Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-03-30

Packing House Plant a krnE1
City Destroyed.
TONS or MEAT WERE suRNfD
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Kansas City. NO., MaFcR H.--At ~
o'clock tonight fire broke cut IL the hoG
building OF the Reid Packing company'x
plant at Kansas and ReilroGd avenx1re
at Kansas City. Kansas, and alnoo< ~
entire group OF buildings were coup1utn-
~ destroyed. causing los of over NJ
100000. AT 1880 O'clock the followinx
buildings had been desfroypd. and ~
fire was not yet under control. owing
to the want OF water pre&surs: The
three-story hog building. four-story etef-
age building, engine house and 0eef
house burned.
When the fre was discovered the
watchman teiegraphed the Kansas city.
Kansas. fire department, ana ! general
alarm was sounded. The flames spraxd
over the top story OF the h5g buAi0fnx
with Incredible rapidity, the namon
feeding on the meats and oi1s. Before
the firemen had laid q line or h0se TN
roof had fallen In. "A disastrous exp1oA
sion was narrowly averted ~ flremau.
who. AT the risk OF LIE and limb. rolled
20 barrels OF gasoline from the buildinw.
From the engine building the llro spread
10 five one-stnry frame Ice hcunaa. each
20oxr25 feet. These were raptdly de-
voured by the flames. and than the four
story storage building. which was right
in line. fell prey 20 the elssusnts Of de-
struction. There was >loo.ooo worm az
meats in the basement of this bul1dine.
At this point the Kansas city. Mo-, flrn
department was appealed % for assist
ance and SIX hose companies and two
| engines responded.
At 7.2e o'clock the west wall Of the nor
building fell with crash. The samen
burst over the bridge. connactine the
storage house with the beef house. ana
the bridge was burned fIerceIy. The
tircmen turned their whole atteutinn
TO saving the beef house. and q donen
streams were turned on the burning
bridge. Notwithstanding the strenu-
Gus efforts of the fire department. scc-
tion after section OF the bridre was par-
TALLY destroyed and finally fell to the
ground. where the work Of destruction
Yves completed. Finally the beef houve
caught fire. and the firemen were pov.
erless 70 stay the greedy naunes an fhex
ate their way into the building through
the bridge.
At l0:45 ahe fire was brought under
control. but as heavy wind was blow
Ing. the firemen were kept on duty. d
avoid any possibility OF the ire spread
ing.
The entire plant Is valued Mt es0o, 90
while the estimate placed on the stock
ranges from $4,000 20 s1.ooo 900. The
loss on the buildings destroyed wilI
reach probably $4,000 10 350o. ZOO. and
that ON the meats. OH. lard and Other
products consumed win bring the tofal
70 over $l.25o.oo0- The insurance IL am.
pie to cover all LOSSES
Four men were injured.
WILL REBUILD.
Indianapolis. March A.--In an inter.
view with an Associated Press reporter
tonight. Mr.. Samuel Reid, one OF tbs
firm Of Reid Brothers q King. Indianap
oils. owners OF the burned Kansas CIT,
plant. said as to rebuilding that the III.
rectors would decide 1t, but there ~,
little question but that the plant would
be rebuilt az once.
FIRE AT CHICAGO.
Chicago. March 24.a-Fire tonight near.
iy destroyed the Empire thsater. Ths
loss win be about s5o. 900: fully insured.