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ful;; fitDk-% ifI *BURLLRG TON, IOWA t i,MnurMaLIm iinbiwi wm or vtwuk is«t*»lt;-tio* L. flUbilt;ii«tii wm t as t» orrt* *«r. n. —— j—— lt;%»1Ii0mmuwmemm mm moivcs iitu i*r»o»««»r t■Inn II41truiKt riBEii tla BalMtaCi «*—lt;• mm lt;by fiftvw t ilitardij morttifii lait about bolt pw* two o * |dock, ft ftrr broke omi la the WboW* DryI Grocery Storm of Kimbnll k Co., cor-iM-.» id Jeflersor streets, which dwetroyIyfoprtt tbfto any that ever occurredtbie cltr. AltLougb the fire Companiesthe ground and labored rigorouai)impossible to confine theere the fire originated, theregood lt;WI of mod blowing and the water ha to he thrown frotu one engine into the otherthen upon the flame*. The three story brick bdfldmg adjoining, occupied hy Measts White** a Store ttore and the wooden tenement* belong-*■« to the Csaseroia Estate were ail cooaumedthe i»Mm reached the alley on the westtheir eourae was arrested by the fire prooflag of Dr Ransom.At one ti.j.e the fie me*spreading northwardIat met to the buddingi'and occupied by the Hawk Kye »HBco on th* third fioor. There wae a shower of burning fin- iAcre and partially consumedi• ithe roof, and the heat wae ao intensethe trout at to crack much of the flam an 1 iscorch the wood work considerably. Hut thanks 1roofbuckets and the Fire ('otnpan.* • who playedfront of thenamedJvfler«on streetcrippledyears.i Mr rftiaen* labored with great assiduityIr*iootlt;ng good* from the tamed. The Dry Goodeeared in the more of Kimballdamage. So wan a quantity of heat \ jGroceries. For them the fire could not hare oc Ired in a better time, aa their stock waa rut •down to the lowest pomt. They acre ineur* »t *to the amount of $Si,«**• on good* and fid,*** »buiilo*«tttbuilding was a thn-e etory brick be * Liman t'ook, Eeo , insured for two •ith juftaud end wa« worth from threeI■mnd. I» «i« occupw-d by J. a, a I' A. w hi*« j •i a Store store and tin ahop All the store* and t tin were wa* moored from the tirst floor with safe, took*, 4c. But the budding, Including th« ! ’ i t Ur, «o lull of stoves, material and tool*, and , iu *st of it wav consumed Mr White estimate*.idamage at filo,****-e aixideu t*uilding«oacgoods mored with small loss,Iitmore than #6o0, no insunutiIgood* mostly eared— |.losa wul be # I !**•—no insurant e. ]Gt-schwend, Prori* ms and Groceties,and damagem«se insurance. Stoll, Shoemaker, proper tr meed.I11Measr* Morton A Co., Hardware dealers, hada Urge stock and occupied the corner next theMm a ' ^alley. Thnr good* were mostly removed, little, j if any thing Inrlag consomed. But four fifihs o' *• Their sbwlf and hoe cut Urn was stolen. Their 1loss cannot tall much short ot $,ouu, nhkb, however, is fully covered by insurance. fll'p stairs waa a paiut shop belonging to «iMr. Wetmorc and the Justice office of Geo 1Friiw. Pretty much everything was removed from these rooms a uh little loss.eThis a as the Urgent fire that ever occurred in lithU city. The firemen labored at the brake, j *’hiuntil daylight and iu lact until they were coin ! pletelr aorn out. They deserve credit not onb *,for thetr Ionic cvuum.ed labor, bat for the cool j n*-** and a*ill exhib it d throughout. Our citi-.atens a ho rvmoved in *o*t»ort time -ueh a laice• o«amount of heavy goo.is, deserve much credit for a|j Use valuable property saved. LaAnd ae now take the occasion to returnthank*, on the part of those whose property pflwa- aared from drntructi m hr removal, as vol.those * hose buildings and good* were aared btith*a judtctou* end energetic use of water, to fire- j n and citisrns for the labor of Katurdat i tj(morn.u^, and the neighborly conduct and gooo thlt; freung that eiisted. m. la the light of this fire we are able to tr*laiu*several things clearly, among which we fiarlt; Hrouiv tune to name two at this tune: the wmi ;kaof an adequate supply ot water and the want ^ of a sufbvteul |mmu v lorce to prevent thieving?bciMVtl of tut Fir*.—-Two young menewi lt;•«■aMoved aa t'krk» m the Store ot Messrs ksmball• ^ * i firii4 to., and sleep ug on the third floor, had then fcjtlretreat cut off by the burning of the stairs be- cdfare tbev could make their escape, t'af ot them 1 l, i* jjamped down and the other let hnuseif down by j... .tfer bed ekuhs. Neither was hurt serk*u*!y. jTJ m| |While goods were b*-ing earru-d out of Vnr j ton's wore, a tu*«-t was observed *olacting «- rl«* sa le foe Uu w* u pet. t. and ordered to leave * 1 1under pain of bra.g kno%kod down. The uupa j dent scoundrel eacla.med “Tou tetter kmvk nw .Xo •fiM.hlMPr Mlt) tH ill iloit ft w M* I CiliEkiifiicJhrU Jk»»n «a (Mtfi lt;4 1ca4 but I T!kii» j U rI t hiiii
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye and Telegraph
Burlington, Iowa, US
Mon, Feb 16, 1857
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