East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-15

Il. X. Lnrimer formerly a resident
of this city and at one time manager
of the local baseball team, lies at the
point OF Death in Boise hospital. as
the result of burns received in a fire
which occurred in that city Wednes-
day. A letter from his wife received
this morning says his condition !s
critical. He is kept under the in
fluence Of morphine all the time and
il Is necessary to administer chloro- |
form whenever his injuries are
dressed.
Subscriptions are being taken
among his friends in this city for the
assistance Of himself and family. The
local lodge of Knights Of Phyth!as, of
which he is member, will also come
to his assistance.
The following account of the fire,
which not only destroyed the Lorimer
shop, but five other business houses,
is taken from the Boise Capital News:
Gasoline Explosion.
An explosion of gasoline I'm hat
and clothes cleaning establishment at
III South Tenth street at 1:40 this
afternoon resulted in a man being
dangerously burned and the cutting
OF the entire block of frame build
ings on the east side OF the street from
the alley northward to the brick
building. near Grove street, occupied
by the White Line Transfer COM
pany. Five business places were put
out Of existence.
The blaze was caused by the eXplo-
sion Of gasoline in the New York /,
Dyeing Cleaning works. where
man named Lorimer was using II. He
was badly burned about the arms,
head and face, and is in critical .
condition. He was taken to one Of
the hospitals in an automobile. ,
Flames Spread. :
The flames spread from this struc :
ture to the buildings to the north -
and south and soon the whole block
was ablaze. An alarm was immediate
ly telephoned in, and promptly re-
sponded to by chemicals Nos. 1 and =,
3. At that time the engine and hose
horses were out for the usual daily
exercise and some little delay was eX
pcrienced in getting the apparatus a'
out OF the house on this account bi
The fire burned out Leslie l., Pow li
ellis real estate agency, adjoining the ct
hat store, the second hand store ad- ri
joining that, which was recently sold IL
to Edward Blanchard by william w
Shaw, and the store just north of the dc
occupied by Mrs. ID. c. Hin tri
and Mrs NJ. j. Long as a confection ON
cry store. whose loss is covered by SCI
insurance. Peter c. Thomas barber do
shop had insurance amounting to 500
but he succeeded in carrying out most II.
Of his belongings before the flames
reached his place.
The entire row OF buildings was of
rame and burned Ike tinder, max WI
ng a very hot fire. They were own no
ID by Captain John Il. Yates. who res
tated that he did not have any in ro,
urance on them. The amount of in of
urance if any, carried by the clean Gus
ng establishment is not known at I'm
his time. 7
r. X. IOrimcr Burned. of
Before the fire bell had sounded sal,
eople on Tenth street, who had con- VIII
regated there by seeing the first Ian
lanes shoot into the air, were horri- and
led to see a man fleeing from the wot
urning building entirely -enveloped
flames and shriekng with anguish.
bystander pulled off his coat and
u'ckly wrapped it around the unfor- circ
mate man and soon smoothered the the
ames, which had severely burned the and
ctim about the neck and face, while for
he flesh from his hands hung in rib mar
ms. He was carried to the Mitchell resu
Dtel and taken from there in an au- plai
mobile to St. Luke's hospital. where abu,
s injuries were dressed The I'M the
mans name is f.. *, Lori- com
er. He was proprietor of the New
ork Hat Works in which the fire
iginated. EI
Fircmcn Also Injured year
The following is from the same pa lives
r Of the next day. at
During the fire yesterday afternoon child
lch destroyed the old shacks on carl,
nth Tenth street, near the depot, Parl
o fremen were burned by the in the
use heat from the blazing structures. occu
orge Lindsey, a hoseman, was bad
burned about the neck and side NJ
the face and is now a sorry look ston
; sight swatched in bandages. Err frien