Walking Where They Walked--Fire Calls
"Early on Tuesday forenoon the whistle gave forth its shrill
warning, “Fire, fire.” All hands dropped
everything, and started for the scene of conflagration. The smoke ascending from J. Bertram’s building
soon collected the running throng.
Fortunately the iron water cart was close by, the contents of which was
utilized until the arrival of the fire brigade, who made short work of the
flames. The boys were on deck in less
than three minutes, and in less than eve (sic) the building was safe. It is fortunate the fire was discovered
before it got a good hold, otherwise the result might have been more
serious. The fire started among some
rubbish on the outside southwest corner of the building, from it is supposed a
burning cigar stump or something of that kind."
Source:
Rock Springs Miner, 7
July 1888 page 3, Wyoming Newspaper Project online Wyoming Newspaper Project
online at: http://newspapers.wyo.gov/
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