Show S BIG FIRE IN ENID OKLAHOMA TOWN LOSES TOUR BLOCKS BUSINESS HOUSES Loss Is Estimated About 890000 Buildings Blown Up to Stop I Spread of Flames I I Enid O T July HFour blocks of business houses on the public square were destroyed by fire In less than three hours time by a fire that started after midnight last night The water supply was inadequate and it was necessary lo blow up buildings with dynamite to check tif flames Owing to the ron tlnucd drought everything burned like matchwood A light wind blowing from the southeast saved the eastern part of town The total loss Is estimated at 100000 The insUIance will be 1 light The fire started In a twostory hotel building near the southeast corner of the squate owned by John Benton nml spread quickly to the big Gensman Brothels hardware house on the corner cor-ner J3oth buildings with their contents were soon consumed The fire bltlnlnt south destroyed the Snyder furniture store the Cramer restaurant and hotel Mauldln furniture stoie Central hotel a butcher shop In which a thousand dollars in cash was consumed and the Enid carriage workp Then going cast it consumed the Yeakcy shop and three small buildings Hera ltv Jumped across the street west des triU wholesale l establishment of Crandall Grubb the SU Joseph hotel The Armour Packing companys building was next destroyed and following fol-lowing this the entire south block of the square consisting mainly of frame buildings among which were the Montezuma hotel The firemen finally were compelled to blow up several buildings with dynamite dyna-mite and In this manner succeeded in checking the flames at J oclock this morning The postofilcc and the land office were saved only after a hard fight |