Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-17

tho handsome territorial capitol az
SAINTS 20. ahich with its furnishinga
cost over $4,000. was threatened
Win destruction az o'clock yestcr-
jay morning. when the nlshi watch
an discovered tho entire huildlne
mll oi choking amok6 as the result
of q Gre which was fast gaining head
say in tho store room near the center
81 tho basement David l.. Mliler.cus.
lodian was overcome by smoke sud
it'i uacunacious 90 the odgo of inc Gre
He was rescued BY his son, Walter
Mnier. who carried him through
slndoW into iho air where be quickly
revived
u is not poaqibic % estimate tho luHs
at this time Il a certain 70 amount
lo several Thousand doliafs az least.
Owing 10 the fact that the valuable
u1kH in the library are damagcd ana
rot an ONCE escaped some harm from
smoke. the aiunu.t may ho much lar
ger u Is said that tho whole building
aaa endangered Tor nearly an hour w
d rocqntiy appointed night Waterman,
who apuarnntiy made inefficient of-
.rrie to oxiinsuish the flames without
summonina sufficient assistance.
This h borne out by tho fact that no
CHARM reached the ore department,
TO the prompt work 0l Custodian
Miller however. really belongs the
crngW Cor aayinr the capitol
WunfeYcr loss there may b. a iuliy
covered by lnaurarce, thc total
amount un tho building and fixtures
being about ti5o0Vo.
b. accents that about o'clock yes
torduV morning Thomas Aiarld. the
ulrht wutchman. emeilod the smoke
rrioh was puurip into the corridors
from the basement He Investigated
land found that in the long store
room. near che center % the building
trDrl was are iio could not enter
ire room because OF the clouds Of
smoke Tho Waterman then summon
ID the engineer aud several others
whom 10 could arouse having failed
to Communicate with the telephone
exchange because tho lre had burn
pd out che wires TO the telephones Ia
,no building at the point where thcl
entered the capitol. The frightened
men made an attompt TO oxtinkuish
the blaac which was Gmouiderlng for
want of air Being unsuccessful they
sent post haste for Custodian Miller,
who. with his son, arrived quickly.
Mr. Miller opened the windows ioac'
| lns into the engine room in order 20
.ut out the smoke Instantly there
was a Hash OF hamos, % the ifcsh ar
reached Tho smoulieEinB fire
Custodian Fell Unconscious a. Edge
81 fire.
before opening the windows, Mr..
Miller dragged O. line OF hose into TIE
engine room and as near 90 tho tire
AS be- could get tic then stood bis
ground. playing q stream Of water up
on tho fire until be- grew sO weak
from inhaiing smoke that ho could no
longer hold the muHRic. lie called zoe
Assistance. hui me ianiior force un
/ Or nc directions of hie son, was ca.
/ rarDl ln getting other hose. just
/ what happened then Mr. Miller can
/ not clearly recall except that ho fcll
in the smoke. at the edge OF the Ore
ills hon. entering tho room % mlnutl
/ llior. found Mr. Miller and carried
him through window 10 tho fresh
obs. whore b. revived Father nnd son
With iiHes of hose, then fe.oniorod the
stnre room ana began directing eject
$50 streams OF water on iho fire
which was quickly guhiuQi The
other mf worked ynliunfy Doe fight
ms the firc. removing cOmhustihl'
material and aiding 10 handling "a,
nozz'es.