The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-08
Fire

CONTINUED from Iabe -
series Of loud explosions which heard
in remote parts OF the city and srpead
with fearful rapidity
In half hour a dozen big ware
houses In the wholesale dry goods and
notions dis rict we're burning hercely.
The entire city fire department was
called out. but was utterly powerless
TO check tl~ pread Of the Games.
which were aided by high WINS and
by noon thee were savage fires in at
beast thirty 5is ware houees and the
flames we're $, adily eating their way
into successive blocks east north.
west and south
On Baltimore street, The block be-
tween Liberty and Sharp streets. was
soon ablaze. Then came the next
block cast 10 Hanover and after hat
tie block on the south side Of Charles
street broke ont into flames, the Con
solidated Gas company's and oehm's
Acme hall burned fercely
~ Flames Ran Wild.
Meanwhile stores north OF Baltimore
street we're being similarly consumed.
Mullins hotel was ignited and other
buildings near West Of Liberty
street. on the south side Of Baltimore.
th block was doomed and the big
Baltimore bargain house was also at
tackled. IN Hopkins place, where the
nre started. Hursts building and the
other wholesale houses on both sides
Of the street cgumhled and fell
The big dry goods house of Daniel
Miller ana Sons and X M. su ton and
company were soon aAame am along
German street. east and west from the
Hurst building dozen buildings were
burning and scores were threatened
Mass & Keepers big Wholesale
store on baltimore street quickly sue.
cumbed to the flames and the walls fell
with crash that was heard for
squares The Hurst building was ut
toily destroyed. not even wall ten
feet high being left standing and was
apparnely the center Of the caldson,
from whence hte flames radia.ei over
the doomed neighborhood
On Hopkins Place the Hopkins Saw
ings bank and the National Exchange
bankw wore gutted by the flames few
streams OF water that the hremen wers
able 10 turn on them proving utterly
Intellectual to even halt the destruc
tic6. Here, across the street, we're
the ruins Of hJon e Hurst & com
pany's building. and next to it 5
Hecht, Ir. & Sons block in flames
Adjoining was the large building
owned by the William Koch Importine
company. which was also quickly de
stroyed
socn in Ruins.
Across the s rect the Stanley &
Brown Drug company building was
soon in ruins. Fronting on the Balu
more street side OF the block were the
Roxbury Rye Disuning company. tn,
building occupied by siIverman
Todes the house OF Aren Sons & Co.
which had hardly been completed. ana
next 20 It was the establishment O
NJ Moses & Co On the corner was
the building occupied by Messrs
Sugar q Shear. and several o-nei
smaller concerns. All Of these were
swallowed up In fame the whole
square being mass Of fire.
Al 1880 o'clock Mullins hotel {
seven story structure at Liberty an.
Baltimore streets. was in flames from
cellar TO garrett. and rs great neigh
end narrowness converted the doome,
buning into a huge ani drealfa
ioreh AN The guests Of the hotel ha,
been ordered out Of the building short
~ after the Ere broke out in John Il
Hursts place There was no panic ol
confusion and none were injured
Called for Help.
Though every bil or urenshun'
apparates IN the city was called int'
requlsltion as the flames continued 4
spread, The hremen realized that the
had task before them which was to'
great FOR them TO combat Telegram
for nre engines We're sent TO Washius
con and Philadelphia, and about
O'Clock six engines arrived from Wash
ington and four from Philadelphia an
joined in the battle with the haem'
Engines from stations Ia Baltimore
Howard Anae. Arundel and Hmfor
counties arrived as soon as possible
some apparatus travelling a distanc
Of thirty miles and more Water plug
in every section within radius {
half mile from The fire were in as
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