Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-10-10
snouLpERINa EMRERs.
Notes and Incidents Of Last weeks FIre-A few
LudicrOus Episodes.

said In our last issue regarding the nre or
Thursday morning which destroyed fve one
and two story buildings and the three story
ldouble) Raymond building, in the heart OF
this city There seems to.bo no positive lnfor-
nation as to the cause and strange TO say,
no one appears greatly con corned as 20 the
cause. On the contrary, and conforming to
the old adage, "Never cry over spilled milk, -
they are accepting the result philoeophically,
and going about the work OF repairing the loss.
That Mr.. Patton's house ESCAPED even with
an alley separating Il from the Raymond,
looks remarkable, and that it did 90 lie largely
due to the iron shutters which protected some
of the windows. Most OF the.dry goods stock
was carried out aud slso the family household
goods I'm the upper story. The window caps
and sills are sadly cracked and disngured. but
the wall seems to be uninjured. Mr.. Patton
had no insurance whatever
The skinner building, which was connected
with the Gre on the west, and almost 80 on the
south is considerably damaged. The south
wall (the endl has settled away from the Sec
ond floor some three inches and there are sew
eral cracks through which daylight can be
seen. Heroic work was performed In the saw
ing OF thiA building and two or three positions
were taken aud held when they were alto
gether too hot for comfort and when IL seemed
90 though they must be abandoned in another
moment. This was at the south, when the
billiard hall was burning.
The destruction OF the Raymond was OF
course the serious featureof the entire dlsas-
ter. This building. aside from utility. was
On ornament to the town and lite appearance
lent greatly TO the importance Of tho place. in
the eyes Of strangers. The loss to MIR. and
Mira Raymond (sonie .slO 900 unlnsureD Ia a
serious one and doubIy so because 1t come af-
ter they felt themselves growing old. In
stead. however. Of sitting down aud mourn
ing, Mr.. Raymond was the frat man to begin
operations for rebuilding.
The IRE was not twoshOurs old until plAns
for rebuilding were under consideration by
several parties aud there Is no doubt but that
number OF new structures will soon be erected
upon the site OF those which were consumed.
SPARKS FHoM THE yiRK
Brick, stone and mortar beat wood, bad.
-Lueien made the boss rescue OF the occa-
sion.
No end OfridleuiOus anecdotes are told on
dlHsrent persons who were at the nre
Many OF the ladies OF the city, worked like
Turks" In saving property, carrying water,
etc.
-Fred strout rushed up town al the frat
alarm with his quart dinner bucket. to carry
water
As Gre company the boys did not accom-
plish much-As individuals they did a power
OF good
Jonathan Gore grew frantic aud rushed
from his sleeping room with pillow and an
cid hat.
DIR. Bagby, who ''nevor gets excited, -
rescued IS cent mirror while his library
was being consumed.
-THE CHmFrAIN acknowledge Its obllga-
tions to q number OF gentlqmen for exertlons
in saving its elects
skinner. Ratolin 4 Co.'S. dry goods ahose
which were saved were put into an empty
box car, which was showed down for the pur-
pose.
Its not always unexpected which hap
pens" vlnlta has talked about and expected
fre In the heart Of the city for years. It hap
psned
THE contents OF all the safes, and there were
nve OF them in the Ere, were very we'll pro.
served and there was.no loss OF books OF value,
or money.
e. N. RatcllGwas cool enough to know the
difference between q wash pan and spittoon,
whom the latter was handed him 10 throw wa
ter with.
I'd. miller, who was effectively working
with a small pump In pail Of water. pumped
air for half an hour before discovering that the
water was out.
Tom Colilns was not to be deprived OF the
enjoyment OF ofsmoking and stopped work upon
top OF the skinner building dozen times In
ten mlnutes to light his cigar.
1t was with great diGiculty that Mrs.
Blythe's and other small building on the north
side Of the street were savedi also the LindelT
hotel, opposite the billiard hall.
John Anderson, who did some mi ighty good
work In the Raymond building aud stayed
there as long as II was safe, dldnt discover
that the building was burned until after the
nrs was under control.
George Collins was among the vory last to
leave the Raymond and whom the explosion
occurred (which everybody reeoileets) was
up on tho third floor. lie was severely
burned and with dinioulty made his escape at
ALI
A lady who was struggling with a center
table In the upper at0ry ofthe Patton building
the morning.of the are was orerod assistance
by'a young msn OF this cltyishe rsmarksd:thAt
Il was too heavy for him and would attend 10
Il herself.
--"Bo0b" Little, while hastenIng TO the
hre was aoeosted BY On excited young lady
who wanted her trunk moved from she Frisco
hotel. Mr.. Little told her he wonld 20 right
down and tend TO that trunk just as soon as
he put out the Are.
-Agreat many Of our citizona deserve gold
MEDIATE for the effective work performed In
carrying out goods and ighiing the names,
and net few deserve leather ones--for doing
mother. Among thelattor class were not
few rs hearty, able bodied men as the town
contains.
--As yet no definite arrangements have been
reached regarding baildlng, except by Mr.
Raymond. lie has already begun erecting a
nfty foot square structure TO be occupied by
II. o. Baritt, Il is understood as a hotel.
He Intends 10 have Il ready for occupancy In
nfeen days.
Here Is an item which was putin type for
last weeks pAperi
Now that the season for fires 10 At hand the
aremen should see that their hook and ladder
truck is 40 situated that II can be Cotton out
In hurry aud put 10 effective use.
The advice was q little too lateto bo OF use
--Ed. Brown, negro. was caught Iast after
the nro last Thursday with o new hat shoea
and ionr pair Of socks on. which belonged 10
Mr.. rhtton's stock. lie was taken 20 Musko-
zoe saturday There WAS considerable
quantity ofgooda atolcr, no doubt, Cor num-
bers otpeople we're seen carrying away arll-
alee al elofhlun gth