Show BEAVER COURT HOUSE BURNED the records aud important papers saved special 10 THE beaver aug 30 shortly after 3 this morning the beaver county court house was discovered to bo on fire and despite the efforts of citizens it was totally destroyed the flames were kirbt seen issuing from a window in alie first floor au alarm was immediately raised but before the bucket brigade coald get well to work the flames spread and the fiery fiend became quite unmanageable the fire is said to have originated in presley bennas bennys law office but from what cause is not yet known the IT S marshal county recorder county clerk and the city officers had their offices in the building and the most valuable contents of the offices were removed to the street everything else except the contents of the district clerks fireproof fire proof safe bein destroy pd mr dennys valuable law library perished in the firmes nothing but the bare brick walls remain the estimated loss by the fire is there is said to be an insurance of on the building aad its contents the herald this morning states that the insurance was carried by fuller youna of this city A herald reporter called at their office last evening and learned that it was distributed as follows the commercial insurance company of california 2500 oregon insurance company of portland prussian national 2500 A dispatch received by fuller young last evening from the commercial insurance company stated that the adjuster had left for salt lake |