New Ulm review., 1913-09-24
Two Fires Cause
$50O.00Da Damage
George Roeder's Barn In
Ruins. Blaze at Mer-
chants Hotel.
Henry schnobrich Hurt In
!, Sensational Runaway
Accident.

The barn belonging to George Ro>'
der on the Roeder property dlrec'y
south of the Hauenstein brewery
burned to the ground in the night from
Saturday to Sunday. The fire was
first noticed by the children OF George
Dietz when they came home from a
dance about one O'Clock. They in
mediately notified Chas. Hess at the
brewery. The fire department OF the
John Hauenstein Brewing Co. rushed
to the fire as soon as the alarm was
given and tried to extinguish the flames
with chemicals but the FIRE. had made
such headway that nothing could be
done. The barn is of course, a total
loss. 1t was proba bly, worth a couple
of hundred dollars with only $50 in
surance to cover the loss. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but it is be-
lieved by some to be the work OF
hoboes, who have been quite plentiful
in that part of town recently.
An incipient blaze for short time
threatened the Merchants Hotel near
the noon hour Monday. About half
past IL O'Clock Mrs. Ole J. Olsen
caught the smell of smoke and when
she opened the closet of their living
rooms in the rear part Of the building
on the first floor, flames shot across
the room, setting the curtains and
car pet on fire and in few moments
the whole room was ablaze. A fire
alarm was sent in at once and the fire
department responded with their usual
promptness. Before they arrived on
the scene, however, Roy Berg who has
his second hand store right across the
street from the hotel, came to the
rescue with fire extinguishers and bad
the FIRE practically under control
before the fire department arrived.
The Ere laddies used the chemicals
only and had every trace of fire ex-
tinguished within fifteen minutes after
their arrival.
just how the FIRE started, no one
an tell with certainty. There was
no thing in the closet to produce in
stantaneous combustion and it was
not electrically wired. 1t is believed
that the three year old son played
with matches and in some way
managed to set the clothes in the
clio set on fire. The damage to the
building itself is merely nominal and
is fully covered by insurance. The
door and castings were scorcbed and
the plaster damaged some. The
sm oke worked itself thru the ceiling
in to the second story and came out OF
the windows and it looked for awhile
as tho the second story were on fire.
Mr.. Olsen's loss is considerably
greater than the owners. In addition
to the damage to the carpets and fur
niture, practically all their clothes
we're burned or ruined by the fire. Mr..
Olsen thinks that his damages may
run up to $500.
A runaway which occurred yester-
day morning about 7:30 not far from
Stuebe's farm near the city limits,
altho exciting while it lasted, was
fortunate in so far that no one was
seriously hurt and that there was no
damage done to the team and wagon.
Henry Schnobrich was on his way out
to the slaughter house to bring in
some meat forMrs. F. A. Schnobrlch'
meat market when the accident
occurred. The team of horses be-
lopged to Mrs. Schnobrich. They
were exceptionally spirited and lively
that morning.
When about ! mile from Stuebe's
farm, the snapper on the right side
which holds up the neckyoke gave
way and that was the signal for the
horses to bolt They literally tore
across the Filzen field along the left
side of the road, Henry Schnobrich
hanging on, trying to check them but
without success. They made straight
for the right of way of the Chicago &
Northwestern and leaped over the
barbed wire fence, clearing all three
wires at one bound without receiving
. scratch. In its impact with the
fence the wagon became slightly tilted
aud Mr.. Schnobrich was thrown from
the wagon with considerable force.
He struck the ground in such way
that he sprsined his left ankle. The