Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-13

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ilames from tle fasHls l,"pa ~ ~
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Boston Blaeklns eohlalS' $50 or
The buildings We're soon = n'asa =
Flames and as the suffouhulHs pi1p
erty consisted largely - Noo,,r,' -.
buildings used for the storage q laba'
the fire department realized that =
serious fire was threatened ana gen
eral alarm was sounded
In the gale, shingles, burning paper.
oil soaked rags were flung high mt
the air and went soaring over the
city,
Within hale an hour the Roosevelt
Brothers' tbree-StorN wooden rag
factory on Maple street was IN flames
MS Vas the Caplfn Il Soden car works.
Tons of tarred paper was stored IN
the latter place and clouds of smoke
rendered the firemen's work extreme
IL difficult. Soon a dozen factories
and cheaper tonements west Of EV-
prett avenue were in flames, and the
ffremen saw they were utterly unable
10 eope with the eonaagfation.
Realizing that the city was appar-
entity doomed if the flames could not
be stopped at Everett avenue, Fire
chief Speneer summoned help from
Boston and all the surrounding cities
and towns. Four alarms were rung
in on the Boston circuit and all the
available apparatus was sent across
the harbor Early in the afternoon
aid had arrived from Everett Lynn,
Haverhil, Wakefield, salem, Maiden,
Cambridge, Winthrop and Revere
The first evidence of the fire on the
east side Of Everett avenue was dis
covered when the roof Of the People $
African Methodist Episcopal church
on Fourth street was seen to be
ablaze. The services were in pro
gress inside at the time and the con-
gregation was unaware that a serious
fire was raging outside, Some one
notified the pastor Rev. Charles p.
watson He Immediately turned to
his people, told them of the danger
and advised them to file slowly out OF
the building Twenty minutes later
there was not a yestige of the edlflee
LETT
Heaps Of the burning embefs ana
a suttoeating cloud OF dnst were hutI
ed across Everett avenue py cue saie,
coupled with the intense neat "fVN9
the hfenen from theti po'15 .t,..t ''l9 ~
those lallllle9 "oaa591 w ti,,,a te
me Volllla5 ,,os. ,,,a s,t,o fheir
i, ,..i9 usil iiUlt, s'',l ~ tbni, ,aeeeesions
Eorned don,,, Elorett avenue to the
s.,,,H, ~ srg,,,en hattIed with the
aaaSes IN m andeavor to save the
heart of tho business section and to
confine The fire To that part of the
city between the railroad tracks and
Everett Avenue Within an area of
half a square were several churches
h,#
fell before the flames.
When the Polish Catholle churth
caught fire the Rev. Father James
Jaskolsky had just closed service
and many people were in and aheot
the ediiiee. In fifteen minutes the en-
tlfe top OF the ehufell was ~ Ilallles, lii',s',
All the moNdple eiiecls dhu ~ t''rpi ~,
Were removed ne ioSS on ~ t1V aoa "
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