The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-07-18
CITY VISITED BY $4,000 FIRE
SUNDAY MORNING; SLIGHT
BREEZE PREVAILED
waiter Hckerson Frame Block William Webb Warehouse
anu 1raham Undertakers Chapel Wiped Out; No
Insurance; Defective Flue

Ire which broke out about II
. clock Sunday morning totally de-
Stro|ed the HickersOn block at the cor
lef o1 Main and College streets and
the Webb warehouse across the allav
TO the south The total loss sustained
ny the owners and tenants Of the huild-
ioss burned and others adjoining is
estimated at approximately $4,000.
Ihe llrst alarm of fire was sounded
on the streets when smoke was seen
coming from the roof Of the Kicker
son building. \ number Of the band
poys were at the Eimers garage in
readiness to leave for Fem on a large
truck and as soon as the fire alarm was
gwen the young men We're Immediately
on the job. One ran to the fire station
ana returned at once with the fire
truck, another hiked over to the fire
bell and others lost no time in Joining
the rapidly growing crowd Of fire.
nghters. BY concentrated efforts the
tremen managed to confine the flames
TO the Hickerson building and the
warehouse, both of which were frame
structures Three and four streams of
water were poured into the furnace of
bameS, from all sides and also from
the roof Of the Grangeville Savings II
Trust company block, and to the heroic
efforts of the firefghters may be at
tributed the gratifying fact that the
bank structure, one of the city's most
modern buildings, was not severely
damaged in the fire.
The tenants in the Hickerson build
ing succeeded in removing a portion of
their furniture to the street though all
of them suffered losses of furniture,
household goods and personal effects.
The express office fixtures, records and
other goods in the office which as To-
Gated in the middle store room of the
HickerSon building were only partially
saved. o. c. Hickerson, express agent.
places the loss at the express Office,
including the household goods belong
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. HickerSon, who
occupied quarters in the building. at
approximately $500, the latter being
800. The express office business is now
being conducted from the room west
of the City Bakery, to which place
Agent HickersOn moved the Office sup
plies Immediately after the fire.
The heaviest individual loser in the
fire was Walter Hickerson, who owned
the Hickerson building. He places his
liss at approximately $13,500 and stat
ed that he had no insurance on the
property whatever. Mrs. Julia Simp-
kins. who conducted a rooming house
ON the second floor of the Hickerson
building estimates her loss at $1,000
with $500 insurance.
o. T. Lingo, who had a stock of
furniture stored in the Graham build
ing in the G. S. 4 II. Co. block, reports
a loss of about 81 900 which is covered
by insurance Most of the damage sus-
tained here was done in the removal
of the goods and by water and smoke.
In the Globe office from which a
large part of the furniture and fixtures
were removed in the rush, considerable
damage was suffered on account of
water which poured through the cell
ing from the floor above, and from
type cases being pied and other articles
being lost in the excitement The for
cStry office force carried out most of
the office records and much of the fur
niture and equipment from the office
of DR.. Wood was also removed to
safety. Practically all the tenants of