BIG FOXTKON FIRE

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1456, 3 June 1912, Page 5

BIG FOXTKON FIRE

- THE WHOLE>OWN'S-' NARRQ % w ivater;; " $fm^ a deM: ■{ . ■■■■A'. :^disastrous.,' .fire: .occurred;;; fifj Ilie'V' "■borough"; of Fbxtpß' 'j*p'stei-day', : morning; ... '.'Kffecn'iprem.isos : wore' destroyedy The '■ ...-. to';!;; total"\£80l)9.' : " ." no;, water. **supj^j;.:^iTl)^iiw7r»g*>d :; for" tlu;eO' 'fhotirs,, ■.aß<i;;.'tlio.-:rr>st'.! ! of'Hio business ' ■;i)6rtiqh^oft'tl?eVtji)WJ) r Vn3ionl} r ' saved , ; ■ b^ni^cstraordinarily'heavy; do«'upour-' -Th.iJ :.folloiving' : is|' sii Hsi/of ?i the' jierspns w.iioso. ..prenifes^wcro.*destroyed':^-;■;/;■ ifllrs/riglies?; ■'■ '.; ■iilr.MDpycs:' dMtistS:;;l;;H'^" : -'''/*i : v V.' ! . :'"Mfi,Georgo;Thoniass Wood rode,-, butcher. . : -JIV; ■jy.illiam:': Kdwar.fißnllard£snddler. . i .jii^.r , Bradley/'tailor. " ■' Mr.;Kicliar(U-Tlioinas;: Betty, boot depot,' ■ j'^iesdaM^loridcrsoiiJaiid^Cnnningliaii), ■ ■ .-''', ■ ; Alr^Archibald 1 : Ecgiunld'Osljprne, tailor. ; "iJlrpjCewtli;:,.rcstaurant^'y^-"."-'' : j ■-. ' '■_ ;■:' 3lr;iT;JJreen^Wlliard;salopji'and dwell-'

vA?l'r?j; Ernest? JM fsid' ::dwollirigS?;:;::;v':/X : ;'.''..■■;■' i> ;' ../MrpOdwin/.Eu'stace SnojyV booteliop.y-*' .^dJbyl i o.'s;;inotorJßaragci;. l "-..\---.iY^^ t .;■-.■ ;;;:TliP:;.firpfStaVted'at about. 2' a.m; in a Street,' owned by '.MrfFraserVand! occupied ! in.tho'. one part I)y : ;Mrs. : the other ;pai# 'dentist %%£H% is':,.; not ];kiro\viviin-l. whietf.:io(;?t!ifl,U\yo r shops the ;'putl)i-eakftOecurredyvy:K;.iS»;''v%"'-; ■" ■'' ?;|a" good^vind^wasblowing;; at/ tho time, j-iimi- headway /rapidly. the changed/ a;,lit(le, jaiid. Mow-: from/the. wnth.fr;; './/;. >'*-.' the fire spread butchery on. one 'sido'/and'Ulie/Methodist Church on the iotherSSßotlvlfee were soon/ablaze, nnd •;tho : chiincD.'''of'siiviiiß.tlicm was seen to to very.srna!]. nidced;;h).fact, lliey were cOii- r ;.siderod'as,doonied."..■'/::the fire ran'on to the Ve'adcUor'y! establishment of Mr. W.. E.'.feul- '; lfird;£i- This' shop '■ was' swept away, aftd ■the! flames"attacked Mcsdamos Henderson ? : and'V'.Cunninglinm's,- confectionery . shop, HhoiKMr." A'/ K. Osborne's tailoring proNewth's restaurant. < ■

■^|f'"V" ; The Good Brick Wall. '* ( ■ ■ t'At- this point the progress of (he roarSing flames was chocked by « brick wall, ■twelve- feet high, in the premises of Mr.' iPerroauth, baker. The wall stopped the •five'-travelling further north along the ■street. All this lira© willing workers had been toiling.! strenuously, but their work had .been of little avail until the wall had been- reached;' ;.;,' Going south from the Methodist Church . the fire spread, to an ok! billiard saloon •'. ■ owned by .Mr. G. Breeu. A house ad-. .. joining the. billiard saloon caught also,'. : and'from there, the. flames travelled io a !■• .■two-storied, building occupied by Mr. E.-:V Healey, the'lower portion as a chemist's;;, shop/the upper story as a dwelling. Here.;;;, the fire burned-, furiously, and it rapidly jj: spread,-to the bonUhop of Mr. '.' •?■_■ f"- •»■' ■.Snow.' IheiK-to. an" 1 unoceupied'/buildinirg 'owned, by: Mr!. Boyle, and. recenUy.AU|e.d. &s£; ■■a-motor'garngo".' :■'■':'"■■?:''■ '■'fi ! "/'At Boyle's the firo cnded.*M.By ; ? '.time.it-was after 5 o'clock.'. ;V\ ,^v, j:/^ f~j'.iU?-i. A Uoud the burning, of the' building::ia>; which Mr! Doyes carried on his dentistry'/: practice a loud explosion occurred..;/; tt ... transpired that several cylinders ing gasses used as auaesthetics'had'",ci-;;-f plcded';'/ The report at tm# time was. rific; " o«e> of tho cylinders, was -; blowniV right over a two-story building some, dis-c....; 'tnnce away, and fragments of others ..were...... found about a quarter of a' milo' away." / 'One large, piece was embedded in the Post..;', Office: fence, which ..was. 100 yards away.. ,(/*

;■ :S -: ; j.Thunderstorm and Ingotiuity.; ;.■■■; = i:.Tho thmiderstorm. which burst upon- th« : 1 town after the firo" had been raging for a' ! considerable- time seemed almost provi--1 dential. The rain fell down in torrenta ;■ and helped greatly, to-subdue the flames." J ~'-:JViiilo. the rnin was falling so heavily ; ; tho people blocked" up"the water clian--1 nels-with-pillows and other household ■ articles. - That, enabled them to get a good '.> supply of..water, and' a bucket brigade I "madu good progress against the flames. •■■ '.At'-one stage it seemed -'likely that ' 'Whyte's Hotel, on the side of the street 1 opposite, to' that on which the tire occur- '. .red, would.catch alight, but the thunder-' } storm saved the building. ■■- ' . -Fortunately there were . no accidentsj during the blaze.' There' were no narrowescapes of any person from being burned. •:'A good'deal of property was saved from : tho various', premises destroyed, and it i.i i 'imdew!ood,that thcre-is/afair amount Of i insurance:',-■ ./,'" -.•■■•"''■ .."*■■-■. ! "Vr.JTbo. totnl less-is estimated at MOOO. I KSome.cf UlO buildings were very olity ; , i-aniUnohc." Vera very largo in size, . ■ '"' .'. Water/Schome.f,:: i!:'Tlie/confl[!gr.'t(ioii was.watdied by prac« ! ; Jicklly:the.whol(>-popuialion'of the (Own. Vi/lbis an inki-cbtiug i'net that tome timo ■■'a'Bo'a-.-iioll-l'pf-iratepayers' uw tnken of, ;i. ';jiropo'i ; ario'Bo''in for:a water-supply,-and ■',■-. *~.. ". J'ftThere/was no -fire .brigade" of";.any/kind'/ {in/'lhe'borough: , /S-,:,. 'r'y""i-.-''::'f'\ ■ ;-- : VA,.inior: estimale. places (he' lcss.;.at fully' /iio,ooo';k,W/.' i .',-:'■--'■'" ' ,; '" : ''.. ,; ' v ;.;''