Show BIG FIRE AT ELSINORE row of lumber houses is destroyed by strenuous efforts of bucket brigade filreis confined to place where it originated there was great excitement at elsinore on tuesday morning when fire brotie broke out in a row of lumber houses houdes south of the opera house commonly nicknamed china row the house where the lire fire originated was occupied by james nunley who was lying ill with typhoid fever it was evidently caused by a defective flue As aa soon as mr nunley saw his d dinger inger he be sprang from his hia bed and wrapping a quilt around him fie be started for a neighbors place a half block distant and reached there in safety the cry of fire was raised and people flocked from all directions to assist in extinguishing the blaze it was soon seen that the nunley apartments were beyond hope and attention was turned to the other rooms adjoining leo nielsen occupied some of the rooms and h a furniture was saved sut ut the rooms were destroyed two empty rooms on the north were next to go and the flames spread to dr Arnt Arrit zens brick house adjoining there was not a breath of wind or this place would have been consumed 1 the I he furniture was removed into the street as it looked as if nothing could save the house be however by dint of hard work a bucket brigade was formed and water was poured upon the roof which with the beavy coat of snow prevented the fire from getting a hold on the shingles and the house was saved with very little littie damage on the bouth of the row of build ing ango ia 3 Bilu aitu 11 L jin ji atif n 0 storage and i rooms aljo alio of lumber and 2nd nd att attached abed to the burning buildings this wis was saved with vt viry ry little bimage by the gallant efforts of the neighbors and the bucket brigade the opera house joins the brick house on the north and it was expect ci a t tl at this place v v r 3 1 b be bonum el but the checking of the flames at the brick house saved the opera house from destruction the street was the scene of wild confusion furniture from the threatened buildings as well as the furnishings from the consumed houses were piled in all shapes in the street this is the most destructive fire which has visited elsinore and it caused great excitement Had there been a wind blowing the damage would have been very great the air was still and calm and the flames from the burning buildings rose straight in the atmosphere the heavy snowfall of great assistance in preventing the spread or of the tha fire it was almost miraculous min culous that the continued on page 8 BIG FIRE AT ELSINORE continued from first page N C jensen building not des tro troed cd as s it is a lur milling and joined onto the rox row c that bere consumed the mil iacre re fight ing the fire tore thi t i and part of the roof from tl t ding lin and with the stream of from the bucket brigade thi v as ed there was ty of grain stored in the b td id a lot of implements an anc id A these were uninjured rho destroyed de stroye v belongs to peter christens j ib now living at or near mu |