| Show IT sr ions terrific bew blize boins auril a D imago ST jan 1 alio eix story tri k build iiii of t lia yon drag company at alio llio corner of lurth haet anit clack avenue wai reduced to bulna in forty minutes after aliis ing the guilding huil ding frontell fron teil feet on fourth street aej ran back on clark avenue lijek of was a three sory brick dusol by alie linn to etore explosives and highly goods and oil so fierce 1 was lie fire that alve i after alie alarm waa in alie across the aaa and to burst into finues livery i taw a a terrible explosion 1 the saps every bitne of glasa aa out of he building buil Jing ot alro out aaa heat made the narrow street a for the firemen who toiled feitli bursting burning hose to ave the properly erly their coats smoked chilo their fiands the entire floom ere filled combustible goods a areat of the block being extremely inflammable on hie third floor nere the paints and oila the fire to ret an early leold here and he oila dripping through the uret two Bt ories a fountain of tiro played from baab to roof deiy all efforts lo 10 check its costly flow it was an awful sight from abo firby two minutes after the discovery until three when tho building collapsed alie urd company was the outgrowth of the business of forty years ajo by james the present president tho was erected years ago at a cost c and vas one of llie largest drus bouses in the country buildings in close proximity to the fire wore acenas of tremendous excitement the ehler house at south fourth st occupied by boarders boar dera ai the scene of a panic alie screams of frightened women and men rushing to and fro after friends created much terror finally the firemen came to their assistance and all the occupants were rescued masquerade store at 07 south fourth was destroyed at and dark avenue a row of three story brick boarding were also the scene of a an fn glit the had only tanae to escape at the most exciting epoch of the fire occurred when several great explosions ot benzine and other explosive drugs occurred landou ay iy with a crash ing to the south tho lives of all the firemen at that portion of alie work alia cor nicea and coping on the top atory to crick and alie firemen had only time to escape from the impending danger when nith a sudden crash that portion of the building fell throwing burning acroca dark avenue and betting fire to hi millers bakery a tao story brick and adjoining buildings on alie southeast corner of fourth street and clark avenue and severing the entire intersection ter section 0 streets with and smoke it waa expected toafa panic weald occur in the hutel is within almost half a equale of the drug building hut the guests vere quickly informed that there was no imminent danger and the ladies and gentlemen leisurely came down to the corridors and sidewalks alks and the windows of their rooms to atch the scene the loss on the stock ial insurance tt buildings the origin of the fire ia not yet known |
