| Show HAD HAD lIiL TO USE DYNAMITE No Hb Water With Which to Fight Fire In Enid O 0 T Enid O 0 T July 14 Four blocks of or business houses house on the public square were destroyed by fire fre in less leS than tn three hours I time by a fire fre that tha started after midnight last night The Te water wat r supply was made inele quate and an it was necessary to blow up buildings biding with dynamite to check the flames fame Owing to the continued drouth drout everything burned like I matchwood A Alight Alight light f rl wind f blew from o ote the te r southeast f and saved the Ester eastern part of the town The ar estimated The Tho In Insurance total tol loss lorn lO ts I eIe at 90 SUr e will wJ be b light The Th fire fre started darted rt In the tle hotel hord building near ner the southeast corner c rne of the tho square owned bv IW John on Benton and a spread quickly quick to the big bi Geman Bros BrO hardware bar ar house bouse oust on the rne corner orner Both Bot buildings with wih their contents were soon consumed The tire fire f burning south th destroyed dro ed tle tle Snider furniture store the Cramer red reS reStaurant re and an hotel hOte furniture tore stAre Central hot hote hote t a 1 a buthe shop hop i ii hI i which Sf in cash was ws consumed and the Enid E Carriage Cag works work Then going goil I east est it consumed the Y akey shop and tre small mU buildings H Hel rw It lumped across Ir the Ue street west we t destroying Inn I th th the wholesale establishment of Crandall Grubb the t So SI Si Joseph J seph ho hotel hotl hotel I tel tl The Armour Packing company building was next destroyed and ad follow i log ins thIs dd the entire entre youth south uth block blo of or the square ual consuming frame frae build buildings logs ings In among which were the Montezuma hotel boel The e firemen e finlly were compelled to blow blew bl ut un several tC with eJu mh sni In r this ts manner succeeded in checking tire 1 ie flames at 3 S this I Im m Lu The Te and ad the te laud land lad of offic fic firo were er saved i only i after ater a hard fight I |
