The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-06-05
DISASTROUS FIRE
SIX BUILDINGS BURNED
Loss Over $4,000, Partly Covered BY
InSurance-TwO to Rebuild at Once
Third Fire in Same Area

Fire broke out in the frame building
used as a residence up to short time
ago by Thelma Stanley, in the rear of
the Lobby Saloon. last Sunday morning
at 8 o'clock. Both the fire bell and
the locomotive whistles aroused the
town, and the fire apparatus was
promptly brought into use. There was
an abundance OF water but by the time
connections had been made the fire
had spread to the back end Of the Lob
by saloon and another frame building
adjoining it. occupied as rooming
house, and the intense heat made it
impossible to get near enough to do
effective work and the fire spread to
odjoining buildings in both directions.
From the rooming house to the one
story frame building occupied by N.
B. Day as a fruit and confectionery
store, and to the Clifford hotel, three
story frame structure. From the Lob
by saloon east the fire was conveyed to
the big Bloom building, three-story,
the first of which is brick with two
story frame resting on top, occupied as
a steam laundry on the ground floor and
the upper part used for rooming pur-
poses. Between this and the newly
completed brick addition to the Over
land hotel there is a vacant lot, and
seeing there was no chance to save any
of the frame buildings in the path OF
the fire, all efforts were directed to pre-
venting the Great Northern depot, on
the opposite side OF the street, from
taking fire, and also in protecting the
brick Overland hotel building. Fortu-
nately there was no wind which made the
work Of preventing the further spread
of the fire and making fighting it less
arduous and also less dangerous. At
times it was impossible for the fire
fighters to remain between the depot
and the burning buildings on the oppo-
site side OF the street.
The origin Of last Sunday mornings
fire, like all the others that proceed it
is unknown and supposed to be the re-
suit of carelessness or accident.
So rapidly did the fire spread that
very little of the contents Of any OF the
buildings was saved. Mr.. Hutchings,
proprietor of the Lobby saloon, saved
about 1000 worth Of liquor which was
stored under the sidewalk in front OF
his building. Recently when he made
some improvements on his property he
caused to be constructed concrete
wall under the front end Of his frame
building, and then by extending the
concrete walls out under the side walk
made storage room for his liquors.
Mr.. Hutchings says his loss on build
ing and contents is $1,000, with only
$4,000 insurance. He has given out
the information that he will at cnce
erec. brick building on the site OF his
old building, and expects to have it
ready for occupancy inside OF ninety
days.
The loss on the Clifford hotel build
ing and contents is estimated at Sc, 900.
Insurance So, 300. About a year ago
this property was transferred under con-
tract by Miss Mary Ralston to o. Nam
ba, Japanese, for $4,000. Whether
il is to be rebuilt we have not been
able to ascertain.
A one-story frame building, adjOin-
ing the Clifford hotel, belonged to Miss
Mary Ralston, and was valued at $500.
It was occupied by N. b. Day' VINO
lived in the back part and used the
hont for fruit, candy and CONNECTION
erv and soft drink store. His loss on
stock and furniture and fixtures is ST.
600, with 5000 worth of insurance
There was no insurance on the build
ing.
The next building, adjoining the
Lobby saloon, belonged to the Seattle
Brewing & Mailing Co.. and was occu-
MED by T. Morimoto as rooming
house. The building was valued at
$4,000 and was insured for $780,
Loss on contents $1,000. No insurance
The Bloom building was used Tor ;
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