Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-09 | Page 5 | Turpentine Starts Blaze

TURPENTINE STARTS BLAZE 1 FIc Ire ii e in lii Chicago Chillo Freight ll Yards Cause I C 1 Im Loss to C SI St Paul Road Hond Chlea Chicago o Mu May ra S. S L Flames this after after- licked up UI f er everything covering covering- an au anarea anarea area of one block of railroad property and antI for fOI a 1 time threatened to cause a loss oss running well wel up into time the millions of or dollars dolas when a carload of turpen- turpen title ine exploded in the freight el ht yards ards of or ortho ho tho St. St Paul railroad setting fire tre to lo loho the ho and anti a u. line lne of freight ht cars caN loaded with wih oil 01 Tho Tile lire fire fre was as Unal brought ht under control a after I the railroad company ha had sustained a loss of ur over 1 A strong wind aind threatened to carry the he fames across tho the street vIaduct laduct where situated are mc freight ht sheds beds that continue tom for t two wu blocks to th he tiie west and at the time over worth of freight Just aIo across the he alley ailcy alcy on iii time Iho south smith side sille of he time burn burning in bul building Is sItuated two large arge bul buildings occupied b by b- Sears Seli'S ea Co used for storage o houses louses and antI containing over ovet 2000 00 ono worth of merchandise When hel Chief Campion arrived on the tho scene cone he be sun ait w th house freight was and directed all ul his efforts to saving the surrounding property It 1 was doubtless this action that pre pre- an extensive conflagration