Show COUNCIL Il BLUFFS BlUFf VISITED BY FIRE FIHE SECTION OF IOWA CITY IS HEAVY LOSER WHEN FLAMES TAKE TOLL Over One Million Dollar Loss Is Estimate Es Es' Estimate Placed On Loss of BuildIngs BuildIngs Build Build- Ings Inos And Contents Hotel Guests Forced To Flee Council Bluffs la A Ia-A A destructive fire struck the business section of Council Bluffs causing a property damage estimated at more than 1 in loss to buildings and several sever sever- al hundred thousands of or dollars in loss of stock in store The Tho fire tIre started In the basement of the tho Continental Furniture company when a boiler exploded J. J gal night watchman at the building was badly burned about the head antibody and anti body before he lie escaped from the tho burning building Eighty guests at atthe atthe the tho Grand Hotel were safe but forced to flee in scant attire when whon the tho flames enveloped and later destroyed the ho ho- tel Their personal property was lost Eight fire companies from Omaha and Council Bluffs battled the flames and for tor a time It appeared as if the tho fire would spread throughout tho the entire entire en en- tire downtown district The Tho fire destroyed the story seven Grand hotel the Shugart Block four four- story Smith building story four Continental Continental Con Furniture company building the general office building of the Citizens Citizens Citizen's Citizens Citizen's Cit Cit Cit- izen's Gas and Electric company tho the New York Plumbing shop and the tho consolidated offices of the Cl Chicago Great Western Milwaukee Rock Island Island Is Is- i land Illinois Central and Wabash rail rail- roads Officials of the furniture company said they believed the explosion was due to a defective defective- boiler |