Ogden Sun | 1905-09-19 | Page 2 | Idaho Town Swept by Flames

firebugs Fire bugs blaze visible ten miles away idaho sept 14 alre swept tho heart of the business district at an early hour this morning and before the flames were extinguished a loss of approximately wag credited to a alro bug the citizens of the town turned out shortly before 7 when the alarm was given and fought the alre but with remarkable rapidity the alre leaped from building to building until the flames were plainly visible at denver ten miles away telephone communication was soon destroyed but the alre itself answered the purpose of summoning and alre fighters came from miles around the alre was first discovered in D B Wll sons saloon but the cause seema to be a mystery the heaviest loser was the mercantile firm of alexander and their loss being estimated at of which was on stock and on the building the jersey house the largest hotel in the town was also burned entailing a loss of about george K reed the proprietor was in spokane the principal losses are jersey house baader building H E general mer chandise chan diso 2000 D B allson saloon hogan the barber 1000 A CC lanningham livery stable E H sheaffer drug more 2000 W C mcnutt civil engineer 1000 geo M reed real estate alexander and general W A hall attorney parker and robinson real estate 1 mrs A C hawson millinery 1 lysle and bradley standard 1000 dr F A campbell scales and taylor attorneys M reese hattabaugh attorney bank of camas prairie 2000 first national bank the bank of camas prairie which was destroyed contained all the books ind accounts of the jumbo mining and milling company tins first national bank loss consisted mostly of plate glass ivin dows volmer and chose large mercantile establishment id joined the burned district had a larrow escape but the business is saved