The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-18

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O. rssirslns from shs oilss with
whish you have hessssl me. Il b..
comes ny duty % lay bebrs you 4
saatsinsnt Of ihs Arss which have o..
cured daring sbs past twelve months.
within The limits 81 The city VI baton
Rouge.
The frst Are since the report Of my
predecessor Of | lth February last, was
The burning Of The residence Of p. A.
Kuglef, Esq., on the night Of the 10th
June last, situated on Government 81.
In The south eastern portion Of town |;
the building with che out.houses were
entirely iconsamed, loss, fifteen hundred
dollars, fully covered BY insurance, the
cause Of the Ere Il not known, but ~
the building WAS not occupied a the
time, IL WAS supposed 10 have been the
work Of an incendiary.
On the morning Of the 2sth August
la.t, little before day light, the alarm
Of fire was given, and the fame. were
discovered issuing from the building,
known a. the brewery" owned By
ST. Martin, and situated on North
boulevard street. The IRE was con.
fined to building in which II origina.
ted; loss Of building and stock, sew.
enteen hundred dollars, covered by
insurance.
There Il little doubt that this FIRE
WAS The work Of an incendiary, a. an
attempt 4 week before 10 fire the same
building.
January goth, last month. about
nine o'clock At night, one Of the build.
ings belonging 10 the coopering estah-
lishment of f. Arbour. Jr., IN "Cat
Fish town." WAS discovered 10 be on
fre. building and contents, valued sir.
teen hundred dollars, entirely consum.
ed, no insurance.
This Gre Il also believed 10 have
been caused BY the torch of she incen-
diary. d. the building 1t the time was
only used for storing hhds. and no FIRE
had been used III II for more than !
month before.
On the night Of --.-A----- inst, \ Ere
occurred In one Of the buildings con.
nected with the Bakery Of Mrs. Chop.
pen on Third street, bat was extin
guished before any damage Of impor.
lance WAS done, covered BY insurance,
this FIRE was evidently The work Of an
incendiarY. a. the FIRE originated OH
the outside Of the house, between the
weather.b boarding and ceiling.
Last night, / regret 10 say that the
citizens were alarmed aud the fremen
called TO their duty by some feud in
human shape, having ret Gre to an.
other one Of the building forming a
part Of the extensive coopering estab.
lishment Of our young and enterpris.
ing friend, r. Arbour. Jr. The build.
Ing burned, contained about 1900 Mo-
lasses Barrels which were consumed,
covered by insurance. This building
belonging to Mr.. Arbour, and three
others destroyed 1t the same time. $50
Names Of owners not known, were
worth perhaps Two thousand dollars,
upon which there was no insurance.
There was not 1 single false alarm
of Ore during che past year.
Il affords me much pleasure to state
that In every instance the Fire depart.
ment WAS promptly on the ground
with their machinery and apparatus in
good working order. and that they
rendered valuable and tufE;cient aid 10 |
saving the property Of citizens from
destruction and in preventing the
spread Of the ere.
I would respectfully recommend
that The attention Of che City Council
b earnestly called to The great scarci.
y Of water 10 many parts Of the town
for the sKsinguishment Of Ores. In ma.
ny instances the efforts Of the iiremsu |
have been rendered nearly useless by |
The want Of . supply Of wsssr within
reach Of the Ore !; this in my opinion
10 matter Of the hrst importance and
70 which the attention of our town au.
.horities cannot be too soon directed. |
Indeed there IL no doubt but that
two Of the houses burned last night. |
might have been saved and much dis. |
lress prevented, il there had been n