Plainfield, Wisconsin Fire
Jan
8, 1909
FIRE AT PLAINFIELD.
Sunday afternoon fire was discovered in the
building at Plainfield occupied as a restaurant
by W. H. Collins, formerly of this city.
The blaze was put to at that time before any
material damage was done, but during the night
it started again and as a result of the second
fire the Collins restaurant and the
Merychunk
saloon adjoining were practically destroyed.
The building occupied by the restaurant was
owned by May Coon and the saloon building by the
Newhall estate. A report from Plainfield
says the losses were fully covered by insurance.
The Plainfield fire department called upon
Hancock for assistance and a liberal supply of
hose and a number of men were brought up from
Hancock on the morning freight train on the
Central in charge of Conductor
C. B. Baker.
[elsewhere in the
paper]
Plainfield had an exciting experience with a
big fire Sunday night. The blaze first
broke out in the restaurant kept by
W. H.
Collins at 10:30 Sunday evening. This was
located in a brick building, owned by
Mrs. Mary
Coon, who sustained a loss thereon amounting
about $3,000, insured for $2,300. The
restaurant goods of Mr. Collins were almost
entirely destroyed. They were valued at
$1,800 and insured in Bovee's agency for $1,200,
written in the New York Underwriters' agency.
The brick building next east owned by the
C. H.
Newhall estate was also destroyed, valued at
$2,500 fully insured. This building was
occupied as a saloon by
John Merrychunk who
estimates his loss at $1,500 with no insurance.
Mr. Merrychunk's insurance expired Jan. 1, only
10 days before. The agent renewed it but
Merrychunk refused to accept the police saying
that he would carry his own risk.
The Stevens Point Journal, Stevens
Point, WI, 16 Jan 1909
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