, 1884-12-06
BULLY BOYS!
The City Fire Department
Proves the Metal it
Is Made Of.
A Tremendous COnflagratiOn
AVeTted.
Spokane Falls Singed Again, but
StlIl a Smiling.

Saturday morning a little after
four o'clock, officer Hubbard, who
was on the corner OF Howard street
and Riverside avenue, had his atten-
tion attracted by an ominous light in
the vicinity OF Wolverton's brick, at
the corner Of Mill street and River
side avenue, and he at once gave the
alarm Of fire. In the absence Of a
bell, the population depended upon
lungs and pistols to spread the news
Of the existence Of fire, and the
rapid cracking Of guns soon drew a
large share Of the community to the
front. The firemen had both carts
at the scene in n few minutes, but
the FIRE had gained considerable
headway and 1t looked as though a
big piece of our city was doomed to
destruction. The construction, situ-
alton and character Of the buildings
were such as to make the work Of
the firemen very laborious and COM
PEELED them to fight against great
disadvantages. 1t was a severe test
and there is no place in the city
where the drawbacks TO successful
work could be more numerous. The
flames had complete sway in the rear
Of the One-story frame building oc-
cupied by T. ]. Brunk as a queens
ware and glassware establishment
and McMoran's drug store. To the
west, connected by frame passage
way, is Wolverton's brick, and in the
rear, fronting on Mill street, is q
row Of frame buildings clear to the
alley. To. the east was RudOlph's
two-story frame building, and at,
tached thereto is a continuous row
Of frames extending clear around "a
and up Howard street to Main, with
only French's brick to break the
progress OF a FIRE, should 1t get fair
start. Rescues No. took water al
the corner Of Howard and Mil streets
and Riverside avenue, and Spokanos
No. 3 at the corner Of Min and Riv.
erslde avenue and Main and Mill
streets. Within ten minutes aftei
the alarm four terrific streams were
playing on the fire. Without a rec,
ognized head there was slight con,
fusion at first, but that was sooT
remedied and for two hours the boys
did noble service, and the water
works earned all the encomium;
that have been said OF them. II
only required very few minutes tc
extinquish the body of the blaze, but
the insidious flames ate their way
under the roofs Of Rudolph,
bakery and Wolverton's brick, and
1t required hard work to get at 1t,
The upper story Of Rudolph's build,
ing was gutted before the fire at that
point was extinguished, but the
i'aineS " tne east were NOT even
9,'iT"e was ionB suusk'e a.
'ne pr''A oeiore the nre Succu'noeo
and a perfect deluge Of water was
thrown into the building. The up.
per SVo'y Is cut lhto small rooms
anu 50 constructed as ID prevent hre'
men from reachlhg the names Inc
hre was cohnheu 10 the OrlcK so tha'
II ala not burst out OF the roof, but
the rooms were oadly damaged. The
stores occupied oy Brunk and Moran
were completely wrecked, but the
fronts stu stand, charred and black
ened, considering the locality oi
the nre II Is not saying 100 much to
state that no hre department could
nave zone better work. and the ex-
- - - - ~ P.Ol-o .,''''
system in existence for protection
against fire. Before alarm was given
the watchman at Echo mill noticed
the fire and awakened Mr.. Jones,
who has temporary charge and that
gentleman Immediately applied the
necessary pressure. Notfor a mo-
ment did the works fail, and sufficient
water was thrown on the buildings
to put out FIRE ten times as large If
the firemen had a fair show. This
Is the first time the works and de-
nartrnept baxa baan tos,ad 4, a.