Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-23
HUNDREDS DRIVEN
FROM THEIR HOMES
Several Acres of Ground Burned
Over and Scores of TenementS
and Wholesale Houses Are
Total LOSS--InSurdnCe
Is Small.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August ga
shift of the wind aided the firemen
in their heroic efforts to overcome
a fire that started in the Eagle White
Lead company's plant last night and
five hours after the flames were dis
covered the fire was under control,
after wiping out property valued at
$75O,OOO, driving hundreds of tene-
ment dwellers from their homes, and
laying waste several acres of ground.
Nearly everything in an irregular
block bounded by Broadway, East
Court, Hunt street, and the Norfolk
and Western tracks was destroyed.
only one man was injured and his
injuries are not serious.
Thought City Afire.
This fire was one of the most spec
tacular blazes ever seen in this city.
The flames, drawn upward by roar
ing wind, filed the sky with light and
attracted people from the most dis
tant parts of the city. led to believe
that Cincinnati was threatened as a
whole. For hours the night was
turned into day, while the firemen
fought the blaze on all sides, being
slowly driven back until finally the
wind changed squarely round and as
there was nothing more for the fire
to Destroy 1t was soon under control.
The fire was discovered at IL
O'Clock last night by a private watch
man in the Eagle White Lead COM
pany's plant, and after he turned in
the alarm, he made a fruitless effort
to extinguish the blaze. 1t had gained
entrance. however, into a room where
large quantity of oils and infam-
mable material were kept, and de-
spite iron doors and other fire pro-
lection, 1t speedily wrapped the whole
four-story building in fire.
Narrow Escapes.
The intense heat from the burn
ing oils melted down walls on either
side of the burning building, enabling
the fire TO pass quickly in each di-
rection, and the high wind did the
rest. The gases from the burning
oils made it almost impossible for the
firemen to fight the blaze and several
were temporarily overcome by smoke
and gas, but none were seriously hurt
A falling wall, braced with steel
girders, struck buildings on the op-
posite side but the firemen were able
to get out of danger before the mass
tumbled into the street.
The fire spread over the entire
burned section with great rapidity,
despite the fact that every fire COM
pany in the city was fighting 1t, and
there were scores of streams of wa
ter pouring on the most vulnerable
points. No appreciable gains were
made until a. m, when the wind
began to change and thirty minutes
later the firemen had the blaze driv-
EN- back into the burned area and
under control.
Drove People from Homes.
Several pieces of fire apparatus
were lost in the fight, and there were
number of narrow escapes, but as
far as can be learned but one man
was hurt.
The burning of a large number of
tenements, in connection with the
wholesale houses in the district,
caused many narrow escapes, as hun
dreds of families lived in that sec
ton of the city, and the big old
structures, fairly swarming with hu-
manity, burned like tinder. The po-
lice aided the firemen in saving life
by driving people out of their houses
blocks ahead of the flames.
The insurance on the burned struc-
lures was small aggregating less
than 100000.