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Two Store Fires

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
July
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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There was tin alarm of tire about three o'clock of Friday moruing last, routing our citizans out of bed at a very untiunely hour. The tire proved to be iu a pile of green blackwalnut lumber in the yard attaohed to the furniture manufactory of the Keek Bros., in the Second ward. By a general ut of the citizeus ín the vicinity, meu and w.imen, wnter wis ciirried in paiU and the lire put out before the nrernon reaohed the spot. The loss is eatiuiated at $1ÜO. We congratúlate the Messrs. Keek on the fact that it is no greater. Ou a windy uight the üre would have been a very destructivo oue. The origin of the fire cannot be satisfactorily accouuted for. - Another and more destructivo üre oceurred on the iorenoou of Tuesday, - the alarm beiug souaded about 10 o'clock. The lire origiiiaLud, as near as can be determiued, in a pile of green hay in the barn of W. Exiuger, closely connected with his atoro and residence on Detroit street uear the junction with Pontiac. It immediately commuuicated to the house, and, the fainily beiug all absent, the ñames were uuder full headway before the alarm was given. The fire compauies arrived promptly, but a supply of water was so distant that it was some minutes before effective work could be done. The railroad tank was first drawu from and afterwards auction was dropped into the gas tank. The building was entirely destroyed, also the adjoiniug house on the south, owned by Michael Clancy and occupied in part by hiinself and in part by Mrs. Like, with whom he boarded. Clancy eaved nearly all his furniture but scarcely nothing was saved trom Exinger's house, whose loss is estimated at over $2,000, includiug a piano valued at $200, a gold watch worth $150, $25 in money, household goods, and considerable of a stock of second-hand furniture and clotbing in whicli he dealt. He had no insurance. Mr. (Jlancy was insured for $600 in the Home, and estimates his total loss at $ . The roof was burned off the brick shop ou the point The wind was quite fresh from the west and it was with great exertions the buildings on the opposite side of the street were saved. The roof of Mrs. Diehl's building was two or three times on fire, and it was uncomfortably hot for the dwellings of L. E. Allen and James O'NeilI. There was found to be a lack of hose and what there was was not all of it in the best conditiou. Until we can have a mach better supply of water, with a steamer oc two, the hand engines, hose, etc, ought to be kept in the most perfect order. The great distance which the engiues were compelled to throw water, and up hill at that, made it exceedingly hard work, and we noticed an mdisposition on the part of numerous bystanders to lend a helping hand. The city ordinances might well be enforced some of these

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Old News
Michigan Argus