Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-05-02

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Destroyed M Eiiss 81
OLD LAND N (; Re- G
HE Meat Markell il 4 Iotal Feelt'
Nd Heesaard Bnildins Il
Beyond Repaiir. S

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asts 10 MI
and clock Are was discoy ered by
Night oficer Craig III thes did Dick
Jones meat market ON nor Oak st.
The building ch al an old franss
structure. was owned Yrs. FsIs
Hopkins of This city and vas occupiad
by illialn Dock dorf, who bougAt
out Mr. Tones. Iaeat market several
months ago.
The IRE depar tnien ut arrived on the
scene promptly, but It took quite
while I'd locate the seat OF tho hre
on account OF the dense smoke which
seemed to come from the meat mars
iet and the Heegaard hardware store.
Meat Market Totally Destroys
The meat nlarke lot and contents were
totally destroyed BY the IRE. Mrs:
Hopkins the owner 81 the building
places the value 81 the building At
Bss4 900 1870 covered ~ insuEs
sanoe amount of 81 She
is undecided 70 wfet heT she will
rebuild of moi this year, 8!S
MI Dockandorsfs the owner or the
meat say HIS loss an t l,s.
INJURIES hinersy and meats,
foot San nearly NJ. 100, ths insnr's
ce o 81 So
aeeaaarsa stose i wreck.
shS out per mart ot
bussl los
md also part of the fl,,or Id The
second story large part OF it being
so badly burned that ~ fell to stthe
ground floor ana destroyed conside
able stock.
fss believed that the Heegaard
building is 30 badly wrecked by the 4
fire that the owners win not attempt
10 repair 1t but will erect q new mod
ern brick building on ita site this sum
Srer.
The principal sufferers by the IRE B
are the Heegaard company, who owns
ed the building occupied BY their
hardware store, who place their loss 4
at 81 %, Oo0, building about ~, 900 with Il
900 loss and damages to their stock 4
OF goods, which Is fully covered by
insurance sSs.
Young Women Escape.
Upstairs over the building occlir
pied by the meat market Miss Nellie
Jorgenson, who conducts a millinery
parlor over Tarbell & Williamson,s
drug store. with her sister Miss Alice,
maintained living rooms. and they
barely escaped with their lives, all s
their furniture, clothing. etc., being
destroyed, exec pting that which they
hastily put on and the contents Of one /,
small trunk. Their loss will be bs.5E
tween $500 and $500, covered by $500
Insurance. Il s8Sss5
2 If the wind had been in the south
there is no doubt that The row Of old 4
frame buildings across the alley which
are occupied by Geo. Ghristion az q
shoe shop and by One Lung as g {
laundry would have went up in smoke.
origin Of Fire Unknown.
Fire Chief Mclaughlin says that he
.is at a loss to understand how the
fire started and adds that 1t was one Of I
the most stubborn fires to fight that
he has experienced since he has been
ON the fire department The firemen
did valiant work and deserve much
credit.
Carpenters Lose Tools.
Oscar EggeSand several Of his mex
were at work in the basement Of the
meat market making some repairs the
day before the fire and the carper-
tiers are minus their tools, they having
been destroyed with tho building
1t Is hoped that the old buildings
will be replaced By two modern busi-
ness blocks IN the near future
Oldest Building II, Waterfowl,
The ameat market building which
was destroyed was one Of the pioneer
buildings In WATERFOWL. This build
ing was erected BY Gunder Shold 81
this city thirty three years ago and
the lumber WAS brought by team from
Gary.