Show Big Burns HARTFORD Conn January 9The most serious fire which has occurred in Hartford for years broke out at noon today in the dry goods store of G > 0 Sawyer Co The fire got under head waybefore the frozen hydrant could be thawed The fire burned tillCafterS pm and completely gutted tha block of storerin which G U Sawyer Cos store was the central one About an hour and a half after the fire started the firemen found in the rear of SawYer Saw-Yer s store the dead body of ThosTR Laughlin clerk of the fire board and one of the editorial staff of the Times He had evidently gone into the store when the fire first started and had been unable to get out Total loss UOOOP LiWEENCE Xs January 9 Shortly before midnight fire was discovered in the rear of A B Kahnereiler and Bros large double dry goods store Thefire department is almost helpless on account of the lack of water The flames soon communicated to neighboring neighbor-ing buildings and atl oclock five stores had been entirely burned and the fire was fitUl under full headway Probably the entire block will burn Kahne veilers stock was worth 55000 insurance insur-ance f3500 The other buildings burned so far are Daleys restaurant Stuffons dry goods store and the Salvation haIl Fully 150000 damage is already gone LATER The fire burned itself out about daylight Firemen and citizens were powerless and the flames consumed con-sumed the entire block Fortunately no wind was blowing and the conflagration conflagra-tion did not leave the original block The total loss ia 200000 divided among seven firms The insurance is less than 50000 |