The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-27
FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT
ONE Of WORST
IN. YEARS
Loss Will Amount to About
$4,000 Partially Covered
By Insurance

One Of the worst fires the city has
ever experienced occurred about
10:45 Saturday evening. The fire
which started in the building used
by the East. Grand Forks Fuel and
Feed company as hay storage room,
had progressed so rapidly. by the
time the fire department was notified
and arrived on the" scene, that it
made the battle against the con-
flagration doubly hard.
The total loss caused by the blaze
IL estimated at about $4,000, being
divided between several concerns and
nrms, the heaviest losers being the
kelleher & Paulsness Plumbing COM
pany, Joe Jarvis and the Linfoot
Cornice and Roofing company. The
fire, which started in the hay store
OF the East Grand Forks Fuel and
Feed company was a stubborn blaze
to fight and famed on by the heavy
WIND. had soon burned it's way
through the roof and into the build
Ing occupied by the Kelleher &
Paulsness Plumbing company, from
there 1t spread to the Linfoot build
ing.
The firemen had six streams of wa
ter playing on the flames inside of
five minutes after the blaze was dis
covered and it was their prompt
work and persistent efforts that stop
ped the fire from spreading to adj
joining property. The fire was one
Of the worst the fire ladies have
ever had to contend with, owing to
the smoke, which poured from the
hay store. In spite of the fact that
the interior Of three buildings were
badly damaged, very little blaze was
seen. Although the exact origin of
the fire has not been asectained,
there is sufficient evidence to give
credence to the surmise that a man
had been in the hay store when It
was locked up for the night and in
endeavoring to. get out had struck q
match to see the way to the door. 1t
Is presumed that this person, who
had been seeking place to sleep,
dropped the match and ignited the
hay. A back window was broken
when the >firemen arrived on the
scene, giving rise to the theory that
the person had gotten out of the
building in that way.
The losses and insurance carried
as close as can be ascertained at the
present time, are as follows:
Grand Forks Roofing and Cornice
company, loss on stock $1,000, insur-
,ance $500.
Kelleher & Paulsness Plumbing
company, loss on stock $1,000, insur.
ance $500.
kaufman's bakery, loss on stock
and fixtures $500, insurance $780,.
G. +. Buckley saloon. personal loss
$3.50. Fixtures and stock owned by
the East Grand Forks Brewing COM
pany about $1,000.
Joe Jarvis, on household goods
about $500 loss, on saloon fixtures
and stock, loss about $500. Insurance
$500.
The building in which the Kauf.
man bakery, Kelleher & Paulsness
and the Linfoot Roofing company was
located is owned by Mrs. Edward
Griggs and a total amount of $4,000
insurance was carried On the struc.
ture. The loss will exceed the
amount covered by insurance. The
other buildings were protected to the
extent Of $500 and the losses will ex.
coed $1,000.
| After the blaze had been extin.
guished, the fire fighters were invited
into the home of Mrs. Duncan Nc.
Nicol around the corner from the
scene Of the canfigration and were
treated to coffee and cake. The boys
wish to thank Mrs. McNicol for the
courtesy extended and wish to state
that they thoroughly appreciated hel
thoughtfulness.
A Second Fire.
About s o'clock Sunday morning
the fire department was called out t.
extinguish small blaze In the barr
in the rear Of the house occupied by
Jacob Kaufman on Dovery avenue
The fire was caused by throwing ash
y es containing live Goals near tn,
barn. The blaze was discovered il
time to prevent any serious damake
The loss being about $50, covered b.
insurance.
Visiting in Grafton.
Ed Buckley is spending a week II
Grafton visiting his sister Mrs. NJ. J
Mccoy. .
II On the Sick List.
/ AL Thompson is on the sick list to