The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-08
$4,000 FIRE
EARLY TODAY
TWO BRICK BUSINESS HOT SES
ARE GITTED WITH HEAVY
LOSS or GOODS.
HOTEL IS DESTROYED
Washington Hotel Is Burned Along
With All the Consents--Fire
Originated in kear OF Shell
ton RruS. Furniture Store.


Fire originating in the rear end
of the shelton Bros. furniture store
on South College street inst before
"A O'Clock this morning completely
destroyed the room occupied BY the
furniture store and the Nashingto
hotel and furnishings. and damagea
the Will Moore building and hard
ware stock sixty per cent, causing
d total loss of s3s.etas' 1t was only
by the quickest possible work that
the blaze Nas extingafslsed before the
whole block was consumed.
The losers are:
shelton Bros, furniture, saea,
with insurance at $500
n H. Shelton. two-story brick
building. ss.o0o. Insurance $3.50.
7. A. Synco. hotel fixtures. ss,aoa,
Insurance s2.apo
viii Moore Hardware company
building and stock damaged s25s-
a0a. covered with insurance approx
inaatea II se7.eoo.
The fire originated In the rear
Iof the furniture store on the eS
irene south side Of the hotel bnfld-
ing. II vas first discovered b.
Geo Borfnett. cues at the hotel.
who was awakened when his room.
directly over the fire became filled
With smoke He heard noise as II
something falling and then he be-
came conscious Of the fact that
there vas dense smoke in his
room When he came ont and gave
an alarm he was met in the hallway
by Mr.. synco and together they went
8ewnstairg and had look around
10. The fire. RI was overlooked in
tsae furniture store II first but on a
closer examination the fire was dis
covered II Was ting small blaze
then, but il spread ranidly and when
an alarm had been turned in and
the fire department had responded it
was a big blaze and entirely beyond
control Of The department while con-
fined in the hotel building.
Spreading before a stiff breeze
from the south the flames Tapped
oyer the wall to the second story Of
the WIZ Moore Hardware company
and rapidly ate its way through q
heavy stock of wagons and nipple
ments. Even The rafters supporting
the roof were burned but IN time
The efficient work Of the fire boys
prevailed and the blaze vas extin-
guished.
Jim Davenport. fireman, was
slightly injured when falling glass
struck him on the head, but his
wounds were not of a serious ma
ture
The fire completely Quilted the
hotel building and none Of the com
tents were saved. The second story
Of the VIII Moore Hardware com
many building was likewise almost
a total loss. The damage on the
first floor of this building was due
iargsly 70 water. the fire never
breaising through into the lower
floor 10 amount 10 anything.
In estimating his loss this morn
ing Mr. Moore declared II was diff
fieult to fix an estimate without a
more thorough Investigation. He Is
OF the opinion that his toss VIII 10
tai between $4,000 and 10000.
which VIII be determined largely by
the amoant OF damage done the
building II VIII be necessary to re-
place al the upstairs windows and
the roofing also the ceiling and
much Of the plastering On the walls.
LIE rot all ~ Ii,
The origin OF the fire Is unknown.
This same block Was burned four or