The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-19
POST-TRIB SOON
READY FOR BUSINESS
Strenuous Efforts to Re.
sumo Printing bid Fair
To Be Success.

With ALADDIN like transformation,
the Gary Post Tribune building
whlea suffered a disastrous fire
ioss estimated az s7S,e0e at Sixth
avenue and Washington street In
Gary yesterday morning was ready
today for partial occupany and
plans underway to get out a six 60
eight page paper.
When the flames which ravished
the building for more than three
hours were finally extinguished at
: p. "a. workmen immediately start
ed to clear away te debris. Huge
pumps from the steel mill were
put into action pumping the five
feet of freezing water out OF the
basement and a sang OF wor&men
busy boarding Up the windows and
cleaning out the chsrred ruins
All through the night they work.
ed In shifts and late today the Post
Tribune home had undergone an
unbelievable transformation. Three
OF the battery OF linotype machines
were being cleaned oiled and put
into working shape, ready to set
up news print for today's paper,
According to owners OF the print
ing plant IL will be impossible TO
make an estimate OF the damage
for some tihe> Owing to the deli~
cate parts OF the linotype machines.
the huge press and other equipment
IL will be Impossible to estimate
until they are thoroughly examined
to see how much damage was done
to them BY the Intense heat and
freezing water.
The fire which started In the
lower part OF the elevator shaft Of
the newspaper stock room In the
basement eat It's way through the
entire building and Ii was only by
the super-human work ttrce chief
Grant and his willing staff. that
kept the building from being Quilted
ard possibly the destruction OF the
entire block.
Although attempts were made by
individuals 20 throw discredit upon
the work OF the fire dspartm ents,
the writer as we'll as hundreds OF
others who witnessed the stubborn
conflagration are opposed TO the
charges and sa ythat they are very
unjust
The fire department did every
thing In their power and more. Ov-
eriooklns the zero weather the wa
ter freezing to their clothing the
moment II struck fought heroicaiiy
to save the building from destruc.
ton
The writer who saw the fire de-
partmert turn the corner at Fifth
avenue and Broadway arrived at
the Post-Trihune building n few
seconds later. The firemen were
already In action. It was n short
space OF time and the basement OF
the building was n roaring furnace
with the smoke so heavy that IL
was iraposslbls TO designate the
heart OF the fire
with seven streams OF hose play
ing on the fire from every point Of
vantage they fought the roaring
flames from every side OF the build
ing. Still the f.remen were CEN
sured for this and for that but were
not deserving OF 1t In the least,
One thing they did de and they
must be given credit for this Ia IN
keeping the lower floor OF the
building intact. saving the valuable
machinery. type and equipment
from crashing to destruction into
the flooded fire raving basement
below
In the case or one fireman who
was censured by two or thre indi-
vfduals and reported to the beard
Of safety. we witnessed with our
own eyes this fireman take q ehanae
with his life that not one Ia the
crowd of Q thousand or more whe
saw tbs fire would have taken.
Dropping through basement
window into the roaring furnace be-