The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-25
LOSS Of $4,000
OCCURS AS THREE
BUILDINGS BLAZE
Several Business Establish
ments Wiped Out or DAM
aged Early Friday
FIREMEN ARE HANDICAPPED
Lack Of Water Pressure Makes
it Difficult to Combat
Spread Of Flames
(Tfibuno Snecial Seryicel

Glen Ullin, N. D., Sept. 25.-Fire
swept through three buildings housing
several business establishments In tho
heart OF Glen Ullin's downtown Sec
ton and caused damage estimated at
nearly $4,000 between Q q. m. and I
q. m. Friday.
The loss was estimated by Mike
Ischida, Sr., business man and resi-.
dent Of Glen Ullin for many years.
The flames for q time threatened
destruction Of two whole blocks in
the business district as Glen Ullin
and Hebron firemen, handicapped by
insufficient water pressure and q light
wind from the northeast, battled
against spread Of the blaze.
Buildings damaged were the old
Clement Braun frame building, the
brick Columbia hotel structure, and
the wood building housing the Joe
Geek General Merchandise store.
The fire is believed to have started
IN either the Fred Chase and Son
Hardware store or the John 6treitt-
macher Meat Market in the Braun
building.
BY 2 q. m.. when thu flames were
discovered, the fire had . good start
and firemen, realizing destruction Of
the three buildings was almost newt
able. restricted their efforts to pre-
venting spread Of tho flames.
Pressure In the mains Of the Glen
Ullin water department was sufficient
for only two water streams, although
several more hoses were available
Fire departments from New Salem.
Mandan, and Bismarck were not
called to help because Of this reason.
A light drizzle which fell intermit.
tently during tho morning hours kept
roots Of nearby buildings sufficiently
damp to minimize dang9r o9 possible
spread Of the fire through sparks.
Practically all Of tho residents Of
the city were up during tho fire and
helped combat the blaze.
Jack GoSsuan, telephone linemau,
was the only casualty Of tho fire, -
far as could be determined Friday
morning. Cutting wires leading to
the burning buildings, he was burned
slightly by power limo and fell to tho
ground from his perch high up on =
telephone pole. He was not hurt
seriously however.
Loss Estimates Made
The Clement Braun building was
valued BY Tschida at between 5000
and $1,000. but four business estab.
lishments housed in 1t suffered con-
siderable additional loss. Estimates
Of loss to stock and equipment in tho
building were made as follows:
Berger-Frit5 Mercantile company,
$l5,000: Chase Hardware Store. 81
600 to 5000; Streittmacher Meat
Market, 5000 to $1,000: and Albert
White gasoline service station, 81 500.
The upstairs Of the Columbia hotel,
operated by Mrs. Caroline Rueter.
was gutted and the roof was damaged.
The hotel loss was placed at 5000 to
$4,000. In the hotel structure were
the Red Owl Grocery store, which
suffered loss Of between $1,000 and
5000, and the Jim Bateman pool
hall. In the basement, where the loss
was about $500.
The Geek Mercantile company. In q
building by itself across the alley
from the hotel structure, suffered q
loss estimated at between $4,000 and
$4,000.
An estimate on the amount Of In
surance carried by the various estab-
lishments could not be obtained Fri-
day morning and plans for recon-
structton had not been considered.