The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
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ILL.,, July 2

Fire completely uoSSOy0o LIZ
.eyator of James McCarty, located
,a.r the c., B. & @. railway station in
mic city, Sunday night. The alarm
aas sounded soon after midnight, the
ssnartment responding promptly. but
.ha FIRE had already gained such head
NV that it was impossible to save
.se structure. The fire is still burn
ns and the grain lies there, with the
.na mart scorched ard charred, while
,vnpdarneath the same seems to be IN
sa;rly good condition, andsit is
,hansht that by screening some por-
.,on Of It can yet be saved. 1t is es-
.;.,oted by the owner that there was
en- mo- worth of grain in the elevator.
No same consisting OF about 1900 or
. ION bushels of wheat, and like
mount of rye, and the rest of the
snoca occupied by the oats. There
.rore also two cars of grain on the
..act one of oats and the other OF
we the one loaded with oats being
.nsbed from the scene of the fire, I'M
n the grain was unchanged, but the
oar was badly scorched and the con-
action burned off. The car loaded
r;tb rye was directly beside and
west of the elevator, and the heat was
% intense from the flames that IT was
imnossible to get near enough to re-
base the brake, so that the same
might be rolled away. When the
asmes had subsidized to degree and
The brake could be reached, the SIDES
If the car had burned SO much that
tbe grain had spilled out under the
wheels until it was impossible to
move it. This grain was also burned
and filed 18th dirt from falling to
the ground.
The grain was covered by insurance
% the extent of $4,000, and the build
inc and machinery to the extent OF
3 ooO which only partly covers the
total loss. The engine room being OF
brick stood except the west slde
where the connection with the eleya-
tor had been burned down.
This fire comes as a great loss 10
tho owner, and also to the community
inasmuch as we have all been doing
mr bit to conserve the crop and send
the same where it would do the most
benefit, The fire comes at time
whom the elevator was filled with
grain owing to the busy rush of the
threshing machine through the coun-
nv MANY farmers having made no pro-
vision for storing. their grain, but We're
hauling it directly from the threshing
machine to the elevator.
No clue has been obtained thus far
as TO the origin Of the fire, but officers
are diligently seeking to learn Its
cause.
Joe Dye passed the elevator about
L. o'clock midnight and detected the
odor Of burning rags, but was unable
to locate any fire. but within an hour
Of the time he had passed. the fire de-
partment was on the scene fghtlng
the flames.
The body of Sergeant William
Stout, which had been at the Hearne
Undertaking parlors since the funeral
services Wednesday. awaiting the ar
rival of relatives from a distance,
was inferred at Moss Ridge cemetery
Sunday afternoon at $3.50, with all
military honors. The procession was
lead by the Carthage band, which
PLAYED martial music enroute to the
cemetery, and after reaching the
grounds. Taps were sounded, and our
hero was laid to rest amid sorrowins
relatives. friends from Colusa, and
many friends from Carthage and the
Immediate vicinity. All the members