The daily sentinel., 1914-07-29
HUGUS BLOCK
DAMAGED BY
FIRE TODAY
Mrs. Fred Snyder Almost Suff0-
Gated in Smoke Which Filled
Building Loss Totals
$4,000
NNE Of the most bafflinE fires
l )With which the Palisade depart
~ mnnt hnNn hid 10 DnrtnnI h,

NNE Of the most bafflinE fires
l )With which the Palisade depart
~ ment have had to contend in
years and which almost caused the
death of Mrs. Fred Snyder. occurred
early this morning in the store of the
j. w. Hugus Mercantile company
and caused an estimated damage OF
$4,000.
Mrs. Snyder. who was formerly
Miss Rose Wasson Of this city, is the
wife OF Fred Snyder, Palisade man
ager Of the Mountain States Tele-
phone Co., and was partially sutfo-
Gated and had ii not been for her
presence of mind, would undoubtedly
have perished in the burning build
ing.
Mrs. Snyder was sleeping in the
telephone exchange which is located
in the Hugus building and about
ll:30 last evening smelled smoke,
but thought nothing Of it, She
woke up again at | o'clock and the
smell was stronger but thought that
/ 1t came from some burning rubbish
| In nearby alley. At $500 o'clock
she awoke and found the room dens-
| ly filled with smoke. Staggering to
the telephone che attempted to give
4 the warning and get help for her
! self but failed to obtain an answer.
| She finally managed to reach the
| window where she was found partial
| ly suffocated. Willing hands carried
her to the fresh air outside where she
/ quickly recovered
The fire is supposed to have start
ed from crossed wires and was dis
covered in the joists between the
first and second floors. II undoubt-
edly smoldered for hours before be-
ing discovered and when the fire
men arrived the building was so fill
ed with smoke that the center of the
blaze could not be located at all.
Failing to make any Roadway
against the flames which were break
ing out in different places all the
time, the Grand Junction fire de-
partmeut was summoned. The local
fire boys got the Thomas truck No.
. in readiness and would have been
on the way in another minutes time
when the call came that it was under
control Fire Chief Hynes and Com
missioner Frank Carson spent all
morning in the Peach City, going up
In the city auto.
1t required the combined efforts
OF a large number of Palisade pee
pie for an hour and one-half before
the flames were finally subdued.
The building where it occurred is
one of the principal business blocks
in Palisade and was n solid brick
structure. The Palisade bank, the
II. H. Bancroft Realty company. the
postoffice and the j. w. Hugus Mer-
camille company are located in it.
None Of those escaped without some
loss The fire rrcDt through between
the walls gud finally broke out in
the side Of the bank, burning a hole
about feet SQUARE. This blaze was
eXtinGuished but the fixtures were
dnmaUed hv water to considerable
extent The bank will do business
in the Hugus store for the time be-
ing.
Large holes were burned through
the post office. The latter opened
for business this morning.
The greatest damage was the
hardware department of the Hugus
store Manager John d. Reeder be-
ing unable to give an accurate esti-
mate this morning. The goods stor-
ed in the basement were also badly
damaged hy water. The dry goods
department was undamaged and re-
opened for business at noon. From
tho second story up the building is
badly burned
One cf the largest crowds that ever
attended fire in Palisade was there
this morning, practically the whole
town turning out This makes the
second fire in q short period, the
other being the Kluge store.