Show A BIG MERCUR FIRE june jane 24 aa celebrated sow mining camp has again been visited by a disastrous blaze that it was not wiped from the face ot of the earth to is due entirely to the heroism and bard work of some mome of our citizens the ore fire started at 4 0 molook this morning in senior bros restaurant from a coal oil stove the building like all we the rest in the city was waa a frame one d soon euon tho ib e names flames fanned by a giff canyon breeze wuie their wy way east and west the residents resident rolled boiled from their beds and gathered ir ic too ane streets in the he greatest excitement many beisig 00 oo 00 excited to lend land assistance but COO cool beaded men went to work with a determination to save the city they were led by james hogan james hickman and charles berry and as they climbed on to burning buildings to got get positions of vantage they on several occasions with others were on the point of losing their lives alvee As an it wa the half hair board beard and eyebrows of a number cumber were singed while their faces and hands bands were badly burned the fire swept fro from inthe the senior res to the vienna bakery silver club saloon now new york restaurant Mulli uld tailor shop woodruff fl bros store acore and abd a number dumber of other buildings some of these were partially covered by insurance while others were without protection the loss loea la Is about about 6 5 this abia morning a fire occurred at mercur which would have wiped out oat the town but for the excellence of the new fire service and ana department part ment As aa it was the loss Is heavy but fortunately nearly all covered by insurance the fire started in senior bros bron res ra caurant aud burned each way to the mercur drug com company tore store on the north and the herour mercury on the he south an approximate estl easto of the lose and insurance inaura ace Is IB as follows fol lowe thos carter general moro bandise low lose about 2000 insurance 2600 la in we of hartford advas of of Got gothenberg gothenburg henburg american of philadelphia and british america L E hornbuckle who owned the building in which carter was located sustains a lose loea of about fully COT ered area by insurance in the home of now new york and the me of block lyn J W yates who was next door south and who owned the he building and contente contenta oon tenta or of we sideboard saloon aloon had bad a low josa of about covered by a policy in the A american central judge guage jbf E B db who owned the au joining building which was worth about had bad insurance inBur anoe to the amount ol of in the orient of ii hartford artford the ton tenants antip wiggins and woo conducted tue tle oliver club saloon baloon had no and lost about in took stock and furniture senior boothem Broi Bro hera them which the fire origin originated atod lost loat about with a policy in the american central centra ut ot st lour louis Say seybolt boit who occupied the ba balance larice of to ane building which was waa owned baw by W 1 I about with insurance inaura oce of in the aachen munich the now new york restaurant CUI Dese was waa uninsured an aa was a emall email tailor shop adjoining woodruff bros bro who own me building in which the owners conducted a general book a stationery stationary business buBl new lost about on building and contents oon insured in the evaa avas Madg eburg aud and Pru islan national nearly all of the insurance Inaura noe was wag carried by he be firm of windsor and Hud hullion gudjon lion who have A branch office in the town iowa mr winder leaves in the he morning to go look the interests fl of their companies the people of are to be congratulated that the then fire re stopped where it uld and that wey they had bad the goud good banac some gome little time me since to put in hyu ranta and home hole by private subscription had it not been for or this protection we the entire town would undoubtedly have gone up to in flam |