Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 15, 1916, Page 11, Image 11
TI1K I'.KK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANTAIJY 15, 11 v ntnmrnn r mmr rt rum in cold Omaha Merchants Express Com pany's Headquarters Almost Complete Loss. ALL COVERED BY INSURANCE With a temperature that made fire fighting extremely difficult, the de rartnient battled all morning with a fire that all but destroyed the big three-story brick headquarters of the Oinsha Merchants Express and Trans fer company at S02 South Fourteenth Ktrect. i 5 ' . The fire, whose oripln has not born de termined, rapidly swrpr through the bi building, but not to fast an to prevent 41m b m ti 1 n 1 atm f vnm Inn il i U ........ Rifely from the structure. Not an anl- ..-.Hi -. - 1,111... V. , . J SI . . nun r no iwii.-u ui i'ui iivu. i.'wiiik me extreme cold It was soma little time be fore the water from the mains was turned on, and by the time the towers were pouring streams through the windows, the: fire had secured a stood lead. Chief Salter's men worked like heroes, the Icy tarns oohnrallns on their clothing until they resembled k-tclc. As fast as water from the towers struck the structure it would congeal into ice and after the gen eral alarm had been answered the. efforts nf the department were exerted in con fining the fire to the building. All the equipment of Omaha proper was nlled into play, r.nd shortly before noon chief Sailer announced he had the fire under control. . smrfcil nn Third I'lonr. The fire In some manner started on the third ' floor, where . feed, hay and grain srs ' stored, VrO tons having Jut been added to the winter supply Thursday. The second floor was given over to the horses and harness and the main floor 1o the office, waRona and equipment. Harry Conners bsrnman, discovered the fire at 9:30, and r.fter giving the alarm notified the ret of the occupants, who removed the live horses In tho building at once. 'Ordinarily 30 head are housed, but' fortunately they were on the street nnd will bt flven quarters in nearby barns of oilier concerns. Threatened Ho TMetory. The Kggerss-O'l'I.vng company, whose box. factory adjoins tho Merchants structure on the west, was threatened bthe fire, and from its windows flre- n poured streams of water on its nlazlng neighbor. Despite their efforts. windows, and walls cracked with tho heat,, but the plant did not catch, l'lr leen streams of water and five towers were . employed In the battle with the fire, and the burst of a single hoso was. all that delayed the efforts of the firemen after they had got Into action. One hundred girls." ho are employed in the K'RgeVss-OTIyng company plant, left the building for nearby offices, and men were stationed In every room to watch"' for tne' first flame that might invade. The Kggerss-O'Klyng plant is equipped with- the automatic sprinkler system, and not a. deal of worry was evidenced by the officials, although every precaution was taken. Fireman Onrromr. Gilbert McMurray, 2234 Chicago street; plpcnian with hose company No. 5, bignth and Pierce streets, was- overcome by ucfce and .w&a .bropgbt, to l?!lo hei4Y W&rters for attention. Assistant Fir CiUrf iJinecn froze his ears and was at tended by police aurgeons, Tle Merchants building-in wnedby Kdwsjd Reed,' Karl tlterricker and Mrs. Carl Woodward, and raa built, twenty-five years ago at a cost of $10,000. lf taj insnred for IH,onO, ' the contents being covered by Insurance of W7.6CO. The f ire, was decidedly . the . most spectacular since the burning of the Board of Trade buildinr at Sixteenth and Kar nam streets, on February J6, 1!1j, and Notwithstanding the fact that the tem perature hovered well below the zero ark, a crowd of several thousand peoplu tched the efforts of the men. Kearfal for Men. y Commissioner W. 8. Jardlne, who Jf president , of the . transfer company, patched the fire for a few minutes when ij was a Its very height and then re turned to a meeting of the council. Id a thousand times rather see to the ground than have a sin gle man or hotsq a victim," he asserted. (!eoigo F. West, secretary of the con-' 3rrn, stated that business would be con j ijtu'ted the same as usual for the time tiring from the branch at 1102 South Four- tf rnth street. U. W. Johnson, treasurer, tiid other officials assisted Mr. West In Jiljusting affairs to the present condi tion!?. CR OSSMAN MAY FILE FO R CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT .)ohn H. ' (iiossman is bring pruml iijntly mentioned among his democratic 1'fiends as a possible candidate Vor hi lirty's iiomlnatlon for the office of 1tk of the district court. He has not t decided to 'file, but is considering ijta matter. ....... 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