The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-09-05
Filler SUFFERS
FROM BIG FIRE
-Four Buildings Destroyed By
Flames This Morning
CAUSE OF THE CONFLAGRATION
HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED.
Heroic Efforts of Firemen Prevent
Further Spread-Mrs. ]. w. Tanner
Prevents Bad Oil Explosion.

Fire from an unknown cause, which /
broke out in the store of E. N. Slough |
ten in the H. II. Schildman frame |
building on Main street in Filler at
$3.50 o'clock this morning, burned the
structure and its contents and three
other adjoining buildings, and des
stroyed two plate glass windows across
the street, causing a loss of $4,000,
partly covered by insurance.
Guy ReinbOth, who is a clerk in the
Stoughton store, awoke to find it in
flames. He says that he heard moth
ing of the explosion which several
others say they heard just before the
fire started and it is suggested that
the shock awoke him and that he did
not realize that there was an explo-
sion. The flames were already beyond
control when discovered. Mrs. j. w.
Tanner, who lives nearby, says she
heard the explosion and dressing has
tily ran out and met Reinboth going
to the firebell to give the alarm. The
fire company came promptly in re-
spouse to the call but could do nothing
to save either the building or its con-
tents. The fire spread rapidly to the
adjoining structure, also owned by
Mr.. Schildman. This was occupied
by its owner as an office and also by
the real estate office of Case & An
derson The occupants got most of
their effects out. The double frame
building belonging to 1. Finney next
caught fire and when it was realized
that it was doomed and that the
flames would spread still further I'M
less checked, the fire company tore it
out of the way and stopped the pro-
gress of the conflagration. One side OF
this building was occupied by Wilcox
& Flemming's barber shop and the
other by DR.. Dwight, the physician,
and DR.. Burke, the dentist; James Nc
Guffey, the tailor; the Pastime pool
hall, and the grocery conducted by G.
c. and L. A. Small, were emptied of
their contents by their owners, and
considerable loss sustained by NOV
ing and breakage. On the other side
of the burning buildings, c. A. Love
refused to move anything out of his
new brick block on the corner of va
kima and Main streets, and fought the
spread of the flames from the ROOT
successfully. The work of the fire
company is praised by everybody.
A building containing a large guam
tity of oil in tank was located at the
rear of the Stoughton store, and neal
the home of the Filler Journal. The
men we're afraid to approach this les
the oil explode, but Mrs. Tanner go
, wet blankets and covered it, so tha
it was not damaged. Had this OF
caught on fire, the total damage would
have been much greater as other ad
joining buildings would inevitabl,
have burned down.
The plate glass windows in the Tan
ner building across the street, occu
pied by the postoffice and Macauley
> store, we're cracked by the heat, Blu
the timely use of wet blankets save'
l. the plate glass in the other Tame
= buildings from like fate.
; The value of the Stoughten stock i
estimated at $4,000, covered by $40,
= 600 insurance. The two Schildmal
buildings were valued at $4,000 and in
sured for $4,000. The Finney building
!, were worth $1,000 or slightly less.
= is not known whether these were in
?. sured or not as Mr.. Finney lives Il
California. The barber shop carried
small amount of insurance.
Mr. Schildman stated today that h
+ would replace the building on his lot
E by substantial brick structures.
z Mr.. Stoughten recently purchase
s the business from MIR. Schildman. H
. was in Pocatello at the time that tn
z fire broke out