The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-20

corner. and then went TO the rear OF
the store and pulled the private box.
4 men he thought OF the young women
working overtime In the alteration
ana tailoring departments. ON the NTH
and third floors, respectively. The
building was filled with smoke by this
time. and Moiles hurriedly boarded an
elevator and started after the young
women. TO find that they mad made
their way To safety by The stairs
When he reached the ground floor.
again, Moiles had just time to grab
his street Shoes, leaving his good
clothes TO the flames
Street Cars Tied Up.
Early In the progress OF the fire,
street car traffic on Woodward-ave.
was suspended as one line OF hose
after another was laid across the
tracks. Down-bound Woodward cars
continued coming down as long as
! there we're any left In the baIns and
soon the line extended up the avenue
beyond Grand Circus park. The pas
81 myers, forced to walk, formed a con-
tinuous procession down the street.
and thus the crowd at the scene OF
the fire was continually augmented.
II Is estimated that fully 10000 view
ed the spectacle from the streets in
the immediate vicinity. Street car
traffic on the Fourteenth, Sherman
ana other lines using the lower end
OF GIatiot-ave. and State-st.. between
Woodward and Griswold, was also
seriously interfered with.
oil Of
! 80 Willard-st west, was the first TO
discover the flames. He pounded on
the door until he attracted the atten.
ton OF the Waterman. and communi-
Gated the news TO him. Mr.. Moiles i'm
mediately turned in an a!erm and en-
CINE company No. 3. Griswold and CHI
ford-sts., responded. The captain
realized as soon as he arrived that the
| department had big Job on its hands
and he lost no time In turning in q
second alarm. A general alarm fol-
lowed shortly.
Water Tower Useless.
For a half hour at the start of the
blaze the water tower was useless,
owing TO an accident TO one of the en-
gines OF the fire tug James Battle. sta
toned at the foot of Woodward'ave.
The fire boat Elliott came TO the res
cue, however, and soon had her power
full engines at work.
! Several persons were injured during
the fire, but only one seriously-Mrs.
NJ. Howard. No. II Madlson-ave.. who
was trampled in the crowd. She is
believed 10 be hurt internally. Mrs.
Howard was taken home in Detroit
ambulance. Harry Adams. aged 9. No.
AZ Orchard-st, was also injured in
ternally from being trampled on. He
was taken home.
Fireman John Ulrich. of the auto
mobile company. was cut about the
ri9nt hand by falling glass but re-
maiped on duty after his injuries had
been dressed by DR.. Benz =. Brodie,
The department surgeon. Firemen
Edward Smith and Joseph Ellwart
were slightly injured.
"Rube" WaddelI There.
II ives a big night for "Rube" Wad-
dell. the eccentric pitcher of the ST.
Louis baseball team. II there is any
thing "Rube' loves II is to watch a
big fire and assist in fighting it. The
! blaze was at its height when ne
climbed TO the roof of the Miles thea
ter building and volunteered his SER
vices to the firefghters stationed
there. The firemen recognized him
and turned nozzle over to him. And
"Rube" had the time OF his life.
The Hunter & Hunter building was
| built by Fred T. Moran. one of the
present fire commissioners, for Met
calf Bros, dry goods merchants. %
years ago, at a cost of S65,000, though
II could not be reproduced now for
that amount. He sold the property
! to the Fowler estate about three years
ago. The foundations were built
strongly enough TO support 10-story
building. but only five were erected.
! Two new stories were being added
and the work was nearing completion.
/ The fact that the windows had not
been placed In the new portion gave
the wind a clean sweep and tended tC
make the fire burn with great fierce
ness. The Vinton Co, had the con
tract. This concerns loss on the uh
com. leted portion will be about $40.
900. With $4,000 insurance.
The Central Drug Co. whose main
store IS in the same block. will sus
tain considerable loss from smoke
! The damage is estimated at about
$2.51G The Miles theater was dam
aged to the extent of 500 BY waite e
Several awnings on the Chamber OF
Commerce caught fire from Gyiug
sparks One OF them was on the win
dow OF the Office OF Supt, George W
Morrow, Of the Anti-Saloon leag'!,
The damape OF the Chamber Of Con-
MERGE will lie under 500.
Firm Has Temporary Quarters.
Hunter 4 Hunter whose store al
Nos. l971Sl Wodward-ave. was de-
stroyed by fire. Tuesday night. have
no definite plans In view for the
future The firm has a millinery
store at No. S97 Woodward-ave. and
special departments in addition 90
millinery. such as tailoring and cor
set departments. will be established
there temporarily Whether tem-
porary store with complete new
stock will be established pending re
building operations or the erection o.
a building on some other site. is a
matter Of future consideration.
Thomas Hunter owns four choic"
pieces of Woodward frontage in the
new trade district having the Elliott
| ylor-Woolfenden Co.'S big store for
Its center, all OF which he purchased
within 20 days through Homer War
rem x Co. several months ago. IA 2
owns. I'm addition to the property at
! No 397. Woodward-ave., the old But
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