Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-07
FIRE IN BUSINESS DISTRICT
Big Damage to oUur. CraghtOr'E Building
81 Eleventh and TG-nnm.
FEIsskNKs-WoRs coEPkNY HEAVY LOSER
CaPtnin Oie-sn TEms rrom Top Of
Thirtr-Ffve-Fopt Ladder. bat
Probably VIII
from HE Injuries.

Fire discovered a. & yesterday morning
IN the three-stu-y brick building a. IlO.-
1lD4 Farnam street. occupied by The Pair
bHnkE-MurEt company and The American
Press association. did possibly Sg5 Oup dam
age TO the stock o. the scales cuupHny
S1.5Ob 10 the Press association and $4,000
10 the building
Captain Olesun Of hose cumpHuy No. .
fell from the top Of . t~hirty-fve-fout lao
der while taking In q line Of hose when the
department FIRST arrived and received q
ounUuBBiun Of the brain, q severe scalp
wound and injuries TO his back. Hs WIS
taken 10 the ClRrkson hospital unconscious
but al noon vRs reported 10 be resting well
and ms injuries we're not considered dHu-
Ee-ous-
The FIRE In supposed TO have originated
in the rear pErJ Of the building. on The
ground floor. II { p'ulock the niEru WIS
cent in over 4 telephone and by the time
the department Rrrivsa tbe flames were
bursting out the north side windows OF the
three floors and we're leHpinE many feet
above The ROOF Of the building. The head
way % The flames End the heavy machinery
on all three floors made the hight OF the
hremsn 8 difficult one. A general alarm
vRs turned in und every available piece o.
apparatus in the department was brought
into service.
BY hare work The FIRE vas confined 10 the
rear psrt Of the building on the FIRST and
second floors. but on the third II extended
the entire length.
Captain blossoms ran.
To Rdd 10 the difficulties Of The FIRE
men. 3 LADDER hastily placed against the
east side Of the building turned with Cap
tain Olespn upon il, and be Was dashed to
the ground. SDuD after he had been sent
TO the hospital the roof fell in. This fan
ing upon the third floor, sent 3 strip along
the west wall. the entire length Of the
building. crashing TO the second. carrying
with II many hundred pounds Of mRchin-
err.
The American Press association ouCu-
pies three rooms in the front on the second
floor. The falling in Of The third floor
badly wrecked al OF its moldE and much
Of rs mBchtnery. h part Of the stock
moi damaged by fire is water soaked.
The rspidity with which the FIRE spread
10 the second and third floors was cue 10
an elevator SHAFT. Starting near this Oh
the first floor the flames ran Up the dry
timberB. chRrred them and spread to the
wood work. trucks and wind mills on the
second and third floors. The flames then
ran along the walls 10 the roof and the
entire length Of The third story.
amour: of the Loss.
The damaged building is cvnsd ny Count
John A. Creighton and is valued III SO ,6Ub.
His lpRs, covered by insurance, will be be
tween $40, 0Oe and 81 900. The Fairbanks
Morse COMPANY carries q stock valued Al
$7h.00O. and about half OF this iS ruined OF
badly damaged. making its loss about SOS.
0Be. q. Il. ChfldK, agent q the COMPANY,
WHIT is in charge. WIS unable 10 state def
riteiy what his loss would be.
M. G. Perkins. manager Of The American
Press association. N his loss TO ma
rhinsry al r,5Bb. He will lose much more
however, by not being able 10 Hn his orders
Early Thursday morning he Photographed
10 Chicago for duplicates of his machinery
te be sent by express. &c expects 10 be
doing business by this morning.
The FEirhEnkk-MOrBe COMPANY has many
men at work getting The stock in shape 10
DO business.
II Is believed the walls Of the building
have been very little damaged. How the
ployeE Of the FRirbRnkB-Mors cUmpany
we're al work in the building Until u
o'clock, and when they left there vas nj
indication Of ere. Il is believed, however
thsf the FIRE had been smolderinr near tbs
elevator shaft in me rear part Of the build.
ing for some time. not being discovered
Until Il broke ont on the second md thirt
dporK.