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Ssmmtvi Fiirt?.— At about 1 o'clock on Thursday night last, a fir* broke out in the hat More of Mr. Homers, on .1 eff‘*non street, i the entire content* of which, a* also the doth* and trimmings of Mr. Kob»n*on, merchant tailor, w?rc consumed. 1 be flumes |j toon extended to the adjoining building occupied by Mr. Qverboker as a clothing store, I ami the second story by Mr. Johnson as * coffee house, and despite of every effort to arrest the progress of the fir**, the second and third stories were completely destroyed. Mr. , Overholser saved his goods —Johnson is said i to have lost all he bad. 1 he adjoining houses, severally occupied by Mr. Talhmt as adng store, by Mr. ‘tear as an auction 1 •tore, by Messrs. Foote k Kwing, iron store, and by the Messrs. Carpenter, jewelers, were barely sa\ed by the utmost exertions of our eslixcns and by the efficiency ami untiring efforts of the fire cornj any. The night was intensely cold, hut fortunately there was no wind of consequence. The building destroy- i 1 cd wss owned by Mr. Win. Jl. Posticwaite— » a fine three story brick—uo insurance. The 1 one partially de troved is owned by Col. Ia- * vid — insured. We understand that the losses , of M ssrs. Somers and Robinson are coveredthe fire *does not probably exceed $10,000. Cons id-j ering the hour at which the fire occurred the coldness of the weather-—the difficulty of t procuring water—and the locality in whkdt ' the fire originated—it is wonderful that our city escaped so lightly. t ■ * ”***' ii'«i iimwsp I #by insurance. The entire lo»« hv
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Burlington Daily Iowa State Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Feb 09, 1856
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