Show two serious fires brought under control about 3 a m last sunday fire was discovered in the skaggs store on main street 1 tre earh by night glit policeman wm win 1 9 the ft fire e was confined to the interior of the building but because of the dense smoke it was exceedingly difficult tor for the firemen to fight it and tor for some time it was difficult to td locate the seat of the blaze conditions were ge getting t ti ng worse every minute when mayor ridge who Is also an active member of the shiar volunteer ls clerry fire department and fireman howard berry equipped dipped with gas masks made their way through the dense smoke locating the fire at the rear of the store and in the basement with this discovery the fire was soon got under control the andrew building where the store was located being a rock structure the flames were kept from spreading As is always the case the fire chief and his crew of bre fighters did splendid service and soon boon had the fire eating extinguished dished and tor for this service mrs andrew owner of the building desires to publicly thank the fire chief and assistants for their heroic efforts the interior of the building was badly scorched throughout and the large plate glass windows badly cracked by the heat mrs andrew estima estimates tea the damage between and 1000 00 fully insured the entire stock of the skaggs people was more or less damaged th they ey place their loss at covered fully by insurance the skaggs would have haic vacated the building on the of next month as they have leased the L B wight building adjoining on the south and which has been undergoing alternations lor for the past two weeks since the fire a double force has been at work to get this building in readiness tor for the skaggs people and it Is expected it will be in readiness tor for occupant by the end of next week and an entire new stock of good will be placed and it Is understood a modern modem meat market market will be added to their business in the new store the entire stock of damaged g goods at the old stand Is being dis disposed pose d at private sale it Is thought the fire was caused by rats and matches near midnight t last night the late ups and light sleepers were badly frightened to see an immense blaze over in the chinatown section the fire proved to be the big kopp McGar rys barn and it was a seething mass of flames before the alarm sounded so quick did the flames spread just before the flames broke from the interior of the building a call reached the city hall from the king farlow gate cafe calling for a atil to come quick fire chief borry berry and policeman anderson were at the city hall and both went post haste to the cafe and when they arrived the chinaman in charge excitedly tools took them to the rear ot of his place and pointed out the fire the result can be easily imagined and the two officers were back to the city hall in the twinkling of an eye BS as it were for the firefighting fire fighting apparatus by that time the flames bad burst through and spread at an amazing rate and with the sounding of the alarm crowds from all portions of the city soon gathered by the time water connections were made at least ten buildings were on fire the american theatre golden rule store D H harana store king farlow cata cafe and egyptian theatre with five or more chinese shacks on the other side the first efforts of the firemen were of course directed to the rear of the main street buildings and wonderful was their work and the fires ares on the buildings named na in ed were soon extinguished and the big fire confined to the big building with the exception of a small building to the north of the barn bam owned by mrs and ancil johnson and used as a prage garage it was an intense hot and thrilling fire and great was the fear that it would get beyond control and lay waste to a good portion of main street great praise Is due the ere fighters that this was not the case AU ali give thanks there was no high wind to enhance this danger in the barn bam were nine horses a cow and a calf six of the horses were cremated including the line delivery team of the palace meat and grocery a shetland pony belonging to mike son and three belonging to kopp mcgarry the other animals were saved the barn was completely destroyed origin of the fire unknown but likely from a cigarette of some bum sleeping I 1 there I 1 the owners of the building being out of the city it Is not known it if insurance was carried |