The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-22

PLAN BIGGER
STORE; FIRE
Loss UNKNOWN
Will Take Several Days
to Check Over
Stocks

Reconstruct on Of the RoSenwnld
department store viii begin IA quick
Is aA iusu anCc adjustments can be
disposed OF The New York OFFICE
was Instructed this morning to begin
buying Immediately goods to replace
damaged stoclsl The fire loss is
completely co srod hy Insurance An
accurate estimate 'of the loss viii he
Impossible pending completion OF the
insurance adjustmtnt.
This was the summary of the sltua-
tion resulting from the fire which
partially wrecked tho hlg department
tore yesterday afte noon. given out
this morning by y. : Roscnwnld.
who returned on the morning train
rom El paso.
After n hurried inspection Of the
uildinE from the wrecked third floor,
whore the fire originated. Co the
flooded basement. NJ. Eoscnwald
said.
I'VE want first to express our very
sincere appreciation nf the courage
Gus work OF the fire department. the
police force and the shcriffs office,
as wrll az for tho help and proffers
OF help rendered by our many friends.
Loss Can't Bc Estimated.
we VIII begin reconstruction Of
our building just AS soon as the insur-
uu,r adjustments have been COM
plrt,d 10 is Impossible to say today
Hhat the loss from the fire vii. be.
or even 20 make an cstimut. that
would be- OF any value The stocks are
ZOO varied that Il viii require several
days AT hcs; TO complete the insur-
aace adjustment Inspection.
be- damage toatns s'liidslg haolf.
from structural standpoint. is not
great The wisdom ct our Investment
iu reinforced cone. rtc construction
hu4 been demonstrated, There is
| s,Iy heavy damage TO interior equip
wrut. furnishings ana finishing
Throughout "a, store. l-uss ana dam
rrr tu stocks throughout the store "
heavy. % ls covered by Insurance.
| 'It la impossible To say definitely
! today when We VIII be- able to reopen
/ Tor business u viii be within a very
short time We have tclogruphcd uur
! Ncw York buyers To- boEin buying i'm,
mUdlatcly for replacement Of stocks
/ iu all departments, with orders to be,
! gin tu rush shipments by express on
| our instruction In the meantime ",
will hasten the interior roconstruc-
tIun as rapidly as possible. We az,
having plans drawn Tor replacement
which will permit number Of de.
! siruhlo changes in arrangement Of
Various departments.
You may say Tor us that bigger
land moro cWclont Koscnwuld's vii
Iisc quickly out Of the fire"
Aerial Trucks Help.
! sheets ut flame We're shooting from
the west windows in the rear Of tn,
building when the fire d dspartmcni
arrived All OF the day SHIFT OF tn,
dcpal tmcut ON three trucks answered
the alarm At tho first call aud % wal
bat e few minutes until the nigh
shirt a.so Joined In the battle agains
the flames
BY stretching tho acrin, ladders [,
tho windows, the flrcmcn were abb,
To turn five streams of hose into tn,
roaring furnace. Although the i'
uromcn kept the water ON the fir,
Tor NOR, than two hours, IL was hui
little moro than half an hour aftc.
their arrival that they had the FIR,
] under control
crowds gathered In the street and
ON the sidewalks until IA, traffic Wai
blocked 90 watch the fitcmpu's hoou,
efforts The tire was not put under
control without battle
Fi.c chief Collister who had ro
TUNED Gao tu, e. ty nut little more thar
AN hour before the fire broke out wal
cut ON Ia, right hand by falling gas
and later Was huuckyd down when
part OF the balcony above the thir,
floor cavcd &c., striking him In tn,
neck
captain oscar McMuIlon or IN
lowluud station suffcrcd had cut d
one knee as result OF being hit o.
window glass and Il was thought 20
day that h, might have to retir
, from duty fu. few days.
" D. kuuuu. former muturcycl
4, officer OF the police department re-
, cciycd a. bad E1ah on his right wris
hy falling window glass and he ra
n To physicians office across IN
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