The Lamar register., 1898-10-05
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
GREAT LOSS AT COLORADO
SPRINGS
The sntiers Hotel snd Several Lnmeer
Yards burned Hesides Large Nnmber
of Other Bssidinss-i.s.s Of Half ,.
Million.

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siIinon-
Denver, oci. a,-The following dis
patch 10 the Rocky Mountain News
tells OF the great sdEfiagration that
ragged at Colorado Springs yesterday
Three tirrs broke out almost stimuli.
ianeonsly here this Afternoon One OF
them set OF a carload Of black blast
ing powder. 4 terrific explosion fol-
lowed. and an hour later over half
million tioiialrs' worth OF property was
destroyed and The Who'll, ely threatened
Denver. Pueblo and Cripple CrrcE
were asked for aid. and each of tbt-se
cities sent fireinen and ire apparatus,
The greatest excitement prevailed nt-
ter the tire began % gain heafway, and
soon the streets were crowded With I'Ao'
pie fleeing for plac,S " safety Houses
were stripped u their furniture aud
the goods were l1Idcii ON wagons apd
conveyed 70 STREETS far away
With the aid furnished hy the oui-
side tire department. the riames were
gotten under control az ahnut . u'clpcE.
hut three blocks of properly had ts-rn
destroyed. Including the handsome Ant
iers hotel half a dozen lumber yar'is,
two frelgh, depJts aud numerous
Shacks and shaniics
The lire started shortly brfoge J
O'clock under the Rio Grantic frsiEhi
depot, at the foot pf Cucharas str-ci
There was a Carhy1d u powder stand
Ing next to the platform of the depot,
consigned tD C. : Barnes 4 S1ns. At
laehed 10 the carload Of pawdcg was a
carload Of dynamite The fainsr burs
through the platform and spread ~
rapidly that the clerks had barely time
10 eScaps.
The alarm was quickly given and the
carload Of dynaniits was removed % a
place of safety 4 few minutes iaicr
The names envel8pz-i tho powder rar
\ duIi explosion followed. the ear hew
into thousand pleces. aud rauS ~
powder wvrc huricd through N" air a
distance uf two aud half blocks.
Some ~ them fcil into ths lumlsPr
yard OF Cu,s-,,y q Fowlrf. a hlack and
a half away. sud SET firs to the dry
fimtlefs. wiud that is estimated 20
have i-crn hilwiug ~ the ratr ~ forty
miles an hour ,-afrietl fhr fiatut-z srrUss
HuerfanO street 90 the iumlsE yards
OF Sperry a TurkcTmau. the VI i'asp
l.uml-r COmfany and the Newton
Lumber Company.
1beSe yarls all adJ0ln each aiheE.
and were -slrn Ia blaEr The Auiierz
hotel. y bose rear was opposite the
Newton lumber ysui caught iir- Tbc
employees dispiayssl marked bravery
aud endeayur,Si 30 wct she buildiug
down with Ear,lea h0Se and pails ~
for the flames burst in through the
rear windows and ignred everything
in their way UHfl the cniin. rear Nas
IN Cne his blaze.
In the meantime tho guests hurris,i
out through the frOn; entrances,
Trunks and other belongings were
dragged Info the str,-pt and there MAS
ihs. grs.aisI s-unfH-iou. BY this time
the iocal firr department discovered
that 4 could nni eup,, with the tir,'. aud
the call Tor assistance was seni
The water pressure WIS not wlIai was
expected. and. in fact. the blaze was -
s!efrs Al this time that even drlugr
would scarcely have done any E,lod.
The people in the buildings in the
ueighborhood of the firc moved out A.
as faS, as they cuuld Trnckmen
charged from SO to So Tor taking
away a had OF goods.
Al dusk the city was In darkness. ths,
electric wiry.s hati h-,en tbroNn down,
and the ptorle wrrr c0mpcllssl 20 ns.
candles for light The wind died out
at O'Clock. aud the iiremen made
good progress, but, after a iuil OF about
two h0urs. II Sprang mp again, and the
firemen wens compelled ~ us. every
effort TO prevent the adjoining property
catching IRE. In addition 20 the prop
erty destroyed which has already hern
deScrlbch, there WAS one Gulf railroad
coach which WITS standing clOse 10 the
freight depot. aud four ears, which
wer,. destroyed with the depot. The
Rio Grande freight depot WIS entire-
Is destroyed and eighteen freight cars
which stood near u,
The loss Is estimated al StAS.hOo with