Evening journal., 1922-03-29
S2OO,OOOLOS
ON MERCHANTS
IN NIGHT fire
Continued From First Pare)


the open window Of their room
Not stopping for any Of their he
longings they made their way TO
the street. crying Fire" to the
other occupants as they made their
way through the corridors.
In the meantime Frank Lattomus,
aged 20 years who lived with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs w. r. Latto-
mus and sister, on the second floor
Of the apartment had discovered the
fire and he aroused his parents. Lat
tomus hurried to Third and King
streets where he sent In an alarm
from BOX 81. In the meantime an
alarm was sent in from BOX No. 226
and this brought two thirds OF the
fire department to the scene. This
was at 100 o'clock.
When Fire Chief Lutz reached
the fire he realized that the build
ing at 3O2-O4 Market street was
doomed and turned his attention to
saving adjoining properties. A third
alarm brought out the remainder OF
the fire companies and within a few
minutes, tons or water was being
PLAYED on the burning structure.
The large plate glass windows and
skyllghts were broken by the heat
which made a noise resembling an
explosion when the shattered glass
fell.
The flames got into the upper
floors OF the building at 7 East Third
street and the hremen turned their
attention to that structure. Their
efforts were successful, the Are be
ing held In check there but the oc-
cupants Of the apartments lost all
their belongings. None Of them car
rled any insurance, II Is said, on
their property.
The lives OF the members Of I'm
gine Company No. we're endanger-
ed shortly after the third alarm had
been turned in when they were fight
ing the flames in the East Third
street apartment from the third noor
OF the outlet Store. The flames
had eaten away a good portion Of
the upper noor of me building and
the roof fell In with a crash. The
hremen there under Fire CHIEF Lutz
made their way to safety through a
window but the falling timhers ON
this ioor caused the heavy stone
front OF she building 10 bulge out a
foot or more.
one OF the large stones fell out
striking a large ladder the fremen
were using and crushed 1t like a pipe
stem Fortunately no one was on
the ladder at the time. The stones
used in the front OF the store were
taken from the old Court House Ai
the time It was demolished.
Adjoining the burning building on
East Third street are the Central
Apartments, on the three upper
floors of the corner annex TO the
building; a barber shop; the Palace
Lunch Room. the store and ware
house OF W. H. Berger and Com
pany. wholesale tobacco dealers. Ad
Joining this store is an alley anC
next to It the Lippincott annex.
The fre attracted hundreds q
people and II soon required thu
best efforts of more than twentl
policemen to keep me area arount
the burning store clear
This Is the second time the build
ing has been gutted by fire In tn
past Ave years A short time befor
the Greenbaum interests. whose es
tate has control of the property
gave up the store II was swept b
flames. nothing but the walls ~
naming.
The occupants OF the Centrs
apartments over the property at tn
northeast corner Third and Marks
streets which ia occupied by IN
Styleplus clothes store, Morris an
n Son, owners. we're as follows: jaime
Robinson Mrs. Elizabeth Chew an
Mrs. c. X. shipley on the fourt