The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
THE DALLES LAUNDRY BURNE D
The Buildings Almost q Total Loss
Machine Badly Damagen.

Machine Badly Damagen.
! Again last night. at about 9 O'Clock,
fire broke out in The Dalles Steam
! Laundry, and this time the fire fend
accomplished its purpose by leaving
! the buildings occupied by the laundry
! little better than mass of worthless
ruins.
! The first alarm was turned in at a
few moments past 9 o'clock and was
promptly answered by the hose com
punie-.
The COlum bias were the first to the
scene Of the blaze AID 10 short notice
had stream ftom the plug on Second
and Court str ets playing on the
fire. They were closely followed
by the jackson company which at
tached up to the plug on First aud
Washington. The East End and Mt.
Hood companies and The Hook and
!. Ladders also arrived in good time and
in about 20 minutes six streams, four
from the plugs. one from the engine
and one from the o. r. & N. shops were
/ playing hard on the fire. 1. had good
, start. however. and burned obstanate-
| ly and for time it looked as if it
would spread to the surrounding build
! iugs. The Cosmopolitan Hotel was
in danger of catching for time and
, if is had the D. P. & A. N. warehouse
! would have been in considerable dam
ger A hard fight of little over ore
hour brOuhsbt the fa'ues under con
troll. and although the D P. & A. N.
Co. 8 Office was in the same building as
the laundry it was injured but slightly
from water and somewhat torn up
by the furniture being moved out.
The new water system proved itself
to be the thing needed and the pres
sure was reduced but little, in spite of
| the amount of water being used, it
stood at 100 pounds being reduced but
FIVE pounds with all the streams turned
on.
The buildings destroyed were the
property of Mrs. T. Baldwin and Otis
Savage. Both were old building the
latter having being erected by Mr..
Snider over 20 years ago and used for
long slime as restaurant, and was an
old landmark in that part of town.
The building originally cost probably
$1,000 but was not worth o great deal as
it WAS neglected and in poor shape
and although it was not insured the
loss would not reach S1200.
The Savage building was also an
old affair and although two rooms are
badly Quilted it can be repaired at
comparatively small expense. 1t was
also uninsured.
Mr.. McAllister's loss is not as heavy
as was at first supposed, nearly all of
the goods and considerable of the
furniture was saved, while much of the
m ichinery was injured but slightly.
Mr.. McAllister being out of town at
the time of the fire we could not learn
exactly what his loss would amount to
but it will not in all probability ex-
ceed four hundred dollars.
Mr.. Smiley, the foreman in the
laundry, stated that he was in the
building at about o'clock and the |
fire bad gone down in the Engine and |
stoves to such an extent that he doubts
that it could have caught from either
of these, and is of the opinion that il
was of incindary origin. It may have
caught however, in the same place it
did few days since. but as there was
none on the spot until it had gained a
good headway it is difficult to say posi-
lively how it originated.
Nothing has been reported stolen,
which is probably Cue to the work of
the fire patrol, as the police kept watch
over all goods that was carried out.
Considering everything good work
was done by the department, although
the usual number of curiosity seekers
were present, who belong to that
class that will not lend hand If need.
ed. This was particularly noticeable
when the fire first broke out Two or
,hree men were allowed to haul each
art TO the fire while dozens ran by
Ind refused to lend hand. The space
hat such persons occupy at such