The Cordova daily times., 1916-01-23
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lllt lbIloN HIS utAdllo Ol tlit 'ii i' '''''0'' visited that town Friday and resulted in a $2O,OO property loss.
 Flames which originated in the bake shop of the Table Queen Bakery and Delicatessen shortly after o'clock Friday morning destroyed property to the value of more than fifteen thous-. and dollars and for time threatened the destruction 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 rapidity over the bake shop owing to. balloon ceiling. When the baker discovered the flames he immediately turned in an alarm and began fighting the fire with a hand chemical extin- guisher.
 The prompt work of Central in the Alaska Water, Light and Power Com pany's office in notifying the mem bers of the fire department individu- ally after turning on electric alarms, is declared by Fire Chief Ethical to have enabled the department to con trol the fire and prevent it's spreading to adjoining buildings.
 Norman Leopold was the first mem Der of the fire department to reach the scene and securing a hand chemi- cal extinguisher from the Buffet he broke open the front door of the bakery to aid the baker in fighting the blaze Realizing that the flames were gaining headway he raced for the fire hall and secured the large chemical but 1t proved useless as it froze as soon as exposed to the fourteen be- low zero weather
 The high wind which prevailed famed the flames and for a time 1t was feared that the entire block ex- tending from the Pinzon Cigar store, at the corner of Mckinley and Broad way to the Seattle Hotel, corner of Mckinley and Alaska avenue would be destroyed. From the bakery the fire l spread to the White building, the ground floor of which was occupied by Louie's Cafe and the second story by MT. and Mrs Albert White as a residence.
 playing on the flames from the fire hall, but the department was hamper ed for time by the severe cold wea- ther. Soon after the alarm was turn ed in a line of hose was laid from the court house and the electric pump started working. The hose lacked about one hundred feet of reaching the flames but was kept playing on the adjoining buildings and aided materially in checking the fire from spreading.
 One of the greatest aids in fighting Fi the fire and preventing lt spreading to the Love-Whitley shop was fur
 nished by the electric pump installed last year by that firm in anticipation of just such an emergency. The pump Worked to perfection and kept two-inch stream Of water pouring
 into the burning buildings. The
 flames broke through the wall into the butcher shop but were quickly extin- guishod.
 The property loss caused by the fire is estimated to be about twenty thousand dollars. and is partly cover ed by insurance. MT. and Mrs. Albert White are the heaviest losers, as they owned the building in which Louie's Cafe was located and lost all their furniture and personal belongings. When they were awakened their rooms were filled with smoke and they escaped just in time. Mrs White saved some of her clothing, but her husband got out of the building part ly dressed.
 Andy Marovich, proprietor of Loufe's Cafe, suffered loss of more than two thousand dollars and carried no in surance.
 Rudolph Schmidt, of the Kitchen Queen bakery and delicatessen, lost his stock. which is estimated to have been worth five thousand dollars. The building occupied by MT. Schmidt