The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-19
DISASTROUS
BLAZE BURNS
CLUB HOME
Loss Fully Covered BY In
suranCe and Rebuilding Will
Take Place Immediately.


ms big stag party which was 90 have
been given ~ the Country Club tonight
II s. announced will, through the re-
source and enterprise Of the club OIL
ci.ls be given al the Hammond Cham
asr Of Commerce instead and the ban
aust and program carried out in the
<-liezt degree. The dinner will begin az
.. M. sharp aad Mgr. Burns viii oa
in charge. "Ths red-blooded stun VIII
ne there as usual" announced Chairman
John Huchel, better than ever aad
more in a bunch"
One of the costliest and most
stubbornly fought fires that Ham
mond has had in many months
completely gutted the home Of tie
L. -umond Country Club early
this morning.
The big building was aimos,
eaten up by the fire and its con
tents ruined by fire, smoke and
water. The loss viii probably
reach $4,000. It was fully cover
od bv insurance and steps to re
bid Immediately have been
taken.
FIRE IS STUBBORN.
II vas the second blaze IN q month
ror the Country club property. Recent
s,- She caretaker's home on the west side
or the golf links was burned b. mis-
f.i- sous West hammond boys.
TIE frc broke cut about two O'Clock
-.ls morning ia the bcne- room and the
Evo=t Hammond FIRE department re-
~ponded promptly but beiiefin ing they
could handle thc blaze themselves neg
iscted 70 call tho Hammond fire depart
.44-- for twenty minutes and TINS de-
3al vas responsible for the dis"s s'1 -.s 2us
..a,-7a grafton. When Chief Wm Nll
l a. three companies Of the Ham
--o,d FIRE department did arrive. flames
..are bursting from the roof in several
places
MUCz PRAISE FOR FIREMEN-
.reen began one Of the -lost stubborn
rre dshts Hammond people had ever
witnessed The Hammond fremcn
fought desperately 20 say the blaze
and chief %il and his man were the
rorrD4CNL5 tA H4L-tA h-t~t9~
,3-eaiacent work When the FIRE was
aver at o'clock this morning Chief
%iu ordered his men to clean up the
debris and water before they left and
eo- ar example Of efficiency in fire
nshting the doughty fremen got their
need of congratulations
Investigation today rev ealed that the
tanitor had cleaned out his furnaces
shortly after midnight and had piled
some cinders gainst pine tables stored
II The boiler room. thus starting the
hlsze. There is no truth in the stories
of ircendiarism.
OFFICIALS SEE BLAZE.
President p. ]. Steelman, Treasurer
X Krimbil and other officials Of the
Country Club were soon on the ground
.nere an immense crowd had gathered
-rle hooks and records We're saved and
some of the furniture but the most ol
-oo interior equipment was ruined The
fire. crept in between the outer and inner
wallis fed by draught and broke oui
first in one place and then another II
would be conquered in one place only
10 burst out in another and the volume
or smoke indicated how hard il was tc
battle.
LOSS FULLY COVERED.
sn,e i'm both The Lake County Savings
& Trust 60. and the Hammond Savings
q Trust Go. steps to rebuild have al
rsady been set in motion and work WI
be rushed
Tho Hammond Country Club. the only
ono 81 its kind in the Calumet region
has been the scene of many importan
rsafon gatherings and festivities. IT.
,arlbership embraces the leading mel
or hammond. Whiting. East Chicago
cary. Indiana Iarbor, Crown Point
7Ncst Hammond and Hegewish. 1t ha'
large nonresident membership u
chicago. 1t vas built in 1912 and y
Murray Turner was ITS first president
-r1e club owns one of the prettiest gor
.,,,~ses i'm the Chicago district and th'
property is owned by the Hammon'
Country Club Association.
The Country Club stag Will be held a