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- Smouldarlnf tieapi i of rnina,- alxxllni
tmbwi nd burning flash mrk th
, eharnal houa on th Mat bank ot th
Wmttmtt rvr; wbw - tour ytneiil
ar kndwn to bay lost tbatr Uraa, a
aoor of othara .war lnjuiad, IT barsea
parlibad and a . block, of building waa
awapt away by a flro that atartad at
1:45 o'elaek thla morning: Tha'. prop
arty loaa la about $60,600; tha Inauranoa
about $15,000. , Haw tha nra atartod la
not known. - , ' -Prom
flvo to 15 bodlea ara attll in tha
ruins, .assorts Eaat Btda-Battalion Fir
Chief Holdan, This, makaa .a poaalbla
daath list ol It. - ..
For nearly thraa hoars tha .4tamaa
raced among tha woodan buildings that
comprlaad tha ' black- bounded on tha
south by Morrison atraet, on the north
tntiy Aider, oa the aaat by Water and on
.the west by the Willamette river. .'Only
one ouuaing remains stanains; on nm
block,. the dock and warehouse of w' the
C. R. Daris Fuel company. On the
south aide of Morrison street - (our
buJlalnaa ware burned.
lit its early stages thejlre claimed' its
"yicamsTMen, woman and v children
slept peacefully In the -midst of death
and the entire block waa enveloped in
nra before an alarm waa Bounded.
Some perished while .stlU asleep;
others, startled from their dreams, by
the brilliant glare and tha roar of tha
.llamas, awoke ...only to And every avenue
bf eecape- cut ofiT and expirea naieeraDiy,
calling vainly lor haip. ,
, Fi-h te Bsoaae.
Others atiU : daaed. by. the. oalamlty
they knew was Impending and-frenaled
by their vain efforts to escape, flung
themselves Into tha f lames. . They were
frightfully - .mutilated.- ' Soma .-escaped
with tholr Uvea after heroic work by
firemen and policemen. - -
Eacaplng from tha building, - women
rushed wildly' through the streets, call-
lng for their husbands or children. Chil
dren, crying and sobbing, wailed pit
aoualy for their mothers. Families were
eparmted In tha confusion; men last all
control and fought' like deorOBs to es
cape. . . -. ' " -
A eemblance of order' waa' maintained
by the detail ot policemen that waa hur
ried to the scene, v- Individual acta ot
bravery by pbllcemea and fireman were
numerous. .. . ; .
" '- Sow ae Teaag Ctad.' " - ' ,
" Kate ' Toung. stableman for tha East
Bide Transfer" company, was- among
, th(Tse who woke to find death crowding
dose Upon him. He grasped the situa
tion Instantly and aeelng that efforts of
his friends to save him might lead to
' their ' dentructlon, called upon them to
deslat He waa on tha second story of
the livery barn and waa overcome with
smoke before hla body fell, Into the
flames - A :''
:Tm gone, boys," ha shouted.
'don't I
try to save me, for 'it's too lata. ' 1 1
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i:rr"Co EGcans
I?aii:ily Ssrzonsly . Rarnsd,
tWpead.;
. Nathaniel P. Young, aged 35 yeara, burned In- bars. of . the' EatSide
I Trantfer company.
Edward Dailey, aged 8 years, ton
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v ' Two unidentified dead, bodies
ruins of lodging-houses, corner of Water and East Morrison streets. . One
of these bodies Is supposed to be that of a young man by the name cf San
ders, son of A. B.. Sanders, of Cosmopolis,' Washington.- The other unidenti
fied body is that of an aged woman. Both bodies are t the morgue.
'::-L-;kr;v- '" THE injured. ' Ki''' y,;v::.i
v L. T. Dailey, at Good Samaritan
tnnaiea fumes, win proDSDiy aicv- - , v v , , , . ,.-',
' . Mrs. .Nellie Dailey, at St Vincent's hoipital, burned about the head
and face, roar diai i'.-'.'.v
;'. ; Tloyd Dailey, at St Vincent's hospital,' burned on the head and internally
injured, may die. . . r -
; .Mrs. N. Edmunds,, at St Vincent's
about the neck, condition critical.
", R. H. Babcock, at St Vincent's
"7MrsTrBnrwTe,t:tVincet's
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' Fred Kruger, at St -Vincent's hospital, wrist broken, back sprained.
:: Mrs. M. McInrin, at St; Vincent's
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; ' Ira Cooper aged '50,-lessee of Mt. Tabor, hotel.
1 - ; ' (PLACES : COMPLETELY. DESTROYED.
; v ; East .Side Transfer company stables. X' r ' .v
- Alpine rooming-house. , ; :, '.X ". -'-.-'.f
.' Arcade rooming-house. J '-' i. V"-'V; ';.
;'-Dew Drop saloon!,. r '
, Mt Hood Brewing company's .saloon.- r ? r ,: '. ' ','
Phillips' barber shop..' ' C-: "' ' -. V ; 'V
R Davis coal office. .
Phoenix'' Fuel company s, office. ' t '';; r'.V
L T.' Dailey's cigar and candy store. ? ." ; . : ?' j
'Bridge cafe.,".; ' ; -: ? '"V "it
'Wood's cigar store U ' 'I . i . ,;
East Portland Fence-& Wit Works company! office. ;
: H.'.L .Bruce, gas pipe stored Vc '.
I am gone. .' It's all off-with ma, so
good-bye." -, ' -. -
Those who had -tried to rescue me
man saw him atagger from the window
and plunge into the roaring mass ss the
side of the building . tottered and fell
with crash.' - ..' '-. ,
An unidentified man leaped from a
eeeond-atory window in- Mrs. Cooper's
apart Merit-house , in " Eaat Morrison
street, . He was caught by the falling
wall and burned beyond recognition.
The body Ilea at the morgue. In hia
hand be held foiir 10-oent pieces which I
ihunj and twl.twl In th. ttmmt.
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3hw; in Flamss Three
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o Mr. and Mri. IV T. Dailey, 294 Eaat
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burned beyond reebgnition, taken frort;
hospital, burned about head and body,
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hospital, several, ribs broken, bruised
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hospital, hip fractured,' badly bruised.
hospital, hip ditocated,-badry-bnrised
hospital," leg broken, perhaps internal
" A' man and woman leaped hand In
hand from - a aeoond-story -window in
tha same lodging-bouse and, clad only
In .night attire,- crossed tne Morrleon
street bridge in search . of - temporary
lodging. They lost every article of
clothing. except what they wore and all
their possessions. . .
, -' Boa With- Olothee A blase. '. .
Of the. Dailey family one la dead aa
reault of Injuries, while another la
dying at Good Samaritan hospital and
still another Is bald to be In a critical
condition at . St 'Vincent's. - All were
aflra aa i they fled . from the building.
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One 'Bead
Tnsy were captured by poiioemea as
they fled madly through the streets snd
the-flames In . their ., clothing , axtln-
gulsbed., . ... .. ; ,
Mingled with the shrill cries of worn
an, the hoarae ahouta of men and' walla
or ohlldren were tha weird, , unearthly
Bounds of horses In distress in the
sarn or 'tha Bast Bide Transfer com
pany.' .The piercing,' wild and hideous
noises of the frightened animals rose
high above tha roar of flamea and the
clang of engines. ... ; ... .. ...
. Throughout-the morning ambulanoea
and morgue -wagons .hurried regularly
from the eoone of tha dlsaater to the
morgue and hospitals.-. At Coroner Fla-
ley'e establishment ara the. charred and
disfigured remains of two men. Neither
has been Identified. At Punning a, on
the eaat side, the. bodies of Toung and
tha Dailey lad were taken.t ' . .
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The exact origin of ' the Are that
wrought auch great destruction haa not
been learned by Chief Campbell.'' As
sistant Chief Holdea declares the flames
originated lb the rear tff one of the
shacks facing1 on East Morrison street.
The cause- he haa not ascertained.
The entire block -waa built' on piles.
Eating . their way through the floor bf
the' shack in which they atartad, the
flamea dodged under the building to an
adjoining one, and In an Incredibly
abort apaoa of time had found lodgment
tn-the pllas and beams that support ths
structures. ' The buildings wsre all of
wood,- which, dried and tempered by the
weeks,; of rainless . weather. Invited the
red tongues on their path of " devaata
tlon. Before a warning - sound waa
made or a aleeplng occupant of a build
ing had been rouaad the flamea bad com
pletely 'enveloped the block, ' ' ;. :
It waa largely oua to me Tin mat
has recently been placed In Water atreet
by the Oregon Water Power oompany
and" 1a Morrison street in at the flam
were confined to one block. But for the
fill In Water street and East Morrison
street tha entire district that Is built on
piles in the low - lands adjoining , tha
river might have been destroyed.
FlUafoheok Flamea. . . u
The fills checked the progress of tha
flames, However they swept across
Morrison street and destroyed a row of
buildings before tha firemen aaooeeded
In gaining control.
The fire was discovered by CJ J. An
drews, a private watchman, formerly a
special policeman. ' lie declared that the
flamea broke out In the rear of one of
tha, shacka facing Morrison street, but
the block waa almost enveloped before
discovered. He Bounded aa alarm from
box 114. At Grand avenue and East Mot-
ftson atreet fbu- blocks away. There
a a box,. No. Ill, at Water and East
Morrison, tha scene af , tha conflagra
tion. It was T o'olock beore the fireman Mad
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Si7G3js Sssfesi of the' Easfc Sfe ' afc
Scene at Morrison and
ESCAPE DEATH ?DY
liffiEAPSl
Many ; Hurt , by Jumping From
i Window ,to . Etoap .'tho'.;!',
Scorching Flames.
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BUSTER BROWN WARNS r
HIS MOTHER IN TIME
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R. H. Babcock Tried to Swing Down
on Wires, Which Broke, Hurling
Him to the Sidewalk Three People
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people who were, burned' or
Injured by Jumping from burning build
ings were taken' to g-1 - Vincent's boa.
pltal, .where' they were - given prompt
mediae! attention. , ' J .
.Mrs. N. Dailey' and bar son, -Floyd
Dailey, If yeara old. are the moat seri
ously burned. The former waa burned
about the head.. Her hair was nearly all
burned off and the flesh, fairly cooked.
She also breathed some - of tba flamea,
' The . son is . also seriously. .If " not
fatally, burned. His head and neck are
a mass of blisters, and It la feared that
bis sight' has bean. Jose The nurses
at the hospital say that hia ,. Injuries
may result fatally, -
M rs. M. Molrvlitj the landlady 1 of ther
Alpine rooming-house, who Is blind, suf
fered a .dislocated leg and perhaps in
ternal Injurtea In Jumping from ' the
aeoond-story of the house. , the la rest
Ing easily and will recover.
- Mrs. N. Browne, . who bad aeveral
rooms In the Alpine rooming-bouse, and
kept boarders. Jumped from the aeoond
story window of the bouse and dislo
cated her blp and suffered many bruises
about the -body.-- bbe waa hysterical
after-being -taken to the hospital, but
became quieted after being there a
few hours and Js now resting eaally.
' . Xas Blbe Sroken. ".. ' .
. Mrs. Nan Edmunds,' who alept In ths
same room with Mrs. Browne, had aev
eral 'ribs broken by following Mra
Browne out of tha second-story win
dow. She fell with great force on the
cement pavement Her condition la no
considered dangerous. . '
I Fred Krugnr, a man who boarded with
Mrs.- Browne, suffered a broken arm and
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PRICE TWO
East Water streets. , Cross shows where
HOUSE BURUED AS
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William D&lley, Only On of the
Farrilly, to Escape Unln-"f;
IS
Jurod, Tells , of Fire.
PLACED FURNACE
ALMOST INSTANTLY
Hie Little Brother Lcft Behmd While
.f Mother and Father Jump lor Their
Lives to Street :WUh' Two Older
'lBoys.'l- '":' ,' -t.';-' '
William Dailey, agd II years, the
second ' oldest child In tha, family- of
U Dailey was the only one at home
to escape from the Dailey building
without burna or Injuries, and-tells a
thrilling. atory. of how. he,, hla , father,
mother and -next older , brother bad to
Jump through windows to escape from
the flumes. (They . were , compelled to
leave Edward Dailey, the youngest, eon,
behind.- The last seen of him he was on
the. ground floor -of the building. The
other members of the family made tbetr
scape from the second floor.. , '-
' "The first that I knew that anything
waa wrong," aald Dailey, . ,Mwaa when
t waa awakened by hearing shouts out
on the street.' I Jumped up out of bed.
t-andtookmj out of thswtndow law tha
nra across tha atreet In the meantime
the other members of the family bad
been awakened.' We all started to dress.
We ran down stairs,, whan papa told tie
to go back and gat our elothea together.
I was followed up stairs by the others,
excepting little Eddie. We left him
down stat re, not suspecting then that
tha flamea would eomo across tha street
Flames Orosa attxeeV .' .;.-.. '
- "All ef a sudden the flames aeemed
to .crawl across tha atreet and be suciced
under the -buildings on ths south side,
la an Instant the buildings wsre en
veloped In flamea. Wa could not run
down stairs and ware forced to Jump for
our Uvea. Mother and I Jumped from
the balcony to tha porch, and In that
way reached the atreet. I , saw papa
and Floyd leap - from tha second story
window to Eaat Water atreet.
'. "One at-a time I helped my father,
mother and brother Into a buggy and an
ambulance and saw them driven very
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this- first body, was found. .
Most 'Buildings Partly Insured
But total Is Only Fifteen s
- v ,v Thousand Doll aW - -
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'.. BUILDINGS BURNED
He la Bicgest Loser, With Small In
1 urance Will Build Brick Building
' Where the Alpine Lodging; House ' '
Stood Others Who Lost v, t -"
As nearly aa ean be estimated at thla
time,, tha .total loss occasioned by the
fire la between ttO.OQO and 150,800. Jdsst
of ths property was Insured, but the In- .
aurarca will only-partially cover tha
loss the total amount being estimated at
about 116.000. . The- building and con
tents In . the burned block were com- -pletely
destroyed with the exception of .
some valuable. papera belonging to the
Phoenix Fuel company, which, were pre
served In, a fireproof aafe.' . , , : , '
The . heayiea loss, waa auatatnad by
Joseph Paquet,-who owns 'the property -and
. building on-the-north- side of the
street, ' with the exception of the tEaat .
Bide Transfer company's building. He
placea hla loss at .between $26,000 and
by the Royal and other. Insurance com
pan lea.' V , . .. . , ' '
-The same eompanlea recently .Issued
a policy of f 1,000 oa the Davla Wood
ds Coal ' company's dock. . which' was
damaged to the extent of about li.tpn. .
The buildings owned by Joseph Paquet
which wera 4estroyej!,jsrere occupied by "
D. . T. ajccartneya juw Drop saloon, .
ilon auaulned a loss of about 1 1,000 ..
on ths contents. . Insurance -. 60;
Phillips' barber ahop, lose on Contents,
not estimated; Murphy's -plumbing shop, -(pes
on contents about tl.OOO.'lnauranoe
1800; Mount Hood Brewing company's)
saloon, : loss on contents about tt.ooo;'
Cooper's Arcade rooming-house, loss on .
content about I1.000; Mrs. Cooper"
Alpine rooming-house, lnaa on coni"ta
about 11,000; ftJ, J.ti!'j;oeU otXIce,
loss IZOO, Insurance Izuui phoenix Fuel
eompanv, loss about II.SOO, -personal er- ".
fects about 1150. insurance about 11.000. ,
The East Bide Transfer company, owned .
by A. B. Holcomb, sustained a total loss.
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PROPERTY
LOSS IS
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