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Before dawn Sunday [[]].... [[Cosmopolitan fire]]: order of destruction: 3 small buildings ([[Merritt's lunch counter]], [[Brown's tobacco store]], [[Bishop's Side-Board Saloon]]); [[Flick's gambling hall]] (owned by Charles Bishop, made of pine logs that gave out such heat that the rest of the block was a goner); [[Basinski & Bros]] stationery and general store; [[W. E. Savage & Co.]] drug store (a 2 story frame) adjoining the [[First National Bank]], which was brick and stopped the fire. Loss estimated to be as high as $100,000, insurance covered about $50,000, mostly by Phoenix, Liverpool, London and Globe, and Aetna companies. Cosmopolitan (NE corner of Main & Sixth, one of the best in the territory, $8000) Owned by [[H. E. Wolf]], leased by John Chinnick. Performers lost all their wardrobes. Three attempts had been made to burn it down and had been discovered in time to prevent them. The next building was owned by [[Bishop]], rented by [[Flick]], not insured. [[Basinski Bros.]] lost $40,000 due to large inventory, only partially insured. The Savage drug store ([[Dr. Read]] a partner) was well insured, loss not heavy. Fire dept was quickly on hand but powerless.
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