Show from the 1 FIRE AT THE BROOM tarron escape from a conflagration fla lo 10 aliis lily the dreaded fire alarm rang out in this city yesterday afternoon at 60 atie firo was at the broom hotel and la few minutes there were several bundled people on the streets anxiously be efforts ot the firemen to the earful element the cru bad originated ia itie cellar at the rear 0 lie druk store thomas carr and the other cleric engaged in the establishment first noticed the fire by the smoke they v ere at the prescription case when they first noticed it and at once went into alie rear where alie bar is kept Tho Barue room serves for an ollice where the books are kept the movement before notice of the they saw the smoke rising rom the rale on the outside ot the door the ularm was at once given and tommy ran and opened alie cellar door thinking be bould be able to put the fire out he could only go down about three steps when the heat became BO that lie could go no further by this time the began issuing from the front on washington joseph odell employed at TUB STANDARD no booner saw emoke than be ran over to the fire department part ment and gave tho alarm there were present only william chappie and robert idine but they in company wilh joe grasped the kopea ol 01 the birst hose cart aud in a twinkling had it over to the corner having pulled it there alone soon after john and wallace etoyle assisted by others came tearing down the street willi the second cart joseph dark of the fire department was soon on the gave bis orders uy tiia time the fire alarm wae lustily and the people attracted by the alarm as as by the smoke which now issued in great black volumes half nay an usa the street beean locking to the acena of the trouble greatly retarding the efforts 0 the ure nien in a few moments three et rams were flowing from the hydrants located on the corners of twenty fifth and grant and washington avenues as well as from the hydrant on the inmee of the block the grating next to the entrance of the broom leutel on twenty fifth was torn out no booner waa this work done and the firemen were preparing to crawl down vulli the hose than an pip loBlon occurred which shot the flames from the cellar to the sidewalk banging those on the walk to get out of the way as quickly a piM ible daunted by the danger the firemen descended ft lib the hope and began tho conquering of the chile other pa artiea gathered up quilts and blankets and aith bliem stopped the alch was sleeping the fire from the rear of the cellar to the front immediately under the retail department boirie of the men got around to the front with to streams intending to break through to the supposed fire the clerks got in front of the door in that the lira waa in the rear of ahe cellar and not in the store and I 1 refused to let them in thin was a wise move and the chief who bad located the faie and beet liag men to work at the richt spot eol ired ha aguon when ha heard of it a it would only have entailed lipa it ibe of prope ltv was not yet after or three of an limur the hoa zot alie r ur f he hie aud when the made that tho tiro wan lort rol expressions berelia aut a ut the crowd who haa the inwardly hoiting for ahe success of abo brave laddies who were in smoke und water to save what appeared not only the hotel but the entire busina block A strong wind was blowing blo wini at the time of lie fire and the contained eo much wood work that had the ire ever gat oat of thy cellar the whole building would have apen enveloped in names in a lew aad the wind flowing into alie hlex k the firo would have swept the abole lepeta of the street the firemen eay they had plenty of water to erve all when it was first arced on there wa not a preat deal of it but as they held the nozzles on to hie fire they could feel it rainia in na the people complied with the provisions ID cases of fire that is off all the imater in their hydrants entire to the ite hydrants it is difficult to estimate s bill it will reach between and 2 00 an inspection of the c liar after the fire showed that it had originated in some cans of varnish which were etan near alie street grate fron there it had spread to wall paper and further on to paints and one barrel of alcohol was found without a head and this explained the explosion w kiich some had arisen from powder stowed in ahe cellar tte heat bad forced the bead out and the liquor touching the fire had the flames out on the street As the fire had it had climbed abe stairs leading to the liar room and had scorched the hack of the prescription case partition part ilion it had even taken down some of the plaster in abe main store before the fire companies arrived the employees of the and others showed great promptness in carrying gatei and keep iiii the fire down to a certain extent until alie companies arrived alie fire grenades opre tried but ai the grate had not then been removed the contents only scattered over a small surface anil though it checka d a portion of the fire there was no chance to get a fair throw at it the fire companies deserve much credit for the promptness with which they handled the fire and they did it so well eliat there is very little property spoiled by lie water the main loss being from the fire and the beat it created which wai enough to crack a large mirror in the bar room As to the origin of alie fire there aie various opinions some thought it arose from escaped gas hut clr kempt examined the register after ahe fire and found there was no truth in the statement others hold that it arose from a lighted cigar thrown carelessly abe grate into some rubbish below from which it spread yet others claim apon combustion while another opinion still is that it started from some lamp used by plumbers who are working in the budding which if either is true has not been determined |