East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-24
COnfIagratiOn of Unknown ORR
gin Destroys Storage House
Valued at $4,000 and DAM
ages $4,000 in Grain.
MEN WORK HER0ICALLY
TO SAVE NEARBY HOUSES
Flames Reported Early Sunday
Morning and General Alarm
Sent Out Resulting In Form
alton of Bucket Brigade.

! Grain valued at 100000 was danl-
( aged in fire Of undetermined origin
which Sunday morning consumed the
$4,000 warehouse Of the Pilot Rock
Elevator Co, a cooperative concern at
Pilot Rock. OI!n Carnes, 40, OF Pilot
Rock. one OF 200 volunteer fire fight
ers. suffered a double fracture Of his
ankle when he fell from the roof Of
the Pacific Coast Elevator CO. ware
house adjoining.
approximately 20. 600 bags OF grain
were stored in the warehouse and they
represent about 50. coo, according to
estimates placed today By local grain
dealers. The warehouse. so By 200
feet in dimensions, was valued at s10.-
0OQ, while the feed miIlftquipment ana
stock carried by the owners represents
ABOUT $4,000 more. Estimates TODAY
placed the loss around s75. 900.
Nearby Warehouses saved.
Heroic work on the part OF virtually
an men in Pilot Rock and farmers
from nearby saved the Pacific Coast
Elevator Co.. and II. W. CoIIins ware
houses. adjoining. The Pacific Coast
warehouse is 20 feet from the struc-
ture which burned and the Collins
warehouse north Of the Pacific coast
building. s~ a----~-=s----
The Pilot Rock warehouse was fn
flames when citizen reported the
blaze about $3.50 Sunday morning. The
south END OF the structure. adjoining
the concrete elevator. was being con-
sumed. A general alarm was sent out
and townspeople organized two bucket
erlgades one bringing water from
Birch creek and another from q near
by spring The city had insufficient
fire hose to reach the blaze from the
nearest hydrant
Calls were sent to Pendleton for aid
and Fire Chief w E. RingoId with
five men and the small truck with 800
feet of hose, left here at 1880. II took
them more than an hour to reach pit
lot rock. When they arrived with the
hose the structure had collapsed but
grain was burning and the fire was
still dangerous.
Lumber Feeds Blaze.
In a short time following the arriv-
al Of the added hose. streams of water
we're played on the burning mass
quantity of lumber being used for new
stored in the south end of
the warehouse, made the blaze stub-
born.
The south end of the Pacific Coast
warehouse was badly scared by the
flames and heat but it was saved by
the work of the bucket brigades. Lack
Of wind and the presence of a fog also
helped save the adjoining warehouses.
according to Paul Ostroot. local man
aser Of the Pacific Coast Elevator
Co
Most Of the grain in the warehouse.
as we'll as the structure itself was COW
cred BY insurance. One lot Of barley.
1900 sacks, was removed from the
burning mass, with the loss OF about
800 sacks which We're burned off the
grain. A considerable amount OF
wheat, stored in the north end Of the
can be salvaged. local men
At the fire said, but it will not be tit
for milling.
salt, Feed. Flour I.ost.
IN addition to the warehouse. the
offices and the feed mill in the build
ing there We're two carloads az stock
salt, several consignments OF feed and
hay and some. sacked flour lost. The
oss on this material is not heavy and
IS understood to be covered by insur-
1nce.