The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-20

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Main. where the fire gtzrZed, that
The wtadors On the front Of Ias Ocd
Feisows building sc-oEs The street
we're broken and fen crashing 10 the
pzye-aea, and the folding shutters IN
ride Of ths hall In the second Story
we're gcosehed, and holes burned in
(, The window frames and WOODWORK OF
the front Of the building. olistered.
Whites lumber office just west Of
the hall across sth street, was blis-
tered on liz front, and IL required he
roic efforts 10 keep 1t from catching
ftre; tae White plumbing room vest
If the office had every pane OF glass
broken 81 liz front
/ TIE rear Of Mrs. v. Schmidts gro
bcery, the eighteen inch wall OF which
prevented the fire from spreading
was scorche6 IN the second story, but
I the fire did not enter the building.
The small ou1builSipgs IN the rear OF
The store also the Eck5ohm and the
Drogs warehouses, adjoining were
lszYed by q stream through $50 feet
Of small hose, furnished By Ar. Eek
lbohn and attached 10 the store by
drant, one man, stranger, who
boarded az the Hotel Grant and lost
all Of his clothes, applying water with
thig hose on these buildings for
he .l~af tzezr k.Frt
he was suitably rewarded in cash,
through the efforts Of Megsrs. Dross
land Eckbohm, and was presented
with a suit OF clothes. The fire
burned for three or four hours before
lit was safely under control and in
1.-THE meantime had destroyed several
lsections Of hose that could not be
reacued because of the heat
Electric light and telephone poles
and wires were burned and the SER
Iyice greatly impaired, but force of
iworkmen at once went 10 work this
morning TO repair the damage.
The bulk Of our citizens were
quickIy at the scene all ages and both
Igexes, and women assisted the men
az best they could in removing the
Istocks Of goods In the threatened
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them on the opposite side of the
street, which was soon full; by $50
la. n. the goods were back in the
istore5 and in order az II they had
never been moved.
In the big Weber garage on the
North side OF Main all Of the autos
were quickly removed to Clay street
In the rear when the fire increased
in volume.
There were only six buildings, but
mess firms suffered.
The fire beginning in the Battels
building, 9Th and Main st. from some
so far unknown cause, destroyed the
grocery stock OF Oscar SchfIllng on
which he had s1,500.00 insurance. al
80 the store room adjoining on the
east. In same building, where some
bank fixtures owned by J. f. Pros
ser OF Chicago were stored, these
were total loss.
The second story OF the Battels
building was divided into two living
apartments occupied by Oscar Schil-
ling and family and Marshal Normal
lBennett; both families barely escaped
with their lives; fortunately all but
ione, the baby of Mr. SchiIling's chill
Idren were in the country visiting; in
Iescaptng the Schillings saved only
what they wore and the heat was so
Intense the floor burned their feet
Marshal Bennett and family lost every
thing, escaping half dressed; the cid
est son returning 10 save some cloth
ing. had his feet badly blistered and
had TO drop from the second story
window, spraining an ankle. Marshal
Bennett had his back burned by 4
flake OF FIRE dropping on II. The two
families had no insurance on their
household goods; the Battels building
was frame structure covered with
galvanized corrugated iron and proved
a finder box; no insurance.
There Is sixteen tons of soft coal in
the cellar still burning; 1t was recent
ly put there as Messrs. John Battels
and John Meyer expected to open a
new stock of groceries in the building
July (already ptIrchasedt Mr. SchiIl