The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-16
FisE PAGING ~ BEAUMONT.
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t1e grocery s-c-s Go ls t1rr1-r -s--e
ly Tte oEl-fo- prevails ttst a -1+
peo5-e 1l IRE seoo15 so-r az saves
Tte s-oks sE-t q re s-slr-wsy before
tte Gre uss discovered ard ~-s-
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~sS;s-- Uris- s-s tie Ss~t ceres
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b-t % vas ten minutes before tte
siarr- ec1l1 - -a1e effective F-=
--- are working 1-t sre --zas o.
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f-u ~ smoke i- is l-p1ssItla -- r--
-s.1e -f= h1lse
Tte entire E-Fzt1l1 buLtl-E .s r-
trs a-i t1s tio-e appears % fs doom
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N-s s. W Fsel5 g-oprle-ress Ct. re
Fats says sEe Is 1clsfe-t sv=-T 1-s
es-zpe1 Sc says s.a gave ,te alarm
o. every rooz. Tie auldInEs are 50
51-1et together tha- it ls t--1ssltI j.
90 zst cate. l1 t1= Gre
Tie loss ulu t= more t.z- s-a.-
org q ne block Eors TIE tIocE --
c.1ses besides rhs EcFs5dln t--dl-E
re Gilbert b-llti-r -he Bz-chstt
i.e serc--1 t-itl-E az ruc-s---7
t-tcss and RE D-alzP-C Ets--. q
r=E tsr==s-1ry building sus- e1--ls--
e5 Tte block q bounded ty Pearl
Orl=z-s and B5El= streets and re
so1-he-1 Paclfc Railway.
l- Is lzpossltle % l1czts e. -1ls
---e t1s z5--e= o. tt= Are T-e-= is
a poss.-il-y 1f more than -1is tlr-E
going
ne walls ~ t1e 1lrFs51i- 1---I--
have fallen and t1s Ere Is 1s-,s-e1 .-
--= E.a---a-- t-.--.-E ar --l-.
Tie e-t-4 5-1cs IS z--=5 TIE
s9-t1s-- Pzc-s- Ez-sh1-se frame
building E feet long tue--y feet
arzg ls smoking and ln great dan
E o. t-ls warehouse cstc1e- me
t-s ul ls=lg cross Crocse-t street
into -1e Crosby Hotel block This Is
-o- imminent t1t possible aId ue--
chants sr= moving goods On Crockett
street Flrene- Ivo-uuteeri arr taking
zrez- risks and fears are e-ter-si iued
.9r -tsir safety -Tae =ater pressure
from rLe G11p is good
The loss including contents. ull
s1ce1 $1,000.
A. -l1 r looks a. lf the Are Ell
- confined i- one block T1- Southern
Pacifr EsrshoIsa has not caught z-5
danger ls IesseueI Ie-z1ly. The
entire bloc. ull burn. but j -s prob
able mat t ulI ro- e1terd farther.
There are rlu1rs ~ several lives
.o-, 70 -1s WcFatti- fats but il i-
Impossible 70 determine This one way
%, The other
EaTiy 10 the progress of the IRE
Chief FL Eastman called ny Chief
Hlssey ~ the Houston department and
ASKED him ~ be prepared % send a.
sls-anoe Chief Hussey responded
promptly and General Manager Van
Fl=cF upon request mad a special
rraiu alirng Tor the engines and in q
very feE minutes two engines and q
hO-s truck vgre loaded. but before
they started Chief Eastman zired
again thar .t would NOT BE- necessary
Tor the train % come
This ls the second time a sweeping
IRE has destroyed the buildings on this
block Something like twenty years
ago the frame structures on the blOcl
vere destroyed and the Blanchette
building vas then built. Il vas the hrs-
brick JuIlf ng in Beaumont and was
The pride % the village in those days
The building covered two lots on
Pearl street
The total loss is estimated al $3.50.
oo'. With insurance placed az $4,000