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Hotel FirePa;SiMMilWhat, probably was the most stupendous loss in the history of Swan Kiver occured on Toes- ■ vv day evening: last, when a fir** of unknown origin completely lt;1 ruolished the Commercial Hot and adjoining buildings.The tire was discovered jrml the alarm given at about 7.30. The volunteer brigade was not slow in arriving and soon bad the hose playing into the cellar of the hotel, where the lire-be-inUTwarB1ganA crowd quickly gathered and a very efficient bucket biigade formed. It was soon apparent | Ev» to all that the appliances at | Mi| hand were entirely inadequate to combat a lire of such propoi -tion, so tUeir efforts were turned to prevent the loss of adjoining ; property. A portion of the Wright /?loek. a garage and a storehouse were reduced before I the blaze was got under control, j ^ Some travellers and other olt;*-1 cupants of the hotel lost considerable in personal belonging', the fire spreading so rapidly that they had little time to save y anything.The absence of any wind t'av-1 _ 01 ed the lire fighters. A great deal of appi eheusion was caused bV the falling of sparks and burning embers, which endangered homes for blocks.A number of men working m the Wright Block narrowly escaped injury m the collapsing of the roof.It is difficult as yet to compute the total loss. The general opinion expressed is,that had the town possessed the proper i fire apparatus,, we would still | have the hotel which had i;lt; j superior in any town ot tin- s '/. iri Manitoba.fMr —
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Swan River Star
Swan River, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Sep 14, 1917
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