ty of the public.
= A. A. GTambs is minus a tooth al
) the result of the fire. He was ap
preaching his building and when IL
| front of it he fell over a line of hose
J Mr.. Grambs also had his right ca
frozen.
| one of the curiosities of the fir,
, was the quantity of fish that haC
: come through the hose. Perch, bull
) heads and sinners were among tn,
! variety. Some were so large tina
! they clogged in the nozzle of tn,
hose. The walk in front of the seen,
l of the fire was covered with small
fish. The water came from CajaV
: pond.
5 Old time firemen claim that tn
l fire of Sunday was the worst the.
! ever experienced since 1851, owini
I to the extreme cold weather.
e Attorney c. A. McCarty orderet
= new law books and other ofiic
= equipment necessary early Monda
e morning. He will have his offic
e in the council room of the Cit
/ hall.
a Most of the hose used by tn
t Honesdale and Texas fire companie
S and also the hose brought from
Y SeelyVille was frozen stiff so tina
in case of future outbreak OF fire,
y was found necessary to wire Scran
I ton and Carbondale for more hose
: Coffee was served among the men
;. it having been prepared by Mrs. {
e II. Rettew. Mrs. Oscar Terrell, Misse
e Charlotte Lane and Dora Conger an
e this served to stimulate the men I