Show DEL T H A ViSITED jj Ly BY BIG Five Business Establish Establish- Establishments Establishments Establishments ments Wiped Out By Flames 4 ji estimated DELTA Oct 9 Damage esti- esti esti mated at was as caused by a 0 tire t aire ire which started In the he Thorn Thorn- ton t ton Thorn on dl ding ut store early parly esterday bul and destro destroyed ed the tho bUbl- bUbl nf ness S former formerly occupied b by Ih t 1 1 I lest National blink bank rh I bustness establishments were wiped out fut the flames consuming the en- en en tire entire block of ot the Pratt Mercantile company valued at nt the office of or The To gery the ot- ot of flee fice furniture of ot the Western Vestern Seed Growers Marketing company and the tho Western estern Land Colonl Colonization atlon compa n ny Insurance on the prop property crt of ot the th fise e concerns to totaled aled 46 At 3 o'clock yesterday esterday morning Denis Dents Black ered smoke Issuing front from the tho Thornton drug store The flames I at t the roof root spread quickly as burning fragments dropped In the room below belov and arid shortly gaIned headway Into the storerooms where here il Inflammable material was lS qi Q l Iy Ignited A favorable a breeze fromI from the north was all that pres prevented a still greater conflagration t I the city has no fighting tire apparatus lL II n si niAn rAsi So quickly did the nes fla-nes spread tnt only a cash register and a few fe cases ases of ot goods were ere saved saed from the Piatt Pi att 1 Mercantile company's stolk Se Several eral show cases were rescued front from the drug store and anda anda a hat blocking machine Crom rein The oAli ery The Pratt Mercantile company compan carried Insurance on stock of 18 18 with salvage of oC abou about 35 5 The building was sas owned by 13 bythe bytho the tho former First National ban bank Ie s organization assumed b by bythe bythe the Delta State bank which car car- carried car car- carried ried ned ce against II a total value salue alue for the entire bUIlding or of about Ilie allied S 8 S Insurance on a of ot Thorton Drug Im pan carried a stock of about bi well covered ered with Insurance insurance Insurance ance This fire tire makes the total losses loes In fh five fise e years ears amount to Up to the present no outlay has been Jeen In Invested ested 1 even esen en In a small chemical engine to combat fires With Ith no fire protection or fight fight- fight ng nS ng apparatus a a fire orico under cadway t cadway 1 Is unchecked It is less than two years ago o that the Blue I ird rd the Delta Mercantile com corn compan company pan Tinny pany the Clark Clarl Street Market the pool hall hail and the theater were fro destroyed de tro ed On OnI that site only one building has hast I t gone up the new mercantile homo borne of ot R It J Law raw soon to he be teady for fol occupancy 00 |