| The Dallas
Morning News March 27 1901 DISASTROUS FIRE AT ATHENS ----------------------- Flames Starting in a Cold Storage House Destroys a Block of Buildings -- Fire Record. ----------------------- SPECIAL TO THE NEWS Athens, Tex., March 26 -- About 5 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the ice and cold storage house in the block south of the Cotton Belt depot and soon spread to the adjoining buildings, which were all frame. The adjoining brick block was saved from total loss by heroic efforts of citizens, but is badly damaged, all the doors and windows being burned out. The loss is about as follows: S P LaRue, ice and cold storage house loss $300, no insurance. J C Gauntt, loss on building $300, not insurance. J I Richardson, loss two frame buildings $600, no insurance. Damages on brick building $1,000, insured for $2,000. Damages to stock and saloon fixtures $500, insured. G F Brownlaw, damages to general merchandise stock, moving goods, etc., $500, insurance on stock $1,000. C H Coleman, brick building badly damaged, covered by insurance. Mrs. W G Titworth, damages to two brick buildings $1,000, insured for $2,00. Murchison & Henry, general merchandise stock badly damaged by moving, etc., insured for $4,500. Stirman & Gren, drugs qnd fitures badly damaged, covered by insurance. John Hogan, saloon, bar fixtures and stock badly damaged, covered by insurance. Smith & Jones, saloon fixtures and stock badly damaged, covered by insurance. T B Jones, damages $200 on restaurant fixtures, etc., no insurance. Gauntt Bros., general merchandise, damages on stock $2,000, covered by insurance. Gauntt & Wofford, damages to building $500, covered by insurance. |
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