Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-08
HEAVY LOSS WHEN
GARAGE is GUTTED
IL or Is Cars Go Up In Smoke
When Cooks Garage Is Com
pietely Destroyed

almost a year guttcd the Cook
n, iaragc at the corner OF Third
and Water streets about z o'clock
"Wednesday morning. Some Is
or 10 cars were completely de-
stroyed together with all acccs-
sorics. The loss is estimated at
fully $4,000 by those who have
figured up the estimated value OF
the cars that were lost. 1t Is
understood that there was little
insurance. The building was
owned 10y DIR, Aardy Taylor. who
recently moved from Waco to
Mt Sterling II. y. Cook. pro-
prictor of the Cook Garage. fig
mcs that he has lost something
like $500 or $1,000 in accesSor-
ics. Burton Roberts. proprietor
OF the Richmond Buick Company
had iour used cars lost in the gar
age. ON none OF which he had any
Insurance. Several new Bucks.
fully insured, were stored i'll a
warehouse nearby and were un-
scathcd. Ii has only been 4 few
weeks since AIR. Cook and aSso-
cate, bought the garage and re-
pair shop from Mr. Roberts.
Mr.. Cook had close call Tor
III, lie when the fire broke cut.
. lie wa, sleeping in rooms over
the office in front. He Is 4 very
sound sleeper. anC not until the
flame, were ON him. did he
awaken and ger out. AS 1t was
he had To leave without fully
drcs,ing. and jumped out in his
underciothes. Mr. Roberts took
him home out OF the cold and ont
fitted him.
The blaze was discovered by
Forest March. who lives in the
Todd apartments at the corner
OF Second and Water streets. just
back Of the garage. The alarm
was quickly turned in but by the
time the fire department was call
ed 10 the scene. the entire inside
WAS fuH of fire and smoke. and
il was almost worth man ;
life L. 90 in. Several did burst
through and get out few cars.
The big truck full of samples.
driven by J. T.. DickcrSon. oi
thc Lexington Dry Goods Co..
was rescued 10y Alr. Dickerson
who FASTENED down from the
Glyndon Hotel at the corner OF
Main and Mater when the alarm
aroused him. lie barely got it
ont in time. About three cars
were rescued before il became
absolutely impossible to dare
the blazing inferno again.
The origin of the fire Is un-
Known. Those who got to the
scene first say that the blaze
was burning icrccst in the rear
where a large stove was kept
going during the night. Ii Is
suspected that in some way
this stove may nave been the
cause Of the blaze.
Some Heavy Losses
Mr.. Cook said Wednesday af-
tcrnoou that his loss will run
over $1,000 in the fire which de-
stroycd his garage early Nedncs-
day morning. He carried 5000
in insurance, but had stock and
machinery he carried at well
worth more than $4,000.
Mr.. Roberts four cars were
uninsured and he estimates his
loss to have been over 81, 500 to
$1,000.
Mr.. Ault. manager OF the shop
department Of the Cook Garage,
saws that there were II cars de-
stroyed by the tiameS. lie says
his list shows the losses as fol-
lows:
Ford coupe, owned by :. Will
Wagers.
Ford roadster, Buick roadster,
Overland touring and Winton Six
touring car, owned by Burton
Roberts.
Grant touring car, owned by
!. d. Willis, of Grab Orchard.
Chalmers touring car whose
owner he did not know.
Ford roadster, owned by Bob
Brandenburg.
An old Ford. owned by Mat
Baxter.
Briscoe roadster, owned by
Dr. X. l.. Million.
It's we'll to remember that it