Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-11
CONFEDERATION.
Large Livery Stable Licked mp by F1ames
"A Fruit store and . Bakery Gutted-
Noble Work by the Handicapped Fire

Large Livery Stable Licked up by Flames
"A Fruit store and Bakery Gutted-
Noble Work BY the Handicapped Fire
men.
At 10 O'Clock last night a fire broke out
in tho rear OF Warleld & Houser's big
cluster of stable buildings, amongst a lot
Of baled hay. Az no lights had been used
in that part of the establishment. it must
flames spread very rapidly, being fed with
very inflammable material. and before the
firemen could get the hose stretched from
the distant fire plugs. the rear stables were
beyond redemption. When the hose was
unrolled it was frozen fat, and it took
some time to get sufficient water through
it to be of any use. A lot OF horses and
some cattle that were in the stables were
got out in safety, and as the destruction
seemed inevitable, the carriages and wag-
( ons were rolled out from the Park street
entrance. Within fifteen minutes after the
fire started all the rear stables we're
ENvELoPED IN FLAMES
and the whole Chinese quarter was bril-
liantly illuminated. while the swarthy in
habitants stood in groups at the corners,
chattering and jabbering over the scene of
destruction. The one nozzle, which was
brought to bear on the fire in the rear, after
much loss of time in gathering up all avail
able odd sections OF hose to make q line OF
sufficient length to reach from the corner OF
Park and Montana around through Galena
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There was abundance OF water, but hall q
dozen nozzles would have had hardly any /
effect on the flames that were then shoot
ing high into the heavens from a large area
of burning buildings. The fire a rapidly
working north to Park street, and all
efforts were directed toward checking it's
progress. Another hose was laid along |
Park from the corner of Main street and
SPLENDID EXECUTION
lone in saving the office Of the Mining
Journal, on the east side of the livery
stable. The flames were already licking the
real end of Bro. Penrese's Office, and the
printing material was being moved out of
the front. Dave Cohn. the fruit dealer, and
William Redsick. of the California Bakery, |
fortunate, their stores being Quilted. The
night was horribly cold, and the fire.
men were alternately soaked with
water, or frozen up in an armor
OF ice, as their duties took them in
or out of range of the heat of the fire. The
spectators. while trying to keep from freez-
ing, began to have some idea Of the hard
ships to which the firemen voluntarily SUBJ
jected themselves while trying to cope with
a confiagration handicapped by insufficient
and inferior appliances, and many were
Ln4-l b. -@- kl-A e Aha ~r unnn - l
soen better supplied it will be in order to |
hold some public meetings to deal with the
matter. As the citizens went home to
their comfortable beds, they could not help |
but reflect favorably upon the
DEVOTION
of the men who remained out all night
fighting to protect the n%eighboring prop.
erty from the flames that from time to
time began to spread from the smouldering
ruins. Mr.. Warfeld says that as soon as
the fire was discovered he hurried back,
and woke up some of his men who were
in the stable, and would otherwise
have lost their lines. He is satisfied that
the fire was of incendiary origin, as
there had been no light near the
the rear stables. When last seen he
said it was impossible to make an approx
estimate of the loss at that time.
He had a quantity Of hay stored in the
rear and several carriages there were de-
as we'll as q good deal of harness
and miscellaneous property, all OF which
vas uninsured. The buildings belonged to
Ross Deegan, of Helena, and are a total
oss. Neither Dave Cohn nor Mr.. Recksick
we're insured, o could they figure out
heir loss last night. The building occupied
Cohn was owned by Mr.. Bernheim and
he California bakery by Mr.. Wade.
W, j. Penrose estimates the damage to his
material during removal at over
$1,000. The greatest damage was done
~ a man, apparently crazy, who rushed
nto the Office with an axe and commenced
breaking up the power press to carry it out
n sections. He succeeded in running the
PRESS, which was insured with the rest OF
he material for 81 900 in Mantle & War
ems agency.