The Monett times., 1922-12-29
sELIGMAN BUSINESS
SECTION BURNS
Eleven Business Houses are Destroyed
Valued at $65,O00, with Only
$15,2OO Insurance.

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The business section Of Seligman,
a town of 800 inhabintants, south Of
Monet on the Frisco and the M. Il NJ
A. Railroads, was almost totally der
stroyed by fire about 2:30 o'clock
Sunday morning. The estimated loss
is S39 500 on buildings and $4,000 on
stock and furniture. Of this loss in
surance covered only S15,20O. Eleven
/ buildings were burned, of which SIX
were frome and five were concrete, in-
cluding the GLADDEN. Hotel, known
! to the travelling public for many years
as a hostelry for tourists and was one
of the best small town hotels in this
section. Mrs. Lucy GLADDEN. was the
owner.
Tie fire started in the Brink restr
aurant, the building Of which was
owned by Mrs. W. w. Frost. Neither
Mr.. Brink nor Mrs. Frost carried In
surance. The origin is mystery as
the building is concrete and has ccn-
crete floor, there being no wood in
the building except the shelving and
woodwork around the windows and
doors. There had been no fire in the
building. The fire swept both north
and south, and was stopped at the
Fawver hardware and furniture store
by dynamiting a small building next
to it.
Seligman having no fire department.
the citizens tried in vain to cope with
the fire with buskets.
In the building next the Brink rest-
aurant, where the fire started was
B. P. Northcutt's dry goods store. Mr..
Northcutt's loss was $1,000, with only
So 900 insurance. On the second floor
of this building was Henry Bcwman's
rooming house. The inmates were
cut off from the stairway by the fire
and escape at the back by sliding
: down the posts of the back porch. Il.
A. Walker owned this building and
, carried $500 insurance. In the sama
building was Hatfield's drug store,
I containing stock valued at 1000, with
> $4,000 insurance.
t The HiIdreth Cafe building and
stock, valued at $4,000, was a total
/: loss, with $4,000 insurance. Carl
:, Haneke had a general store in the
r next building. The building was valu-
e ed at $4,000 and carried $1,000 insur-
y ance. His $2,50O stock was insured
i for only $7O0. Judge G. W. Finn was
Y insurance agent for the building and
n this was the only loss Mr.. Finn had
in his company, although he has writ
y ten insurance for large amount OF
;, Seligman property.
g AS the flames were leaping over
IS the top of Fawver's hardware and
e furniture store from the Haneke
building, a barber shop between the
buildings was dynamited. This Jared
the Haneke building down and the
- - wall of the Fawver building stopped
= the fire. The hardware store was
badly damaged and the force OF the
explosion broke windows in the bank
" building, which was otherwise I'M
70 injured.
South from the restaurant where
the fire started, Mrs. Gladden's frame
~ hotel building and annex were totfllS
- destroyed. The hotel was well Turn
- ished with contents valued at $4,000
The estimated value of the building
% was $4,000. Mrs. GLADDEN. carried
$4,000 insurance. She had been OF
- ~ fered $4,000 for the business at on
g. time.
: Mrs. GLADDEN. awakened all ne
guests and they were able to get ou
all their clothing and baggage. Afte
ng thew had left the building, Mrs. Glad
den remembered one old gentlema
who had been boarding with her 10
eo wear. and whom she had not awak
ened She returned to the burnin
.ad building and had great difficulty !
oetting him awake in time to save NJ
life Mrs. GLADDEN. lost nearly all ne
'na personal belongings.
A large wooden livery barn next ii
o. hotel was destroyed. R. D. Skeito
Wv " was the proprietor. The building ws
' owned by Fawver & Co., as We're U
son other buildings on the south-Mr
To-, Della Hudson,s restaurant, baro'
shop and a store room on the corne
None Of these buildings was insure
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