PAGE TWO = THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1908. A Few Refrigerators At Gost Incluged An rd Midsummer Furn Mure The time to buy and save. ¢ 4 CITY Kingston came near losing its fine ¢ity buildihgs on Friday afternoon, and' the ¢itizens dre" congratulating themselves upon the fact that the magnificent structure escaped with the loss of its dome and clock, and that the damage of £10,000 is covered by insurance. The fire, which broke out at 3:30 o'dlock was under control at 1:40, although the fire brigade kept a stream on the dome until nearly eight o'clock. Ti There is general . regret, however, that the beautifully designed dome of the city buildings, which has stood for forty years, the admiration citizens and visitors alike, has be- eome a prev to the flames. For its size there was nothing to equal it in the country. It was a beautifully modelled structure. The old town tlock, too, which has heen on the buildings for half "a century and which served the past three genera- tions, is no more. Its loss will be ol Dressers Surface Oak, Ma and Eve $13, In Sold Oak, bogany Bird's Maple, $10, $17 and 21, worth 16 per cent more, + co mee Carpets, ¢ Linoleum, Oileloth, | etc, big reductions. | held Rugs, Curtains, Goods will them. PHONE 80. be until you need \ Stim] Yours, NA Re A SN in AN PORCH SHADES TH Are just the thing for your Verandah, madd of thin strips | of Linden Wood artistically | keenly stained, all sizes in stock' town that fore another {the new dome wili be reared {the place of the one which the flames R. McFAUL, | Kingston Carpet Warehouse, Cook's Cotton Root Compound. the great Uterine Tonic, anu |pleted, only safe effoctual Monthly | ce Regulator on which women oa . . depend. Fold in di { repair for nearly fifty years, of strength--No. 1. $1; iio. 4 | inside adjusting' the hands Re ual Dat | or box. | smith at work in the Bold cll druggist. or send | street dial opening soldering t. oh SA price. | cracks, his pot i] on rece pe pamphlef cook Mente Ba. TRON, oy dormerly W+ devoured. How The Fire Started. solder work in 'the street were I he blown from tinsmith at Brock Sparks a used by a dial opening facing the of the calamity. dial facing King street and John cause new The tn was standing | There was a {and vile of sawdust. DR. LITTLE'S FEMALE wot carpenters' and of shavings the result the wood, work The tinsmith tried tc REGULATING PILLS [be rote The hat. 'and calied vo then ran downstairs Women's use, in irregularities | My. Smith. He at all Druggists, or by |{, the caretakers quarters for a pal LITTLE MEDICINE CO., | of water, but this was useless My | Smith hurried downstairs and sent ir =la call to the fire stations, while | assistants, Messrs don, along with Dr Sherriff, of [tawa, attached the standpipe hose | thirty feet below, and turned on the water. . | Unfortunately, however, the hose ne of the Best for or supression, mail, $2. DR. Toronto, Ont. ly that it was impossib Who works with hands alone gets but meagre re- the clock floor, which is reached turns for his efforts The | To"; Yinding stirs "truly a oo oh trap, if there was one. Ald man who uses his head, | Angrove, chairman of city property buys land City Engineer Craig Kingston Real Estate and lets it work for him We Can Show You An Attractive List. Look at the 13 house in Wellington Ter- race, 110 Montreal St. This can be bought cheap. { sides by ever ling up to the doine, Friday morning On the arrival of the fire brigade [Chief Elmer and Firemen John Hall {Stratford, Reid and Burns tried | et up the winding {to do so. lof the fire committee, lowed, but {with the smoke dered a line of hose were Then the chief dome, and it was seen that it must {was run down again. -- Fire Engine Episode. The firemen were criticized on for failing to the dome but a little consideration' will - show that they are not {Tt was sev eral minut save . It will pay you to sce our list. J scene. At that time of {reached the { amount {small lout of the dome windows. A : land several of the brigalle went 4 | stairs to locate the blaze, and ; stated, used the buildings' 5 ae » those and another 51 Brock St. Phone 326 jose Ang. anghh or 621. 040 [were thus occupied. fire broke out, knows that when DOME IN RUINS |Fierce Fire Devoured The ~ Structure. The Loss Will Be at Least $10,000, Covered "by: Insurance---For a Time the Buildings Were in Great Danger. felt for a year may elapse be clock" ticks in in pot had been com- Smith, jeweller, firm has kept the city clock in was busy' Brock some outside. strong breeze blowing, some sparks were carried into a meces Instantly a small his Mnrshall and Gor- Ot- would not rea h tis, gee { blaze, and the smoke xl so dense- le to get near fire remarked fupon that fact when they were climb- to stairs, but failed Alds. Robertson and Nickle, and others fol- nearly suffocated or- irom &he street. | This was carried in, but the fire had {got a good hold on the interior of the room be fought from outside, so the hose all worthy of blame, es before the men a smoke was coming' The chief up- as standpipe line. Ten minutes The writer, who {was up in the dome shortly after the the A -------- Fine blaze was not extinguished at 3:50 | o'clock it was impossible to save the dome. Afterwards, it might have been | possible to put the fire out quicker {than was done, but the reason it was {pot put out sooner .was because of a fire engine mix-up. | 'I he necessary water force' could not until fifty minutes after the was sent in, although a height 'of only eighty or eighty-five feet | was required to be reached. With or dinary hydrant pressure, which should been strong at the lowest point only the got alarm i have [in the city, the water reached the lower Bdge of the dome. The first engine brought out was one temporarily borrowed by the city, and owned by the McLaughlin company, of Oshawa. This engine had been at the Rhingston foundry for \ repairs, and , wa® In use temporarily [by the local' 'fire department while | the city's best engine, the Chatham, aa - - Tustewd of being huilt of selid timbers the like a which cin scarcely be got tw day, it would Wve barned with ar greater. , rapidity, and, without doubt » got dewn to the rool. the »urning pieces of tunber, which fell on 'he sheeted rooi, had 'to be carefully attended to. lest hfy- would. heat the roof to sucky aw: #tentothat an ont preak beneath would occur. -- Must Improve Fire Service. This fire 'sorves B& a warning to the qty. Its fire Berviee must be me proved. ' Patting-off 1 the evil day it a bad policy. The firemen indi Jidually aredgood, bat their number is small. ~ Fer some years Chief Elmer has asked for better apparatus. Each time he is given a mere pittance of ed the 'need of an aerial truck anc ladders which just. be got to suc cessfully cope with a fire at a height of sixty feet or more. With gn aerial been mastered early. For years the underwriters asked the city to improve its service, Some improvements been madé, but not enough to with a big fire. Kingston has fucks in regard to fires, and its brigade has done excellent work all along, but there are some fires it would be impossible for it to handle. Fires in high places require -aerial trucks to fight them from without, when it if impossible to get inside, The warning has come first to the city corpération itself in the ruin of the dome*of the eity. building. have fire have cope been fire Ingtranee Pn Building. Il civic property there is an was updergoing repairs. At the out- insurthee of only $45,000, including E set the suction hose attached to the McLaughlin burst pressure came when Meantime the very engine upon it. dome was ablaze and water reached it \ then the Merryweather play, hire all engine was and H. Youlden department, hand fed it, while a team was sent the Chatham engine, which, fortunately, had just heen completed at the ning ston foundry and had undergone test The Merryweather a force ful stream which was played on dome from the roof of the lett hali past four o clock engine was throwing wicked stream into the from that time the fire had no chance to gain further headway. mto of lhe brought ex-chief for soon gave wing Jefore Chatham blaze, a Help From Calvin Co. About a quarter *past ioux the tug Frontenac, of the Wrecking company, arrived from Island Mr. Calvin had seen Calvin Gar- ) 1 the den the Kingston brigade. lhe tug's yx (hose was run up. to the and up the ladders placed in front of the city building's portices, aver which the Garden boys eclambered, . 'and attacked from the south. , | Their work was felt, and_ the blaze on the uUntario street side Began , ito fade away. Along with of the firemen the Frontenae's crew ciimb- ed up to the lower portions of the dome and carried the stream at close Ihe two streams from soon streety Island the lire soon some r quarters. and shortly after five o'clock died . | closer, the blaze out were saved. Those on the roof were many in danger. 'lhe three firemen handled the hose on the city , | roof had a narrow escape from struck by the falling belfry who being which roof just outside the dome tion. The crowds that stood streets watching the fire stricken as the blazing belfry ly toppled over and tumbled close the place where the firemen kneeling. It that they would escape from the crash ing timbers. though they had to jump back to es cape the sparks that flew. Several who afterwards walked around foot of the dome on the big steps had narrow from being struck by > falling wood. - At intervals the streets would shout them to beware. The great fear was to escapes those warnings that the dome and get under the roof of buildings. Had it done so the build- mgs would have been destroved, and there would have been danger of a | conflagration all around the market square. There should be thankiu'ness jh at such .a catastrophe was averted. Had the dome been of flimsy material the | little | the | o'clock | dome ative, and immediately despatch- | | (ed his splendidly equipped tug to aid | the | east and west sides were also brought ; and the buildings times | hall came down with a great crash on the | founda- | on the | were horror- | sudden: | were | scarcely seemed possible | But they were unharmed, | the | fire | would get.down to the bottom ol the | the | CITY BUILDINGS. what hg requives; , Friday's five show; truck 'the fire in the dome might have, "Kingston's Famous Fur Store." A Special Sale at a Reliable Store. OUT THEY GO The reputation' this store enjoys for doing things is in- deed lived up to when it an- nounces a mid-summer sale of Straw Hats Here's the list of prices. $4.00 Hats for $3.00 3.00 . 2.25 2.50 200 1.50 125 1.00 a9 . 50 And so on. amen Any Panama Hat store $0. El in the See our window display. Importers of Fine: Hats. Makers of Fine Furs, Princess St. water works, fair grounds halls, Of this amount $22,500 is the city buildings, a yery small amount, but sufficient for an. ordin- ary fire. When the stamdpipes were placed in the city buildings, the in- surance was reduced. : The following fifteen companies car- ry £3,000 each: Phoenix of England, Alliance, Royal, Norwick: Union, Commercial Mutual, Montreal, The city been called by Ald. Angrove, to meet| on Monday, to arrange for insurance adimstment. It will appoint an archi- tect to estimate the damage, and act as its arbitrator. It will also decide what to do about rebuilding the out at once, and work of construe tion~ begun at the earliest possible date. The city engineer will recom- mend that the new dome be construct- ed of steel. . Ald. Angrove, chairman of the city property cousnittee, said, last qven- ing, to a Whig representative : "What- ever dome is decitled upon, it will cer- tainly will not be ,one of 'wood. We will mot erect another fire:trap like the one that has just heen destroyed. 1 often wondered what would happen if that old dome caught fire. could see no way of saving it. The fwemen did the hest they could, and no fault is to be found with them. They had an impossible job to perform, and we should be thankful, under the ciroum- stances, that we got off so well; for the whole buildings were in grave danger. 1 think the firc brigade did good 'work in keeping the blaze from getting beneath the dome." A Scene Of Grandeur. The sight of the blazing dome view- ed from the harbor, was niagnificent. The steamer Kingston rounded Cedar Island just as the fire was at its best. and the view of the blazing tower thrilled the passengers that crowd the big steamer's decks. Hundreds viewerl the scene from the islands, Point Frederick and the heights 01 Barriefield. For the citizens, it was a sad spec tacle, but & greater dome will he built to take the place of enc olo one. The city buildings could not be replaced to-day for less than $250,000, Kingston has a magnificent civic pile, whose worth is scarcely realized In the people. Enerybody feels sincere regret for John Ballantyne, the efficient care- taker of the buildings, whose apart- ments were just below the dome. He had no insurancd on his household goods. Had he realized that the fire was serious he could have saved much more than he did, but he was led to pelieve that the blaze had heen got ander control. When it broke out in fury, he had to attend to his civic duty, and hurried about to cut off the gas and electric supply; thinking ol the city's interests before his own. The city council should, and ne doubt will, see that this faithful officidl suf- fers no monetary loss. -- Tolled Its Own Requiem. The city clock pell at 3:30 o clock rang out for the last time a warning to the citizens that its abode was in danger. It tolled its own requiem. Three-quarters of an hour later it was in the ruins of the "old town clock," having dropped from its position just before the peliry toppled and came crashing to the roof. I'he bell dropped only a short distance, and may he very little damaged. It weighed 1,500 pounds. With the new clock a larger pell should be secured. The clock works are ruined. They manufactured by the Howard Boston, a firm still in exist ence. John Smith, who had eharge of the cloca for many years, has written to the Boston clockmakers to find out what it would cost to re- place the ruined clock. The old one cost * $650, but it will cost probably $1,500 to put as good a one in its place to-day. The clock was as fine a tower timepiece there was In America for its size. Alter hai a century ol usage its bearings were scarcely scraped. Mr. Smith keenly regrets the loss of his old friend, the town clock. Nearly every fireman.who was up stairs was slightly injured by falling timber or metal. Many were struck with pieces of molten lead and zinc from the top of the building. JThe large crowd that atte nded the fire behaved splendidly. The men were not hindered in their work in the least by the &owd. The police had everything well in hand. P. C. Nicholas Timmerman, had all his belongings out of the station be- fore the first drop of water reached there. They were all packed in a great coat and carried across the road into a safe place until after the fire was over. The city clerk, city engineer, tax collector and water works collec- tor, were working like Trojans all afternoon and it will be up to the city to buy a new suit for City Engi- neer Craig, who ruined his in the burning building. The others had their garments soiled. All the aldermen were on hand, and everyone turned in to help in any way he could, and they could all do something. The fire was smouldering for some time after the crowd left. Two men were lefteon guard all night. They had one of the large hose up to the tower in ease the fire broke out again. The box alarm was sent in by "Jerry" Hurley, who saw the smoke and blaze, and pulled the alarm at once. It wae under the dome, in one of the roems. occupied by the caretaker, that the late Sir John A. Macdonald was made an Orangemen. Masonic lodges forty years age were held in the rooms under the dome. A great collection of names of visi- tors cut in and written on the tim- bers of the dome were wiped out by the fire. For the past forty years, visitors have been accustomed to leave their names behind, and many cut them high up in the belfry. The buildings presented a sorry sight, this morning, with large piles of charred timbers lying on the roofs and the remaining portion of the burned dome circling the ruins. were Co., of as city Where The Real Fight Was. little band of men Waterloo; Queen's, leally. saved the day. Union climbed around the dome outside did Sun, Standard, York Mutual, London'gallant work, but the little athering | Canada, sAnglo-|of fire fighters who Were i American, Northern, British-American. [ter into the botlentiol property committee has heroes as well. os The men whe! (Continued on page 5. Buy Abbey Salt, bromo seltzer, and Enos Fruit Salt, at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. "Phone 230. Looks now as though we ought tp dome. No doubt, plans will be gotihave a good ice WHAT THE KID 3. What Booth's Kidney Pills Doing For Kingston, People. All the blood in the body passes through the Kidneys every three min- utes, The Kidneys filter the blood. - They work night and day to daily remove about 300 'grains of. ampure matter. If they fail, some part of thi; impure matten is left in the bh bringing on pain in the well heck ache, dizziness, irregular heart, hot, dry skin, rheumatism, gravel, dropsy, deposits in the urine. Booth's Kidney Pills make the filtering right and overcome Kidney trouble. Hundreds of Frontenac county residlents have found 'this out. Mrs. Frank Brown, of, 118 Bagot street, Kingston, Ont. SI 'My back had been sore and painful and there was a dull weakening pain that centred in the region of the kidneys and left me unable? te' stoop' or straighten myself ap. This was espec- ially severe when I would take cold, anid usually T would' suffer with' dizzy heatlaches' and languidness. I would become so weakened that I could not attend even To the slightest household duties. 1 had tried adgrything Delors learning of Booth's 'K 18, hut nothing shenefitted sme; bh Rids nev Pills procured at Mah s Phar- macy cured me entirely. Mv back is strong- and there is no: pain or weak- ness there, I will gladly vecemmepd Booth's Kidney Pills as a remedy of exceptipnal merit." hi Sold by dealers. Prive 50 The R. T. Booth Co., limited, Fort Erie, Ont., sole Canadian 'agénts. ' Two r Saturday Night Specials. © # *» A RESs = i ---------- BOYS' RIBBED HOSE: Sizes 6, 6%, 7,71, 8, 81,9, 91, 10. Regular 18c. To~Night, 2 Pairs for 25c¢. Are Ont. 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'Phone 666. WE WANT TO LAND Your first order, because we know that the satisfaction you will derive from that will open your eyes Lo the fact that you cannot do better anywhere élse than you can with us. You will find that we are not 'all at sea" in our business, but thoroughly 'up-to-the-minute' and watchful of the interests of our custom- ers, knowing that, by so doing, We are really acting for our own ultimate bene- fit. W.F. GOURDIER. Exclusive Furrier. Phone 700 HAVE YOUR Windows Decorated WITH GLACIER The only substitute for Stained Glass - Artistic, Durable, Economical, by D. J. DAWSON Successor to Dawson and. Stal 3 . Princess street. . oy, High Grade Pianos at Livin Prices. Victor and Berliner Gramo) 5 Wi iams Sewing Mach.ne. hoenix Fire Extinguisher ; and a full ljne of Musical Instruments, Music, eto. SPECIAL NOTICE. To the Ladies of Kingston : I have removed to the former Board of Education rooms; Mon- treal street, corner Princess. Re member the place. J. ROSEN, LADIES' TAILOR. CABS! The Old Stand and The Old Num ber. Phone 490 OFFICE NO. 1. All orders promptly attended to night or day. THE FRONTENAO. LOAN AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED, 1863. S. C. McGill, Managing Director. Notice to Oar Customers Our store will close at 6 o'clock sharp every night, except Saturday. A. GLOVER. Open ftom 10.20 a.m. best place to get an al the city. Moats of all kinds English est notice. and specialty. 'Phone, 6565,