Show WILD SCENE AT FIRE I If c f Hooper 1 Eldredge Building Was in Flames t TOTAL TOT LOSS 0 ri t t EXCITEMENT AND 2 T l AMONG ANONG THU a At morning Professor Prof sor P J Moore awakening t himself hi almost suffocated s with smoke and roasted with heat rushed through the Hooper Ho per Eldredge building bui Mi Main street the the terrorizing alarm 1 1 to un unsuspecting unsuspecting Unsuspecting suspecting men women and children sleeping in 8 a burning building Already the fire extended over the rear of o the building from basement to roof and had h cI filled the rooms with such clouds terrorized of dense smoke that to the roomers it looked for a while as if inevitable but flames was death d ath in the the efficient work of the fire firemon firemen SS through S seriously injured and mon men no n one ne was but comparatively small damage was done to The fire started in a closet on floor jn the rear of the the building buDding ground is believed to have been of origin Professor Moore who Covered I the was sleeping in his athletic train training traIning training fire school apartments on n toe the t ing He rushed through the tb th build building building floor his ing lag shouting fire at the top of voice and then ran to the street Wild Excitement afen rien n women and children aroused the startling alarm awakened wakened a to by find themselves almost choked with smoke S loke and the wildest pandemonium under reigned until the flames were vere screamed control Women and children robes de nuit in their for f r help and men rushed wildly about floors seeking escape P was in inflames to The fire escape flames and the stairway Vas filled with smoke but some of the men braved and dashed down downto downto US its itsu unknown dangers to tOt the first floor In the excitement it was so ne time I after the fire was discovered that Mch Aych teet Kletting telephoned the alarm fo jo o othe the fire department dep almost at the seme sume alarm was turned in from froma time that an I a box by two officers I When departments Non NOB 2 and 4 ar arrived arrived arrived of or orthe northeast section rived the tho whole the building was shooting forth fiery Fortunately the water tongues of oJ flame fiame pressure was strong and under the ac action action action tion of several streams of water the I fire was gotten under control despite the difficulties encountered by the fire firemen firem firemen I men m n from having to fight the fire from front fromI without a good goed part of the time and andI I the danger from live Jive wires when they I were able to get into the building Two Fires Pires Started The flames which started in the closet at the foot of the elevator and the stairway shaft haft were drawn up shaft like Jike a flue and spread through the rooms in the northeast section of the building confining their damage almost entirely to that quarter Another fire not connected with the main fire was as discovered in room 10 in the southeast part of the building by Mrs Ida Fugitt a half hour ho r after the first alarm alar and atul that suspicious fact makes Chief Devine and the in map believe that the fire was wag wago of o incendiary origin No one i was as seriously hurt in the fire but several had narrow escapes J M 11 Pearlman of the Golden Rule bazaar was found by one of the firemen in I a half suffocated condition from smoke and was Wag carried out Mrs Wilmer who wh has a 8 hairdressing apartment had her hair singed slightly Captain Cros Crosby Crosby Crosby by of the fire department had his moustache singed off in the flames The amusing features were numerous Sev Several Seve Several eral e l of the men including Mr Klet KIet Kletting ting escaped onto the roof and stood their with their bare feet covered with icy water calling for help Loss of Eight Thousand The total loss is estimated at some something thing over oyer the most of which Is covered by insurance Caine and I Jennings the agents for the building estimate their loss at which is covered by 1500 l insurance in the Liv Liverpool Liverpool c pool London and Globe Insurance company The principal among other losers were wera Barton a Co who run a dry ry goods store sWi on the th ground floor They The estl esti ine their loss 1058 which was mostly from water r and smoke at 1800 which is covered by insurance Professor Moore placed his loss at 1600 1100 which is covered by 2000 In Insurance Insurance in the Liverpool London and Globe company Mis Mi Katherine Ka herine Pres Prescott Prescott Prescott cott who w lo had bad an art studio on tIle second seand floor her r loss at about 2000 which is only partially covered by insurance The M 11 D Wells WeBs Shoe company place their loss at about Ed Johnson of the Turner Jay Hat company loses with no insurance Several other roomers and office people suffered slight losses tosses from smoke sr 1 Re and water waiN J I E 13 Cline said last I Qt night that work would begin immediately on the repair repairing lug 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