The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-08-05


press kt4 Friday morning) which
happenfd II be FIVE nslnutes.of II o.
clock. couple pf boys scried fire. -
We glanced out. OF the door. and saw
smoke rising from the root OF the Pa
cific hotel. Every one by. this time
was on the4ul vfye dad u rush was
made for the hose cart which was
quickly connected to- the hydrant
and turned on the fire while the hill
hose was brought down III the tr,,y
with a rush. No water could he
found in the Main to give aasy pres.
sure and Inside OF fiNe minutes.it was
realized that the business portion
was do6med.. o
by this time the flames were shoot
ing mp q hundred feet iilthe air and
tile heat was terrific. fifssmerchants
: began gathering their books, in-
voices and records and fed to the
hill side. and SO Quick was the fire
and so sy4 Stlle destrrtidn thatsin
some instances not even these could
be gathered up. .
BY 1880 a solid wall OF flame ra-
pidlysspreading. divided the town in.
to two par is and whichever side a
citizen happened to lie, there he
fought the flames as best he could.
Sat first it seemed that nothing in
the town conld'be saveds but by in-
domitable energy a line was estab.
lished where the houses were hot
thickly located, and the fire pre-.
vented from spreading further> on
either side.
BY two O'Clock. the flames We're
under control but IN this short space
of time, five blocks, including every
business house in town. We're act
lally swept ont of existence, not
leaving or saving single article,
while some 10 BONES with their con.
. tents were gone completely.
1t is rather hard to estimate the
damage at-this time but it will be in
the neighhorhood OF $300,O00 with
about half covered by Insurance.
The fire swept the Pacific hotel
jumped across the street to the Lin
coin Hdwre Co and then spread in
every direction at once.
To show the extent of the loss'we
give u list OF the merchants burnt
out, and this means absolutely with
out 10 cents wortll'of salvage.
Starting with the Pacific hotel,
follows, Housh. carpeetar shop:
G. Chase. confectionery
II. p. Lorang, cigar manufctf
W. NJ. Terry, saloon
McGrea Bros 4 CoS hardware
Chandler s HILL. livery
Kettenbaeh t:raiisco.
VIM HUNTER. blacksmith.
AC White 4 Go, druggists
1T Moser, dentist.
q M IeviAs jeweler
G W Hal Gsnfectionery
Martin ThhiBas,' warehouse
BeniaInfiS sons, livery
United IsrSk ktfen church
Mctrea Nefshause
Miss Haini photographer
The loiign hfsll and opera house
NJ {, Metirew. general mdse
Hamley 4 10, harness mnftr
st Elmo hotel and bar
City hall
Postofiice
State bank
> .-aaeRce OF g W Suppigef, attorney
r S Beckwith, genl mdse
" E'Kerr. confectionery
JM'Wild, meat market :.
Linceln Hdwe & Imp. Co.
Halzlip 4 Norman, genl n.lsa
Hunter Bros, furniture
Gazette ofiice,
Hines. photographer
ps Hunter lumber & wood xard
Brown & 1ftjl, lumber yard
Star restaurant - -
Kollenborn &'Co, implements
LAWN, blacksmith -
Lincoln ware house =.
Canyon Echo office
HIP Hull, general mdse
Then there were the N L coal shed'
and the residences. Those whose
homes were buint We're I B West, H
EHelms, Miss Abba Smith. I M
. walker, Francis I.abole. R B Hines
NIX Duncan, all boarders. in the
hotels. b s Hunter, II 2 Hull. DrA
Rothwell, C Hall, the u b. parson-
noe seyeral'families in lewis Hun