Show MOUNTAIN AND COAST BLAZE IN PORTLAND Oil Fire in Oregon Metropolis Causes Heavy Loss Portland Or Jan 23Tiio one story brick warehouse of the Standard Oil company located on East Water street was totally destroyed this afternoon after-noon entailing a loss estImated at 20 000 The lire started In tho basement under HID storeroom where a largo amount of oil in cases was kept I The entire lire department of tl c rlty wtia called out and their efforts M cro directed di-rected toward saving tile oil in tanks where 1500000 pralolns of oil was stored Every few mlmiles a case of oil would oxplode and sheets oC flame leaped hundreds of feet into the air For a time a high wind prevailed which spread burning oil over several acres and It was with great dlfllculty that the firemen saved other warehouses ware-houses In the vicinity The lire burned fiercely all day and it was late fonlght before the lake of oil had buiiued out Sexeral engines will be kept throwing water on the ruins all night to prevent the fire from spreading Had the Ilampfi reached the huge tanks of oil the loss would have been much heavier There was no Insurance on any of the Property |