Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-17
THE POLES co UP In SMOKE.
q. q. Naugle's Cedar Block Mill
Burned to the Ground.
ATeN THOUSAND DOLLAR BLAZE.
Tho Buildings and Machinery Com
pietely Wrecked - surrounding
Property Saved Only Through
Hard Work BY the Firemen.
A Cedar Block Blaze.

The saw mill and largo portion of the
stock of h. f. NauEle, the contractor, To-
Gated at Tenth and Nicholas streets, burned
last night.
1t was about 10 o'clock when the alarm
was sounded. There was no need of listen.
ing 10 the strokes of the bell to ascertain
the locality of the cont1agrauon,. for the
leapiug flames soaring skyward told the 10.
cation only too we'll.
The building, which was in itself shed
filed with poles aud sawed cedar blocks, aud
almost completely surrounded by piles Of
poles waiting TO be sawed into the requisite
paving lengths, took fire in the vicinity of
the engine house, presumably from spark
from the boiler, and not until the fire had
gained considerable Roadway was it disCov-
cred. An alarm was quickly turned in, and
in a short time the entire department was on
hand.
But the strong breeze, which was blowing
hard by the time of the arrival of the fire.
men, famed the flames until the entire
structure and the adjoining piles were one
huge furnace, and for two hours the fire lad
dies worked as they never worked before to
gain foothold, and at last say 1--WE have 1t
under controln
The boiler was full of water, and at first
was considered source of great danger lest
IL might explode, vet, nothing daunted, the
knowing how soon they might be blown
into eternity But by some lucky
chance the safety valve was
knocked off and the sound Of the
escaping steam which poured forth in great
volumes soon gave evidence of the fact that
that danger was averted.
On the east side was house filled with
sawdust, which was constant source OF an
noyance, the wind blowing a million sparks
southwark, where a host of frame buildings
the south side of the yard was
one mass of dry cedar posts, which
burned like Under, and it required the most
strenuous efforts to save them. The west
side was also composed of posts, ali in dry
condition, which in a short time was one
mass of flame, and here, also, vigorous effort
was required But at last all the burning
heaps were got under complete control, and
at II 80 nothing remained to do but to watch
for further outbreaks.
Naugle owes it TO the extremely vigorous
efforts of the department that he saved any
thing, while the property owners on the
south can thank their lucky stars that CALI
gan and his men are thoroughly competent
The loss is estimated at about $4,000.
The yard of h. +. Naugle d 20. was es-
tablished several years ago. The company
now consists of Fred Gray, j. A. Naugle and
the latter's brother, f. e. Naugle, the
senior member of the firm. The yard was
entirely occupied with cedar poles, varying
in length from five to nifty feet. 1t was esti-
mated that there were about 100000 ceuar
posts in the yard. or these, three piles COM
prising several thousand poles, were more or
less destroyed.
One of the Mcssrs Naugle, who was met
by BEE reporter, said he could not tell the
number OF poles on hand. Neither could he
tell the value of the same. He did not know
at how great a figure the property had been
insured. There was some Insurance, but OF
the amount he was ignorant.