Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-12-29
HEAVY DAMAGE
TO FRUIT STORE

The Bacon building on Third
street was severely damaged by fire
shortly after midnight. The structure
is occupied by the Yellow Front store
and the Link Jewelry store which
were both heavily damaged by the
blaze.
The fire is believed to have orig
mated in the basement of the part
occupied by the fruit store and after
spreading through the basement
swept everything before it in the sec
ond floor in a short time.
Shortly after midnight the siren
sounded and when the frefghters ar
rived soon after, the blaze had gotten
such a start that any attempt to res
cue, any of the property in either por-
tons of the building would have been
a hazardous undertaking.
The Yellow Front store received the
greatest damage. 4 %..9'.9-,, no attempt
has been made as yet e recover any
of the canned goods sn1 other seal
ed articles in the place. it is believ-
ed that most of them have also BEEN
destroyed by the fire, lie establish
! had recently soften in a ship
.ent of lard flour, sugar, apples, ETC.,
and most Of it went in the flames.
Although the jewelry store was also
burned inside, most of the valuables
in stock were deposited in the two
ton safe that now rests on the base
ment floor, having fallen there when
the first floor gave way to the fire.
The Yellow Front safe is also among
Rhe ruins in the basement and can
be recovered later. The partitions be-
tween the second and third floors
remained intact in spite Of the heavy
blaze that charred the walls in the
building.
Insurance
Insurance on the property:
Bacon building --------------$25OO
Link fixtures ------------S3 $3.50
Yellow Front stock ----------8000
Sparks From The Blaze
A large crowd answered the call
of the fire whistle but after 80 or
As minutes of watching the crowd
thinned out.
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No damapn was done To the Helhiq
Storage Battery place or the Singer
Sewing machine office, located on
either side of the damaged property
The Bacon building is now owned
by Mrs Carlos Bacon of Lodi and af-
ter her death is to go to the /. O.
D. F. lodge in this city.
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At one time M. T. Garrison had
a theatre there and others have oc-
cupied the building. The Yellow Front
store opened in July 1920.
* * *
N. TOmpkins proprietor of the Vel
low Front is out of town and does not
know of the fire. Employees of the
store do not know whether he is in
Milwaukee or Chicago.
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The building was erected by the
late Carlos Bacon about 1875 For a
time Mr.. Bacon operated a furniture
store which he sold to E. S. Erswell
now a residena of Ontario, California
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The easements of the Schadde
buildings, the plumbing shop and the
t,Nplace occupied by the Singer sewing
machine Offices, were damaged by
water. The loss is covered by insur
ance, in both instances.
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One of the returned soldiers don
ned his gas mask and entered the
basement of the Link place to dis
cover the source of the blaze there
Volumes of smoke we're coming from
the basement of the Link partition.
1t is stated that a small fire oc
Cured in the Yellow front store or
Monday but was put out by the pro
prietors The fire was caused by ar
Overheated furnace and the heating
apparatus might have caused the con
1agration Tuesday night
s. * 81
Smoke from the bsaze could be seer