TIIC SUNDAY BF.n : OMAHA. AUGUST 20. 1022.
70 SALES IN ONE
TWO SALES AT ONE
TNK VAUOC &VINO STORK
SMOK
amid WAT
MONDAY MORNING at 9 o'Clock Many Carloads of MONDAY MORNING at 9 o'Clock
FURNITURE, RUGS, DRAPERIES, STOVES and REFRIGERATORS
ETQ)
if imi&9
II till III!
f,i)ta'm Ear Drum Rupture J
f Rescue Trapped
Mfii in lloweti Kuril i
lure Haemetit.
Nineteen firciiini were ovrrcom
by amok when tire did $20,000
damage to the H. K. Bowcn Furni
ture fompaiiy'i property, 1 5 13
Howard ttirrt, at 9 last ninht.
All hid fully recovered this morn
in.'.
Capt. J'eter lirookJoif of ttation
No. i (ufTrrcd the rupture of hi
right ear drutu when he wai struck
by powerful atrcam of water while
grop.iif? in the dark in the batement.
Trapped in Basement.
Martin J. Dineen, anistant chief.,
went iluwu fur the fimt time in hit
long rarecr at a fire fighter when he
rushed a third time into the unoky
drphi of the building to rescue hit
men. He was carried out bv four
detectivei, 'Jreglia, Lickert. Vanoul
and Cich, and toon recovered, later
participating in a fight on a tecond
big downtown fire.
he firemen overcome by imoke
were trapped in the basement of
the building after it seemed the
blaze wa thoroughly under con
trol. A hole had been torn in the
floor and water had been plaved
orr the ilamci. Volumci of amoke
suddenly iwept through the base
ment. Frank Soukup, station No. 3, dag
gered up steps from the rear and
only exit, clutched at his throat and
collapsed. Fire Chief Salter, Dineen
nd Hrookdorf rushed into the base
ment after their men.
Revived by Surg eoni.
Two police patrols and other mo-
tor cars soon were carrying the fire
men to emergency hospital at Cen-'
tral police headquarters. Every mem-l
ber of the force from station No. 2.
was taken there with the exception'
of Joseph Nichols, who protested his
company had to- be represented to
the end. and he remained.
Brief treatment put many of the
men in good condition. They were
permitted by Police Surgeons Kin
youn and Murphy to return to the
scene of the fire; other were sent
to their homes.
Thousands of persons crowded
around the scene of the fire.
In Packfng Room.
The firemen who were overcome
are:
Assistant Fire Chief Dineen, 11Z
North Forty-first street.
Marvin Bishop, chauffeur for Di
neen, 2527 Charles street.
George J. Bero, 2413 South Six
teenth street, station No. 3.
Henry Goth, 3860 Gordon street;
station No. 3.
P. H. Grimm, station No. 1. '
H. S. Green, 3617 South Twenty,
fourth street; station No. 3. j
GeoRe Coogan, 3214 South Thirty-second
avenue; station No. 4. '
James Matcha, 1423 South Four
teenth street; station No. .3.
Frank Soukup, 286S Saratoga; sta
tion No. 2.
Captain P. McElligott, 2232 South
Eighteenth street: station No. 3.
tames Powers, 717 North Twenty
third street; station No. 3.
Harry Green, driver for the chief.
DavW F. Barry, 2703 Woolworth;
station No. 1.
Joe Foreman, 1411 South Thir
teenth; Ration No. 2.
Joe Sr'lla, station No. 2.
V. J. Dineen, 27S9 Burt street;
' station No. 1.
Capt. Julius Donnermyer,' 2019
Grand avenue; station No. 1.
C. . F. Adams, 2726 Burt street;
station No. 12.
Harry Olson, 1520 North Thirty.'
second street; station No. 12.
Spontaneous combustion in the
packing room in the basement, where
excelsior was stored, is believed to
have been the origin of the fire.
The Bowen company, declining to
make any estimate of its lossan
nounced it would reopen its store for
business Saturday morning, with un
damaged stocks from two big war,
houses.
- THE OMAHA BEE, tri.. Am, It, mi
To be Sold at Unheard Of Low Prices
In Connection With Our August Furniture Sale
L IRE in our basement salesroom at 1513-1515-1517 Howard street did quite a little damage Thursday evening, August
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seiung rurnuurc, iiugs, urapenes, sioyes arm ueingeratt that were not in the least affected by either fire, prm-Vonr water
at these unusual big discounts.
All Damaged Goods Segregated to One Selling Space
We have taken all Furniture, Rugs; Draperies, Stoves and Refrigerators that were affected by either fire, smoke or water
and placed them in one section of our sales floor apart from all other merchandise and "have marked them at prices we be
lieve will clean this wTiole lot out in a very few days. Be sure to be here Monday morning.
REMEMBER Itemi in This Advertisement Are a. Small Part of the Many Bargain to Be Had
$24.50 Cedar Chests
for $11.85
$29.85 iOdd Fiber
Chairs ...12.75
$32.50 Floor Lamps, com
plete for $15.75
$75.00 Mahogany Daven
port Table $35.00
$32.50 Mahogany Gate $25.00 Golden Oak Li
Leg Tables . . . $19.75 brary Tables . . . $10.50
$10.00 Mah.
Finished End
Tables
$3.95
Augutt
Furniture
Sale
10 to
50
Discounts
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rfW3m Oh ' Mm Jul I '
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$325.00 Mahogany and Cane Tapestry
Living Room Suite .$187.50
$245.00 4-pc.
Walnut Bow
Foot Bed
room Suite
$105.00 Fiber Davenport and Rocker v
in Ivory ,., $37.50
F) 1 i ;y rJJJth
$265.00 8-piece Walnut Dining Room Suite
for $112.50
$151.00 Apiece Golden Oak Dining
Room Suite .$69.75
$125.00 8-piece Antique Walnut Dining Room
Suite Less China Closet. $198.75
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RUGS and DRAPERIES
At the time composing this advertisement it is impossible to estimate the
loss on a big stock of rugs that were stored in our basement. These rugs were
in bales nml were standing on end. so the damage, while flight perhaps, yet
could not be ascertained at this time. We can only quote a few prices here to
give you an idea of the low prices these rugs are to be sold at $3.75 4!7x3l
Whet Kug. $1.49; $0.50 27x31 fringed Velvet Rugs, $2.95; $32,50 9x12 Rrus
sel Rugs, $H'..73, and other grades in the same proportion.
Druperiea We've some wonderful values in both drapery material by the yard
as well as a number of window drapes made up thnt we are disposing of at
less thnn the ro.t of making.
$1S.T3
frijrv.-,!
Top
f '
Icing Re.
$115.00 Cabinet Gas Rnsr-s
for 1 1 . . . jv 19.75
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$03,00 All White Knamel
Kitchen Cabinets ,.$3).75
$72.50 White Knamel
Lined S-Door Refriger
ator for .....s:j(.ro
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h Pari U n' AJ l All Tint
FREE! FREE! FREE!
fin f,ri .v.!j will nut interftre wiih our pvii' :;wv
absolutely
tt; Thursday, August 31, st 8 P. M.
an ftsht-plece Italian Walnut Dininjj llmm Suite ami
57 ether useful ami j tactical hoiwrhoM articles ('..nn
tr nj aK bout it. .No ju
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ureha.o required.
OAAAA VALUE CTVIHC STORE "
HOWARD STREIT, KClWttN Ittll AND ISTH IIIEUS
OUR EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
If you have any oM ploco of furniture you have no use
for, you can i-xchanj; it for new octa at lluwcn1,
Now wouhl Ik a km1 time to m;tke your rxcltange, while
rlee are no extremely low. Many goo.l LaraitH may
he fountl In thi?i tlopartmr nt al o,
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Full. size Bed Springs. ..7
$7.50 Sanitary Springs SI. 95
$10 Sanitary Springs. $2.50
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$50.00
for . . ,
Walnut'
Dressers
S29.75
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$65.00 Walnut -Vanity Dress
ers . $42.50
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$45.00 Bird's-Eye Maple
Dressing Tables ....$23.50
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$30.00 Mahogany l-l'oster
lM $29.50
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