Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-01-10
bADF|RE:(,AN
WITH ZERO
STORM
VALUABLE PROPERTY LOSS, ABOUT
SIS, 900, WITH ONLY SMALL
INSURANCE.

one OF the worst tires that ever visit
ed snoshone DroAe an.iost lne nowi-
ing snow storm an O'Clock Wednes-
Gay morning 1t was FIRST discovered Ia
the restaurant of Wilmington & Mill
saps IN the building owned Dy Oliver
Nicely, and seemed to have started at
or near THE furnace in the front part
the first TO give the alarm. TWO Japs,
VINO owned restaurant two doors away
from the Wilmington and Millsaps place,
were frantically endeavoring to call as
sistsnce after the flames had complete
iy envelepod the adjoining buildings
Bells and locomotive whistles started
soon afterward and awoke everybody.
The fireman who manned the hose
found the fire-plug frozen at the nearest
corner, at Rail and Post. but stream
was soon secured from connection at
the railroad station and another from
the plug at the Stockgrowers corner.
at Walnut and Rail.
The water from the railroad plug
had begun to tell on the fire when train
No. 6, four hours late. pulled in. There
was nothing to do but hold the train
here until the fire was under control,
for the hose crossed the tracks. BY
this lirne the electric lights throughout
the town had been cut out. Except
for The illumination Of the burning
bulldogs, which BY this time included
the store room occupied by Mrs. A. E.
Rasmussen on the east and two rooms,
one vacant and the other occupied by
the Jap restaurant. on the west. The
town in darkness, the fireman, at
the peril Of their lives. mounted the
buildings adjoining 10 ply two streams Of
freezing water The former store room
held by mrs. Rasmussen. next door on
the east, was saved. Joe May is the
owner of this store.
The wind carried the flames over TO
the southwest half block. 1t seemed
utterly out of the question to save
the Purdum livery barn. the bakery and
other buildings in the direction the
wind carried hail of fire, but strange
to say they all escaped and the flames
were confined to the Rail street build
ings
1t seemed nothing less than marvellous
~ baf
reaching the Custer building, to the
west, which is occupied by the Custer
meat market and the shoe store of
N. c. Jensen. The only damage was
the breaking through Of the skylight
In the office Of the meajt market
The total loss on all the property des-
troyed win aggregate $4,000. So far
as known only an insignificant Insurance
was carried on any Of the property. the
exact amount being $500 on the Jap
restaurant building. which was owned by
Mrs. Rasmussen. The building occupied
by Mrs. Rasmussen as "a store, owned
by Nav and Nicely the Wilmington and
Mnsaps place owned by Oliver Nicely,
all their contents, were not insured at
all. the loss being a serious matter.
The huntington and Millsaps loss viii
approximate 10000 no insurance. Mrs
Rasmussen, stock and restaurant build
ing, loss estimated, 5000: Insurance
$500.
Nicely and May. estimated loss $1,000;
no Insurance.
Japs' loss on restaurant equipment.
$500; no insurance. It was said that one
of the occupants Of the Jap restaurant
had sustained a loss of $4,000 in cash I
and the other one $4,000 in money. |
During the progress Of the fire they /
were soreIy distressed, one Of them. who
went forth to give the alarm. having
left all his valusbles when he might
very easily have saved them. When he
returned the fire had taken possession
of his quarters entirely.