Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-02-13
JEFFERSON Loses
AGAIN IN BIC fire
Two Business Houses On Polk
Street Destroyed. Loss $4,000

Jefferson S business center was
invaded again by fire early Sun
day morning. At about 2:45 q.
m. night Waterman J. T. Web
ster discovered fire in the Schlu-
ter building on Polk Street, &C.
cupied by J. A. Dunlop, jeweler,
and Prof. r. w. Wilson's book
store. He gave the alarm and
the light plant whistle and ring.
ing of the fire bell soon brought
many to the scene. Hose were
attached to nearby fire plugs and
soon four streams of water were
playing on the burning building.
The fire spread rapidly and the
building was SO enveloped in
flames that nothing was saved
from the jewelry or book store.
The rear Of the store and ad-
joining building were used by
G. II. Haggard to store and keep
much of his stock of collins and
furniture The fire soon caught
in the roof of the store used by
Haggard, but by the heroic work
of the firemen and volunteer
citizen on the roof, front and
rear of both buildings with hose,
the fire was confined to the up
per floor, and the fire wall be-
tween that and the Park build
ing, the block was saved. The
first building was burned out,
only the walls left standing, the
second building had the roof
burned off and second floor was
saved, but the stock was almost
ruined by water.
The block contained five stores
all occupied but the Park build
ing; ROsenfeld, G. G. Thomas,
jeweler, and Citizens Drug Go.
are the other firms in the block.
The fire broke out at the same
day of the week and almost the
same hour, and lacked nine days
of a year, Feb. IS, 1912, when
the big fire destroyed the entire
White Block, " Polk Street, just
across from the block this fire
broke out, and Haggard's Furni-
ture Store was in the building
that was partly destroyed and
in the fire of 1912 this roof was
considerably damaged and stock
Water-sOaked.
The tiremen showed fine work
in combining the fire to the two
buildings.
The buildings were two story
brick and owned by w. Z Schlu-
ter. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000
The one on the corner Of Polk
Street and the alley, occupied by
}. A. Dunlop, jeweler, was total
loss Of contents, except what
was in the safe. Loss 81, 900;
insurance 800, Prof. r. w.
Vinson, was also in this building,
and lost his entire stock. Loss
on goods 81, 900; insurance $500.
G.. T. Haggard carried 81. 500 on
stock. Total loss on buildings
and stock about 10000; insur.
ance $1,000. The insurance was
carried by Is. f. Sherrell, G.. A.
Stutz and M. II. Glass, IT., in
companies they represent.
While coming to the fire Mr..
M. Rosenfeld, to make a short
cut, started through the alley by
the burning building, when
small section of the wall at the
top fell in the alley and a brick
hit him on the shoulder, but he
was not hurt much.
Tom Lee Torrans, in assisting
to get the hose to the roof of the
building, fell from the awning on
the Park building and escaped
without injury.
After the fire was put out,
dynamite was used on the walls
to tear them down. The front
wall fell, but the alley walls are
still standing.
one OF the large plate glass IN
the new Sherrell building occu-
/ pied by q. T. Haggard furniture
and undertaken, across the street
was broken by heat from the fire,
I Origin of the fire is not known.
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