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'Iung-|saiifcri’ed y 1BIG FIRE D AM A G E:bVfurhiture was ; removed from thelim-£;;®:fl|osh'';Exbebdibg;!Clouds ,: of: thick, black ^okif^^^be: student who was o\-ad a j firsts indicationof a ;vdisastP0tisf^^ jtht^idwiSlIi^ig-.' Itev^which £ brifuhated££im the feinainedwit-3I1nen4., :' 1' I-The ;; ;H oraeef;; ?MI I Hiti^ 1probably iho^Jin^ the east ; recently vacated by the;AmeclCah8:siibb^^businbsfenieri; wlm h burned; out;£haye;sleri£5tob; £busy'* t»*f v '*. .-.*lt;••*•*■ ' • • * ./v*'••■*•*•'* ■■•: vV’;^ •’ * '-.^T''.-■ : )• '-'■' ■'■■* ’ *’■ .••: 1 . 1 ’••: '• since the. fire, adjusting their losses arid g^ting^reBrewer '£Ha.d 1 ey’s fubhishihg£!s tores;the Linger felter louse make definite arrangements for the‘-nnijust before noon Friday!raged until practically the! entiref£il^S}fE¥lbafted out from the win-riblock east of the alley on /thel^e Dewey building, and north side of Thesqtiare' was!Thrbe hours playedr'«Ap-edrug lore, T A. Barnett’sfuture. All of the buildings fronting Main street will be rebuilt, however. It is - not known - what disposition will be made of the. .!* . • •', • • r J. * *• '*•’••••. ^ ’ 1 * . . J % *v * * * * * ••Yennc holdings, rt is said'that his leaseon the; sdcond s.lory Of £ the Selmier and Estep buildings is rendered void by the fire. T,he remod-pl ly [day) j earn, new forir of• % smor-wi.II*r’so.-•ley,Me-H* cciy * •had•f- m ,•eat-nar-oughhaslor-lameThewereirat-legesandlabileher» VI-tha tri a-it infar-werekins,o ^ ..v.uu o pooJc’Jibiothpds l-hat the house was saved.store, °Bert ' Hampb^Ps** restaai’anClV''#?'- Cawley building, was prob-i eling of the Selmier building-willJ. W. Thompson! jewelry store, H£{'Wy--.Tdan™aG»d §2,500, the greater include the installing of an iron Sears’ dental’ office) Waiter^parlvbf which, however, was caus-Aiiiu_ -od by : water. The fire0.Whyte’s studio and Horace Milli kin’s barber sshop. •• •• %The fire is supposed to havecaught infront and the enIrance .to the jewelry store will be made level withthe rear of this building and spread; the stre instead of being elevat-in under the roof. The roof was cut. to pieces by the firemen inoriginated fiern; a gasoline stove-,in-PSTnie--:lranei the rear of the Hadley store. ^re- After th6de- ! ard will rebuild,ed as heretofore; 0. L. Thompsondon Towles was working as a press- pnrtment hose had been taken'-from; have not yet. been er at the time. Suddenly the en- {tlds^buildingr volunteers remained’ tire' back room of the store bursl I with ’ garden hose and buckets and into i mass of flames and Towles: cdhtiriued the . fight, and had itand Mrs. R ich-but' their planscompleted.received painful burns in a futile ! no^ been for their efforts- thisDamage Suit Compromised.4 ■ ,pA compromise was effected in the damage suit of Mrs. Mary E.efiort to extinguish it. Whether, the stove exploded or* its flame ignited a volume of gas originatingfrom something else is not known!'jThe breaking of a fire plug caus^ :^^^* L. .Thompson probably ed delay in gelling a stream, of jsu^ereh the heaviest loss of Stockwater on the fire and bv the timebuilding woulddestroyed.The actual loss of properly as a i result, of the fire is figured atalso have been I Hunter vs. T. H., I. E., Saturday,thefitiremen had transferred the.* • • * . * K * / . ** . - ✓ 4 ‘ . * *. * | y .*to another plug the fire was beyond their control. The Tirespread quickly from the Hadley store to the rear of the Thompson drug store. The gasoline, oils andstored in the rear of that*•.••• '■ ' . * v-. . ' *) uilding became ignited and a se-ies of explosions followed which caused the flames to spread still more rapidly. The fire ate its way into the Whyte studio and the Sears . dental office overhead - andcontinued eastward until the remainder of the block had been cleaned out. 1The firemen put, up a hard fightand succeeded, ,* .* .r. /. 0i'l ames ,tor thea great quantity of oils, paints, glass,' etc., being destroyed. He had a stock valued at §8,000.00,after considerable evidence had been submitted to a jury. It is understood that the . amount given Mrs. Hunter was $2,500. Anothersuit, that of J. W. Hunter againstthe traction company was included in' the compromise. The suits re-' *J r . - ' . * , . . * . * *suited from a fatal accident whichand iie carried nsurance to the occurred near Greencastle in Sep-i put up a hai'd figh 1 • ?a c-,- t-u msui ed in confirung thej ^yP- Lra\vley’s:b! ck in. which/':the'r^^’^,^' ^a' ^ :amount of $5,700.« He owned1 the building^occupied by Brewer Had-ic iarid carried $2,000 insurance onit^vfrflr ; ■;♦ » • , * .. • . * . ... . , •. ^ / • “ * * . * •• i ■ * • •. ’ * *. . ■ • s,E. Brewer Hadley lost a large amount of winter goods and rub-iie(! goods Tvhich were stored in^ u *' . 1’. •' , “• ' , ***. , ■ , / • * ’ %iiis back room. He als lost considerable new stuff;; He carried $1^iO insurance. ;■V:;.;-'li;!;riTuv room occupied by fhe C. Ft.: Thof^sOh; drug store was owned biflMcs. P. P. Reichard, who car-rifd $2,tV-0 insurance.building was in-and his slock 6i.«. temher, 191 . Hunter and his family, consisting of his wife and two children, took passage on a traction car. They were carried past their destination and Started to walk back to the place. It was necessary for them to -cross a creek to get back and they startedacross £ Th^^raction bridge. While on the-hcldgo a limited- par -rahtlire originated, 'but their efforts to $^'Q. lt;»iil-side of the building hiso*G?save any of the business7 rooinsj other than the Crawley where the Wind was in their fa-• . 'W. • . ...vor, were futile. ■If the fire plug at the northeast corner of the square had notbeen broken by volunteer fire lighters in an effort to turn on. the fvaler, the fire probably wouldhAAri mil. mit wif hnnJ a fnnrlliheaviest loss will be on his pool* . ' • v . kr* -** / * - # • * . a *tables, they being soaked with water and practically ruined. When• % * *• %*. :the fire began threatenining this• . ' ‘ t ‘ .. • * • */*. .*• - •building the saloon fixtures andthose of the lunch room were re-mo\ed, but later in the day they were placed back in the building.. . • * ’’ * . * * ^ # . , i■ L. A. Barnett carried $2,000 on hishnnlccstnrA • Wic ct,nr».lr hnc Kpatithem down. One of the . children was killed and Mrs. Hunter was• ' ■ . - ' '••• • • '*• -. • ■ .t *. ■ ■j.V*'* : V^V. •. , • ; 'If ','T;Kbadly injured. Mr. Hunter brought suit against the compari^gfbr; the death bf^his; son and Thb^caseljwas; venued here£ . A jury awarded theplaintiff; fSiPOOplhnd the! company appealed to the supreme court.Dias Following Operation. :• * x*. . 1 * • , •Ebert. Shoemaker died in an Indianapolis hospital last week following an operation ft. appendi-* * . .. ' * . * v...%citis. Ho is survived by a widowand one child. Deceased marriedMiss Blanche Sturman, formerly of this ulace. about a vear aero.
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Danville Gazette
Danville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 12, 1913
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