The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-15
BIG PLANNING MILL BURNS
Loss $4,000. INSURANCE SMALL
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were preparing for the work Of the
day al alarm Of fire brought them TO
tbs streets The planning mill il
burning =" These we're the words
that quickly PASSED from lip 10 lip,
and all seemed 10 realize that the
town Nas Ia danger. The fire started
IN tbs boiler room u the planning
mill, soon after eight o'clock, from q
spark that dropped on the dust which
gathers In such places. Quick a. .
Hash tho flames spread and ia an
instant the whole mill seemed 10 be-
mass Of nre. The engineer. chas.
w. Bailey, with rare presence Of
mind. took la tho situation AT once
aud saw that the mill was doomed.
and tried 90 save the boilers from en-
ploding by opsning the safety valve.
la this hs saco.eied. aud turned his
sitsnlion 10 closing the throttle on
the engine, bat the flames drove him
from the room before this bad besn
accomplished. although another
quarter turn would have CLOSED the
valve. In his efforts 10 save
tbs property Mr. Bailey had his
hands severely burned. The flArnes
sooa spEuad 60 the adjoining warr.
hoasS, which contained / 600. 600 feet
Of tho besi grades Of dressed white
pine. Prom here tho fire reached
somo boa cars ON the siding. loaded
uith lubineT. aud thFoo u tl1ese acre
consuns-d. On the north the fire
r~arhssi = new boiler house which the
company vas bnlldinR. By this time
u uas 80 hot that Il kept the
Fighters Al = good distance aud Il ~As
only by the greatest efforts on the
part d thous handling tho bose that
The Office bnilding uAs saved. II
looked Tor time as thongh the names
uonld ST beyond control and reach
the dry hoasr. from which they
wOald have spFuad rapidly 20 the
labm@F yard containing 5000. 600
feet II lnhmeF
In the mids, ~ all this = terrible
ssplosion took place which almus,
created panic. Il proved TO bc the
cylinder bead 81 the large i9s horse
pUuoE engine that runs the machinery
and Which Mr., Bailey attempted 90
stop. A piece q the iron struck A.
BARTLETT. an cmploye Of the company.
who waa Al uork goo Yards from the
sagine, lsoeEaiing his left lee between
The knee aud ankle ia such = manner
that amPuiaiion vas neocssAry. The
iniarcd man vas taken Go bis home
and is getting along a. yell a. could
he eHpceted Dr. Sutherland. a Spo.
kane surreaa. performed the opera
tiaa.
ON The north aud west sides Of the
planis people uere lighting the flames
TO prevent their spreading TO the
adjoining buildings. 4 lawn hose
vas In use on the water works build
Ing and tho bucket brigade. with =
line from tho lake TO the bniiding.
kept u vet down aud saved IL from
Tho Hamca. AZ the beat increased the
tlro spread Ia the edgiDgs that had
hecn upsi for iillins In ON the lake
front aud these are rtill mass Of ho,
Goals.
The city authorities wired Spokane
for assistance and one cnigne. with
Ave men. was sent ont on a special
train. arriving here In 30 minutes
from tho time Of departure and in a
very fcw minutes they had two good
streams Of water playing on the
flames. Their arrival caused sigh
Of relief aud a. the train pulled in
cheer after cheer went mp. The
planting mill. together with additions,
large warehouse with 1000, 600 feet
Of dressed white pine, the engine
room and two boiler houses, together
with four planers aud other machine
~ are a total loss. Fhe engine can
be repaired and the boilers sustained
but little damage, from the fact that
they we're covered with brick.
The loss IL placed at about s35, 600
with es. 900 insurance.
The company Is incorporated as
the Occur d'Alene Lumber Co.,
Limited, and IL owned and operated
by The Larey Lubmer Co with head
quarters In Butte, Mont. NJ 8.
Larry, head Of the company, came
here Tuesday aud looked the situation
over. returning home the same even.
ing. The company will temporarily
install q couple Of planners under the
sawmill and expects to rebuild The
plants that were destroyed.
During the progress Of the fire. O.
. W. Mason. the manager. assisted by
the men and teams, cody directed
matters aud succeeded in saving mucl