Show r r 4 MILLION N DOLLARS LICKED UP BY FIRE AT BUTTE j l Ha Handsome ds me Public P ry B Building p Completely Gutted Gutt d by Flames Fla 1 I I I Symons Sy ons Dry Goods Company Where the th h Blaze Started d the I Heaviest Losers Eight Persons injured Help Sent From Surrounding Towns tO lisl I t M 44 t U tJ H t f f t 4 M t t f M 4 t 1 Butte Mont Sept 24 The foat f foat oat tire fire that ever visited vI Butte f broke broko out at 9 this morning f fIn In Ja the of the Ui Symons Symon l Dry Goods store tor and before IMore the flames were We e brought control this ts afternoon the damage damase amounted to f Following are the hoa I lest leat lo era t I t Symons Dry Goods Good company f 4 Public library ry building Goldberg I 4 block Walkover Shoe company compan Hj 4 Atlantic saloon York block Maule f 4 1 block Symons store More total lo loss s on 4 I 4 stock atod Md d building Library gut gutted gutted 4 ted tedA A strong wind win was ws u blowing and nd 4 the tho entire bu hu portion of the 4 city was wa as threatened threaten The Anacon 4 4 da lire department arrived at noon f with on ou one steamer Eight persons eron 4 1 4 I 4 wore Injured 3 4 4 I id t t tt r Injured y t John Nell Net slightly burned and head hea 1 cut Prank Frank Harrington and antI Robert Rober SlIp mong mons mO j bruised by fall from root roof of OC 0 Bar Barret ret Sleek Men Mall Pearl colored scalp ca p wound Jack Jaek Curley head hed cut I W D Tracey arteries cut in left riat and right hand badly cut Frank P k Robertson volunteer fireman i Chief of ot Bailee right leg Ie cut ut by 11 Mont Mont Sept Seit 34 Fire B lug Ing In a low 1 lo estimated at bout boat a aUtton million doKar today consumed the tho entire Ure busbies portion of or Quite ly Iy lying lyng ing ng between the thi bloCk and an Renshaw alley Butte would woId have hae West Park street treet and halt half I the public library 4 The tire call w e turned in hi at Wl 41 At noon Bo n the foury Symons SY JnO nil stove to vas ue a mass of ot flames and th the bIt library and other places were burning I simultaneously ly At 1 Mayor MacGinniss announced the fire UDder control Had the blaze once crossed into the th theold theold old buildings on the north side klc of Park street or had it not be been n checked at atthe atthe the a w block Week Butte would have la v boon been suffering today from a afIre fire ibe Smoke Was Stifling I The alarm went eat In at 8 oc k and First Assistant J 1 J T and hi hii himen hIM hIMmen men went ent to work At the first open opening lag ing smoke thick and ami suffocating suffocating ing In belched forth making entrance trance wn im I A 1 cigar company occupied oc part of ot the th i ground floor and ha nt of ot the big bl Symons Dry Coeds GO building bunding i it At t once onee the men nien nu realised that to keep the fire re confined to the basement and away W from froni the elevator shaft was the only hope hop saving of the block Great Effort of Firemen Three lines liue of ot tOIle nose manned maimed by crews crewe who stood t od the moke smoke with super superhuman human endurance advanced into the poisonous pol onous smoke and poured their Hood flood Into the hole Unfortunately the base basement ment mont of the Symons company block was wali wa drained and the basement being bing Inca a dou don double double ble one on with a subbasement beneath it It was Impossible to flood The ahe he men could not enter the seat of ot the flames but several ral went through the rear sidewalk windows and an held the hose bose aa WI close eloe as a they the could to the origin orlin of the th smoke Finally with wU a favorable ble change of ot wind Ind which Rpt kept the smoke bak k temporarily the fire firemen men broke in three doors on the thc ground floor and poured the water in the direction of ot the elevator shaft which roared like a mill taco face A perfect geyser of sparks vid zid burning spewed Its Ita torrent across the roofs root of ot buildings buildIng starting patches pet hO of at flame the Renshaw hall hail hanal all the way wa to the Park building Burned Like a Bonfire From Prom 11 until noon the Sy Symons S mons company building burned free fr as u asa aaa 1 a bonfire and the department con cd f 4 its labor to saving adjacent The he Renshaw seemed doomed as did the Lewis Kins and Clark building Louis Loule HOHnstein in the Clark Block stayed until him hie plate glass stass windows cracked when he locked up and remarked remained that all Li a Ii man had bad he would give for tor his hi 11 life ute Early in the course e of at the fire Chief of Police Thomas had stretched ropes rop across Renshaw alley altey and later across acro Park from tram the tho blo iO t across acro West Vest Galena at and anI at Colorado Goi rado Big Bg g Blocks Damaged D maged j building the Broadway If t Argyle Arar and other buildings building ban were licked by the Hungry flames but work on the part of vf the owners o ers tho firemen from rom the lull hill prevent ad Gd d wit what med for a time a l general conflagration as au a a stiff stitt wind was as blow blowIng blowin log Ing in flaming embers everywhere By 11 every ever piece of fire ap apa J SIer fler Bow ow county coun was at atthe atthe th the scene icene of ot the lire The departments from the Colu nal Gagnon Anaconda and other mints mines with and reri dered d red great grat r t service The battal battalions battalIons ions trout front the Centennial brewery brewer from V from Williamsburg th Butts Butt But reduction works and other places answered the general alarm and aud lent valuable assistance to the regular do da Volunteer Fire Crews A H L general manager manag r of Senator W tv A Clarks Butte properties volunteered red the use of ot the tho fire crews from the Clark l rk mines and the Butte Butla Reduction works as soon as he be learned of ot the e tent of the Hut th fire Mr lh Wot hey also called up the waterworks and ami of offered I to tart the pumping Im plant at the I But e Ru ton Uon work works If It was ras found necessary nee mary About noon noon telephone massages be began began beRH gan RH arriving from Anaconda Helena Holena Dillon and other places of ot offering eying fering t of th the fire depart departments departments ments meats ot of the tte various cities Anaconda Sends Help Anaconda was one of the tho first to toy volunteer y and her offer was wa accepted At 12 three hose liose wagons and a aeter eter with full tull crews crows accompanied by Mayor McKenzie and oUia ot citizens were aboard a special train trat for this city elty Exactly minutes wore were COMUm consumed d in ill making the mile run to this city Quickly the ap up apparatus was removed from the cars and three thi e minutes after the tho train fn hi the depot Acting Chief Hl tl and his hilli men were on the scene and had several streams on the big life The Jh Smelter city elty fireman went vent to work Ork with wit a and spirit that en encouraged their tired brothers who had been battling with the flames since early evening The rhe big s Sf steamer tamer earner began pumping and ad wih its assistance wa water water water ter Was directed into the interior of the blaze with good effect List of Losses The lessee follow Blocks totally destroyed Maule Maul York Yolk Barret Woodward 1 and Ogden Oden public JW 1 library The Tho following is Ia the estimated loss 1085 and nd insurance given Iven by b the af at affected affected by the t e tire fire Symons store Maule Mania and York blocks owned OW owe by hr the Ne Net r York Realty com coin company pany pau loss ll l s 1410 insurance entire about oco JISOO ISOO of which is Ia on the buildings Library building i block bloc W WI I Washington ton block SO IO insured Harret arret block owned by l A H ii Har Elar r total to lose J lq insurance e Amounting to tot t ty nor ier cent Q rg block owned by Rose Pearon Pear l Pu total loss 1015 partly coy cov covered co ered tired by insurance Walkover Shoe company loss insurance f Clark block bloc damage SS O fully in insured Insure insured sure t Goldberg liok c 1000 fully S insured I Renshaw Ren block bl ck damage OI partly insured Ogden block blonk total to l log 10 In Insured InI owned by Cannon C and I James Davis Atlantic saloon s loon lees lass fully runy Insured in insured Insured V store 5 W OO to total total total tal loss los partly insured Emery Emer reka meat ment market markot total loss Joss partly Insured Casino saloon in Renshaw OO W yo P Hayes HaaB grocery damage by bywater bywater water S Lj Company damage da by bywater bywater bywater water small loss loa I i iFred Fred luhn cigar els er r fac factory factory I tory tor small loas IO lf I Ran Rau barker barber ot shop Ogden block blo k loss lOBS 00 no Albert shop shop Ogden block lose laSH po 90 O no Butte Clothing JOBS ose by b moke SOO SeO by j insurance A Booth company compan 1600 1180 covered cohered by 4 i r U t e t r rf i i J 31 1 f P S S I S 41 f j I 1 j J Jj v rl fil i iq t IIii q k I I w i 4 r Park Street Butte Looking West 1 Clark block JOO insurance insurance ance alice j I Crown Tailoring company ful fully fully fully ly insured Insure brothers bakery baker loss 1000 partly covered by insurance Ben Anderson And saloon slon Ogden block loss lees on stock toek OO no Insurance has H R B Bar ry rr store IOB loa 2000 Barks Bac ks l ory store tore OM insurance In 1 Br Cat Carpet pet loe lo loss 1008 1108 covered cov by insurance Pawnee d by ll 1 at no Insurance ln urance Rocky Rock Bell ell Telephone com corn company company pany instruments ent and nt 1 MO O insurance e eSho Sho block lois l I oi insured SALT S L T LAKERS E S AFFECTED AFFECT D Much interest wa was va felt elt in Suit Salt LakIn Lak Lakin LakIn in Che Oio Iio fire tire Several over 1 l Salt Lakers Lu lor are Continued on Page P age 2 1 tt fl Cf L Lf Lf f J LJ r 5 1 r c JS J tS r T f i S 7 S I S f S Sj j 5 5 S y I l S SS SS S a 55 S S 4 Butte Public Library MILLION DOLLARS LICKED UP BY FIRE IN BUTTE MONT Continued from Page 1 heavily interested financially in Butte and many more have business with Butte hoUses house Up tip to a late Into last evening practically the tue only news concerning the fire firo was obtained over the Bell eli Telephone toni com long Jong distance wires During the I afternoon and evening The Herald Horald r ms bulletins by telephone on the extant of the tle conflagration which U It gave to tile the dozens of Inquirers In iii this town rime Tho Associated Press In Butte is from tIme the Minor which wag given n ft scorching As Aim a fe 0 gull puli tim Associated Pi Pis ess got a j Start on om the story and little news newa It Was after most bit Luk c rs were asleep |