The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT § $200,000 FIRE OCCURS HERE SUNDAY P. M. (Co'l’mu('d jrom Page One) could bring eir streams to bear upon the g flames within the apartment structure proper. Three hours after the fire out- break, flames burned their way through t roof of the building, first licking up around the furnace chimney. A half-hour before, tim- bers spanning the auditorium had commenced to give way, buckling the exterior wall of the structure inward as the auditorium roof sagged. By 5 o'clock last evening, but the outer shell of the apartment remain- ed. The fire, by then was almost definitely under control, but many hours remained during which it must burn itself out Estimated Loss ing Coliseum, their possessions, but by o'clock last evening they had begun to move \(}\ into their dwellings Juneau Fighters > put up by the augmente the entire personnel of the Juneau Subport » Army men manned axes and hose lines and patrolled streets to clear the battle area of the throngs of spectators. Some of the latter, too, lent willing hand: in the stringing of the myriad hose lines and wherever else their ef- forts might aid. | The Trojan, Alaska Juneau Mine tug, and the Subport's fire tug gave invaluable assistance in pumping a steady flow of bay water into the salt-water fire mains. Hard To Comoat The Coliseum fire, thought lacking in spectacular aspects, was one of the most difficult conceivable to combat, due to the maze of dividing walls and metal clad surfaces, though the latter also aided some in con- fining the blaze. | The Coliseum fire had its many freakish aspects, also. Survey of W. D. Gross, building owner, o6 e ruins today disclosed very little his own loss at approximately $116,~ 000; including the building theatre and apartment equipment, fixtures and furnishings—all only partially covered by insurance. Per- sonal property of tenants comprised the balance of the estimated loss. Some of the apartments were sump- tiously furnished, containing expen- sive radios, pianos and other items of more than average value. Very few were the tenants’ be- longings saved. A few clothes, arm- fuls of bedding, other easily snatch- ed possessions were’ rescued from apartments at the rear of the struc- ture, the opposite end from where the fire first raged. Enveloping clouds of inky smoke formed the greatest barrier to rescue efforts and thickened the already leaden skies under which the fire was battled in 34 degree weather. Articles Salvaged Such personal effects as were saved made pitiable piles in garages and the open area across the alley- way in the rear of the building. Glistening in almost newness was a child’s sled atop one of those heaps —apparently the prized Christmas gift and first thought of by a tot be- ing burned out of the friendly world of his home. A few things were carried to safety into the Alaska Laundry next door, while guard was mounted over the other salvaged ar- ticles. During the time when the fire's threat was at its peak, tenants of the Brunswick rooms and Ferry Way rooms, two smaller buildings butting and’ direct fire damage to the theatre auditorium itself. Two floor lamps still burned in the foyer. The long approach ramp from South Franklin Street still hung with colorful draperies, showing almost total ab- sence of even smoke damage. Back- stage, all was algost normal. The big silver screen stood unmarred. in smmng hr)sps stretched across age Walls of an adjoining workroomy —— ~ were still hung with tools in orderly array. Charred Timbers However, a few feet in front of the still intact footlights, there was a gigantic jumble of charred timbers, bed springs, pipes, sinks, refrigera- tors—here and there a lamp shade or other only partly-burned bit. Theatre seats next the side walls, at the very front and in the rear, showed unburned and unbroken through obscuring rivulets of water still dripping through from above the ornate metal ceiling facing. The long span of the auditorium ceiling was sagged in the center to rest on the stalls between the main aisles — but showed few ruptures. Seats in the middle of the auditor- ium were crushed under a mass of debris and water — a tangle that will offer difficult demolition prob- lems. Owner Gross has indicated that he will not rebuild the theatre. Shops Operate All the while the fire was raging but a rod or so away, shops fronting on South Franklin Street in adjac- ent buildings continued to operate as usual. After checking up, all of them this morning reported no damage to the fire — some By the bar or box MILK NUT or SEMI-SWEET PHONE 16 or 24 JUST RECEIVED NAPKINS CAN OPENERS BROWN RICE LIMA BEANS KIDNEY BEANS APRICOT NECTAR KARO SYRUP Ask Ahout Our Case Price on Fancy Canned Vegetables NEW DELIVERY SCHEDULE MINIMUM ORDER $2.00 MORNING DELIVERY CLOSES DOUGLAS DELIVERY CLOSES AFTERNOON DELIVERY CLOSES were eyacuated wuh even x(pfl!!i(l about 8 Sunday. {sipping customers line EECEEEELEEEE GGVt VNG Nttt G NNt o a business spurt on In the New York Tavern, beer- whiled away the tim Juneau In the old P y were going an vent serenely about the busine: turning out today’s Sully brea T Grocery closed as on Sun day but suffered from the fire only to the extent of impaired telephone service, In Warfield’s Pharmacy, sters and their parents quaffed cck malts at the fountain, perused comic magazines; one y devoted a full half-hour to cting just the right shade of lipstick young- Laundry Undamaged Wall to wall with the Coliseum on the north side, the Alaska Laundry, scene of a recent serious fire of its own, was completely undamaged— iexcept for an electric cord broken hv staffmen in getting the bookkeeping | machine set to move out. Under di- rection of Manager Simpson Mac- Kinnon, customers’ laundry w sorted out and stacked for easy cue should the fire have spread that way—a precaution that proved to- tally unnecessary. Nearby, in Juneau Medical Clinic, physicians already schooled in fire's ravening nature from Goldstein Building experience, had irrepla able instruments, records and mater- ials poised at the top of the front stairway ready to speed to safety in the street. Meanwhile they had grandstand seats to the fire spec- tacle and frequently gave a hand s, in extend the roof of the n boring New rn and Alaska Laundry. Across the street, an electrician T through in his bejt ing pole moment’s notice to kill power lir feeding not only the stricken structure but adjoining establishments, including compress- or units for the meat-crammed cold i e Bros. t, fortunately proved un- tr Though rar the Coliseum fire was but one of four occurring in Juneau over the past week end and was one of three during the 24 hours of Sun- day. First of the week end's fire calls came at 3 o'clock Saturday afte noon, Front and Main streets— an ov resulting in some e in the lower apartment of a house up the Tele- phone Hill steps and directly to the rear of the Paul Building. Next was a call to the residence of Robert Burns on West Seventh Street, to tend a chimney fire. That fire call, at 12:03 a. m. Sunday was quickly answered and damage was negligible. While firemen still were standing by the smouldering ruins of t Coliscum, came yet another fire alarm, to the Indian Village at 11:40 o'clock Sunday night. There the firemen were subjected to a 40- minute battle before they extin- guished flames springing from clothes hung about a chimney in an upstairs room. Fire ana water dam- were considerable. To MR. W.D. GROSS and Tenants of Coliseum Apariments: In this hour of frouble and hardship we extend our sympathy. All facilities of the Capitol Theatre and the B. F. Shearer Co. are at your service. May we help you? HOMER GARVIN, Manager. YAKIMA U.S.NO.1 100 Ibs. 84.75 30 1bs. 25 Ibs. 10 1bs. S Ihs. 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