, 1877-07-17
FIRES.


Tho alarm from Box o90 at a:10 yesterday
Afternoon was caused BY fire brcaliny OIL. In the
frame cottage No. 1Gl DcKovcn street, owned
md occupied by Andrew md Michael O'Bricn.
Damage tn building, $100. The iamts eou,mli-
uiratcd rap!dly to q two-story franc house, No.
1G, owned and occupied by Edward Maloy.
wiio loscs abo,lt f4o0 upon building and furnl-
turc, upon which there ls no insurance. No.
1Eo Dck1rcn street, owued atil Occupied by
Patrick Dcwan, was also damaged to II similar
amount, and thcru Is likewise no Insurance. Tte
cause Of tho lire IL said to have been hoys plny-
Ing with suAtchcs In the basement Of o'Brlcn's
house.
While the DcKovcn street fire WAS In p.ng.
rcsn, an alarm was turned IN from l.ox ~,
enougl,, soMc delay was experienced In answer
lng this alarm, ~ thu et!gines, were Engaged ut
tbs tlsat-nauled lire. When they arrisesl Ut the
corner of Lails. anl Twcnly.srcu1nl strccts, in
was found to be in namcs, anil tho lire wn* cx-
tending 20 sofno lutnbcr-pftra OIL tho Promises.
The engines got to work aa rapidly rs rosaiblc,
hut only succeeded IN preventing tho fro fron.
q two.story frame butlltng, tho upper part
Of which is used by Jan!cs Maxwell
Is noI;factory. ssas wholly destroyeit
I cc n9s5 ta eSer. y yE Ss .s1cbc ,saf md ss
mill Office on Twcnty-eecona street, a onc-story
tratne affait, wns considerably tiasna.c, by tire
AMI watcs. Tho scorchcd luntl.rr continued tu
burn for some tit,o afterwards, hut tho Ila1nes
checked. Hatl there beef, anything Of wind
blow Ing, instead Ut the light bEccze. antt llaa
tlc flre department worked less brayc'y taan u
did. tho Gre would have extended to several nj
heavy loss to tho lunihcr-dcalcra. As It wAs,
the loss amounted To about fia,Ck0 on the ma.
elncry, building, anl tot'lst aud e1,5U0 u! tile
lumber. r!e bo1-tAetory was run BY Maxwell
mill. and on whom the loss viii fall:
To offset this loss there Ia MI insurance OF
f7,0o1, distributed a. inl!owa:. Connecticut
Firc, tl,00U: Atlas, Of Hartford. ssQ0; Stan-
p isadelpa' Il % o; s5>i }itI.s!'sa stassk
Atlantic Cntlcswrttsss, ,$l.0ol; cliy Ftre, Of
Richmond, Va, ttN0; Farmers Il nrovcrs'.
Lousyillc, s2'o: 0cruan!a, 81 .Mt rond l.
ortl street, just wcst Of ;ilris mill, bu. tlat vas
not touched by the aaues. Tic lnnlber!icalcrs
In tte vicinity did not appear to tc ut all pal.-
ieky, the Wind being ,n thctr favo:, aud the
depar,'uent c3ertsng itsrlf to prevent th1
oycr therc was naturally great Gauss for thctn
to congratulate one another OIL Their good luck.
Que e n. *cif.Prope'lnE c%stn:s ~, IN running
aparks fur aud "1de, aud started no lrss than
two llrcs. Tho liTst MAS IN = loaded furniture
wagon, belonging to l'I!ro Il Lorse, "of No. l.9
T"enty-aFst street- Tho wagon was following
the engine, aud several sparks talltng tutn tho
ll,aytuEa null light material thar the furniture
was parked Il, soon set bluxe, Thu driver
wisely Gctactc.l llIs horacs FROM tho wagon auI
pnguttd will NJ cr,x1 tu aid him In pulling
Most 1t Il was badly scorcl4rtl. This was III
progress Just u tho awning In front Ut No. .s,5s .s,5s
1sluc lslanA avenue caught tra frou q spark.
Desritu the Efforts to rxttnEutsh II, It wa4 eon-
su'lcu asll set The whole front ot tho stota IN q
hlaxe. The damage will uuiount to few
hundred dollars.