Show EER FIRE many blany of best buildings in nampa idaho destroyed as result of car carelessness eless ness of laborer foreigner threw a lighted fire cracker into a bunch of firework fireworks worth of property being destroyed Dei troyed nampa ida A fire which was started by a gree greek k who threw a lighted firecracker into a bunch of fireworks in a cigar store ca causing using an explosion swept the entire business and shipping district of N nampa ampa sa ater tr arday and was not gotten und under control until nearly midnight after damns damage bad had been done near ly all of the principal buildings busl bust nesa nom bouses houses hotels end banks in the city were burned the total insurance on des destroyed troed property Is esti mated at moon so that the lose loss amounts to about 50 per cent or 00 the fire fir started about 2 30 clock in the afternoon and spread quickly thropa the business district the entire bock between twelfth and thirteenth avenues and the front portion of first street tell fell a prey to the flames otherwise Other the loss would have been far greater only the prompt arrival of the fire apparatus from boise and caldwell Oal dwell saved the residence district The Bolso department made the run of twenty miles on a special train in eighteen the grand hotel council hotel and alameda hotel were ere burned to the ground the magnificent dewey hotel one of the finest structures in the northwest was saved after a terrific I 1 battle by the bremen firemen who displayed display cd art great at courage in conquering the names the center of the fire was the dank of where the flames seemed to concentrate the heat here was so an intense as to drive the firemen back again and again but the knowledge that great deposits of coin and currency were endangered drove them to return to the attack the bank building was reduced to ashes but the vaulta proved fireproof and the contents were not injured Thirty two stores and busine busl nesi ft hou hov a s between twelfth and ini teer 4 avenue and others facing kraft street were totally destroyed und the fire firo raged so fiercely that it was impossible to save eave any of tho the goods the oregon short line depot was badly scorched |