The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-04
MIDNIGHT FIRE CAUSES DAMAGE
 TO , PARTIES
Stubborn Blaze Makes Hard Fight = Britt and Mrs.
 Turner's Are Big Losers
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into the sky with a heavy smoke. The fire burned on both slopes of the roof, but was worse on the slope facing Seward Street. Shortly after the fire started the lights went out in the building.
 Two lines of hose were used on the slope facing Seward Street by the Fire Department, and water was kept on the other slope from a hose in the Goldstein Building and from line run from Main and Second. Both fire trucks were taken out, the smaller replacing the big truck when equipment from 1t had been used. A chemical from the big truck and several hand chemi- calls from the smaller truck were used on the blaze. The fire wts kept in the second story of the building and was extinguished about 1:15 o'clock.
 Difficult to Fight.
 The flames were difficult to fight on account of the location of the building behind the street build- ings, and with no lights, Chief Gray said today It was necessary to chop number of holes in the roof to get at the flames and difficulty was met in attempting to get water into the interior of the place on account of the steep stairs and nar- row turns leading to the top floor. The firemen worked with system attic efficiency he said.
 Damage to Rooms. The entire top floor was damaged by the flames and the water. The rooms and the contents of the first floor were damaged by water, except two in the front of the building, and the one occupied by Mrs. Tur- ner also in the front, in which the water damaged only the carpet. There are 21 rooms in the lodging house, 13 on the first floor and eight on the top floor. All were occupied except the room on the top floor in which the fire first broke l through.
 Britt's Damage.
 The water poured through the i two stories of the rooming house into the Britt Pharmacy, complete ] ly running the ceiling of the entire store interior and damaging the contents along the left side from l the entrance, in the store. Nearly 2 everything in the stock room at tho rear was also damaged. The real rooms of the First National Banl building, and especially the office of President Reck, were also dam aged by the water.
 l The inmates of the place wer, aroused by people who first saw tn flames. Mrs Turner said she wa aroused by someone pounding ol her door and ceiling fire" Jus as she started to dress the light went out and she had difficulty il getting about She was taken t, the street by friends who had gon in to her assistance.
 Marrow Escape.
 Dan Gage, one of the roOmer on the top floor, not awakened arft when he had not reported to Mrs Turned on the street she told on of the other tenants who went bacl and aroused him and who was com pelled to run for the lower floor ol account of the flames. Gage wa unable to follow on account of tn flames and smoke and went out hi window to a chimney from whicl he jumped four feet across the roo to the bank building.
 John Reck, who was on the roo of the bank building said Gag who is an elderly man, made tn jump with only the support of th chimney, a feat which he coul' probably never had done unde ordinary circumstances. Gage ha' left his little dog behind in hi room. A short ladder was secures and put from the roof to the win dow sill and the dog walked acros to safety.
 I Mrs. Turner said that several o the rooms in the place which wer' Il damaged most severely by the fire had recently be repainted and pap cred.
 Repair work on the building will start tomorrow John Reck, presi , dent of the First National, Banl said today. The top story will b. torn down and a flat roof put on