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

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Good Work of the F%irelnen. /
From Saturdays Daily,
About nine. O'Clock last night the wild :
notes of the fire bell called the firemen,
and in fact, very nearly all the citizens
Rapid City to the streets. The cause
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 in less time than it takes to tell three
OF water were playing upon the
burning buildings. The fire, however,
must have been smoulderlng for some
time for when first discovered it had a'-
ready broken through the roof and was
burning fiercely. The fremen, nothing
daunted tackled whatlooked like an UNI
dartaking OF large proportions and with
in three-quartcrs Of an hour had the IRE
under control. But not, however, until
it had communicated with the ranae
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 application OF the water con-
fined the flames to the upper stories OF
the two buildings, and, as stated
in less than an hour had the
fire subdued. The fire started IN the
building occupied by Hayward, from IL
defective hue and before extinguished
completely Quilted the upper story OF
that and the building adjoining. The
!, Hayward building is owned by William
. Hecht, and he places his damage at
, about $500. Mr.. Haywards loss will DC
y about S7OO. The adjoining building Is
! owned by R. C. Lake and the damage te
- it is about $500. Mr.. Leeds occupied
= the lower part OF this building with tn
; Fair" u dry goods establishment ant
his stock Of goods has been badly dam
aged by water. At the present tin l
is hard to tell what his loss will be, bu
: it will be severe. The occupants an
= owners OF the buildings carried insul
:. ance, but to what amount could not
=, learned last night.
" The ruins OF the buildings i'll which tt
,, fire ragged Friday night were visited ye
terday by crowds Of people. An lnspe
ton OF the buildings shows that the iii
-, was a most disastrous II to tho'
=, structures as far as the upper stori'
~ are concerned. and although eve,
board in that portion OF the buildings
charred and burned the firemen did nc
allow the flames to get into the low
floors, That the firelnen did a goo
G. Job may be proven by a visit to tt
burned buildings.
Isl r. C.. Lake, who owns the buildil
known as the "Blue Front" will imm'
+, dlately put a force OF men at work teal
ing down what little Is left Of the uppe
6 story. A roof will be put over the 10"
e er story and that part OF the buildin
!, fitted up for occupancy by Mr.. Leeds, c
the Fair. In the spring NJ. Lake will re
t move what is left OF the building an
erected a handsome brick and ston
h building in it's stead.
,e Messrs. Hecht and Frease, who ow
20 the adjoining building, will follow I'll
plan adopted by Mr.. Lake, tear dow
he the upper story, or what remains OF
ii, and fit the lower story up for occupan
lor by Hayward and Ferguson. In t
the spring the gentlemen will erect a bri
md building On the lots.
ped Mr.. Leeds OF the Fair places his l,
at $1,000. Ferguson and Haywar
nue. will amount to between $500 and 50
: as R. C. Lakes loss and that OF Hecht E
era Frease will be about 5000 apiece.