The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-15
Fire This MORNING
Pine Street Building
Partially Destroyed
at 3 O'Clock.
Departments Were Prompt
In Answ ering the Alarm ana were
Not Long m Getting the FLAMES
Under ContrOl-LacOnics.

In Answ ering the Alarm and Wer'
Not Long m Getting the FLAMES
Under ContrOI-LacOnics.
An alarm OF fire was turned in about
O'Clock this morning from Box Al, at thu
corner OF Pine and Fifth streets. TIT
fire proved TO be IN a building on PINT
street owned by John Henry Johnson.
The fire was first noticed by the family
living in the rear of the building who at
once informed Mr.. Johnson who resided
with his family on the second floor OF the
building. He aroused his family and
Others residing in the building and then
ran TO the corner and awakened Mr..
Bibber who turned in the alarm.
The Red jacket department was ex-
ceedingly quick TO respond TO the alarm
and the Calumet and Hecla departments
also answered the call, but before a
stream could be thrown the fire had
gained consider bic Roadway.
The fire evidently started in the dwell
ling at the rear, which looks from the
outside as il il were part OF the main
building, but it is not, az there is a space
between the two. This naturally acted
as funnel al carried the flames to the
upper part OF the main building. As the
building has an iron roof it was almost
impossible for the firemen to do much to
quench the flames from the back although
they had several streams OF water play
ing on them. as by this time the raiters
were all on fire although the iron root did
not fall in; it is b gliding itself up as there
are but two OF the rafters, those in front,
left, the Others being all burned out.
Eventua ly the fremen attacked the fire
IRON the front where they soon got the
fire under control; not, however. until
the rear part OF tue main building, par.
ticularly the upper floor, was very con-
siderably damaged.
The first floor of the front OF the build
ing was occupied by A. Ehrenberg, pro-
prietor of the Superior bakery, and
Abram Waananen, a jeweler and watch
maker. Behind the jeweIry store was a
small printing establishment owned by |
j. +. Hendrickson. The show cases and |
most OF the stock in thejewelry store and |
bakery were removed and some OF the |
type in the print shop was saved. Mr..
Ehrenberg's loss will not amount to very |
much with no insurance The loss to Mr., !
Hendrickson and Mr.. Waananen is nom-
in al and fully covered in the Finlanders'
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Mr.. Johnson's loss on the building is
estimated at s., 900, $4,000 of which is
covered by insurance, one-half in the Fin
landers' Mutual and the other hall in the
Holman agency. There was no insur-
ance on the furniture, part OF which was
saved.
NOTES OF THE FIRE.
Persons who were at the fire claim
quite time elapsed before stream was
thrown by the Red Jacket engine, which
1t is understood was occasioned by the
neglect OF some one IN starting the fire to
the boiler as soon as the engine left the
fire engine house.
Others who profess to know abou, such
matters claim that the Red Jacket engine
should have taken up it's position at the
hydrant nearest the burning building TO-
stead of at the News corner, as the hose
stretched from there TO the building was
Ia the way and prevented the Hecla en-.
CINE reaching the coDAagration as soon
a. it might have done.
There is one thing quite certain il the
IRE company had been provided with a
ladder long enough TO reach the window
at the front Of the attic The fire might |
have been sooner fought from the front |
and 80 preserved the raiters and conse- |
quentIy great part ofthe roof, but then |
az our friend Ramsay says hindsight is |
sometimes better than foresight, but this !
should show the necessity OF the fire com |
pany always having ladders in hand.
Fortunately very little wind was stir.
ring or the fire might have spread. al |
though the iron roof kept the flames
from blazing up. Sheet iron ia evidently
a good thing for confning fire although
1t makes il hard work for the fireman to
hght one in building where it il u-ed.
There was considerable excitement on
Fifth street early last evening occas- !
Toned by fire in a chimney in Remiry's
building. The fire did not amount to
much and no damage was done.
CHURCH CORNER.