Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-25
PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS TUESDAY, JUNE
.FRIGHTFUL BLAZE IN
 DOWNTOWN DISTRICT

ladies garments were completely ruined there.
 It was fully an hour before the fire men succeeded in getting the flames under control, This accomplished, no further uneasiness was displayed by the proprietors of adjoining stores. The water pressure remained good 1 throughout the fire. Streams were thrown over the roof of the Bank of Pine Bluff building, which is three stories high, with ease. --~-. The building occupied by the Mod Iel was gutted completely and i, al- most a total loss. It was owned by Thomas s. James and Arthur Mur- ray and is insured in the Mcmfwyp ray and is insured for$3, 900 partly in the Home Insurance Company and partly in Mills & Sons. The owners sus tained loss of about $6,00O. The walls of the building are believed to be in good condition, although the rear part of the structure was dam aged badly. Doctor l.. K. Land, the dentist, occupied one of the offices on the second floor, but he suffered fonly slight loss, he says.
 E Lee Morrison, manager of the Model. carried $4,0o0 insurance on his stock. Two thousand dollars was with the Home Insurance Agency and the re- maining sum with the Knox-Smart agency in the Michigan Commercial company. MT. Morrison says he is un- able to accouit for the origin of the fire. There were no lights left burn ing when he closed his place the night before and he says there has been no fire in any of the stoves in the building in weeks. He places his loss at about $8,000 to $10,O00.
 s. A. Rosenberg says his loss is so small that it is4hardly noticeable. Smoke filled the place and discolored some delicate stationery articles, but 1 otherwise he says the damage was not anything to mention. Water soaked few books and other articles. The loss, Mir. Rosenberg says, will not ex- ceed $100 The Smiths, who conduct 1 the soda and confectionery depart ment in the building, sustained no damage.
 There were many amusing incidents during the fire. The streets were l crowded with spectators, almost inn 1 mediately after the alarm was sound ed. Hackmen did a regular land office business bringing business men down town from their homes and hundreds. among them many women, ran and walked through the streets from all parts of the city. In the excitement
 which followed the breaking of the plate glass ill the doors at Rosenberg's crowd of young men carried a man. moth Victor talking machine into the street and for the amusement and en- tertainment of the crowd, played band, vocal and instrumental selections. The music served as an amusing feature during the fire. After the flames were sudued MT. Rosenberg threw ! open his place and entertained his friends with ices, soda water and cigars. The Smiths cared Cor every body.
 A. N. Bloom, the Mark Twain Of the Rosenberg store, had the place hammered this morning with witty notices. He informed the public that not one single magazine (Mc- Clure's, Munsey's, Everybody's) ex-
 ploded and not even the Saturday
 Evening Post was displaced.
 The fire boys were rewarded this morning with two $25 checks, one from Arthur Murray and the other from s. A. Rosenberg, in recogni- tion of their valuable services. Chief
 Briner today addressed the following letter of thanks to each of them: l Dear Sir: For myself and the members of the Fire Department de- sire to express our sincere thanks fo: Your generosity and for the kind
 words you have spoken for the Fire Department The Fire Department has
 been in an embarrassing position for
 several months during the winter, but
 at the fire this morning we had am pie water pressure and were able to
 cope with the flames which threaten
 ed heavy destruction. Your compli-
 ment to us affords us great pleasure
 as does the satisfaction of knowing that the loss in this fire was no great
 CT than it was"
 Harold Bluthenthal leaves t0mOr-