The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-06


that the roof of the house ofMr Robt. Mitchell, o
Albemarle street. near Styles, was on fire A fe,
minutes only elapsed before the steam engine
came rushing along the streets with steam up, an
in an almost incredibly short space of time, an
deluging the building. The house and furniture ,
Mr.. Mitchell insured in the Firemen's oiIic
for $500, which will cover his loss. The fame
communicated to the house on the south, owne
by Mr.. VIM. b. Boyd, slightly damaging the roo
Insured in the Equitable Office. Cause--firt
works.
The steam-engines had scarcely got to wor
at this fire before an alarm was give
for Lloyd and Watson streets, and the Come
sent to the spot, and was put to wor
| immediately on reaching the ground. The roof
the house on the corner of Lloyd and Watson streets
| owned by Mr.. Joseph Beard, and occupied b
| Mr.. X. Shaw, and of the adjoining building, owne
and occupied by Mr.. Thomas Lennon, were on fire
| The Hook and Ladder men were also very promp
at this fire, and the ladder had scarcely been throw
against the wall before the pipeman of the Come
was dragging the hose up it. A few minutes sui
feed to put the fire out. Mr.. Beard and Mr. Lem
mon, the owners of the property, are both full
! insured in the Equitable Office. Mr.. Shaw had NJ
insurance on his furniture and his loss is abou
| 500. The roofs were only partly burned off
Cause-tire-wOrks. ....-'--.-.
of a two-story brick tenement in Joy alley, No. 2
near Park ST., occupied by a negress named Jen
| kins. The flames quickly spread and communica
ted with the adjoining house, No. 4, occupied by
both houses were nearly burnt off. Both the build
ings are owned by John NJ Fredericks, NEGRO
whose loss is estimated at about 500. Cause of th
| fre-tire-works.
At 20 minutes past l o'clock the roof of the hous
No. l27 Ann street, owned and occupied by Mr.. w
Robertson, was partially burnt of. No insurance
Cause-fire-wOrks.
At ~ O'Clock the roof of two-story bricl
house, No. 233 Bethel street. between Alice Anna
and Lancaster streets, owned by Mr.. Peter Mver
and occupied by Mr.. Adam He'll was on fire. Tht
roof and attic were destroyed, and the flames com
municated to the roof of No. 23l, owned and occu
pied by Mr.. Valentine Hax. The damage done
to this building was slight Mr.. Myers is fully in
sured in the Equitable, and Mr.. He'll has an insur
ance on his furniture in the Firemans office of 500
which will cover his loss MIR. Hax is insured for
$500 in the Fireman's office The flames commu.
nicated also to Nos. 235 and 239-No, 235 being oc
cuped by Mr.. F. j. Mound, and owned bv Peter
Myers; No. 229 being owned and occupied Mr.. Johr
Sailor. The roof of both buildings partly
burnt off. Insured in the Equitable office. Gauss
fireworks.
At o'clock the roof of house No. 10 Orleans
street, between Caroline and Spring, discover.
ed to be ON fire. The alarm promptly given
but was misunderstood at some of the engine
houses The Alpha started for the spot, utturned
back; whereupon, at 20 minutes after 5, the alarm
repeated The Lafayette hand-engine, as at
the first fire in the morning, again put to
work, and did good service; but the strong wind,
and the fact that there were fire walls between
the houses, caused the flames to spread rapidly.
On the east Nos l20 and lis, and on the west Nos
l24 l26 l2S, l30, 1872, l34, 1885, l3S, all two-story
BRICKS had their roofs burnt off. No. l22 owned
and occupied by William Watts who has an in
surance on house and furniture of S700, in the
Firemen's Office which will not cover his loss. No.
100 owned by Swearer and occupied by John
Keller, is insured in the Equitable office for $780,
Mr.. Keeler had no insurance on his furniture. His
loss is about S4O0. No. lis, on the corner of
Spring street, owned by VIM. Watts and oc-
cupied by Geo. W. Pearce. The house is insured
for $500 in the Firemen's Office. MIR. Pearce had
no Insurance on his furniture, which was damaged
slightly. No. 124 occupied by Garrett Kidd
and owned by -. The house is fully insured
in the Fremen's office. Nos. l26 and l2S both un-
occupied belong to the estate of the late DR.. H. "
ID. Johns. They are both fully insured. No. 1870 is
owned by - Parish, of Baltimore county, and was
occupied by E. G. Lee. The house is fully insured
in the Firemens office, but Mr. Lee had no insu-
rance on his furniture. No. 1872 was occupied by
- Snyder, and owned by John Kretzler, neither
of whom had any insurance. No. l3i was owned
and occupied by = Merryman, who has an insu-
rance of $500 on the house and $3.50 on his furni-
ture in the Firemen's office, which will cover his
loss Nos. l36 and l3S owned and occupied by Har-
man Harbel as dwelling and grocery store, and
fully insured in the Equitable and Firemens Offices
but there insurance on the stock of goods.
HarbePs loss will be small. The spreading of this
fire occasioned by the want of fre-walls be-
tween the buildings. The Fire Department did ad
mirable service. Cause of the fire-fre works.
At half past ten o'clock at night the roof of house
No SO East Baltimore street. owned and occupied
by MessrS Hanson Hand, a tinware establish
ment on fire. Damage slight 1t was put out
without the use of the engines Canse-fre works
At quarter past II o'clock, the roof of the three
story brick house, No. Centre Market Space, oc-
cupied by John Burris, fire. A general
alarm was struck, but it was put out by the use of
buckets. Cause-fre-works.
In the morning about O'Clock, the house of
Mrs. Sophia SOmmerkamp, No. Is Eden street was
set fire in the cellar by bunch of re-crackers,
thrown in by boy. 1t was put out without Oc-
casioning any alarm.
At 3 O'Clock in the afternoon, the roof of the
house on the Southwest corner of Baltimore and
High streets, was fired by large cracker falling
upon it, The fire was discovered Just as it com
menced blazing and was put out by the use Of
buckets.
About noon the roof of house on Comet street
near Aisquith, fired in similar manner, and
put out without raising an alarm.
About II o'clock the roof of one of the buildings
of the Catholic school on the of Aisquith ST..
near Chew, was fired by cracker, and was put out
by the teachers who stood upO1 the roof and dashed
water upon it from buckets.
About 10 o'clock the roof of house on Madison
street. near Somerset street, occupied by JONES'
was fired bV cracker. 1t was put out after burn
ing a hole about fifteen feet square in the roof.
The Fire Department was kept busy almost the
entire day. The engines would scarcely reach their
houses before they called out by fresh alarm.
The Comet and the John Cushing were called into
lighter than the others. The horses of these two
Companies, end particularly those of the Comet
which are much larger than those of the John Cush-
ing, did not show much fatigue, but those of the
Delnqe and especially of the Thomas Swami, could
scarcely pull their immense weight, and moved
slowly. The Alpha was very efficient and moved
rapidly. The Fire Commissioners were actively
engaged and the entire Department worked with
an earnestness and an efficiency that proved the
excellence of the new system.
An alarm at l0H O'Clock, A. NJ. was caused by
the burning of toul chimney on the corner of
Chatsworth and Franklin streets. The fire was suf-
fered to expend itself, without doing any damage.
At 10 o'clock, the grocery store OF Geo. McGlone
corner of Biddle and Madison streets, caught fire
from the remains of some fire crackers. The flames
were extinguished by the neighbors without any
material loss or damage
During the afternoon police officer Dennison dis
covered fire in the cellar of house near the in
tersection of South Paca and Fremont streets The
occupants of the house absent at the time but
the officer with the aid of some of the ne'ghbors
succeeded in breaking open the door and extn-
gushing the fire, without creating an alarm. Loss
trifiing. Cause-hrewOrks.
At o'clock, p. bed accidentally caught fire
from the flame of candle in the house of T. Ennis
No. 10 St Mary's street The fire was extinpuishad
by the neghbors before the arrival of the engines
About G1a O'Clock P. NJ. Lieut. Lippy and officer
Caulk discovered the roof of house on York street
near PatapscO alley, to te on fire. with the aid of
the neighbors, they succeeded in extnguishing the
fire had its origin through defect in the chimney
Between 10 and IL oclock A. NJ fire broke out
under the roof of house No. Wiiamson's allev
near Light street. owned by Washington Dunn and
occupied by family of strangers from the Eastern
Shore. The flames were eXtinguished by police
officers and the neighbors before much damage was
done. The cause of the fire is unknown 1t is sup
dosed to have been the result Of shooting crack
ers, or to have been caused by defect in the Chin
ney. No alarm given.
About 1917 o'clock A. NJ, the house on Hanover
street, next to the of Lee street. caught Ie
near the cone of the roof, from the burning re-
mains of an exploded double head dutchman.''-
The fire had just begun to burn and had extended
to the distance of two or three feet when it was
noticed and extinguished by the neghbors-damage
very slight-no alarm.
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH IN THIS
CITY-PIC-NICS, FIRE WORKS, de-
We suboin the following detailed account of the
various amusements, &C., resorted to by our cti-
for the purpose of celebrating in an appropri-
ate and becoming manner the SD anniversary of
our National Independence:
PIC MICS.
4 large number of the Sunday Schools attached
to the different churches in the city, passed the dav
in the woods, short distance out of town. The
Strawbridge Methodist Episcopal Sunday School,
numbering about 300 pupils, under the charge of
Superintendent James l.. Lester proceeded to Man
kin's woods, on the Falls turnpike, two miles dis
tant from the city, where the usual exercises such
as the reading of the Declaration of Independence
singing and reciLatons by the scholars, &C., were
gonethroughwith. The Sabbath School Of the Falls
Chapel. numbering 60 pupils, under the charge of
Joshua Parker, together with the Sunday School of
the Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church,