The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-02-22

UIduS CNAAO Wuc Nic1tCu ldSI Sdl-
urday morning with the most
destructive fire within its history
or that of any other town in Ida
ho county. The fire broke out
at Ais in one of the short Or
der houses on the south side of
Main street, between the Grange
vile and Arlington hotels, in the
center business block, and before
the alarm could be turned in and
the fire department arrive on the
scene the building was a mass of
flames which had been communi-
Gated to the Kelly & Hamill meat
market and the building just new
ly fitted up for occupancy as a
drug store by j. j. Lamm.
The wind, which came racing
along from the southwest at
good pace, famed the flames in
to the fiercest fury, carrying a
shower of fire brands before it,
and wading into the dry frame
structures at an amazing rate of
speed. When the fire reached the
Arlington hotel at the west the
flames arose high into the hea-
yens and almost Tapped across
the street on the north, setting
fire to the Magee and Batty build
ings in which were located the
Dufur billiard hall, Zuver res
taurant and Doc Denny notion
store, and begun rapidly eating
both ways on that side of the
street.
On the west from the Arling-
ton stood the splendid new brick
Savings and Trust company banl
block, which for a time seemed
doomed to become involved in the
holocaust, and was only saved
rom the devastating element by
tne heoric work performed by the
occupants of the same, who fought
me destroying element to a stand
snl from both inside and out. |
Inc window castings were at one
ume all ablaze and the heavy
plate glass was broken by the
neat, but the defense continued
un.ll the wind suddenly shifted
ana the flames from the Arling-
On began to subside. Practical
y the same experience was under
zone with the First National bank
Oaiiding on the opposite corner
when the Batty building was con-
= aMmed, the heat destroying all of
!le plate glass and blistering up
'nlngs generally.
AS the flames raced eastward
n the south block under the
s'rong southwest wind the fire |
men, who had been doing noble T
w Syrk' made a heroic stand at the
ocnmadeka brick building at the
sast y end, in the effort to check
me Inc onward sweep of destruction,
uus lle fire walls not being high
=; though to afford proper protec-
non and the water force being
o,sertaxed !, by the great demands |
uJ,Swnere ra,s they at last wre com
pulled to abandon the works.
u.Iils This brought the flames to
nall !, street across which stood
- ase large brick department store
~ der-Freidenrich com
f ffany, and here once more the
eor so,.es OF the fire fighters were
~ ttspnvsentrated : for the final battle,
e ;f'e u Iact being realized by all that
flouls n slls point was passed by the
lanes the entire east end of
~ tOWn, including the Imperial ho-
NJ NJ would go down in ruins,
H.. e work of all was exceptional,
h.. h.. u would have been in vain
bss Tor the protection of the
a. dy steel curtains which guard
a. % ,he large windows and door
wh;l, : me building, the presence of
maa. .h was due to the good judg-
n' MI OF Manager Frank McGrane
Sh;;:. hS; having figured out the pos
illes prat; OF just such confla-
',nos n~.ion months ago, had urged
'n MS company the impera-