Show TWO BIG FIRES between two and three on thursday may a most destructive fire occurred in the city of spokane palls falls causing damage amounting to about and resulting in loss joss of life it appears that the fire broke out in a three story frame building at the corner of howard and second streets occupied by peter hansen as a saloon and hodg ing house the flames spread rapidly and by the time the department arrived or on the scene the tire fire was well underway under way owing to the late break in the water mains the water supply was inadequate and the firemen were powerless to check the flames until the steamers were brought into play by this time the flames had communicated to toad ad joining frame buildings rapidly spreading through the block and jump jumping ng across to the west side of howard street fireman fryer discovered a man in a room in the second story of the lodging house where the fire broke out in a suffocated condition he started to carry him to the front window when the flames burst into the room cauling him to leave the unfortunate victim and jump to the ground below in norderto order to escape cremation fryer sustained serious injury in his face J B costello a lodger in louvre house woke up with the flames flame all 9 11 around him he jumped from a see sec ond story window and fell in a heap on the sidewalk he was picked up u unconscious noo ustious and it is feared he be will die may vl I ather wattle thomson and john seward lodgers in the same house bouse sustained severe burns the fire on the east side of howard street reached the methodist tabernacle which was nearly consumed after which the fire spent its fury on the opposite side of the street ther fire communicated with a row of two story frame buildings occupied by farmer bros groceries crafts craft Is tailor shop the boston bakery and a carpenter shop which were completely gutted by the heroic efforts of the firemen the fire was stayed here the burnt district is south of the northern pacific tracts in she he heart of a vast territory of frame buildings erected since the big fire aud and with a high wind blowing at the time the fire department is entitled to great credit in conf ilung it where it jid did during the conflagration a dast adly attempt at was discovered miscreant saturating the basement of the leland house on second street with oil and ig igniting tIlting it fortunately the attempt was discovered in time to extinguish the flames before much damage was done had the scoundrel been caught lynching lunching lyn ching would have been his fate 0 it Is stated that the origin of the fire was the buratin bursting of a lamp in the rear of peter Hap hansens senAs saloon the rapidity with which the fire spread prevented much goods or personal effects from being saved at the charred remains of the man burned in the lodging house were found his name is said to be smith the principal losses and insurance are mrs A M losse loss insured 2000 F K R Mac kols low loss 1000 insured crow fisher loss 1088 insured 1300 farmer bros loss insured 1300 peet on co cb loss insured 2500 mrs la france loss 2000 insured 1500 F bagatz loss not known insured 1000 peter hansen loss 1000 no insurance mrs dunn loss no DO insurance mccoy 8 00 no insurance hard mana true loss insured methodist tabernacle loss insured mrs franklin loss no insurance mr ballenger loss no insurance F B lewis aej and william abbott loss about insured G mclaughlin was accidentally cut on the head by a fireman fi remans ax falling from a window in company with robert parley farley he went in search of a doctor when they were arrested and locked up by officers broadman and harvey where they were compelled to remain over night the formers former a wounds remain ing undressed for this outrage the police commission have suspended the above officers until the case is investigated the two men arrested are well to do contractors of this thia city I 1 A BLAZE AT BUTTE MONT A serious fire broke out in the residence of john hight in south butte shortly before midnight on thursday mrs right hight and her four children were asleep in the building at the time but knew nothing of the fire until aroused by passing strangers who had discovered the flames the fire had progressed so far by that time that it was with groat great difficulty all of the family were saved but fortunately the men first on the scene had nerve and the eb children ildren were all taken out before the roof tell fell in no time was given for saving furniture the house and all its contents being a total loss there was no insurance and the loss is estimated at 1000 |