Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-11

hich started about 1890 this morn
II in the main building Of the plant
the Washington Mill company,
harp avenue and Maple street, al
ost entirely destroyed the plant,
by few buildings being saved
rough the hard work of the fire de-
lrtment and the fact that little wind
rs blowing The blaze is believed
have started in the main ware
buse, which was situated in the mid
of the company's extensive yards,
hitch cover over 1000 square feet of
lrritory. Although the heat from
lie blazing mass could be felt for
ocks, none of the firemen sue
mbed.
The main warehouse, the shaving
kult, the office, the stable in which
ere quartered about 20 horses and
veral wagons, together with almost
cry lumber pile on the grounds, are
total ruin.
AS soon as Fire Chief A. H. Myers
ached the scene and found the
irds a blazing mass he Immediately
rned in a general alarm and the
tvs entire fire fighting apparatus
sponded.
Loss Is 100000.
"Our loss will be fully 500, 900, :"
lid J.. C. Barline, treasurer of the
mpany, at an early hour this morn
&, land we are amply covered with
surance. All of our mills are COW
ed with a blanket insurance and |
N not say exactly how much insur-
ice there is on the part destroyed.
be loss is about equally divided be-
geen the sash and door factory and
lie warehouse. The sash and door
ctory was 60 by $50 feet in size
70 stories high and was fitted with
odern machinery. The warehouse
as filled with sash and door stock
Id the loss here will be about $780,.
DO. The barn was also destroyed
ut all of the Is or 20 horses were
wed without exception, | think
be warehouse that was destroyed
as about 25 by 100 feet.
II am unable to say how the fire
arted. 1t is supposed to have orig
ated in the west part of the sash
Id door factory, which was the far
est away from the boiler.
Our business will not be inter
pied, for we will be at the mill to
~ prepared to carry on business,
eat part of our stock being saved.
Before the fire department had al
rived the flames, fed by the sea
med lumber and dry buildings, hai
vept westward from Cedar street t
APPLE. taking the sash and door fac
ry, warehouse and barn, and man
les of lumber near the o. r. & \
aeks, as we'll as five loaded cars an
veral decks of poles near Mapl
rect.
Several teamsters seeing the flame
lrriedly dressed at their Tespectiy
pmes and ran, some of them man
Ocks, to the barns, where they su'
eded in saving 16 or II horses an
veral wagons.
The rear ends of the houses facin
larp avenue were badly seorche'
ID but for the efforts of household
S who piled garden hose woul
I've been destroyed. The fire hos
pre- all engaged in carrying watt
ON FIVE steamers to the blaziT
mber piles and falling sheds. {
e other side of the right of way {
e blum 80 feet above the track
rear ends of houses facing Ma
Pin avenue were smoking and q
int was running down the ella
ards in streams.
The FIRE, which had rapidly swe
estward. began to eat into the DC
ms of the lumber. and before Z
sc carts could be taken from {
pre- important position of Prevei
9 a spread to the southwark ov
e residence section lying iowa
courthouse. the westward linn
the yards were beyond saving.
There was little excitement, D
Tast crowd of people. among VIII
re hundreds Of women in kimon'
n shaWls over their heads .
ding various other articles
thes about them. stood along :
lway yard. on the street euros q