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OREGON CIT.Y COURIER, THURSDAY JAN. 22, 1914.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913
The City's Big Store Becomes' Roaring Vortex
$40,000.00
GOES IN
BIG FIRE
BURNING FUUNACE TAKES THE
I'LACE OF ELLIOTT 1MOS.
STOKE AND STOCK
MOT EVEN A SU0E SfKING U'FT INTACT
Everything (Joes before Ravages of
Demon and Crowd is Forced
Hack by Intense Heat of
Flames
tn m i
otSce' 0 ur Gfl0(l Firands Carried Out
"v ifivi Lviiaiiuiac Tfiuui tya winy 01 ikluiy vr-, H nl
Damaged by Smoke and Water and Is Just as Good as It Ever Was Before The FIRE.
Yet Every Dollar of It Must Now Be Sold at Once for
Forty thousand dollars worth of
property was burned early Tuesday
morning' by the third nuuniglit lire
within three days when tno store
building uud stock belonging to El
liott brothers ut S07 Soventn street
was totally destroyed. The origin of
the lire is not dennitely known, al
though it was common opinion of all
who saw the fire and knew the cir
cumstances that it was of incendiary
origin.
The firo broke out between mid
night uud l:itO o'clock, but it was
1:00 o'clock before the ulurm was
turned in und the department re
sponded to the call, iiy unit tune the
blaze hud broken out through the
roof in several places und tho inter
ior was a raging furnace.
Several lines were stretched from
the hydrants one block west on 7th
street and on lilh street. Within u few
minutes after tho first company ar
rived, several streams were playing
on the blaze. Tho hottest part of the
fire was tho upper story of tho build
ing and the roof. In order to bo able
to play tho water upon these places it
was necessary for the fighters to
climb upon the roof of adjoining
buildings. The fight v;is, at first car
ried on from tho front und sides un
til the entiie rear of the building hud
become one solid mass of flames and
it was necessary to concentrate the
force of several streams on that
part.
After the fire hud burned for
somo timo and the department had
found it almost impossible to make
any headway against its fury, a gen
eral ulurm was turned in and several
other companies responded to the
call.
Fierce Battle
The battle raged for more than an
hour before tho men were able to
make any substantial headway
against the flames. One part of the
blaze would be quenched only to
have another section break out aguin.
Time and timo aguin the fighters
and the crowd thought that ut last
the fire was under control only to
see the heavens lit up by an out break
in another part of the structure. ;
HI $4
Erin
frTl
ever
in order that our Exact Loss may be arrived at for proper
INSURANCE ADJUSTMENT
NOW FOLKS, you will find Bargains here by the
multiplied Thousands merchandise at Practically
NothingDry Goods, Shoes, Clothing and all acces
sory lines; everything to wear from head to foot,
for Man Woman and Child. Space will not permit us to list and quote prices.
You are invited to the greatest Slaughter Fire Sale ever held in the North West.
The one opportunity of a lifetime.
ELLIOTT BROS. DEPARTMENT STORE
SEVENTH STREET AT MADISON On The Hill ' OREGON CITY, OREGON
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