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Loss’ w OMEECE ® rpoubana Dee The moet disdstrous/ fia RY 008 for many a year ie Sunday, but the # store of J, OWen, sees ona Prout cnt tOF er Of Pub. ¢ ® k ~Yy THE ALARMy, Several young meg wer e in front of Donnel!xsa store, across the street fro and happened to nell make igs suing from the top of the second story ,windows of that building, which at first they supposed was from the stove in the clerk's bed room,. But it grew dens to t heir claria, began sho es! Many # crevice abhv ¥e' s below Mr. Charles H Hesler, Dentist, was the first to jump at the correct solution of the cause, and gave the alarm of fire. They racross the street to the store—found the door locked, and tried to kick futsiin, but it withstood their efforts Frank Johnson shoved John Yergin bodily, through a large pane of glass in she car, and both entered the astore through the opening thus made .The room was full of blinding, suffocating smoke. TO THE RESC PE. By this treng—sceriely and ethapa micute—the alarm had spread, and citizens had hurried to the spot, burst open the door, and commenced to take out the firat goboda’ within their reach, for a glance I showed them that the rear of the store was all on fire and extending tup through to the third story. They continued thin but a moment or two, for the open door made such a draft that it was closed and the broken pane blanketed up to keep out the lair. In the meantime the steamers had been brought to the reservoirs on the Square, thirty yards distant from the fire, and shortly afterwards the band engine,, Wooster No. 8, was oh Hand. The fire bells rang out in floudest, clanger. Church services were inter rupted in the midst of sermons, the congregations dismissed without a doxology. And men, wanted and children, eager to be there, along the pavements or through the mud, until half the population had neverilled the scene, indulging in many an excited exclamation as they viewed the burning store (ENGINES AT WORK. In eight minutes from the first alarm the Relief No 4, was throw ing first water on the fire, the Del uge No. 1, nearly the same ting, but, unfortunately, just after commending to work pursua flue, and became un servicable. The gallant Wooster, No. 3, was not behind, and was juick in getting water on the fire., The Good Intent No. 4, was hauled by horses to the Babb reservoir, ready for duty, but its services, luckily, were not required. The members of that company, however, aided the other firemen all in their power. The White Cloud Hook Ladder Company promptly placed their lad ders at the windows of the second and third ataries, up which they fire roically put their position to batting Are with water, alth nearly suffocated by the black that rolled against them ;in dense volumes as to hide them view, QOthers by ladders mounted with bose to the roof on the side of the block by going over the front of Lewis Shibley'’s jomatry store, and thereby attacked the fire through the sky light. Thus, the firemen were enabled to fight the flames from above and below, the chef stream on the roof deing the most execution, @DODS REMOVED. Believing the building woul consumed, cocoon as the partial clearing away of the stifling anjoke gave opportunity, dizens of oltigens rushed wrth commenced the dan gerous work of removing the stock from the burning store room, to a very short time this was successfully accomplished, and a greater part of the goods placed to safety on the pavement on the north-east side of the Public Square, though much of it in a badly damaged abe jou from fire or atea. 0 removed Hota, the bapee Ee or space bringing it down the ladders, or throwing’from the windows, MATTERS LOOK DESPERATE. Matters, looked desperate, at this time. Power’s store was full of fire, every best place in the adjoince buildings; aud at was feared they, too, were on fire, or would soon be come no. *DAQ. Lignett's dry goods store on the aast, and Wm A ner’s Variety attire on the west, especially angered Water as to 1 pacet a Upper filings, read goods stored there wateras The books, papers, ,in T. y. ete law office, Ser Donner” @ store, were taken out, and preparations made for the gen eral removal of everything from the stores, if it became necessary, TILES/FIRE EXTINGUISHED But as? blood will tell? no firemen'a phil! prevail no less than half an hour. under the able man agement of Theodore A De Young, Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart ment, they had the fire under per fect control, and if an hour not a spark remained. They kept its de struction confined to Power’s state, and to that part of the buildings in which it originated and had made headway when they first attacked it—struck it hard at the right time and place, and managed the whhble afigir with consumated skill d prompt vigor, for which, too much credit,cannot be given them. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE There is every evidence, and believe it is conceded, although it is not exactly known, that the caught from the heating turns which is located in the cellar at back parts of the store. The clerks,an actual every morning, huilé = fre there, and at 11 o'clock went to Church, not having observed any indications of fire. It commenced under the floor, made its way to the stairway,which acted as a chimney, and away.It went blazing up to both the other stories, and when it got under headway below it had a gold draft and flamed fiercely up through the sky lights, which are almost di rectly over the furnace. Looking at the burnt timbers and blackened walls after all was over, Itseddis markablas that more damage was done. THE 18S is estimated at about $14 000— 3,00 0n pullding 3 and $10,000 on goods, '. THE INSURANCE Is $10 .00,a8 follows: (to the build ing—Columbiana Mutual, a ; Knox Mutual, $2400 Qo wok Columbians Mutual, stat Amb zon, of Cincinna’ natty $a, man’s, of Dayton, $ ovo: “Giard Balladelphis, § $3,009 ; Lycoming $d The loa , to W. A. Donner, fro pods damaged by water, is $1,000. spaced in the Phoenix of Hartfor' ja Ou cd ft ot eel tit Beas goo 8 were stored at the Court “Hou whee. they yet remain ff
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The Wayne County Democrat
Wooster, Ohio, US
Wed, Feb 18, 1874
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