Evening journal., 1919-01-20
MORNING NEWS
BUILDING SWEPT
BY SUNDAY FIRE
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sustained in the destruction Of its
plant.

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sustained in the destruction Of It's
plant.
Today's issue was gotten out
through the courtesy OF the Even.
Ing Journal. Permanent quarters
will be announced tomorrow.
In the meantime the various de-
partments Of the News may be
reached through the reguar tele-
phone numbers.
The management desires TO ex-
press its thanks 10 the police and
IRE departments for the excellent
service rendered during the fire and
FOR the offers OF assistance extended
by the local newspapers.
The fire which was the most destruc-
tive one that has visited this city for
years was discovered at $40 O'Clock by
Miss Mary d. Nurnberg, night chief
operator at the Diamond State Tele-
phone Company exchange at Sixth and
Snipley streets Miss Nurnberg was on
her way 10 the cloak room in the tele-
phone company building when she saw
the flames leaping high from the rear
OF the Morning News building. The
young woman notified the police depart
ment by phone and Operator Atwen
sent word TO the Fame Fire Company.
AS the Fame Company's chemical ap-
paratus turned into Market street at
Second street, the flames broke through
the front OF the four story building and
speeding their machine as fast as pos
sible the Fame fremen continued on 10
Sixth and Market streets. Realizing that
their efforts with the puny chemical
streams would be useless, the fremen
started 10 arouse the guests at the Null
lin Hotel, adjoining the News Building
while one OF the flremen named Poppi
hurried TO the fire alarm box at Sixth
and Market streets and sent in an
alarm
This brought the district flremen, al
though someone had sent a stu alarm
10 the Washington Fire Company be-
ore. When the Fame flremen arrived,
however, they noticed one man stand
ng on the sidewalk in front OF the
,urning building and several others on
he east side of the street. They all /
10 be strangers. and were un- |
amiiiar with the location Of the fire |
Ilarm box or what course to pursue. |
Fire Chief Hyndman and his assistant, |
frank Kendall. realized at once that the /
Ire was q serious one, the burning /
tructure being In the heart OF the bus |
ness section Of the city and the sur /
ounding properties being old and fllled !
With lnfammable material. sent In an
ther alarm which brought out nearly /
very fre lighting apparatus in the city.
The flremen soon had numerousl
treams Of water playing into the burn
ng building. Despite these, II looked
or time as though the flames would |
10 adjoining properties.
luckily the burned building was bank j
d on either side by fire walls and /
hese prevented the flames from com /
to the Mullln Hotel and to |
he apartment house at No. 500 Market /
street.
Shortly after the fremen arrived. one
of the News Companys typesetting ma
,hines. which weighed nearly a ton, !
iropped TO the cellar from the fourth /
loor with a crash. The intense heat /
ater caused a rear wall TO fall. VII /
lam r. Wallace. of No 1921 Lobdell /
.treet, a member Of the Liberty Fire
company. who was at work on the rear
4 the building. had a narrow escape
rom being crushed beneath this wall.
Ie was struck on the arm by falling
ebris and his arm and wrist were
prained. He was the only man injured,
owever.
The fire spread with lishtning rapid
", from one foor to another and with
! two hours nothing remained Of the
liant but the front and side walls. The
ear wall had collapsed an hour after
he tlames were discovered.
Despite the fact that the flames gut
ID the newspaper plant the iolsts hold
lg the fourth floor were burned
trough In but one place and after the
ames had been subdued, It was found j.
lat seven or eight typesetting ma