Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-01-13
.lHE FIRE PIIND AGAIN.
J. J. Estey's Jewelry Store and
; Photograph Gallery 60
Up in Smoke,
CAUsEDBYAGAsoLiNES STOVE
Prompt and Efficient Work of the Fire
Department Saves Thousands Is
Of Dollars. -..


the windows in the roof. For this
purpose lie used a gasoline stove, and
as the gas did not ignite when he
applied the match he tried another
one and the result was an explosion.
Mr.. Estey called to his wife, who
was sitting in the front OF the store,
to run out doors, and he tried to eX-
tinguish the flames, but soon found
it impossible and gave the alarm.
The fire department was on hand
in a few minutes, but the room is a
small one and the fire burned so rap
idly that the flames had burst
through the glass roof before they
arrived. A stream was turned on
by the chemical engine company and
the fire was under control in an in
stant. BY this time both companies
had streams playing on it and put it
out.
The buildingis light frame struct-
ure and the fire did not last over
twenty minutes but all of Mr.. Estay's
stock and apparatus not in the safe
| was completely destroyed.
Mr.. Estey estimates his loss at
$4,000 and he carried insurance as
| follows:
Continental, on building. ............. $50
Continental, on stOck............. 200
1t is impossible to learn the exact
amount OF insurance on the building
and stock either from Mr.. Estey or
some OF the agencies in which he is i'll
sured.
| THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Little Falls has the most efficient
fire department OF any city OF its size
in the state as will be seen by view
ing the scenes Of the fires which have
occurred during the past two months.
On November 7th a fire broke out
in a large building on the west side.
1t caught fire from a stove put in to
dry the plaster and the interior was
all aflame before the alarm was
turned in. yet the boys put it out.
No damage was done either by fire
or water to buildings in the vicinity.
The next fire was on Thanksgiving
day, when the eCOngregatiOnalc church
caught fire from a detective furnace.
The department was promptly Oh
the scene and soon had the fire under
control. The parsonage was only a
short distance from it and although
there was high wind it was not
damaged i'll the least. The church
was completely gutted but the roof
did not fall in. The building has
since been purchased by a contractor
and moved to another site.
On the morning OF December 9th.
the Cardinal-WilcoX block was dis
covered to on fire in the basement
under the drug store, having caught
from the furnace, the door having
been left open. The people in the
block thought they could put it out
with few pals OF water, and an
alarm was not turned in until the
basement containing intiamable oils
and liquors was one mass of fire.
The interior of the block was burned
and the fire burst through the roof,
but the adjoining buildings, the
frame blocks across the street and
the sheds back of the block We're not
damaged in the least.
Probably tile worst fire the depart
ment has had to contend with was
that of the Tuttle building on the
night OF December 26th. The build
ing was frame structure erected
about eleven years ago. About six
, feet from it is another wooden build
ing and twenty feet on the other side
, is P F. Hosche's tailor shop, aframe
structure and neither of these build
ings were damaged in the least, al
though the flames bnrst through the
roof and burning shingles were fly
ing in all directions.
:. A fire in the rear of McNairy's con-
dictionary was put with very little
r damage to the building and none to
stock.
The Kleber fire on New Years Day
was extinguished With slight dam
: age to building.
On January 9Th the west side meat
:. market, a small frame structure was
burned but none of the frame build
ings were damaged.
Sunday the Estey building on First
street street was burned, and anyone
who will take the trouble to look al
it will see that the department die
good work again as none of th'
surrounding buildings are ever
! scorched.
I No other volunteer fire department
in the state can show such record
y of promptness and efficient work. L
l will be seen by the above that al
fires have been confined to building
! in which they started. The waite
pressure has at all times been up tt
the standard, and the only thin.
~ lacking was a first-class fire alarm
- system. Now that it has beel
- placed under the management OF I
~ competent electrician there is NJ
- doubt but that it will be as good a
.. any in existence.
Losses Adjusted.
u The loss on the Kleber bakery b.
40 the fire on New Years day was salts
% % factorily adjusted yesterday by c. s
", W. Cowles of the Royal. The followin
;s named companies paid him in cash:
= Royal,. 1924.
e Aetna W.:
queen ........... -.ss'.....'.........''. Ao@.s
"A Total .$5OO.l
? The building was insured in tt
Pacific of New York and the cor
:. It pany has employed man who w
re- repair the damage done by the fire.
MT Clarence Raymond's loss was alf
to adjusted and lie was paid by the fe
ok lowing named companies:
N, National 70.