The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-05

and aided Chief Cell in directing the
fire fighters. There were several
transients' in the house but their
losses were slight. G. G. Winters
laundry was saved asst had not yet
been delivered and was under the
counter. All Of the lobby furniture
was carried into the street and saw
ed before the floors fell through. The
bar was closed because of election
day and before it could be entered
and the contents saved, the fire had
exploded the alcohols and Quilted the
room.
Served Hot Coffee.
The drizzle and snow which fell
last night aided the fremen to some
extent as it did away with the pos
sibility of other fires starting by
sparks. It was cold work for the
men and hot coffee was served at 10
a. m. The men were warned by both
Mr.. Lycan and Chief Cell not to
take any chances and as far as can
be learned no one was injured.
M. F. Cunningham had narrow
escape in the northeast corner of
the building when the third floor fell
| in. The floors had gone through in
the other rooms and he had been
warned, but insisted on staying in
the room until the floor sagged from
under him. He was pulled out by
the rope he had around his waist.
Ray Dennis had close call when a
gust of wind belched some smoke and
flame in his face as he was working
at basement window
William Sibley, the new linotype
operator at the Pioneer, had an in
side room at the Rex and lost all of
his personal belongings as he was
at work when the fire started. Henry
Cominsky had been to Minneapolis
and returned on the 1870 train. He
was asleep when the boy called him
but lost no time in getting out of the
building. He lost all but few pieces
Of clothing. Sergeant Birrer, head
of the recruiting office, was out of
the city and nothing was saved from
h la a o1,1o Ia
papers which were total loss.
Mr.. Lycan stated at noon that he
had leased the store room formerly
occupied by Gill Brothers, to Anton
F. Anderson and Mr.. Anderson was
to have taken possession this morn
ing. Mr.. Lycan recently sold the ho-
tel bar to William Meyers. Mr.. Mey-
ers lost everything.
Stand Pipe Broke Off.
A. A. Carter was passing the hotel
as he heard the call of "Fire." He
rushed to the second floor and with
the engineer turned house hose on
the fire at the bottom of the laundry
shaft. They had all of the blaze out
and the fire nearly under control
when the top of the pipe on the third
floor was pulled off or broke off and
that let out the pressure so that the
second floor hose. was useless. Mr..
Carter said that a few minutes more
of water would have put the fire out.
When the department arrived, the
entire basement was so full of smoke
that the men could not go in and
smoke was pouring from third floor
windows. The flames went up
through the plastering and soon
broke out over the entire third floor.
Forty-five students were absent
from high school this morning and
no session was held this afternoon.
Chief Cell ordered Frank Thome
to assist him with the hose Thome
refused and Chief Cell Immediately
took him into custody. He was lock-
ed in the city Jail and was in for
about one hour before Matt Thome,
father of the boy, obtained his re-
lease. Several people narrowly es-
capped injury this morning from
teams that were passing through the
crowd at the fire. Teamsters would
not shout a warning but would wait
until the horses would bump against
the people and let them get out of
the way the best way possible.