Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-21

Flames which originated in the bake shop of the Table Queen Bakery and Decatessen shortly after 100 o'clock this morning destroyed property to the value of than
 fifteen thousand dollars and for time threatened the de- structon of the entire business block along Mckinley street between Broadway and Alaska Avenue
 The fire started in the ceiling of the shop and spread with lightning lapdity the bake shop owing to bal loon ceiling When the baker discovered the flames he i'm mediatey turned in an alarm and began fighting the fire with hand chemical extinguisher
 The prompt work of Central in the Alaska Water, Light and Power Companys office in notifying the mem bers of the fire department individually after turning the electric alarms, declared by Fire Chief Ethical to have enabled the department to control the fire and vent its spreading to adjoining i{1 buildings IQ
 Norman Leopold was the first member of the fire de; exngusher from the Buffet he broke the front door of the bakery to aid the baker in fighting the blaze Real zng that the flames gaining headway he raced for the reha and secured the large chemical but it proved useless it roze exposed to the fourteen below zere~weather
 The high wind which prevailed famed the flames and for time it feared that the entire block extending from the Pinzon Cigar store at the of Mckinley an Broadway to the Seattle Hotel, of Mckinley and Alaska Avenue would be destroyed From the bakery the fire spread to the White buildng the ground floor of which occupied by Loues Cafe and the second story by Mir. and Mrs Albert White residence
 Three streams of water were soon playing on the for time by the cold weather Soon after the alarm turned in line of hose laid from the court house and the electric pump started working The hose lacked about hundred feet of reaching the flames but kept playing the adjoining buildings and aided materially in checking the fire from spreading.
 One of the greatest aids in fighting the fire and pre- venting spreading to the LoveWhtley shop furn ished by the electric pump installed last year by that firm in anticipation of just such emergency The pump worked to perfection and kept twonch stream of water pouring into the burning buildings The flames broke through the wall into the butcher shop but quickly extinguished. .f:t. . ...l
 The property loss caused by the fire is estimated to be about twenty thousand dollars and partly covered by Mr. and Mrs. Albert White the heaviest los crs as they owned the building in which Louies Cafe located and lost all their furniture and personal belong ings When they were awakened their filled with smoke and they escaped just in time Mrs. White saved of her clothing but her husband got of the building partly dressed. ...-r F"
 Andy Marovich, proprietor of Louies Cafe, suffered
 loss of than two thousand dollars and carried insurance. ~s. |.
 Rudolph Schmidt, of the Kitchen Queen bakery and decatessen lost his stock which estimated to have been worth five thousand dollars The building occupied by Mr. Schmidt owned ky pr. Daggett of Seward and is total loss. It is not known if it was insured ss
 Soon after the alarm sounded hundreds of citizens responded and active in assisting the members of the department in fighting the flames aiding the occupants of the threatened buildings to their furniture and effects into the street, out of reach of the flames
 For time 1t believed that the Liberty Theatre doomed but the flames from the White apartments prevented from spreading in that direction owing to