The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-14
FIREMAN OVERCOME
At Destructive
BLAZE TODAY
Between 5000 and $4,000
Damage Done When Hay In
Romero Block Catches Fire
in Early Morning.


$4,000 and 5000 was done. and a
fireman was overcome. By q ere at
First street and Lead avenue early
to-day. The blaze was Ia the Romero
block, While runs from First street
around into Lead avcnue
Tho greatest damage was done IN
the store at the Conner 81 the block.
en- Lead avenue. where Andreas Ro-
nero. owner OF the block. had 100
tons Of hRy stored. The flames swept
up from the stored hay into the sec
ons story. and broke out through the
root. II was a hard. hot IRE and the
twl nrc companies had their hands
fun checking Il.
The nrc is supposed 10 have start
Cd In the biz stock Of hay. II vas
discovered az 2:t0 O'Clock sais norm
ing by a woman living nearby. and
she telcphoned an alarm. She was ex-
cited and SHE communicated her en-
element to the Eiri al the telephone
exchange. and between them the
hremen were sent on two wild goose
chases before they reached the blaze.
The central company was told that
the IRE was al Fourteenth aud Noun
tain road. and when the Highland
company was called Il was told the
blaze was at Thirteenth street and
Lead avenue.
When the companies finally raced
to the right spot the flames were, as
Assistant Chief C~ossrove put Il when
he caught sight OF the job ahead.
looping the loop The building
seemed TO be anre from top to bottom.
and flames were beginning TO curl up
through tho roof.
Chief KLEIN realised without a Sec
ond glance hat he had a tough Job
ahead and drove his rien and every
Four stream were iurrei on. and
With water and \ the men began TO
gain the upper hand.
Il took them two hours. Before
ever they started the storeroom With
its hundred tons Of hay was o seeih-
ing furnace and "a hades OF smoke.
The upper floor Of the block Is a
vacant rOoming house, and the long
corridors with their strings OF par
titlons offered every chance for a
swift destructive lire. The flames
were breaking through the hooring
into q halt dozen rooms in the hotel
noor and climbing the walls 10 the
roof. when the hrehghters carried hose
and cSes into the building.
The smoke and heat made the joa
one OF the toue1est the drpab tment
has had TO contend with IN a long
time, and during the work on the
second noor Pipeman Harry Freder-
ieks. OF the Highland company. was
overcome by smoke and heat. He was
assisted TO the street, where the fresh
air revived him In hall an hour. He
Unlisted ON soing back on duty.
After two hours OF the hardest
kind OF work, IN which every nan
from Chief Klein down worked with
out sparing himself. the IRE wa
checked. The hay sm0uldered for
hours. q one of the companies was
kept at the task Of wettinE down. am
b. . o'clock the last danger OF an
other outbreak OF flame was past.
Considerable damage was done "a
the store room IN which the has was
stored. and floors and the interior
walls and root we're damaged but the
sum total Of damage TO h structure
~ surprisingly little when the char
arter OF the hre aud the task that on
fronted the hremen II considered
Mr. Romero estimated he damage
al the hgurc already given. He car
ricd no Insurance. He regarded the
hay az a total loss. and announced
that anyone was welcome 10 come and
haul away ~ much Of the damaged
stock as he wanted.
The origin Of the IRE was not eslab-
ilshed.