Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-09-24
FIERCE FLAMES.
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As 4Dat us the alarm wins 4tvrt, the
fire department ~AH on TIE scene aud
the wht~r wa. Enured In torrent, up
ult she burning buildings, hut h- fierce
west wind dr"v~ the flames test and
furious, and 1t Was spnn apparent that
uuthinE SHIRT uf Il miracle could kave
Ii large nnnber Of bulldogs frrm d.
ructinn.
fhe Conrad building, on the corner
ot Main and Eighth streets, wus soon
nc fire In the rear. Nv was also the row
oftwo.story buildings ou The east of it,
Water -eelned to have no Effect, and
the vartnur structures went up TX.
stiF' he IN last as 80 lnany tinder boxes.
The flame. raKed fierce ard fierc-r,
and 1t was not until 1890 u'clork that
the fire WAS under control, and then
eight buildings nGd been coleuue Ly
'h- devouriug element, the hardest
kind Of W. rk only staying tte ap'ead
OF the II 4iller at the rt.itaefce uct.uEieu
by II. ". McIhtlre.
tn. building. de ~troyed w=re:
The Rank, wned by*G. ". Myer~,
out st>uy, on Pleasant stfe+t.
The residence Ut Ais. u. y. Gaylord,
ntly few fre1 ea~t tf the RINK, III.
Plra.ullt street. =:
The nt,jottiing resitle'tce otcup:en by
Jonu FLY un. ut>u utl Pleasant street.
The Cntiraa building, tWu--Iory and
bAse nien' hrlck, un the cnrlter Il Main
u:,u Eighth stttets. ...:>
The 1wo story tran1e OCCUPIED by
FIRE.: F1nukt,n us !. .arpel,ttr shop.
Tue 1wo ~tury frA,lIe puiidiug uccu*
p,ed by IL Scott si>ters us Il private
boarding heu:~.
Til two story frame, need by thv>
city council aud llre department..
The lwo story frame, f1r,nerly the
JOURNAL. nffice, hut now oeruplad by
Philip Mayo.
The amount of the loss or the iusut-
Ance WA~ nut OhtAiuAhlt list night,
but the damage WAS very large espec-
tally ~ lu theConrad building, the frs,
story and BASEMENT uf WHEN were
used by Ryan Il Merrill an II warehouse,
which contained eighteen wagons,
twenty-five bugzIes and carriages,
and large amount of hardwar and
pArbed wire.
Az 10 the origin of the fire notbiug
IL known beyond the fact that the
Riuk had been uaed during the even
Ing by those who are rtheazsing the
play Tor tue benefit of the free libary,
but had CT mpleted their work put out
All OF the lights, locked up the build
ing aud departed for their homes.
The must serious lo~s, however, Ia
that experienced by Mrs. Gaylord who
loses her home and furniture, without
q dollar of insurance, leaving her en~
tirely destitute, with three small chill
dren to support, very little having been
saved from her residence.
The flretuen worked hard aud well,
but there was no such thing 40 stay
ing The tiamts, the wind driving them
at such fearful rate that the heat wax
simply unbearable in such d nest of
large frame buildings. TIE wateH
pressure was as good hs could be de-
z9led, and was mainted steadily as
foeg as required.
e. A, II, Encamrinent.
y WAsHINGToN, Sept. 22,-Rainy