Galveston Daily News –Thur., 21 February 1878, p. 1, c. 3 Rockdale, Feb. 20 - This morning at 1:30 a.m., fire was discovered in the dry goods store of A. Goldstein & Co. on Main St. It was impossible to remove anything from the house as no one was up at that hour but Officer Durham, who discovered the fire. The flames soon took in turn the house of W. Max & Co. and H. Goldsticker, entirely destroying them – all of which were new bricks in the business center of the city. The disaster leaves another fearful wake of destruction in this place. Goldstein’s loss is not definitely ascertain; insured for $6,000. The balance of loss is estimated at $12,000; fully insured. It is reported that Ed. Ambron, partner of W. Max, disappeared some days ago, taking all the finances of the concern. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lynna Kay Shuffield P. O. Box 16604 Houston, Texas 77222 telephone: 713/692-4511 e-mail: friday@argohouston.com ---My webpages--- 'Our Loose Ends' Genealogy Column by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/COLUMN-001.htm 'My Loose Ends' Family Tree Database by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?db=friday Note above URL wraps around onto the next line, cut & paste it onto the end of the first line in the 'location box' on your browser. 'Milam County War Dead Project' http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/ County Coordinator for the Milam County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ County Coordinator for the San Jacinto County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/SANJAC-01.htm TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/CEMETERY-001.htm