Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-21
Midnight Fire Which Had It's
Origin in Record Room,
Causes Damage Estimated
at Six Thousand Dollars.
PINNACLE OF TOWER
T0TTERING ON SIDE
Believed Officials Will Re
quest Appropriation of $50.
900 to Build Structure That
Will Be Adequate.

iiry. which originated 90 m uu.
/ known manner 300 90, record ruou
Iu Jhy S,um &c. station and which
uu- discovered shortly after midnight
| thiH muruiuE burned almost tu the
ground ih, record ruuu ard tn
/ utri States railway mail transfer
room adjoining. burned the ladies.
waiting ruum the ticket office and
seriously damaged the siNtN-fuut
/ tower over the station, lkvNls c tho
! purlirus and Nvrdudus which sur
| found ihy depot fh, iirp started iu
/ The record room. ir,uucntvd only at
| Intervals hy station employees For
! tmatply the tire was discovered be
! fore 81 tad made great hoadWHN. hut
neither water nor chemicals could be
/ obtained until after the tiumVH had
! spread beyond control ct those pres
rut ut that time The fire burned
| The books and tissue paper records
uf the record room iu quick fashion
ana spread To- the mail Transfer
| room where other papers provided
/ Welcome tupi tor the thames when
! the fire was discovered alarms were
! immediately sent iu from several box
/ 't ana los telephone Co thy two city
! stations aud tu The Santa fc fire dc.
p1rtmout hsadguurt,ra The city
/ fireman were Just completing tho
I work ui distinguish u bad blaze iu
! thu Charles llfcld Warehouse. three
! squares away Th,y vcr, exhausted
/ which threatened Go burn the big
I wholesale building. and the lines oi
! hose which had been laid were soaked
/ through ana through Nevertheless
Acting thirl jim tusgruVu aud his
I men acted quickly. Leaving only
/ three men Co finish up the llfcld fire.
/ the engine. lfighund fire department
/ and the reserve equipment made "a
. quick run Co tho Santa y" station. and
! worked hrruiDallt uutu IN" fire
. thvr" had been rNiuguahcd. In tins
| work On" city i,rcmeu were most
ubl, assisted hy the Santa BE ire de.
! pHrimrnt livcauHc ct the peculiar
] construction oi the Santa 'c station
and the fact that the flames were dit
! ucult tu get 100. considerable hard and
| persistent work was required to got
! the flames under control The flames
after leaving the record room COM
/ muul,atr Co. tho adjoining waiting
room and tirkvt office ANA threatened
Go spread tu the baggage room An
! lhu tickets ana puUpbcrualta i'm the
! ticket office had been removed al the
inst signs ut danger The property
W tho baggage room Was also re-
moved, Nut % ticket nor q piece of
baggage was lost puN station Mts.
tier Edward SiuDlUirr and slight sta
ton Master Jack kruh each lost %
typewriter thp only personal LOSSES
tu hr reported thus itr TIA" records
destroyed ere said tu Doe uT me- great
value. hrlug chiefly records ot freight
shipments aud copies ct Vummuui
lDHtl1ns regarding the Same. 4 tenn
pututN Ticket uffic, vas established
! 100 The baggage room soon after the
iitr had boon rNimguish"d. IN,
ticket office was today removed 4,
| The Wells Fargo Express office
whore % viii rcmuiu uulil the burned
building b. repaired
Santa Fc officials tudu, placed M,
toss Dos rrr Bt hvtvcou $4,000 and
$4,000 aud estimate that it viii re-
IpuIrr at least thirty days Geo make re-.
pairs Tho sixty foot tower which
held mulpsti, sway over the iiDk"t ~.
iiDu since Do was butt resembles tu.
day the Leaning TuWor of PISA The
two ton ,upum was badly damaged ht
the flames, ana % is believed thai
when the concrete aud frUmc con
lttructiuu begins to ,rumblo after dry
Ing. that 10 .,ill crash tu the ground
Fearing this. officials have ropCd oil
All the territory 900 the vicinity
Although mot officially announce,
new station viii ho huiit at % cost o
hrtw,r" flO.UOn ana 100000 tn,
present ticket office. waiting room
und baggage room have been iuadC
iVuatr Tor several wears past Hnd PLAN
huy, boon dit,us.,d from time q,
time regarding enlargement II " be
HvNcd that sufficient appropriation
win bee made NOW Ca greatly cnlarg,
he station aud that an entirely ueV
plan of accommodation viii be de-
Cidcd upon,
Dozens OF hborors began a.
luuluCk this morning the work %
. clearing ava, the debris caused h
the fire. Hundreds of people hauutc,
, the station today % see tor them
selves the damage the flames hal
done. and 10 was with difficulty tina
ufficcrs kept some OF them from tn
| danger gone
4, T. g.. Summcrs superintendent O
the Eio Grnndc division. BE- in Alhu
ipuoruuo TODAY and has taken up al
rect with higher officials the matte
n f repairing and possibly enlargiu
, the station. " the building rs to b
> ccpaired and not enlarged, efforts wi
p be- made tu have the repair wor
!. done before the state fair m October
The City tircmcn aud the Santa =
i volunteer boys wish 10 extend pub
, icly thcis thanks to the Harvey $50
' tenn for coffee aud sandwiches Whic
we're served tn them while they Wer
engaged In lighting the flames thI
morning
Pigeons t'rcmatcd,
Dozens of pigeons HHd Squah
which made their home Ia the toWt