The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
FIRES FIERCE FLAMES.
Rapid City .yislted by the Fire Fiend--
Good Work of the. Firemen.

Rapid City Waited by the Fire Fiend--
Good Work of the Firemen.
From Saturdays Daily,
About nine o'clock lust night the wild
notes Of the fire bell called the firemen,
and in fact, very nearly ell the citizens
OF Rapid City to the streets. The cause
OF the alarm was a a fire in the building
occupied by Charley Hayward as a bill
lard hall and bowling alley. The fire
men responded promptly to the alarm,
and inless time than it takes to tell three
streams OF water were playing upon the
burning buildings. The fire, however,
must have been smoulderlng for some
time for when first discovered it had al
ready broken through the roof andwas
burning fiercely. The tiremen, nothing
daunted tackled whatlooked like an ull-
dartaking OF large proportions and with
in three-quartcrs of an hour had the fire
under control. But not, however, until
it had communicated with the frame
building adjoining. A stream from ST.
Joe street., one from Sixth street and
two from Seventh street practically sur
rounded the fire and the firemen by a
judicious applicatior~of the water con-
fined the flames to the upper stories OF
the two buildings, and, as stated,
in less than IN hour had the
fire subdued. The fire started in the
r building occupied by Hayward, from AZ
, detective fue and before distinguished
completely Quilted the upper story OF
y that and the building adjoining. The
Hayward building is owned by William
Hecht, and he places his damage at
h about $500. Mr.. Haywards loss will be
about $500. The adjoining building is
: owned by R. G. Lake and the damage tc
it is about $500. Mr.. Leeds occupied
= the lower part OF this building with the
"Fair," dry goods establishment anc
h his stock OF goods has been badly dam
80 aged by water. At the present time l
=, is hard to tell what his loss will be, bu
it will be severe. The occupants ant
a owners of the buildings carried insul
. ance, but to what amount could not b
=, learned last night.
,. The ruins OF the buildings i'll which tn
u fire ragged Friday night were visited yes
terday by crowds Of people. An lnspe(
ton OF the buildings shows that the fil
~, was a most disastrous one to thos
~ structures as far as the upper storie
~ are concerned, and although ever,
board in that portion Of the buildings i
charred and burned the firemen did no
allow the flames to get into the lowe
floors, That the firemen did d goo
G. job may be proven by a visit to tn
y burned buildings.
is r. C. Lake, who OWNS the buildn
T. known as the "Blue Front" will imme
dlately put a force of men at work tear
ing down what little Is left Of the uppel
g story. "A roof will be put over the low
er story and that. part OF the building
, fitted up for occupancy by Mr.. Leeds, OF
Y the Fair. In the spring NJ. Lake will re-
t move what is left OF the building and
: erected a handsome brick and stont
building in its stead.
Messrs. Hecht and Frease, who owl
o the adjoining building, will follow tn
plan adopted by Mr.. Lake, tear dow
ne the upper story, OIL what remains d il
and fit the lower story up for occupanc
or by Hayward and Ferguson. In I'll
he spring the gentlemen will erect a BRIT
nd building on the lots.
BED Mr.. Leeds OF the Fair places his 10
md at $1,000. Ferguson and Hayward
hue will amount to between $500 and $50
as r. G. Lakes loss and that OF Hecht a
era Frease will be about 5000 apiece.