The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-06
NEIGHBORING TOWNS SCORCHED
BY FIRE.
StOughtOn and GAINESVILLE Sustain
Large Losses Sunday Morning.

Stoughton and GAINESVILLE Sustain
Large Losses Sunday Morning.
A fire which started in the Robe Dow
building in Stoughton at an early hour
Sunday morning did damage upwards
of $1O,O
The first floor was occupied by the
Stoughton State bank, the post office
and the candy kitchen operated by Mrs.
II. S. Maloof; the second floor by the
local telephone exchange, the dental
Offices of DR.. C. S. Toay, in the rear
by Mr.. and Mrs. James Simon and Mr..
and Mrs. John Bostrom. The L. M.
Jones barber shop occupied that part
of the basement Immediately under the
bank.
The fire had been under way for some
time when discovered, starting in the
basement, for which reason it was diff
ficult for the fire department to bring
it under control.
The whole of the upper story, ex-
cepting that portion occupied by the
telephone exchange, was completely
destroyed, including the Office furniture
and equipment of DR.. C. S. Toay and
the household effects of Messrs. Simon
and Bostrom. Neither of the last two
carried any insurance.
That part of the building occupied by
the post Office was deluged with water
and part of the fixtures damaged by
the falling of the ceiling. The damage
done in the candy kitchen was confined
to that done by smoke and water, but
the greater part Of the stock is a COM
plete loss. There was $500 insurance
on the candy kitchen.
The rooms occupied by the State
bank suffered the least damage, and
business will be carried on there as
usual until the building has been re-
paired. The barber shop in the base
ment suffered considerably from water.
GAINESVILLE FIRE LOSS 100000.
Fire which is thought to have started
from gas stove in an Office on the
second floor of the earle block at the
c9rner Of River and Milwaukee streets
III ] anesviile resulted in loss of about
$1J9 600. The fire started shortly after
two-Ghirty o'clock Sunday morning and
for over two hours the firemen fought
the blaze with every bit of equipment
they possessed. Chief Klein stated
that over million gallons of water
was used on the blaze and that at one
time the men were using four thousand
gallons minute. Ten streams of water
were played on the burning building
for several hours.
w. w. Dale, president of the James
vile Business college, and Amos Reh-
berg. proprietor of the Rehberg Cloth
ing company, are two of the heaviest
losers. Everything belonging to the
GAINESVILLE Business college, which oc-
cupied the third floor of the building,
was lost. Not single article in the
school was saved.
The Rehberg store, which had stock
valued at ST. 900, was completely dam
aged by fire and water. Mr.. Rehberg's
heaviest loss will result from water.
N. L. earle, owner of the building,
is also heavy loser, but the building
is protected by insurance. He esti-
mates his loss at $780,, The major
portion of the roof is gone, all of the
windows on the third floor and most of
them on the second floor were broken
and the water also damaged the build
ing to a great extent. 1t was one of
the most stubborn fires the department
has had to fight in many years.