Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-26
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The Car Department Of the Local
Shops Of ne Santa Fe
Railroad.
PARTICULARS or CONFEDERATION

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QuorQuo directed lts attention %
Gre a. the local santa Pc shops last
might. which lighted the heavens and
Shared monacinsly on its surroun
'ngH. and not until after u had been
conquered did the people breath easy.
An engine 10 tho lower yards sound.
ga the alarm shortly after 7 o'clock
other engines took up tho cry and
pandomonium OF fhrlll shfleks and
appealing to1ta rent the air.
The IRE was lu the pattern aul
wood wording department 70 started
by the ac, dcatal lgniiing ~ on On q
drip pan by torch and quickly
spread. feeding on fresh shavIngs anil
woodwork, and nourlshod 90 dust
highly combuatlblo
The frame building which tor aftoDn
years has served an n pattern shop
was quickly a mass os soothing namos.
The car department and paint shop
adioinlng quickly fen Victims OF tho
IRE ncnd. within thirty minutes after
that tiny blazing drop 81 on Ten Into
the waste pan. which catches The OH
drIppIugs from the blower that blows
the shavlnEs from the planor into the
furnace. the entire block Of buildings.
so 200 feet. was Quilted aud some 0f
tho burning debris had fallen Re
ports OF bursting cans ~ paint and
OH shooting shaftG of flames hlFh into
che air. could ho heard above the roar
and hisf of The flames.
Fortunate was % that tho burning
buildings did ail in. Tho wator pros
sure WAS poor. and the 6romoH woro
ut such disadvantage that ihp roof
of the main shops building and the
corded piles uf wood which nllod the
yards surrounding The car and carpon.
ter shops we're threatened. and had
the great heat continued longer than
II did the counagratlon could not
have been checked az q was. Some
OF the wood dld catch IRE but was
saved By porsoyorlng efforts % the
nremCn The upper story frame work
OF the main shops building smoked
and out Of q oozod plno rosin, but
when the burning building fell the
flames cooled The on house caught
Ere ana for q while the aspect was
dubious. Confined IN the on house
we're large tanke % OH which. u
heated 10 the extent 90 explosion
death and destruction would have
been tho result Two small streams
Of water were all that saved o. The
dromen pulled their bats down over
their faces and with these small
streams dronched the side ana roof 90.
the little block house. soaking Il anl
drowning every small spark that toll
on Il
A large boiler 90 the burned house
was omptied OF lts water by some
thoughtful employee. and thus another
possible disaster was averted
a. n o'clock the nro had burned onI
and was entirely undor control
Tho loss sustained by the Santa F6
ls practically nothing Tho company
carries a large Insurance. covering on,
entire shops property and it la re-
ported that the amount on the Tram,
, building was exceptionally large. tn,
, great loss ls suffered by tho employees
who had tools 30 the building Som,
NJ the older employees lost "a high az
$500 worth OF tools one man cal,
, that he had been buying tools for fi
teen years and that all went up Cd
! smoke last night
rho total loss by lhc hro aggregate
! $4,000 About eighty mon arc throw
. out of employment, but the compau
will try co take care Of part % them
d Local officials believe that the CON
pany will replace the burned building
with larger and better ones Th
foreman of the car department
v destroyed was o ID Buzfell tn
cmpoyca OF this department and q
). the round house were not effected b
the recent order cutting down IN
- working time from ten 20 eight hour