Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-28
LITTLE INSURANCE
WAS CARRIED ON
BURNED j BUILDINGS
Loss, Because of That Fact,
is More Severe-Doll's
Loss is Heaviest.
FIGURES SHOW THE
! TOTAL LOSS $780, $50
Grand Forks City. Owner OF the De.
Nfcrs Avenue Bridge, Has No Insur.
ance to Protect Itself Against q, 900
Loss Sustained.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Totals =. ....$ .$so,55o $3.50

The fire.. which this morning de-
stroyed the east approach to the De-
Mers avenue bridge and six buildings,
resulted in a property loss Of approx.
mately $90.500. Less than $4,000
insurance was reported. OF this
amount, nothing is known OF the in
surance on the Gund building, which
tents. This insurance is on record in
the main Office, and the local agent
could not say how much was carried.
NJ. j., Enright, owner of the auto
garage which was located beside the
Gund building, is out of town, and the
amount Of insurance he carried could
not be learned.
Doll Heavy Loser.
Charles Doll was one of the heaviest
losers. Mr.. Doll owned the double
building occupied by Moore and
Karnes. who ran a poolroom and
bowling alley. 1t was in this structure
that the fire started.
Mr.. Doll said his building was val
ued at $4,000, and he carried but
$500 insurance. When the bridge
saloons" were closed several years
ago, Mr. Doll. like the other property
owners on the approach, had no in
come from his building, and conse-
quently he let the insurance expire.
A short time ago he renewed a $1,500
policy.
Sullivan Bros. also cut down on
their insurance after their building
became empty. They kept UP $4,000,
however.
Gund Insurance Low.
The insurance on the Gund build
ing is very low, it was said, Charles
Taylor, the former agent. said that
the company dropped q great deal of
it after the building was vacated. 1t
ts believed that they kept up one
small policy. but the amount could
not be learned.
Ole Hanson had stock and fixtures
valued at $1,000, half of which was
covered by Insurance. Mr.. Hanson
said this morning that there was ST.
greater part of the morning cooling
the safe 80 that it can be opened this
afternoon.
w. J.. Brohman's stock was valued
at $500, and he carried but 500 In
surance.
Clynch Lost Personal Effects.
J. j. Clynch, who ran a confect1on.
cry store and lunch room In one part
Of the Gund building. carried $500
insurance on a $1,000 stock. Mr..
Clynch lost practically all of his per-
SOHal ellSCl0 I1G was olCSpAu6 III Su0
building when the fire broke out. and
had very little time to get his clothes
on. There was about $S5 in the cash
register. which he was unable to save.
Harry Harm lost $500 in stock,
which he had stored in the Gund
building. N. G. Olson & Co. had ST.
900 worth of paper stock stored in
the same structure, and $500 iusur-
ance was carried on this. =.
,Valuable cafe fixtures and $500
worth Of Bilverware also were host.
This was the property of John Gund.
The building and fixtures were owned
by Mr.. Gnad personally and not by
the brewery corporation, 1t is said.
Moore and KaInes.
Robert Moore and A. B. Karnes,
who conducted the poolroom and
bowling alley, had valuable fixtures
and stock. 1t Is estimated that the
outfit cost $1,000. Half of this was
covered by Insurance. ,
st, Railway Company Lines
The Grand Forks Street Railway
company lost approximately $1,000.
The rails from the first steel section
Of the bridge to the end Of the ap.
proach. were destroyedskand part Of the
trolley wire was made useless.
The Northwestern Telephone Co. al
SO lost heavily. The lass IL estimated
at 81 500. This includes part of the
company.s toll lines for Northwestern
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