Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-03
ARMlJ0 BUILDING IS
MENACED BY FLAMES;
GROCERY IS DAMAGED
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street hallway, adjoining the
Hawkins store, they chopped holes
in the walls and floor and discov-
cred tongues of flame eating their
way upward. Had these been al
lowed to spread, the fire would
have reached the second floor, and,
famed by draft up the stairway,
would have threatened the entire
building.
The joists in the building run
east and west, and acted as Chin
neys to draw the fire toward the
west and central portions of the
structure. There is no basement
under the main part of the Haw-
kins store. which made it more
difficult for the firemen to get at
the fire. Holes were made at in
tervals along the front of the
building and streams of water run
under the floor. 1t was necessary
to get a stream between each of
the pairs of joists.
Tenants Move Out
The College Inn moved a large
part of its stock to a storehouse
The Ruppe drug store removed
its stock of narcotics and its &C.
count books to the Ruppe home
The nited Cigar store moved
out part OF I,s STOCK. On the
second floor. nearly all the ten.
ants removed all or part Of
their office equipment. These
included Architects frost ant
frost, and Geo. p. Hill, Archi
tect e. B. Christy, DIR. r. L
Hust, the Kansas City Life In
surance company, DIR. Murray
DR.. Dodds, DR.. Petit, DIR. Ora
ham, DR.. Shoemaker. DIR. Mac
beth ~and Kobiela and Putnick
tailors. Many of the tenants be
gan moving back late yesterday
The tenants were put to a grea
deal of expense in moving. which
will not figure, however, in thu
fire loss. The rooms on the sec
ond floor were filled with smoke
Two Engine Streams
Six streams of water were play
ed on the fire. For a part of tn,
time two engines added thei
pressure to the flow. The city
pumps at the central pumping
station and the auxiliary pump
were kept working all day, am
water as pumped direct from tn,
wells into the mains. The sup
ply of water in the reservoir wa
not diminished by the fire, Cit,
Manager Calkins said. The en-
tire basement was filled will
water. which will be pumped on
at once. 1t was not until tn,
basement was flooded and al
blazing timbers above the waite,
line were soaked that the fir,
was put under control.
The fire was so stubborn ant
so hard to get at. and the smok,
was so dense, that it appeared
for more than three hours tina
the entire building would be de
stroyed. The firemen, in con
filming the fire to its original To-
cation, did a pretty piece of fire
fighting. Had the fire gotter
away from them, it might have
spread to other valuable build
ings in the heart of the business
section. Fire Chief Henderson
was urged by some to use dyna.
mite to get at the seat of the fire
but refused to do so, saying h
could eXtinguish it with much less
damage by the use of water ant
axes.
City Officials Assist
The firemen were assisted by
more than a dozen volunteers
among whom were City Commits.
sioner Swope, City Manager Calk.
ms, Building Inspector Bowdich
City Engineer Frank KimbalI
City Attorney Jamison, members
of the street department, Cit!
Commissioners walton ans
Hughes.
Not more than ton and hal
of coal was in the storage room
which Mr.. Hawkins said nobod,
had entered for several months
The smell Of coal gas was plain
ly noticed in the smoke.
Police Handle Crowds
A large crowd gathered t,
watch the firemen fight the fire
The entire police force was KEEP
busy keeping the crowd outsid
the ropes that were placed acros
Second street. A number of PEG
pie were arrested for. drivin,
over the fire hose. Street ca
traffic was stopped at Second an,
Central and at Second and Coz
| per, for almost four hours