Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-24
BLUFF CITY TO REBUILD IMMEDIATELY

eral thousand more bales. These were afire several times, but prompt and good work prevented the loss of even one bale.
 Ht NDREDS AIDED EMPLOYES.
 Hundreds of people, many of them business men, bankers, bank clerks and others who were inter- ested in the outcome of the fire lent aid to the Bluff City and Ham, melt Company. Every imaginable vehicle was brought into service to assist in removing cotton and many. wagons were used in removing fine glass doors, shingles and valuable hard wood from the store room or the lumber company. It was seen that that was the only way to save it.
 Thousands of bales of cotton Were carried away and dumped into side streets and various ave- nues in the Western section of the city. Fashionable Fifth avenue was literally congested with cotton at dlnerent corners and here and there could be seen stacks of lum- Der. shingles and other wood ma- teflals left there by hurrying wag- ons Express wagons, drays, furni- t're vans and buggies were used i effectively in removing things. Ma ny cottages in the immediate neigh borhood of the fire were stripped of everything and household goods and personal effects held in read mess for moving.
 WOOD AWNING USED.
 At the Hammett warehouse the
 brick walls were almost red-hot to the touch. The big doors were kept closed to protect the cotton on the inside and the cotton on the plat forms watered. It was deemed necessary to use the wood-
 en awning that surrounded the building to lessen the heat against the building. The posts were re- moved from under it and it was permitted to drop flat against the brick building offering good protec- ton to the wooden doors which were smoking and which caught fire several times. All of the cot ton in the yard near the warehouse Was taken away. The "bucket bri- sade' did effective work on the roof of the building and probably saved it.
 LOSS TO LUMBER COMPANY.
 The loss to the Bluff City Lum- Der Company will be great. The plant alone was valued at $250,- eco. Four million feet of lumber and thousands of bundles of shin @}es were destroyed with it, will run in round figures into more than a hundred thousand more. Large consisnments of fine lumber ready for shipment were also de- strONed The company, it is author itiFelE stated carried only $1OO,- 91o insurance. Sixty thousand of that amount was carried direct with Eastern and Northern compa- nies, principally Lumber Mutuals. The officials of the company are J. B. York, president; J. F. Ruther- ford, vice. president, and Robert York secretary and treasurer No statement has been issued by the company. It was stated yesterday that the officials of the company will make no statement at this time, owing to so many matters be- ing before them for disposal Yes the company, too, and on that ac- count Secretary York said it would be impossible for him to give out their exact losses and amounts of insurance carried with various conf panies.
 TRAINS DELAYED, ONE IGNITED
 The Southbound Cotton Belt pas senger train, was delayed several hours because of the warpfng of the rails on Fourth avenue New rails were placed, however, and the traffic was resumed after dark. The Iron Mountain train from Little Rock, ran through the fire lines in to the city and before it reached the Union station it was found that the baggage car was afire and it re- quired the efforts of the train crew before it was extinguished. The front platform of the car was burn