Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-28
Together With q Vacant Building
Adjoining and the Judkins
Photograph Gallery.
The Flying Cinders Start Another
Fire Across the Railroad Track,
Four Blocks Distant.
The Heroic and Timely Work of the
Firemen Save q General
C0nfagration.
Wind and Fire.
[From Tuesdays Daily,]

Wind and Fire.
[From Tuesdays Daily,]
1t was a narrow escape for Bismarck.
Never in the history of Bismarck has the
fire department been called upon to cope
with a fire more threatening in its charac-
ter or more favored by the elements than
that for which the alarm was given at
2 o'clock this morning.
The fire was discovered by Policeman
Marsh, who was patroling Third street.
At that time it was an incipient blaze be-
tween the old laundry building and Lo-
gan's feed store OF Third street. The
firemen responded promptly, but before
they could reach the scene the fire had
been formed into a mighty blaze by the
terrific wind. The dry wooden buildings
were easy prey for the flames, which soon
reached the old opera house building occu-
pieeby 81. P. Bogue, and leaped far out
oyer the street toward the buildings on
1the east side.
1t was an awe-inspiring sight. The fight
of the valiant firemen against wind and
fire was watched with eagerness and terror
Wy LIZ SAo"uO Vic UlOChCu Gll0 SluCWdlKS
and discussed the probabilities of the fire
gaining a foothold east of Third street.
Higher and farther leaped the blaze; loud
er and wilder howled the gale. The air
was one mass of gigantic sparks and Gin
ders, the city appearing under a canopy of
smoke and flame.
Men ran blocks to see that the sparks did
not ignite their buildings, and it was freely
predicted that the main business portion of
the city would be swept away.
The firemen did noble work. Although
the fire gained a foothold in the Logan feed
store several times, the building was saved,
and the Bismarck bank block together with
Kihm's, Whalen's and the numerous wood
en- structures on Main street were not so
much as scOrched Notwithstanding the fact
that the Judkins gallery was Quilted and
the building transformed into a mass of
flames. This, too, when a part of the de-
partment was called away to a fire south
of the railroad track, five blocks distant,
which had been started by the flying
ire-brands. This fire started in a
vacant building belonging to John
Quinlan which, together with another be-
longing to the same man, was destroyed.
While the chemical engine and line of hose
were playing on this fire, three streams
were kept OF the now partially subdued
o%onfagration on Third street, the only
danger remaining aside from that of fire
from cinders, being that of permitting the
fire to reach the Bismarck bank block and
adjoining buildings on Main street. Al
though all danger to the Logan buildings
had passed, there still remained a stubborn
fight on the Judkins gallery. C. II. Phelps
continued to remove his goods from his
store room; Frank kim had everything
in readiness for a speedy retreat; John
Whalen arrived a little late, the direction
of the wind preventing his hearing the
alarm, but he came in time to save his stock
provided the firemen could not confne the
fire to the Judkins building. But the fire.
men again proved their efficiency, rose
equal to the emergency and won a glorious
victory over the flames.
The buildings destroyed were: The old
opera house, belonging to Joseph Hare,
valued at 81, 500-insured for a small
amount.
The laundry building, owned by Geo. P.
Flannery, value, $8OO-no insurance.
The Judkins gallery-building owned by
j. NJ. Anderson-loss, $500; insured.
Mr.. Judkins' loss is $1,000; insurance,
$500.
The Quinlan buildings south of the
track, valued at $500. No insurance.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but
the fact that it originated at a point re-
moved from fire Of any description, gives
incendiary.
The fremen did splendid work, and
placed every property owner on Main
street under personal obligations.
They are genuine heroes.