The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-28
LAST NIGHTS FIRES.

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blouse 81 keiiy a sis'essoa'
Last uight was an exciting on With
our bremen, Al alarm was sounded
At eight o'clock gud The compsnIe-
S5re supn on lheir why 10 the hre,
the hook aud ladder icing Ia 'front.'
closely follow by theeugIue aud hose
'ompany, Passing On's stable they
were joined by the boys OF the Dew
hose carriage aud the down town
department hurried up Main street 10
the scene Of the coulugrAtlon Ia Essl
Dallas, Arriving ~ the Central track
crossing, the iire boys were Informed
that the alarm was false aud turned
back. Such WAS not the case, how.
ever, the DIRE being serious QUO aud
threatened for time % consume the
building In which II was located,
This house Is the frame
dwelling occupied by MI HolquIest
and being near the saloon, the lafl
building Of on the lelt hand sile Of
Elm street East Dallas Hook and
Ladder No. ., were prompt on the
ground, and found the flames bursting
from the roof They went to worl,
with their Babcock, aud in few
minutes succeeded In getting the
lanes under such control, that no
blaze was apparent. This II what DE.
ceiveu Chief Conner ia ordering the
down town boys back. After working
faithfully, aud with good judgment for
awhile, the East Dallas boy rs succeeded
In eGtiuguishirG the danes, The fire
originated from defective ilue.
AID O'clock the cry Of fire was raised
on Main street. THE HERALD repor.
ter, who was standing at the corner Of
Main and Lamar streets, hurried 10
the place from which the alarm came,
which proved to be the wholesale liz
uor store Of Metsrs, Kelly & Stevenson,
GIL Main street, next door to Lyles
stationary store. When the newspa.
per man reached the scene he found
the door open and two or three excited
persons on the sidewalk. The fire,
which was only small blaze, was To-
Gated few feet to the left Of the desk
and was burning on the floor around
the barrels Of whisky. An excited
Individual cried out to look out for an
explosion, which for few moments
scattered the crowd. But they quickly
rallied, aud gentleman, whose name
our reporter did not learn, went into
the store, and, pulling of his oyercOat,
attempted to smother the ilamLs. Mr..
Lyle then brought from out of his store
u blanket, and with this assisted in
extinguishng the fire, which by this
lime had spread over considerable
space, arouHd and under the Uarrels.
BY this time the firemen arrived, and
the gallant boys went in with will,
rolling the barrels out Of the way. BY
the time the hosemen were ready to
throw water the fire was entirely ex.
tlnguished, thus preventing what
threatened for awhile to be dis
astrous conhagration, rs the building
is situated near the center Of one OF
the largest and most complete bust.
ness blocks in the city, the stores in
which front on both Main and Elm
streets
Mr.. Kelly, o member of the firm, in
passing, going to the back part of the
store with lamp in his hand, stun
bled, and the lamp falling on the
floor, was broken. The oil ignited and
spread on the floor setting it on fro.
Mr.. Kelley tried to put out the fire,
but seeing that he could not do 80, ran
to the door and gave the alarm.