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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1905)
THE MORNING OREGONIA- WEDNESDAY, ATJGTJSJT 23,. 190p. 11 PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE SCENE OF THE FIRE THAT DID MUCH DAMAGE ON THE EAST SIDE r .'! T U,L? ' ' a'.' Union Arcane (Parallel "With Grasd Avrnue) Kad cirri r Block. Grand Avenuw. FIRE LAYS LOW EftSTSIDE BLOCKS Fierce Blaze Consumes Twenty-Two Buildings Be fore Conquered. TOTAL DAMAGE IS $87,500 Starting In Iowa Restaurant, Flames Are Soon Beyond Control of Firemen Who Fight Hard Against Heavy Odds. DAMAGE AND INCONVENIENCE BY F1KE. Th fire area -was from Union to Grand avenue and Stark to Pino streets, about three blocks. Number el building burned, 22, in cluding: two brick structures; the rest were frames and small shacks. Careful investigation and compila tion of figures places the total lets at $87,500; total insurance is $22,500. Fire broko out in Iowa Houpe, Stark street and Union avenue, at 7 A. M. and was not under control until 9; it smouldered all day. Two men sustained fractured leps; several women were slightly Injured. There was much damage to tele phone,, telegraph and electric wires, and consequent inconvenience. Traffic on the Montavilla. East An keny, Woodstock. Waverly, Richmond, Bunnyslde and Mount Tabor divisions of the Portland Consolidated Railway Company was suspended until 11 A. M., when all but the Montavilla and East Ankeny branches resumed. Firemen experienced great difficulty in fighting the flames because of con demned elevated roadways, strong draughts from underneath and the large area over which the fire ate its way. Citizens provided hot coffee and plenty of sandwiches to encourage the fighters; the police worked hard and maintained good order. Many manufacturing establishments in the vicinity, which depend upon electricity for power supply, -were obliged tv suspend operations, and their employes are on vacation until the wires are replaced and "Juice" is again available. land General Electric Company were burned down on Grand avenue as far aa the flames swopt, every light In the dis trict was burning- an usual last nlgnt- Every" available man In the company's emnlov was put to work there, and a temporary service line Installed. Telephone Service .Crippled. Prom the Willamette River to East Twelfth trect, the tolephono service wilt be crippled for an indertnite period. This territory Includes practically all of the wholesale and retail district or that side, and is a serious inconveni ence. A tomnorary service Is being: in stalled, but the task is great and it will require considerable time. Much annoyance and Jnconvonience was experienced by river craft for sev eral hours, as there was no power to make possible the opening- of bridges. Some of the burned buildings had stood for 30 years. They formed the original business center of the old mu nicipality of East Portland. It was r most trying time for the po licemen. Thousands of people flocked to the scene, eager to see the fire. The hoadquarters patrol wagon had Just started for a hospital when the alarm sounded, and from 7 to S :30 A. M. there was no rope available to be used in holding back the great throng of peo ple. Captain Bailey. Sergeant Taylor and the members of the second relief. $ 2.MO LOSSES IN THE EAST-SIDE FIRE Leo. I sea ranee Jena J. Kadderly. James TV. Beakey and Gaarge WeV three- story brick betiding, corner union avenue km smk - street, eeatalaiag stock - ''r 'Cli: ? J. J. Kadderly and Geerge West, three-stery lrk btritdtng. Grasd avenue, near Haul Oak street. oohIaIoUk stock estate, two-story frame building. Oread avenue . Samuel Woodward, frame dwelling, totally destroyed........ l.w . Sophia A. KlostermaR and Mary C. Mayer, trass bulktlng. Bast Oak street : Charles Hells, building with eontonts. on Grand aveette - .W W. C. McMiekeln. two-story building with eentenU. en Grend avenue Ti22 J. Smith. jnnkshoB. Unlen avenue D. rape. wash-nouw. Union avenne - - ---- M" II. Stasaelmer, Iowa lodging-hone. Union avenne and Bast Stark street - 'fJJ l1eder & Co.. Junkafcop la Iowa butMtteg - ,0 Mm. Mary Marr, furniture in Iowa lodgtng-nonse. estimated lose not known VIII & Mochfeld. building. Union avenne and Beet Oak street. ... . 1JM ! Portland Cement Tray Company, ooenvytng lleehfeM bnlhMng. Union avenue and East Oak street V; . Mary C. Tomer. East Side Hotel L"" Breyman Bros.. Salem, dwelling and store. Union avenne and East Stark street City Elevated Roadway, one block on Bast Stark atreot. two blocks on East Oak street, and damage w Union avenne r&ffed fifty ........--" Portland ConsoMdated IUHway C nreeenre and feed wires. . Air Tiitht Stove Manufacturing Co 2tM22 MteeeManeene - - Total ?S7,S0 MO falls heavily upon the corporation irre spective of Its intrinsic value, as It will Fertously affect the traffic of the East Skle. 13,71 FOR THAT VACANT DAY Remember the Columbia River Sccn-crj- and the Steamer Undine. Exposition visiting can best be com- J pleraented by a trip up tne Columbia River to Cascade Locks on tne unainc. The scenery is unoqunled. pally excursions from Taylor-street dock A. M., returalng at 6 P. M. Round trip $1.SJ. X TT. Jj. Kiopelle, Injured Fireman. previous to the Are in the Cully House. 1 attended the meeting and furnished the S2 Union avenue, requested that the committee with figures, was instructed to following interview be published: proceed at once and make all necessary "The manner in which the lire de- repawn partment handled that lire was the worst 1 over saw. A bunch of school boys could and would accomplish more, with greater eae. than that crowd of alleged lire-fighters. I don't blame the men themselves but the chief. lie knows about as much about lighting fire as a rabbit does, and IT I could not beat him, I would resign my Job and , go and hoe potatoes. i "In the Cully House, where I was. there were several women, among them a Mrs. Campbell. The smoke was very thick, and the Arc was monacing tne structure at th time. Mrs. Campbell asked, a fireman If he would leao as sist h'er and other women out of the building. The stairs are still there get out yoursolf. was the insulting reply given. I suggosted a means of saving the Cully block, but the chief asked me who was fighting the lire he or me." Sliorcy Pleads Xot Guilty. In the State Circuit Court yesterday mornlng John F. Shorey pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating an act of the last Legislature by employing a boy under If years of age for a longer period than ten hours a day. and will light the case by setting up as a defense that the boys working in bis messenger service are employed on a percentage basis. Attorney Robert Galloway, of the Juve nile Court, lodced an additional charge against Shorey soon after he lutd entered his plea In the other case, accusing him of although they had worked from o'clock tne previous evening, handled the fire in a creditable manner. L. O. Vose. a. railroad man, residing Starting in the Iowa Restaurant, from a gas explosion, at 7 o'clock yesterday morn ing, the most stubborn fire Portland has experienced in recent months swept rap Idly northward and eastward until it had wrought damage to the extent of 487.500. The flames were beyond control until 9 A. M.. during which time 22 buildings hnrt been laid in ruins and an area of about three blocks devastated. Stark street and Union avenue was the Biarung point or the fire, but before it was conquered It ate its way north to Pine street and to buildings on the east biqc or urand avenue. Hows of small snacKs ana rickety frame buildings, scat tered along Union avenue, were literallv mowed down In astonishingly brief time. and at Union avenue and Oak street the four-story brick owned by J. J. Kadderlv known as the Cully block, was seized upon as fuel for the devouring element Ther'o a battle royal took place between the fierce flames and the firemen, but when it was over, only the walls of the struc ture were standing. Another brick, two etory. at Grant avenue and Oak street, was gutted and the walls collapsed. Firemen Are Impeded. "While the flames spread rapidly, fire men were doing their utmost to stay their progress. In this they were greatly Im peded by numerous condemned elevated roadways, which made it impossible to drive heavy apparatus close to the larg est buildings that were aflame. Strong draughts, forming underneath these plankings, fanned the Are to greater pro portions. Meanwhile, policemen and citizens of the vicinity were busy looking after those In rooming-houses and residences. Sev eral narrow escapes were recorded, but only two persons were seriously injured. Some household effects were saved. Fear lng the Are would extend to their hablta tions, scores removed their belongings for many blocks around the scene. Sweeping across the gulch, the Are de stroyed the roadways on ' Grand and Union avenues. It melted myriads of tel ephone, telegraph, electric light, feed and trolley wires, and the air was filled with dangling lines, laden for a time with deadly current. Street-car traffic on all East Side branches of the old City Suburban division of the Portland Consol ldated Railway Company was suspended until 11 A. M., at which time all but the Montavilla and East Ankeny lines re sumed operations. They will be out of order about two days. RECONSTRUCT SEWER AT OXCB Municipality Suffers Xoss of About $2000 by Fire. As soon as the details of lite East Side lire became known. Mayor Lane called a special meeting of the sewer committee of the Executive Board, and after a short conference. City Engineer "VVanzer, who City Engineer TVanzer estimates the damage to the East Oak-street sewer on account of the lire yesterday rooming at between ISM and S3W. It will be recon structed without delay, as it Is .pouring its contents into a nearby slough, and Captain Wanser realizes fully that the emergency demands prompt action. The sewer taps the district along East Oak. East Burnskle. East Couch and East Twenty-eighth nearly to the Ladd field. The to the elevated ronlway on Cak street will aggregate about 550. as it is wiped out entirely, and it is thought there were about -MM running feet in the structure thf estimated value of which Is H a foot. It is uncertain as yet just what action will be taken by property-owners along the route of the destroyed roadway rela tive to the material used in the recon struction, as it is up to them to Indicate In the specincatlonti the kind of material they wish to Incorporate in tne improve ment of the street. The City Council will hold a special session this afternoon, and i thing in connection with the Are. having been planned to take place before the con- J uagraMoii owuirou. likely the matter may be brought to the attention of the body along the lines sug gested. The elevated roadway along Grand avenue betonjes to the Portland Consoli dated Railroad Company. Its destruction CASUALTIES AT THE FIRE WAGOX DRIVER IS INJURED IX RUNAWAY. Fireman RIopellc Suffers Fracture of lincccap "Live Wires En danger Lives of Spectators. Stewart five months aao ami his enforced idleness, his family are in very scranta ened circumstances. He was to appear hi the Circuit Court September S to prose cute a suit for JW.00O against the lumber company, but will now be unable to at tend. His residence is at 11 Union avenue dos" to the scene of the nre. ROUND TRIPJTO ASTORIA Swift excursion steamer Telegraph, de parts from Alder-street dock dally (ex cept Friday). 7:30 A. M-. returning from Astoria 2 P. M.. arrive Portland : P. M. Sundays from Portland 8 A. M., arriving Portland P. M. One flreman. one private citizen awl sovoral women received Injuries as the re sult of the Are on Union avenue yesterday morning. G. "W. Stewart, driver of a soda works wagon, sustained a fracture of the right leg in a runaway on Morrison street, as fire aparatus hurried to tne burning district. During the lighting of Engine Xo. 5, was struck on the left knee j Yjc)cet JTKAV "rOTTKR" SCIIBIUT.It. Additional Trh te the Beaeh Arranged f reflate r Steamer. Tne T j Potter leaves Ash-street dock for Astoria and Jorth (Long) Beach points as follows: August 22. S d , t i . -u Vridav. Aueuft 2T. 9: A. M.: Ing district, uunng tne ngnting ot , . ; - x p M Particulars flames W. G. Riopelle, a member of J" R. & N. Summer book at City Of flee. Third ana vv asm rig ion G. W. Stewart, Injured During the Plre, emptovlng Edward Holt, a 14-year-old boy, in violation of the &tato law on the subject. . cap by a large nozzle and suffered a frac ture. I "Women on the third story of the Cully t House, were injured to some extent by hurrying down the stairs and falling a distance in their anxiety to escape. None were seriously hurt, and walked to homes of their friend3 nearby. Riopelle was removed from the scene of the Are to his home, SCO First street, where he is being cared for by a phy sician. He will be Incapacitated for work several weeks. Stewart was taken to a hospital, and will also be laid up a long time. It is regarded as remarkable, consider ing all of tho circumstances attending the Are, that no more were hurt. There was a very large crowd at the scene, and after the Are had been burning savagely for a time, hundreds of electric wires -vere melted and fell to the ground In alt directions, menacing the lives of the spectators. It was with great diftlcutly that the police kept bark the crowd and avrted further injuries and probably fatalities. The Are covered such a wide flehl that it was hard to manage the throngs that pressed in from all directions. After the electric current was cut. the gravest dan ger was over, and police and firemen breathed much more easily. G. "W. Stewart, who sustained a frac ture of the right leg. has been very un 1 fortunate of late. Five months ago he i fell through a hole In the plant of the Xlcolai Lumber Company and was so , badly bruised and injured he was unable to do any work whatever until Ave days ago. Stewart was driving a wagon for the Red Cross Soda Works, "and shortly aftr 7 o'clock yesterday morning was waiting in front of a candy stand on Morrison, between First and Second streets. An en gine dashing down tho street, frightened his horses. They ran away, throwing him to the pavement and dragging him a short distance. He was removed to the Good Samaritan Hospital. 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