The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-08
a BIG BLAZE.
An EXTREMITY Hot Fire in the
z & T. Car Shops, Early
Yesterday Morning.
The Paint and Coach Shop De-
stroyed, Causing q Loss
of $40, 900.

AT the early hour of $50 yesterday
morning he paint shop of the K. x +. car
shops was found to be on FIRE and an alarm
was turned in. but by the time the de-
partment got TO W. rk, il and the adjoining
coach shop were too far gone to be saved,
and, all the department could do was 10
save the lumber piled to the south OF the
buildings.
The buildings were both frame and :filIed
with cOmbustible matter In the one
where the FIRE originated, and at the place
Shere it started, there were several barrels
of oil.
In the paint shop there were
THREE PASSENGER CARS
receiving ihe finishing touches. They were
the Pullman sleeper "Adriatic;" combi-
nation coach, No. l26, part baggage and
part PASSENGER, and passenger coach No.
29 In the coach shop were two cars in
process OF construction, one Of which was
hauled out, but the other, No 10, was Ell
urelv consumed. In this building also
the finishing carpenters kept their tools.
The msjority of these kits S-re saved, but
one man by the name of Patterson lost all
while thrre others lost from SIS To S25
worth each, making in all, including the
buildings contents, lumber, etc.,
Loss OF ABOUT $4,000.
There was on this an insurance OF $50
600. distributed a, follows: Sleeper Adri-
attic, $4,000; combination coach No. Iz6
S, 600; passenger coaches Nos. 20 and IA,
IS 900 each buildings, 5000. and lumber
and tools, 5000.
The fire, as previously stated, originated
in the east end of the paint shop, and the
building being saturated with oil and a
wooden affair il burned like Under.
The fire was first discovered bv the
Schultz, who says he was eating
his lunch in the stationary engine room
which faces the east. When he discovered
the ire part of the roof was In Il imes and
by the time the 6remen could &c; TO work
il was too late to save the buildings, their
rfo.ts being directed entirely towards
keeping the flames from spreading.
Especial praise is due to the 6re de-
partment for the promL,ness with which
hey answered the call, slthough at the
hour in the night when one sleeps the
and also for the manner In which
hey
FOUGHT THE FLAMES
lntil they were under control, despite
he incleme ICY Of the weathe' which made
heir duty d"nbly sev"re, a. every time
hey iaid the hose down il frnze to the
ground. Fl d il not been for their prompt
less in responding IL ere is no telling " here
he fire would have been checked, as the
'iles Of lumber to the south of the build
ngs were on fire and would have furnished
L. - al
TO the sest OF those on fire
There were about thirty men employed |
n both shops, who will probably be out of
Tork only for a short time, as
THB NEW PAINT SHOP
} about completed and the painters had |!
TO move in. The greatest in
will be among the painters, as
ii their material, paints oils, brushes, |
nd particularly stencils were destroyed |
nd new stencils will have TO be secured be-
ore the work can proceed. The delay TO |
ne workmeu will only be temporary one,
nch as would necessarily follow, az there /
plenty oil work for the men as soon as a |
lace can be provided for them 10 work |
q.
NOTES
Wine hundred leet OF nose were neces-
ary 10 reach the fire.
Mr.. Hanson was one of the FIRST men /
pom the ground.
-Hsdpot the wafer been obtainable SIS
ION IS the engine arrived on the ground
here is no telling when the flames would
ave been checked.
Notwithstanding the inclemepcy
the weather the fire plugs
ere found in good condition aud there was
stream of wste, as soon as the nozzle was
lISched.
The railroad company through Mr..
rvin, superintendent of the car depart.
ent, informed Chief Baker yesterday that
voucher fnr $50 was on its way from IT.
onis TO be gwen to the fire boys for their
riuous lsboIs in snbduing the flames yes
rdsy morning.
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