La Junta tribune., 1913-12-20
Ia 1uNrA's THIRD GREAT FIRE.
Fulton Market. Ia JuntA HarsiwsrU
Company and sherman Aanex (,o
Up 10 SmOke-e7S,OOO ln~s
Junta had Its third great firo

'Ast wednesday night. About
o'clock that night fire broke out in
the bakery. located In the cellar OF
the Fulton Market. resulting from
the explosion OF a gasoline stove us-
ed In raising bread. The baker, An
dy Kimmell. was on duty. and he
rushed upstairs and notified Clark
Rich. the meat cutter who Is on duty
nights at the market. to send In an
alarm OF fire. The department re-
sponded Immediately. and was on the
ground before the fire whistle
sounded. II was soon realized that
II would be impossible to get at the
heart OF the fire In the cellar, and
the flames soon gained such head
way that II looked as though the
building was doomed.
The streets were thronged with
people. among them being the room
ers at the Sherman Annex, who ap-
peared upon the scene in various
stages OF dress and undress uniform.
OF them just having time to make a
has,y and unceremonious exit from
| The burning building
Within an hour the Fulton Market
was seething mass OF flames. and
fears were entertained that the ad-
| ;oining Masonic block. Todd's drug
store and q. S. Thompson's furni-
tur. store We're doomed. The Santa
f' fire department then appeared
upon the scene. and several addition
al lines OF hose were soon playing up
on the flames The effect was In eyi-
dence almost Immediately. aud with
in another hour the fire was under
control and II was almost sure
thing that the flames would be con-
fined to the Winter block.
as they w.r. Ia tn. final analysis. or
windup and finish. The local fire
boys and the Santa r. fir. brigade.
are entitled to a world of credit for
the effective work done In confinink
the fire To IN. one block. Il Was
bsd enough ~ Il MAS. but Il might
have been = whole lot worse. A. it
looked as though the cntir. block on
that side of Santa Fe avenue was
doomed To destruction.
Tn. most serious loss of the firs
viii be- that OF the Fulton Market.
Mr.. Th-its carried stock OF gro
ceri.s valued In III. n.ighborhood OF
&?5,oVo. and carried no Insurance.
His loss viii d. total, with the .x-
c"ption OF the goods that he Is abis
To save from the ruins-duite a con-
sidcrabl. amount all told.
Tn. La Junts Hardwar. Company
carried insuranc. To tn. amount OF
10000. which IL about forty per
cent OF the value OF the stock Ia the
store. Very little OF IN. hardware
stock In III. stor. was reached by
tn. flames. but tn. damag. by wn-
ter and IN. falling In Of tn. second
story floor and the roof max. =
wreck and ruin that IL about as near
f''"p''S ~ " porrtDlN ufs
Tn. sherman Winter block WAS
built In 1907 by J. W. sherman and
J, W. Winter. the south half. owned
by Mr.. sherman. being built back to
the alley. and Mr.. Winters half for
a distance OF sixty-fiv- feet Mr..
Sh-rman's part represented AN In
y.stm.nt OF SIS 900. on which ther.
was insurance to the amount Of Ss.-
o0". Mr.. Winters half OF tn. build
ing Mas valued at sl0.ooo. and II
was Insured FOR - t.ooo. Mr. sherman
carried no insuranc. ON the furnish
iprs of his roomipr house. aud this
viii be- total loss.
The Masonic Tempt. was damaged
To the amount of fs5" and tn. fix
lures to IN. amount of Ss51. with
both fully insured. All OF the desks.
tables. chairs. aud everything else
that was loose. Was removed from
/ III. La Junta State Bank. aud some
of the furnishings w.r. slightly In
jur.d. but all of th. damag" sustain
I'D II fully covered by insurance. All
OF III" furnishings wer. also removed
from the P.arcc Abstract
office. and Thompson's undertaking
pariors. but any. damage sustained
resulted from the moving process.
and Ia fully covered by insurance.
The best feature OF the fire. II
there are any features Of that Kind
connected with -uon a catastrophe.
is the fact that the Sherman winter
block will b" rebuilt at once bigger
aud xrander than ever before. and
viii cover IN. two lots. 60xi%0 feet
In dimensions. In their entirety. Ia
la Junta Il takes morv than = Nc