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$50,000 Fire at Fernie.Fbrxie, B. a, Aug. 20.—About one o'clock this morning fire broke out in a small wooden building in Block 21,■ #•••*• f i . *immediately opposite the water lank at the C. P. R. station, and occupiedby YV.. Cr. Lyon, who ran a clothesJ (■) cleaning and pressing establishment.. ■ *■ • - • • y ^ •, •, ' — ...... ......All the buildings in the block were of wood and not a single structure remains standing today.The fire entailed a loss of from $35,-000 to $10,000, but one-third of whichwas covered by insurance. The water * • £ ■ ' supply was totally inadequate, pressure not being sufficient to throw a stream of water to the top of a two-t . • . , • • , .story building. About half of the#' * . . « « . • • . i ' . #1 • ' . . * * 1 .• , 0hose belonging to the city had beensent to the Fernie Lumber Company’smill two (Jays previous to extinguish abush fire that was threatening the milland had not been returned. Teamswere sent for it but did not arriveuntil the fire had spread all over theblock and was of very little use onaccount of lack of water pressure.There was lack of organization andpeople worked haphazard or stoodlooking idly on as the fire licked upbuilding after building. There is greatindignation over the lack of organization for fire fighting, and the city officials have shown their absolute incapacity to cope with the subject.
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Revelstoke Herald
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Aug 31, 1905
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