Show CRIPPLE GREEK IS IN wesa ASHES i n railroad station and a few houses alone escape i the fire control died out only for lck lark of t wiel fuel to feed feea or on four dersom me are re head dead and kt at least fourteen injured mail of f them thousands of leople are aire meles cripple creek april 39 29 A fire which broke out in the portland hotel shortly afternoon alter noon today destroyed about all that was left of cripple creek after he great conflagration of last sa arday four persons were killed by bloch and at least fourteen injured several of them fatally 1 I lie flames today spread with great rapidity arid and although strenuous efforts were made to check the progress of the fire b by Y blowing up buildings building with dynamite they proved of no avail all the principal business buildings are in ruins and nothing in 1 left of the to awn n proper except tile the railroad station and a few scattered houses the fire raged fiercely all the afternoon and only died out tonight for lack of fuel oa which to t teed feed the burned district Is as a follows follow between my myers erg and warren and second and t k arst one block myers myer to pikes peak avenue and between second and B streets ten blocks fron fro n the alley between myers and bennett up to eaton baton three and one half blocks all the buildings on oil myers between second and ichird are lt standing anding the origin of the fire appears to be purely purel though the general belief Is that it there has hall been talk of crediting saturdays fire to such origin aid this one coming 60 lose alose upon it gives rise to suspicion the facts appear to dis discredit suspicion frank angel the portland chef cannot be found second handed the story Is that a pan ot of grease on the range blazed up tip and caught the grease soaked beards at the back the entire side bide 1 I the wall wai wab ablah in an instant the portland was built of frame v ve e net leered red brick the kitchen occupied the central rear portion the dining room shutting it off from the alley and a row of store rooms front myers street the west we st side of the building was covered with corrugated iron fron and adjoining this was greenes Grec nes chicago cafe ahe hotel building was owned by T J May nahan valued the property at and he carried insurance for only 2000 seventeen blocks of buildings were are too much for the fire department to ban d die I 1 e A trunk a mattress some family pictures whatever was dearest that could be saved was carri carried edby by the members of the family to a place where the fire was not expected to come and by them stood guard the homeless wives ilver and children w hile the bL stronger ronger heads of the families were down somewhere in that caldron of fire try trying ing to add to the pile the price for the service of it a wagon ranged art frt ri ni nothing to too cash per load according Lording ac to tho exigency of the moment or the hard heartedness of the owner while the fire burned over the territory saved from saturdays batur days fire carpenters were ere engaged getting up many light frame structures being built in the area burned fire did not encroach upon the territory of its predecessor d de cessor I 1 hose injured are george youn strom G georgetown LOrge toA ii head and face ba lly ily confused contused confused contused cont used used A K hinkley cut on foot george leyden ley den georgetown hands broken and facer itta head and face badly cut E E drada ay I 1 nebraska city head face and hands badly cut x ragsdale Wah hington ind skull badly fractured left leg broken N Q B ordway may die charles inn actor had bad fracture over left eye J W creiger aspen apen head and face badly baal cut hinda injured cad staten aspen seriously bruised T W guiher Gur her kan ts is alt city head badly cut J W V lynch lanch Luv loveland cland colo arn rin blown off john L rohe arni arm broken larey Al maroney aroney injured L na M smith superintendent water works face injured hillh mining engineer ser bously loii fily injured bilkins on a c carpenter slightly blight ly in jirred lew cochrine Coch co lorinc aini aim broken john r ei ans cut on face dee and h biad t ad chris hoffmer Coff Coffi mer ncr fir fireman LIllan in jurod brej captin lorn loin denver leg fractured relief bellef s have been formed farmed in adjacent cities and offers of shelter and provisions love irive been made among the principal loter loheit lo heit are arc rhe Port lintl ind hotel 20 insurance light furniture insurance state stale batik bank insurance ranLe i 2 booth furniture company CorA exo insurance small t k artt national bank loss light money and papers save bave I 1 fl FI piso I 1 umber company loss zo 20 IL I 1 I 1 i rd t r g duct r color ido Alerc mercantile antl le company compan I 1 N k masonic temple baal damaged b by Y heat beat I 1 landl and nd terminal Tei minal well forgo fargo e ex press arc bolls lolls lo 10 unknown the new wolfe hotel no in burance morning times morning journal weekly mail excelsior laundry branch saloon N 0 johnson dry gobus S J polln bolln clothing weinberg telephone Bt station atlon western union and postal F ahringer black drugs J M rosebery several buildings meehan investment company denver april 29 at 7 30 30 p no ni I 1 lre re ident steele of he chamber i of a c commerce received the fo RowIng message cripple creek 6 rpm p m thousands Thou andi of our people are homeless tonight can you ou have tents bent us u we ha hae e plenty of bedding the fire burned itself out we have no use for firemen or policemen STEELE mayor 1 I accordingly all the tents and cooking utensils utensil at the state stale armory were procured and sent to cripple creek on oil to nights train W A hover and secretary jackson of the chamber 01 of corn coln merce were to the cp camp as a committee to ascertain the needs of the people in this emergency many business men of denver also left for cripple creek supplied with funds and prepared to ameliorate he distress existing among the honne home less people colorado springs colo april 29 W S stratton owner of the famous independence mine chartered a special train and with ith a party of friends left for cripple creek this evening it Is un der Jer stood that he will contribute liberally to aid the sufferers |