| Show JOHNSTOWN PA SWEPT BY Br FIRES fiRE Johnstown Ia March For three hours Immediately after midnight this morning Johnstown business s section was fl Hh destruction by me fire which was only placed under control matter litter It lied had Itself practically out caused a II loss 10 estimated at nt and the dealt of or ono one fireman tire mall William Campbell who was caught under n a 1 muting wall ahi At nil nn early hour this tills morning It was wan reported that 0 I H n a tel oi operator for the thc Publishers Press lreH reu association Mas ras missing Santa moure inDuce was las In tIne the om e of the tho Johns John town Journal which was lIall burned out lut after the tho lire line he could not be he found It Is 18 feared hu ho perished d In the Humes The lire fire broke out our In the five 00 story stor brick building at nit n t the tho corner of Main and amid Bedford streets occupied oCl by b t tho ho Swank Hardware company dealers In lit paints oils anti and hardware The flumes dainties quickly quick spread through the building n 11 general alarm wits wag sent Bent In Kv Iv v erv er n w wn t i r rt n of or tire fire lighting apparatus was noon Boon I on the tho scenic scene but despite efforts the fire was Wall soon beyond control Adjoining buildings were lere soon eoon In flames and considerable was Ivas felt over n II quantity of powder that was as reported repotted stored In the Swank building There hero Was no explosion how mow however ever although tho the building was lIall entire ly Iy gutted The flames swept on to the three story tor brick building occupied by Fisher fo Co C wholesale liquors then thou on to the tho building partly consumed the new story brick bull ling of the Hender son fon Furniture company compan and then leap ed Cd d to tho the I L A Gels building a n four tour story furniture warehouse c and nEst also al o the residence of L I A iia where here It pra burned bunted Itself out The Tho firemen were vere Ire seriously l handicap ped pM by Ity Inadequate equipment anti and con cop bursting hose hope ho e and for tor n a time It MRS arts thought hid would have hae to be sum mono front from Altoona This was not flot necessary however when the tho flantos had 1101 swept over the five buildings ani died down In the Gets building the tire tiro men had the situation situ In hand hond H It t was twos announced that all danger of fur ther titer of the flames was over Oler A it partial list of ot the tho losses as far n is It Is III to tn ascertain are mutely anale ns na Swank Hardware company building to Flab Fish FI h Co 0 liquors i Wild three story office ture 1 I Ta A lets brick I Id A Gels Gel residence H on 1 company sInn dory brick structure loss on building 3 on stock company In Wild building Johnstown Dally Daily 1 all News Publishing In Wild WillI building II II n 1 Dr W AV M 1 Grove drove In Wild lId building build InK f CO CODr I Dr Pr Owen Morgan an dentist In WIIl Wild building Tho The losses JORR on the tIle 20 0 or of pro pr 1 tes men intent In tho the anal Will WIH It has hll been heen thus tutu far Impost II ble to ascertain |
