The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-07-14
KENDRICK FIRE LAST NIGHT
kendrick Loses Five Thousand Six Hundred
Dollars In a Blaze Last Nisht-Northern
Pacific Depot was in Danger.

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Dollars In Blaze Last Nisht-Northerr
Pacific Depot was in Danger.
Word came from Kendrick last night
that FIRE started in the Northern Pacific
yards about eight o'clock and the high
wind that blew up the canyon by its
changes succeeded in destroying the fol-
lowing property:
Tacoma Grain Company's warehouse.
Dan Hunter lumber yard and ware
house with contents.
Frank LaBole, barn and contents.
Star restaurant.
Myers blacksmith shop.
Lincoln Hardware Company's store.
Northern Pacific roundhouse.
The property cannot be replaced for
less than 900. One story has it that
the FIRE started from bonfire built by
some boys near the blacksmith shop and
the high winds blew the sparks to the in-
tiammable wooden building in which the
blacksmith shop was located and the FIRE
spread. About $3.50 two hundred and
fifty pounds of giant powder stored in
the shop blew up and scattered the burn
ing timbers to the Tacoma warehouse.
Fortunately the warehouse had been
emptied the day before. The wind then
took the blaze to the Hunter lumber
yard and for time Mr. Hunters resi-
dence was in danger, but change in the
wind brought the Northern Pacific depot
and roundhouse in range of the fire. The
roundhouse was burned but by heroic eff.
forts of the people the depot was saved.
The paint on the west side was scorched
and the windows were broken.
The powder explosion stopped all of
the timepieces in the little town and
broke large number of windows. 1t is
estimated that this wrecked good many
hundred dollars worth of property.
Some idea of the force of the explosion
can be formed from the fact that pieces
of the burning blacksmith shop were
hurled up on the hill among the resi-
dences of the town. The escape of the
people who stood near the Chandler &
Hill livery barn when the explosion oc-
CURED is considered miraculous. But
for the prompt action of the citizens the
four cars of merchandise and wheat
would have been total loss. When the
cars were discovered on fire they were
pdshed out of further danger from the
flames and are only damaged on top.
The FIRE department did excellent service
in saving surrounding property, espe-
ciaily the large implement warehouse Of
the Lincoln Hardware Company, which
TODD within thirty feet of the burned
Tacoma Grain Company's warehouse,
and is filled with wagons. carriages and
harvesting machines. If this structure
had caught FIRE it would have meant the
loss Of the Kettenbach Grain Company's
big warehouse and considerable other
property. Very little damage was done
to the Northern Pacific tracks, so that
service will not be interfered with.
When the news arrived in Lewiston
the Northern Pacific started a special of
an engine and caboose to the scene of the
confagration. number of people vol
unteered to go to the assistance of the
town but advices came saying that no
helpwas needed and no passengess went.
This is the second FIRE Kendrick has
suffered from, the other having burned
the business part OF the town in the sum
mer of 1898 The euterprising people Of
the town began indnstriously to erect
new brick buildings upon the shoulder
ing ashes of the wooden ones II is evil
dent that this Gre will not stop the pro-
gress of such prosperous little city.
The losses were almost entirely covered
by insurance.