Demolition

The Central House in Lathrop, CA, burned on Christmas Day, 1886. The Los Angeles Herald said of the building: "A fire broke out in the Central House last night. The building is a total loss. The second story was used as a lodging-house, the first floor by Scarlett & Morris, with a grocery, and a saloon owned by W.W. Whyers and J.A. Shepherd. The loss is $4,000; insurance, $2,000. W.W. Whyers' loss is not known; Scarlett & Morris lose everything--about $1000; they were insured for $700. The origin of the fire is not known, but is supposed to have caught in the second story. By the exertions of the bucket brigade the new buildings just lately finished on the lately-burnt front were saved." (See "Big Fire at Lathrop," Los Angeles Herald, vol 26, no. 73, 12/26/1886, p. 1.)

PCAD id: 22556