Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
FIRE CONSUMES
MUCH PROPERTY
Spectacular Blaze Does $l50,000
Damage at Twentieth and
Harvey Streets.
AUTOMOBILES ARE DESTROYED
Firemen Fight with Difficulty in
Dangerous Position.
GUARD AMMUNITION EXPL0DES
Blaze First Noticed When Dull
Thud is Heard.
NFLAMMABLE GOODS IGNITE
when shells Explode In National
Guard Armory Castings Are
AUTOMOBILES ARE DESTROYED
Firemen Fight with Difficulty in
Dangerous Position.
GUARD AMMUNITION ExPLoDES
Blaze First Noticed When Dull
Thud is Heard.
INFLAMMABIE GOODS IGNITE
when shells Explode In National
Guard Armory Castings Are
Thrown In All Direc-
tions.

One fthe most, spectacular and dan
gerous fires that has occurred In Omaha
4 for a. number Of years almost entirely
consumed the Thomas Cusick block at
1 Twentieth and Harney streets early last
evening. The blaze originated in the
Second floor of the CuSick paint shop
and within s half hour the entire build
ing. which .suses the Omaha Posting
service, tho Industrial garage. three CONF
panies OF the Nebraska National Guard
and the Thomas cusick Outdoor Adver-
tIslng company. was enveloped In thick
black smoke. which later broke Into
blaze causing a loss Of approximately
slSoooo.
| Twenty-Thrce Autos Burn.
The greatest loss will be to the Indus
trial garage. which was housing twenty
three automobiles. valued at about 1850
each. OF these on&fthree were saved.
The damage to tho armory viii be about
tl6,coo according TO Assistant Adjutant
General Gage. To the Omaha Posting
service Manager II. Il. johnson told Tho
Bee the loss would not amount to over
a0co. roughly estimating The cusick
company suffered loss OF approximately
$1,000
/ The blaze was first noticed by Il. r.
Wilson, manger OF the Lexington Auto
agency. who was across the street. He
says at about s:l5 he heard a dull thud,
which sounded as though an Immense
cork had been pulled suauenV rom
monster bottle lie looked up ana saw
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