[Newspaper]
Publication: The Avalanche-Echo
Glenwood Springs, CO, United States
vol. 20, no. 18, p. 2, col. 2
DENVER SUFFERS LOSS BY TWO LARGE FIRES TODAY
Denver, May 5.—Fire this morning damaged an immense quantity of merchandise stored in the four-story warehouse of the Denver Transit and Warehouse company, on Wynkoop, between 14th and 15th streets. H. H. Howard, president of the company, places the loss on the building at $10,000 and the loss on the merchandise at $100,000. Eastern manufacturers are the chief losers. The fire was discovered by the night watchman about six o’clock this morning on the ground floor, and is believed to have been started by crossed electric wires.
Denver, May 5.—Two hundred men are out of employment, and a loss of $150,000 sustained as a result of a fire this morning which wiped out the plant of the Western Glass company. All of the buildings were burned to the ground. The fire was started by the explosion of a Standard oil tank which blew ignited oil into the gas producer plant. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Tile plant was partly covered by insurance and will be rebuilt at once.