Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-24
FIRE SWEEPS BLOCK,
LOSS NEAR MILLION
Continental Building, at Fiji
teenth and Douglas, Com
pletely Destroyed.
MANY FIRMS ARE LOSERS


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>sues'S was ~ 'e'''e Wy =. ...n.
OF dozen pipemeh "he" "e was
pinned by : falling timber An IN
slant later on Fifteenth street Cap
al, coo,, of comnanv No 9 was
'@.' ~ ..,I,'IF., u.:.,.- ,,.o
injured III d s''iii'a' wa! N.''"' wac
hurt seriously Out were 'aNe" 'o''e
and treated by ponce surgeons
Lodges viii Suffer.
The TOP floor of the Continental
block was divided into three lodge
halls. One of these was used by the
Modern Woodmcn OF America camps
No. 12O and Beech Camp No. l454.
The lodges owned the furniture and
fittings in this hall. Clerk w. D.
Wood OF Beech camp would not mae
any estimate of his loss. He said it
was insured.
Alpha camp, Woodmen of the
World, occupied another OF the lodge
rooms and had converted a third
into a club room. which was lavishly
: fitted ont The loss here will be
rathe. heavy
Police roned off the burning ar A
m keep SPECTATORS thronying about
The scene from danger. Owners of
buildings near those DESTROYED stood
in The crowds estimating what il
would cost them 10 renlace the broken
class windows
r.,.. Y
fo'ey Ho'''
81 ooII foley estima,es ms loss a,
az 000 I, HE ni.ce was the large .,
III hsads;n ,bo ro,,,r, n ,ereo,,l
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81, pai n" ~ H.. .to ~
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Souy sase w MI roiey "e,e eleo
nutheu a. Wss nuss vi PsnI" z
lamp foiey' wnlGn was painted by
harrington EilWeIl OF boston. nc
scene showed So,onei eody seateo
eeiore orignty burning camp hre
Trends said II was very exceiien'
likeness OF the OLD scout cou NIX foiey
SAID ne refused SiV,ooo iof the pic
tnre. -.
A hne old oil painting by Ellwell
depicting Chief Yellow Hand IN the
act OF truneating the scaiplock OF a
naturalized citizen, was one OF the
relics which was destroyed IN foiey
sa,oon Liee so'v PEE, u ~ a ior,
a,u m an,aao ~ o,har ,rr;os iost by
NJ Ella, H. ,,iusd s.cs ~ W.
';a.as Sosa ~ Wv" " Wv
pses 60" a. w. .,.e,,
uc'e'ai niaih oou'ueu' :,
Repeated fire alarms summoned al
the hre apparatus IN Greater Omaha
70 the scene, a herce northwest WIND
aimed the names TO Jury ana threat
ened buildings on every sioe OF Inc
f'aze ior enure BLOCKS , :.
! nousanos OF people ioag,ng ~
nearby f ho.eis ana io? \, na no o .
usn.u III IL ~ ~ ~ H. sh,,i. " '">
s'tset N an stases q , nesh sS. .,
Esery dSa AZ ny pose :, o ran VA tss
nn, ,1 iso,, ;,,srf.r;nm ,.,;,b the no or
ao IN a. t;nh,ass 80 ".n ,hn,, w. 90,
y w., to dnn az .ons ~ A'sp ''N"' oD'
Wh;le Es.nL Po.e no,;cem.r IVA.
,ss;em IN front ~ Hartn,an's orea,
nane II glass fell unon him Ross
tarr;ed o,,t a Chinese how from, Ahko's
nlace ,
v.,,. - p,,;,a.a
saiue " s -.
he Continental block, winch .
Tour stories high, IS estimated by a
\. hsn i,aN lo,li. ~. .vSI asen s,s ~
t,Otl to S50oe,o0 II IS partially covered
Nv insurance
The hn;ldino, was erected ahou,
,b;,,n wears GO II ;s ~ hr;ck con,
ssruct;on II e owned nv The R,yer,
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p nnn.;st;nn ~ ,hs TO-,
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