The Portland daily press., 1900-05-08
Bas Been Occupied As Road House
For Some Time.
boss Will Probably Be
$4,000.
Property Had Been Bargained
But Not Transferred.

~~he alarm Of fire ct S.15 o'clock ysstsr-
cay afternoon called the fire department
N the Desiring distriss.fto ssubhorn
claxe, which proved the total destruction
=. what Is best known 20 the j. Winsiow
zones property on the Windhem road. on
t.e land adjoining Rivsrton park. The
building. Q large AMI handsome structure
rwo and half stories high with oupoia
IN the ,ertsr Of the houss. has for the
cast two years been owned by Mr.. h. j.
Beyes OF 5sco, and run By his son, George
II, BAyss, 90 q hotel which has been
ssown as Bayes Inn. II was about three
clock when the tire was first discovered
by young oolored man named Gus
Davis who acts In the capacity Of porter
e she houss. Mr.. Davis says that he
was seated In the kitchen ct the Il me- en-
In reading . paper. He ssys tfat
Sr. George Bayss, the proprietor OF the
hi'uss was about the building. and In the
I,tcasn was another employs Of the
hue. Young Davis says that his oem-
,.nion suddenly shouted tire, but that he
Dssis) supposed that 1t wss done TO at
,-act his attention 90 that he would drop
,.s paper. and give his companion q
aanos to read 1t. Young Davis says that
Ns did drop the paper at once and that
The next instant he heard the cracking
Of flames.
Davis locked out into the ell ef thu
house that lsAds to the stable and found
that q fire was In progress near the CELL
Ing. He seemed inclined to the belief
that the ire must have caught from an
elsotrio light wire. Young Davis lost no
time bus ran acress lots to Riverton
casino from where he tslsphoned to the
hose house at Morriils oornor. Word was
ut oncs sent to Chief EldIidge BY hose
Mines men, and the chief communicated
with hose compsny eight Of Woodfords,
and ordered them to proceed to the fire
; Both Of these companies In spits OF the
onoiition OF the roads, which have recent
iy teen fllsd in with gravel. making the
hauling very hard, made good time to
the scene OF the lire, and coon had on all
the hose at their command, which
amounted to about twenty-five hundred
f., from the nearest hydrant. which is
located near the old Friends house.
Captain Stevens Of hose nine on arrival
realised that no time should be lost, so
ordered general alarm sent In. BY this
time the lire had an excellent start and
was making Its way out into tbs barn.
A large crowd of men and boys were soon
on the spot and with the assistance OF
POLICE Onioers Brown, Meuntfort and
other cfiioials commenced the work Of
moving furniture from the house, whioh
is composed OF twenty furnished rooms
ali Of which are furnished In walnut.
The crowd of hys.andsrs rendered vaiu-
abls assistance, and BY the time that the
fire had commu nioated with the house,
the greater part of the furniture had been
carried out onto the ground in safety.
The Gre made rapid progress and 1t was
only short space of time before the barn
was q mass Of emouldsring ruins. The
fics also Was communicated to . smaller
structure adjoining and used ~ carriage
house and this too, was soon mass Of
ruin. MIR. Bayes at the presens time on
~ keeps three horses and these were east
IL rescued from the flames, but several
carriages and other property In the stable
were consumed In the fire. When the
flames reached the house, the tire seemed
to be drawn to ths top Of the building,
and In NO time the building had become
like q roaring furnace. The lre worked
its way into the oupola. and this burned
hs,osly for nearly twenty minutss. when
owing to the dropping out Of the floors
beneath. the cupola ~as forced ovsr and
came crashing to the ground.
The IRE spread into the grass and the
hremsn had to devote their attention to
this, to prevent 1t from running back on
TO the house and land owned and occupied
by Miss Caroline Jones who Lvss In tue
house In which her brother, j. Winslow
Jones, was born and lived for many
ysara
The sparks from the 1re did cemmuni-
cate to the roof OF this HOUSE and to an
ether nearby, but a. the firemsn gave
their attention to thess buildings the
progress Of the IRE was stayed and the
house saved frem damage. Mr.. George
II. Bzyss, the proprietor OF the Bsyss'
Inn, who was about the building ct the
time the IRE started was asked In regard
to th, start Of the IRE, and said that he
was at a loss to account for 1t. but
thought that 1t caught from the outside
from grass fire. de said he thought the
fra arapt up on TO The building and set
IRE to the ell
Mr.. X. J. Bayes. the owner Of the
What Shall We Have for Dessert ?
This question arises in the family every