The Springdale news., 1915-01-15
Fire Broke Out Tuesday Morning at About 1:4O in Second Story Of Brick Business Building Occupied by Brodie's Studio-Two 2-story Business Houses Completely Des- troyed-Origin a Battling Mystery.

Springdale was visited by one of the most disastrous fires in her his tory Tuesday morning, and but for the heroic work of the Volunteer Fire Department and men and wo- men of Springdale, the entire north west section of the business street might be a mass of ruins. As it is the damage will amount to nearly $2o, ,o0o.oo.
 The fire was discovered in the back room of the Brodie Studio, which occupied the second story of the brick building owned by c. H. Hewitt; the first story being occu- pied by sturdivant & Firman With their tin and plumbing shop. The alarm was turned in one forty-five, and few members of the fire de partment responded, and the chen1i- cal engine was hurried to the back alley in the rear of the burning buildings. Here it was discovered that the, acid used to charge the two tanks on the engine was abso- lutely worthless, and neither of the tanks gave any pressure. It was al. most one hour from the time the alarm was sounded until the fire en- zine was in working order, and altho bucket brigades had been hastily Or ganized and much water was being thrown on the flames, the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save the Hewitt build ing.
 The flames soon lapped through the thin wall seperatine the Hewitt building and the building on the next lot, owned by G. A. Graves. and although all efforts were used to stop the confaeration it was soon found impossible, all attention was turned toward saving other adjacent buildings. The doomed building was occupied by Limbaugh Brothers. on the ground floor, with their grocery stock, and the upstairs rooms were office rooms only, and were occu- pied by pr. s. A. Day, eye speoia. list, and Or. w. H. Young, physician while MT. Graves used the rear rooms upstairs as his office.
 In the meantime much work was neceesary to save the building on 0T ed by Mrs. A. L. Thompson, and oe- cupied by the Fair Store, but the ef. forts were successful, and aside from small damage to the east wal of the building and considerable damag to the stock from smoke, the buiid- ing and entire stock was saved.
 The fire by this time had gotten entirely out of conctrol, and it was almost certain that the entire north west block was lost. By this time a large crowd of spectators had ar rived. among which was a large num- Der of ladies and they quickly for med an additional bucket brigade, and gave their assistance to fighting the flames. Other bystanders began carrying the stock of dry goods, gents furnishings, and other apparel from the New York store, owned by A. E. Smyer & Son, and it appear ed as if this building must go to ap- pease the hl l 9ry flames. Hard work and constant stream of water from buckets, thrown from all sides soon confined the fire to the Graves building, and in one hour and thirty minutes after the alarm was sounded, the fire was under control, and the threatened calamity was averted.
 Quite a quantity of material was carried from the plumbing shop Of Sturdivant & Firman, such as gas oline engines, spray pumps, hose,gas pipe, plumbing fittings; but the en- tire set of tools was complete and expensive loss.
 Nothing was saved from the Um' baugh stock, except the account regis ter, containing the running accounts, and the ledger from the safe carried out by Loy Limbaugh after his arri- val. The s5.O0O stock was total loss. A fire-proof safe contained the invoices, and other valuable papers, and these will probably be found in-