The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-30
ELEVATOR
IS BURNED
Fierce Fire Broke Out Early
This Morning.
BUILDING TOTAL LOSS
SEVERAL Freight Cars Are
SCorChed and Some Burned
WATER PRESSURE WEAK
And Fire Plug Long Distance
Away
WATER PRESSURE WEAK

The T. Z. elevator at the corner Of
Rock avenue and waterman street was
burned to The ground last night
The are must have broken out IN the
elevator about 1 o'clock and it is not
known how it started. The alarm was
'pboned IN from the Imboden mills at
lzJ and was probably turned in by the
night watchman there and the fire had
pretty good start by this time. when
The FIRE companies No. one and two got
10 the scene the fire had gained such
headway that it was impossible to set
the norses uD 70 II and the men with
the hose were driven back By the fierce
heat
The fremen were handicapped by the
low pressure that was on ard also by the
fact that they mad 20 couple up and work
with one Ere plug.
The connection was made with the fire
plug in front Of the sash and Door CO.
Office and this is perhaps a block north
Of where the elevator srood.
The Sash ard Door company's ware
house was In danger for some time and
a part 0fthe FIRE boys were stationed there
and saved that building which caught
from the sparks blown on It by the high
wind which was blowing from the south.
The elevator IS said TO be owned BY
II. 7. Liggett. who resides ar 424 North
Topeka avenue. and II was said last
night by an employe Of the sash and
Door company that II had not been IN
operation for several months and that
there was nothing IN it with the ex-
ception Of possibly fifteen or twenty bush
els OF wheat
He estimates that It was worth posi-
bly, $1,000 or $4,000
The fire company saw that they could
in no way save any part Of the elevator
and their attention was turned to SUP
rounding property. There was a string
Of box cars setting cn the track in front
Of the elevator and another string on the
next track west Two cars were on fire
on the first track and two on the second
track bur these were easily put out after
the water was got TO them
The elevator made the biggest blaze
that has been in that part Of the town for
some time ana parties IN Jake Eckerts
restaurant could see plainly enough TO
read a paper by light of ir.
ia making the run. Al the corner ot
Topeka and Douglas the street car com
nany had lot Of rock out of the curve
Ga the old track that runs south towards
South Topeka and the hole was filed up
with sand and a couple Of four by four
or some kind Of timberz laid in them.
There were no lights there as there
should have been and when the hose cart
struck these timbers on the run the
wheels were thrown OF turned around
and chucked down into the hole and tbs
team Of horses were thrown 70 the
ground and one Of the horses was badly
skinned UP.
The driver and the hose men can not
figure out how they happened 20 stay
a. but they did
There were between 5oo and eoo people
went To the fire and strings Of people
were standing on the boxcars 20 the
south ard others were strung along the
Rock Island and Santa Fe yards.
EVERYBODY was roasting rho water com
pany about the pressure that was on and
some said that II the sash and Door
Factory had get q stsrt. that it would
with The bum pressure. been impossible
~ save Il.