The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-02
One Of Largest BlazeS on Record
Here for a Time Threatens
Neighboring Property Sunday
Afternoon.
TWO SEPARATE FIRES
BREAK OUT AT MILL
First Is Quickly Extinguished
With Chemical Second Finishes
Building Firemen Suffer Burns
Loss About 500, 900.

\ huge pile oG wttcI ,Yakcd ashes
charrcd lumber and bare brick walls
that were once a building. today con
Stitut" the $50, 600 superior Lumber
and Min company. Ere ~ an un-
determined origin early last night
completely destroyed the plant. Tor
q while threatened uc.ghborjug prop
Hrty and placed Itself m record as u
OF the largcs; iirea c,"' fought los the
local fire department
\ blaze first broke out In the Su-
perior Lumber aul MIN company.
50l-i.i South Fin, street. At 2;3j
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Wlthin
q short time the central fire depart
mcut cNtinRuishef the blaze. whlch
caused no damage Forty gallons OF
chemical was used Co sitturatc h
sawdust and shaving according 4"
Fire chief Russell. only ten gall
Ions would haye been necessary 10
qu,nch the fire. lac states.
shortly after q O'clock. q second
fire was discovered In the second fioor
Of the superior l.uIphor and Min com.
pary The blaze hivl GAINED consider
able Roadway before being discovered
anC when tne FIRE motor trucks ar
rived at First street and coal ~
The upper floor was 200 flames. The
heat was SO intense when TIE depart
ment arrived that tn" motor cars had
to he backed up, several Of h
firemen suffered burns,
Dense clouds Of smoke poured from
the building ana Flames shot upward
FOR u hundred feet or more, Hal! Of
the building is Of wood and Il was IN
this half that the IRE started Saw
Gust. shavings. and 70 large amount al
tar paper STORED IN this half Of the
structure fed the fire. The flames
soon ate their way into the brick part
Of the building wb.re paint II stored.
Explosions Of paiut cans followed.
Firemen worked hard n had five
engine streams and three plug streams
on the burning building and adjacent
property. Much q fIurt was put forth
10 ave the surrou 1diur buildings.
Volunteers assisted The firemen aud
with their help the fire was prevented
from spreading.
Fire CHEF Fred russell has learned
from persons living near TIE lumber
company hat two small children were
playing In the afternoon near the
building IN a pllo 81 sawdust. Au'
thoritics and representatives of insur-
ancc companies are investigating this
augl" Of IN" fire
Firemen were annoyed while fight.
ing the blaze by the pulling Of a mum
Der Of fire boxes IN different parts oi
the city The second fire at the lum
her mill was %teIephoned to fire head
quarters by the n"ighbor who report
ed the first fire carly in :hr after
loon. INN" diatciy after the tele'
2aone call. and before the fire trucks
haa time to leave :he central station
dc alarm came in from box No. 81.
Uxych * located AZ North Second
Marble II, Highland depart
mint started for Second and Marbl,
while the central company wac
beaded for the blazing lumber com
pany. Upon reaching tho railroad
tracks the Highland company "a
smoke on South second street and
went to the lumber company instead
OF north, No fire oNiSted In the neigh
borhood Of hoN SO -
\ telephone cHli from some excited
person told tho tlremcn Il few mo-
ments later that there was a fire In
the 500 block ug South broadway.
and the hoN A. 600 South Broadway
was pulled. and also the box at I,u-
trail avenue and John street chief
Russell asks that II other lurp. fires
break out in fl%huquerque. no false
alarms be sent iu ~ excited persons.
Al several othor large fires some yeurs
ago u large ter OF boxes were
pulled and disturbed the fire fighters.
Flames spread from the lumber
company "a the Drphcum thcatcr and
the Denver hotel building. hut fire
men prevented any damage being
done q these buildings and to the
viaduct
approximate $4,000 81 the $50.
. loss Is pnverr. by Insurance. ac-
cordlur 'p Williaw Hcsselden. man
ager ~ the company Only S2uh
worth of paint r,uains In good con
ditiun. The company will open lts
offirg toutprrDW for business