Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-09-24

the sleepers and many escaped with
no wearing apparel but their night
clothes. and with nothing saved.
Mr.. {. Bache has made a contract
with the Wood River Brick Company
for 100000 brick, to be delivered in
thirty days.
II. L. Burkhart has moved his store
and the express Office into the new
brick block Immediately north Of the
TINES Office.
One lady carefully saved paddock
IN her pocket. The lock was found
this morning perfectly safe, but we
believe some jewelry suffered.
\ cat recently named Absalom was
so we'll cared for that he was not even
frightened.
Judge V. S. Anderson packed his
furniture, took up lis carpet, let out
his horses, loaded his saddles and
harness, and made general prepare
tons for leaving.
The sufferers by the fire are rapidly
getting into new quarters. In day
or two business will be resumed in
other places. The business men of
HALEY are live, wide. awake and en-.
ergetic.
Brick and stone will at once take
the place OF the destroyed wooden
buildings.
During the progress of the fire a
report was circulated that woman
and her two children had been burned.
After an hour Of painful anxiety, the
report was discreditcd, the missing
ones being accounted for.
Peter Anderson, merchant tailor,
lost in stock and clothes about $3.50.
lie had narrow escape. The roof OF
he brilding fell while he was in the
store, and the fines burned his hair,
wliskers, face and hands. The coat
which he wore was in flames when he
ran into the street.
The entire row of buildings on the
south side Of Main street, between
Croy and Bullion, was in great dan.
ger. 1t was only by the hercueau
efforts OF the property owners und
volunteer tiremen that the row was
saved. All the glass is broken anc
the fronts of the buildings are
scorched and blackened. Men la,
down in the water ditch, to proven,
burning their clothes, and thus thor
oughly saturated with cold water, re
newed their efforts. The battle will
the fiery element continued until tn,
fall of Bache's large two-story build
ing. After that event the danger wa
comparatively over.
About half-past four o'clock Mel
sons stable caught fire from sparks
and before it could be reached will
water Il burning ember lad fallcl
though the roof Oh the hay, and the
building was doomed. The stock
was all taken out before the roof fell
in. Loss not krown.
Mr.. Ole Rorem, who arrived from
Sawtooth last night, occupied a room
in the front of Mrs. Slosson's lodging
house. He was the last person tc
leave the burning building, and es.
capped by front window and leapec
to the ground from the balcony
When he awnke and discovered the
house to be on fire he located it in ;
room in mont Of the cross ha!lwa,
leading to the stairway. He burs
open the door and extinguished the
flames in that room. Again passing
into the hallway, he discovered the
house to be on fire in the second O,
third room back of the cross hallway
and at that time the smoke was sc
dense and the flames SO intense tha
he was compelled to escape as above
stat. d.
Mr.. Rorem's loss in personal prop
er'y, jcwelrv and clothing, was abou
$500, besides property entrusted te
his care, not less than $1,000, and val
"able papers am 'untng to abou
$4,000 more. The papers can prob
ably be replaced.