The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-01-10
DISASTROUS FIRE
THURSDAY NIGHT ON
WEST SIDE SQUARE
NOBLE WORK OF FIREMEN PRE-
VENTS MORE DESTRUCTIVE
SPREAD OF FLAMES.
FIRMS WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS
rour Houses on West Side Together
with Contents Damage to Amount
OF Several Thousand Dollars by
Gasoline Explosion.


Gasoline Explosion.
More than $4,000 damage resllte,
from flre mere Thursday night whe,
the gasoline stove in the Baumal
6akery exploded, and for more tina,
IN hour 1t appeared question whetb
er the firemen or the fire would win
The losses were distributed amons
several parties, they being Martin &
Collier, Bauman Bakery, Lee Jlarri
son the Five and Ten Cent Store. Mrs
M. j. Vaughan, Hutton & Fulton AND
the Church estate.
| The Eauman Bakery is practically
to- Il loss, everything including the
large oven and steel machinery be.
ing damaged beyond usefulness.
ASIDE from the stock on hand the fix
lures and machinery cost $4,000. Mr..
Bauman carried $4,000 insurance.
The loss on the building will ap-
proximate perhaps $1,000 with insur.
ance sufficient to cover.
The five and ten cent store, own
ed and operated by L. E. Harrison, in
the two buildings Immediately north
or bakery and owned by the Church
estate, was not very seriously damag-
ed by fire but the stock of goods car.
rled made them especially easily dam
aged by water, and the soaking the
stock received made it practically a
total loss. The stock will reach
$4,000 with insurance to the amount
Oh $4,000 The damage on the build
Ing is covered by insurance.
Martin & Collier, druggists, were
the other heavy losers. The fire new.
er reached them, only breaking
through the wall from the bakery in
two places, this being promptly con-
trolled. but the water that was pour |
ed through the opening in the wall
from both the lower and upper stories
damaged all the carton goods, water
soaked the fixtures and seriously |
damaging everything in the store.
Messrs. Martin & Collier carried
$4,000 insurance
The fire started in the bakery, on
the square at 5;45, by the explosion
d a gasoline stove when Harry Yau-
nan undertook to light it. The ex-
'ios1on came with such force, and the
Dom was SO completely filled with
ne flames that those inside had bare
y time to escape without serious inju-
y, Bauman himself losing HIS trunk
IND wearing apparel, and his face !
vas slightly burned.
The firemen were delayed some
en- minutes before the current could
'e turned off and enable them to get
stream through the wires to the
ront of the building, and all this time
he flames were getting a hold on the
'lne counters and shelving inside, and II
ne place was an exceedingly difficult
ne to reach anyway. Added to these
1fficulties there was steady down
our OF rain that was almost to the
reezing point, making it slick and
ven dangerous to the men who we're
1aklng the fight to save the block.
'umbers of times it looked that the
len We're in control of the situation
MY for the flames to again break
ut at some new place. The flames
anne through the roof within a very
mort time after the alarm was sound
and before the water was turned :
n, and it was by the most determin-
! efforts of the men that there was 3
DIT a more severe loss to the town.
For awhile it was feared that the y
Bank & Trust Company
as in danger but all fear was soon
layed, and while everything was =
$1,000 ~ 'hO fouit AOtuluS Was re- ~
owed from the building. Water was &
'pt playing on the front and rear 3
the builing in constant stream =
It'll it was finally conquered. TX
No better work could have been !
ne by any set of men than was done :
the Columbia fremen, and many 4
re the kind words that were heard q
garding them while the fire was in =
ogress. Chief Ritter was every. 4
lere and his men responded nobly Z
every call, and Columbia owes it .
their noble services that there was
destruction here Thursday %
int. -
lrtin & Collier and Lee Harrison o..
j take stock straighten out their
DDS and go right on with their bus.
ss, stating that though disfgured
y are still in the ring.
3auman Gill begin at once making