Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-20
town OF GREELEY
SWEPT BY Flames
EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE STOVE
n IN RESTAURANT CAUSES
CONFEDERATION.
CONTENTS OF The BUILDINGS SAVE
New Modern Buildings Are to Be
Erected A. Soon A.
r
Possible.

On luuTSQay dDOuC one CLOCK III
the afternoon the residents OF gree
ley We're alarmed by the cry Of fire.
1T was learned fire had started in
The kltcnen OF Finch s cafe. The
glrI was tllnng a gasoline tank to
Lle Oil stove Wnen IL lgnIted and the
whole room Was soon IN a plaze. Tne
;oulMlng Was large frame slrucl-
ure an il was impossible 70 save
any OF the contents. Taylor's fur
nlture store Was large frame
ulalalng adjoining. THIS was soon
In flames, most OF the furniture, how.
ever being saved, but much OF it is
damaged. The fire then crossed the
street to the E., Marcham buMding
implement store, postoffice and hard
ware store. These four buildings
were OF wood and all large. Over
the post office the Woodmen lodge
rooms were located and it together
with its conlen.s burned. The lodge
nan no insurance.
Over the Marcham building Chas.
Monroe and family lived, but they
were visiting in Waucoma, and the
furniture was lost. The greater part
Of the contents Of the post office
was saved. DR.. Thomas also owned a
building in this block which was de-
stroyed. The fire then burned ON
the back street and the +. NJ. Bur-
bridge house occupied by Marshall
Hansel and family was destroyed and
joe Carols barn. There were also
a few small buildings and ware hous-
es burned. The little brick bank
building stood like soldier ,and help
ed to d. stop the fire on that street.
The neighboring citizens from
Oneida, Edgewood and Manchester
turned out in large numbers and
helped to fight the flames. The day
was warm and all streets were f,Nl Of
water, which greatly aided the
bucket brigade.
There are several buildings still
standing in Greeley which will cause
another conflagration unless measur-
es are taken to prevent it Greeley
correspondent. ':r. :.
The following are the names Of
the property owners and value Of the
buildings destroyed and the insurance
carried by each: ,s4,,A.. -, !.
" P. Hatfield, postoffice building,
loss, $3.50, insurance, $500. -
. - r. .
floor and second floor occupied by
ance, 5000. ~ a '.1 - 90
: E. E. Dodd, implement building,
$500. insurance, $780,. The building
was occupied by@, Ortmeyer, Brock
meyer & Ortmeyer,: who carried a
$4,000 stock, of goods and insurance
for $4,000. The stock was, nearly all
saved. 49,. ;. 49,. ~. rv
!, Dr.. Thomas building, value '$4oo. "
. L. A. Schneider hardware store
building, $1,000; insurance, $500. Mr..
Schneider carried a $4,000 stock Of
goods, which was insured for s., ,000,s
and about one half of the stock was
saved from the flames. ':, N
B. E. Farwell building. $3,400; in
surance $500. The building was oc-
cupied by the L. G. Finch restaurant
and an opera house. Mr.. Finch g
loss was about $500, and he carried
insurance to the amount of 81 $780,. O.:
O. NJ. Taylor furniture store valu-
ed at $4,000, and s1,400 insurance. '#
Mrs. G G. Coles residence was
damaged, to the amount of $100, and
household goods $500. .,., - ..,t5.
The ]. M. Young residence l., was
damaged to the amount of $500, full
ly covered by insurance.
The Security State Bank building
was DAMAGE to the amount Of 800.
. The Delaware County Telephone
sustained considerable loss to poles,
wires and meters. 5.+;3 .
Plans are being made by the b11si.
ness men of Greeley to erect new
and modern buildings as socn as pos
sible -E -.