The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-05-16
S25,OOO.OO FIRE
DESTROYS DAY AND NIGHT GAR.
AGE AND FARMERS PRODUCE
COMPANY MONDAY
NIGHT.
Four Hundred Telephones Out Of Com.
mission on Account or Melting
Of Cable-Fire Department
Does Heroic Work.

One OF the worst confagratlons that
has visited this city for a number Of
years was that which burned tho
buildings and contents of the Day and
Night Garage and the Farmers Pro-
duce Company on East Second street
Monday night at O'clock entailing
loss OF about $4,000.
Just how the fire started is not
known. Some think that It started
from a short circuit from an electric
wire while others say tnat IL started
in the vulcanizing room from other
cause There was no one at the garage
when the fire started except George
Routt, a colored employe, who was
standing in front of the building sprink-
ling The blaze was first discovered
by a woman in the rear Of one of the
houses on Lindsay street who inform
ed Routt of the blaze. When he turn
ed around a greater part of the build
ing was a mass of flames, which spread
rapidly over the entire building.
The Fire Department arrived on the
scene a few minutes after the alarm
sounded and although they worked
heroicly they could do nothing but TO
httD Nlt IIb llOul W oul
rounding buildings, which were smok-
ing and ready to burst into flames
The Kinney Mac was the first to arrive
on the scene and the Uncle Bob was
brought few minutes later. The
hose were stretched and water was
playing on the blaze in a very few
minutes. The lives of the firemen were
in danger by a number of gasoline ex-
blossoms during the fire.
The building and the produce house
on the East side belonged to Mr.. Sam
King. Mr.. King estimates that the loss
of the building together with the
large amount Of eggs, butter and 9TH
er produce will amount to about $4,000
with no insurance.
Messrs. J. s. CHM and Frank NJ. Al
len were the owners of the garage and
their loss will amount TO several thou |
sand dollars. Besides losing large
amount of machinery and automobile !
accessories there was over 5000 in !
money burned. The books of the com |
pany we're recovered late Monday |
night and although badly scorched and
water soaked most OF the writing in
them was still discernable.
There we're fifteen automobiles in
the building and all Of them are more
or less ruined, most OF them being n
total loss. Only two of the machines
were insured-the Mlddleman truck
being covered with 1000 and the ma
chine the least hurt of any in the fire
and l.. c. Parker's touring car had
5000 insurance. Following Is the list
NH In Nha hull In !
Middleman Transfer Company-ReO
truck
Samuel Tully-International truck
Central Meat Market-Cadillac de-
livery truck.
b. II. Greenlee-Maxwel roadster
and Ford roadster.
]. II. Ginn-Small roadster.
T. r. Northumberland touring !
car.
Frank Shea-Hup touring car.
]. Wesley Lee-Dodge touring car.
Mike Brown-Maxwell touring car.
L. NJ. Cavendish-Two Studebaker
cars.
L. c. Parker--Buick touring car.
DR.. w. C. Observation-Disclosures tour
ing car.
George A. Hill-Naxwell roadster.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Cavendish was very for
tunate in the fact that three of his
cars were out of the gar
age being demonstrated to prospective
purchasers.
The large truck belonging to the
Mint Cola Company was Just entering
the door of the building when the fire
broke out and Chauffeur Mack Hen
Erickson backed the car out of harms
way.
One of the heavy losers in the fire is
he Maysyille Telephone Company. The
new cable which was recently put up
through the East End was melted In
front of the building and over four
hundred telephones were thrown out Of
A large force OF men
worked on the cable all of Monday
light and are still busy. but it is
thought that the service will be re-
stored by tomorrow morning. Tho
oss TO the telephone company will
AMOUNT to several thousand dollars
md will delay the work on the new
exchange for q short time.
Workmen were busy on the wreck I
lge this morning removing the mass
II twisted engines and machinery. Sew
,ral Of the automobile engines were
lot seriously damaged and new bod