The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-11
HaIf-Doz Small Residences
Consumed; Acme Mill Is
Slightly Damaged.
BOX CARS BURNING
WHILE BEING MOVED
Mrs. Mary Kelley Run Over
BY Fire Truck; Daughter
FaintS When Told.

\ fire which lad razed the ware.
house OF the \ VI DeBot Lumber
COMPANY Washington and Santa Fe,
burned 10 the ground a half dozen small
nearby residence, and threatened the
Acme Milling company and the big gas
plant ~ Noble anil Santa Fc early this
afternoon. was completely under con.l
troll a. IS O'Clock
The DcBol' warehouse and all its
cou'cnts wa, completely destroyed,
and the damage was estimated at So.
100 TO S2iOoo Total damage from
the blaze was roughly estimated at So.
npn to 5000
Mr., Mary Kelley II West Noble
street. was seriously injured when run
down hy q fire truck on Noble street
ne1f ih' Santa fc crossing.
Spectacular BlaIe.
The blaze Wa the most spectaculas
IN Oklahoma Civ since the ZONES Sad.
dlcry company nurncd IN 1912 Con-
tents OF the iircSWcpt warehouse were
Of the most inilaumable character. and
the flames shot hundred, Of feet into
the air From o. distance i, appeared
As II the entire wholesale district Of the
! CITY was aiirr.
Every piece oi fire apparatus in the
| city was called ~ the scene almost i'm.
mcdia,cly after 'hc 1'irm was sounded.
Firemen were handicapped by low Va.
ter pressure. AMI every engine in The
department was soon chugging away 10
| an effort to increase the flow.
Starts in Stable:
! The fire. org,n pi which had roo
hec~ learned at o'clock was reported
TO have started in q small livery stable
adjoining the Dei,olt warehouse
! 7 W Wilson. freight foreman oe
the Santa fe. was the frs, TO see the
blaEc He saw smoke curling up
through the cracks in the warehouse,
and Immediately turned in the alarm.
The flames. however. rapidly gained
headway. and were eating through the
roof oi the warehouse by the time the
first piece oi apparatus reached the
scene
Tar Roofing Feeds Fire.
Great quantities ~ taf-coyeted root.
ing material stored IN the warehouse.
burned with fury. and sent tire.
mcnious volume, " smoke into The
heavens Fine building lumber served
. a, kn.lng
Heat from the burning warehouse
wa, intense. and when the blaze was q
u, hottest fear iof the safety Of the
Acme Milling company, hig elevator.
lust few ward, away. across a narrow
street. va, felt
AZ one time the heat was 90 great
that uny hlaye appeared on the en-.
posed side Oi 'hc elevator Employees
y facing the vi,hefing fury oi the heat
htfoically turned small streams ol
= water on the blaze and eS,inguished Il
Danger Removed.
" II was while The fire trucks and mo-
" tor chemical wagons were rolling q
from every direction that the accideu
10 IN wleh Nf, Kelley was injured. &C.
CURED Familic, residing in nearb1
= |rt,ilrnyr, were busy moving portion
70 ut their household good, 90 places q
I, safety Nf, kcll,, with a few chez
iJhrd belonging, was crossing Nobl
stree, when ,hc vas struck and hurisl
40 in the pavement hy a hig truck
1t Woman Badly Hurt.
,r ~ Wc,lc, hospital. where the iniure
! woman va, ut"d. II was stated b
Dr. \ l. Hak" the attending physl
d ,i5u. that M, ,v,,alned a Sigh, COD
tutunn ~ the lfain in addition /
painful external injuries Her riat
wrist va, hfukct and her figh, "a
badly torn !, vas though, she had
;, good chance tp recover
y When informed ~ The acciden, (,
her mother Mar. Kelley. a daush,e
,. ,vuuu,d and tell TO the payemen, q
, Noble street ll,r head wa, slight
!. injured
~ \ VI Drnolt ,olc owner ci the II
= airi warehouse. was IN mysteries. q
most When he reached the side II h
y burning hu'liinv. a. sec the ilam,
~ spreading over everything "My God
he cried everything gone H., tot
lU,, Not cent II insurance
: Friends took charge Of Mr. DeBolt
" rlout I ,foyed.
II \ fbw oi boN eos. some of whis
were loaded with flour from the Acr
mill. were hAnug spirited, when u
first piece " iifr apparatus arrive
-Four we're practically destroyed, VII
their yontcri, The loss sustained |
ihe Acme rrmpsr, IN this instant
vas estimated al Sun
small arm, v' spectators pushed
number " m, burning cats down ~