Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-03
BIG FIR
The'Foster Millinery Company Stock
eurned and pamaqed.

Burned and Damaged.
The Foster Millinery company stock.
In the Jaramillo building on West Rail
road avenue. Is almost wreck from
destructive work OF fire and water last
night.
Oakley Clifford the hackman. passed
the building about IT o'clock and see
ing smoke issuing from the door tran
som he drove quickly to the corner OF
Second street and Railroad avenue.
where he informed Ray Stamm. who
was inside the vehicle. As soon as
Ray learned of the fire he turned in
inc alarm.
The fire department made fast run
and in short time had tae hoee strung
and ready for action The glass OF the
front door was broken in. but the
smoke was so dense II was impossible
for them TO enter. A hose was placed
through the opening and then II was
that the hats and millinery stock were
scattered right and left. The rear door
was next broken into by the Are boys.
who were able to enter at this stage.
They found the first evidence of fire
in a pile of paper boxes on the right
hand side as they entered. Before.
nothing was seen but smoke This
blaze was quickly extinguished. but
not before another blaze was dlscov-
cred in small room adjoining. separ-
ted from the large room by a light
partition. At this point it was discov-
cred that the entire ceiling. which was
stsk4 I..slx tts...
was on fire. Then 1t was that the Ore
department had TO work hard. The
hats, bonnets and trimmings. we're ex-
cellent fuel. and the fire spread rapid
ly on the inside.
Aldermen Hubbs. acting fire chief,
was on hand and worked with the Gre
boys. all of whom should receive high
praise for their efforts put forth.
A Citizen representative called on
Mrs. Foster. at her room upstairs ut
No. 116 Third street, this morning and
found her In bed. The news of the cat
astrophe. brought to her just after she
/ had retired last night. was too much
of shock for her and she was almost
Frustrated.
! last night" said Mrs. Foster How
the fire originated IL mystery 10 me.
/ There were many orders in that had to
! he out today and | stayed later than
usual last night to complete the work.
| Durings the afternoon and evening .
| had n man painting the tables and
chairs. He was smoking the most OF
! the time he was working. Last night
] before left thought / scented smoke.
but thought perhaps II was only the
smoke of tae cigars. The only way !
/ can account for II is that It must have
/ originated from a cigar stump or a
match. viii h might have been thrown
in the cotton or other material and be-
coming smothered was slow in burning
through. Everything in the store was
very inflammable and with a start Il
would take only few minutes for the
entire pace to be in names
The name of the painter Mrs. Foster
could noe give
Mr.. Foster Is in III Paso on his way
to this city. being expected to arrive
m the morning.
The people who live over the store
were not long in getting ont when they
ped only in blankets, not waiting to
get their clothing.
The insurance carried on the stock
will amount to s3.500 The following
are the companies insured with and
the respective amounts;
Continental company. represented
by A. Fleischer. $500; Aetna compa-
ny. represented by George Brewc,'.
81 900; British-America company, by
W. Moore Clayton, $500. and the Mia
cara company. by Rankin a. Co.. $500.
Mrs. Foster stated this morning that
their stock In the heavy season usual
ly reached $1,000, but that she thought
the stock which they had on hand
would reach s4.500, although the mill
linery season has been over the past
few weeks
The total loss IL not yet known, but
II not a total loss Il will not be far
from IL. The entire stock was either
burned or soaked with water the cases
were burned and scorched. and the
glass In many OF the show cases wero
broken.
The damage 10 the building Is slight
and fully covered by insurance.
The FIRE Is really mystery: Mrs.
Foster had left only small fire In the
stove In. the rear department anH Il Is
absolutely certain from her version,
that the blaze did not occur from the
stove or from defective fue. Tho
insurance companies interested will no
doubt cause an investigation.
Modesto Ortiz will leave for Santa
Fe tonight. In response to n message