Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-24


the alarm was Ia look for the origin al that
place He found the boards burned tn a coal,
the copper roof I'm a white heat and the solder
running down the roof. The copper ropfing
Is lined on the inside with wood. What was
hot enough TO heat the copper 10 such = de-
gree was enough TO ignite the dry wood be-
meath. Almost directly beneath this spot
was dry fine partition, cutting of the Oli
model room. This could not fail u eaten.
and after that the course of the fire was very
rapid, both through the green house and the
old model room. IL was reported. ho viewer,
that no fires had been lighted. the engineer
not even having started his fire for thu boil
ers. But Jpn inquiry 10 was found that be
tween and 10 O'Clock this morning a fire OF
wood had been lit in one or more OF the on "a
rooms on the basement floor OF the west
wing. The heated air from which would as
cend the very chimney above spoken or AMI
Mr. Libbey suppoSes that a spark from the
chimney ignited the board
Another explanation o. the ire was that
some timers had been = work on The roof a
that corner. and had a fire with them a q in
some unknown manner the fire started
from il.
Description OF the Patent Osiec
The Patent Office occupies two squares
extending from 9Th TO OH streets w--t aud
from r to q streets north This immense
pile, situated on the reservation set apart ia
the old plan of the city Tor the National
church or NauSojeum. is pure Iireci4n
nOric, OF massive proportions aud measures
+S feet nom east 10 west am 53l FEET from
norm 10 south including The prOi-cfio uf
the pOrtitco and has Az elevation nj = tpe..
surmouuted by an Urro'crtd The building
contains l9i rooms aud cost ,2..U)nHa. TIr
reservation NO. - upon which IL siau..E
embraces acres. aud me structure itself
covers % acres.
THE MUSEUM OF MODELS.
This interesting collection OF American
and foreign Inventions, pateujef under Tie
laws Of the United states. embrsc 8. ac,ort-
Ing 10 keim's excellent Hani Book upw4 Is
OF l55.uoO models, accumulated since the 4 re-
OF 1886, and divided into - general classes
and nearly $500 relevant subd! visions. The
museum occupies "A suite of four magpifi ,rut
balls on he four SIDES OF the bu itlus-s
second floor. Each case contains an indeA
Co I'd.
The west hall, over which the fire origSp-
ated, is "a feet long and g. feet wide II
contained models OF bridges. DruShe- aud
orooms, butchery, carpentry, carriages aud
wagons, excavations, fences. glass hoiStluk
hydraulic, engineering, Journals and bear
ings, masonry, mechanical powers, paving,
presses, roofing, stone, lime aud cement,
threshing and tobacco.
The north hall is 2t6 feet long and 81. feet
wide. IL contained - cases of ;Pration and
bottlipg. baths and closets, bee hi yes, bolts,
nuts and riVets, brakes and gins, casting,
dairy, files, garden and orchard, grind ing
and polishing, hardware manufacture, har-
rows, haryesters, horse shoes, metal larry,
metal working q classesl mills, nails, nee
dies and pins, CORES, plOws, pneu matlcs
pumps, railways, a clssses) saws, seekers
and planters, sheet metal. stabling. tubing
apd wire, water distribution, water wheels
wire working, wood screws, woodworking
a classes.
The east HAN is 2Tl feet long ano ~ : feet
wide. IL contained 1870 cases, containing
models OF apparel, beds. bool<- . iidtug,
builders hardware, carting, cloth cordage,
crfnoline and corSets, dryers aud kilnS efu-
cational, betting and hats, fine arts, fire
arms, fishing, furniture, games and
Coys, governors, jewelry, kitchen ujen-
sils, knitting and netting, lamps and gas
httlng, laundry, locks and latehes, music.
ND 2 nm Il
tuLe, Photography, printing, prof acties,
safes, sewing machines, ships y classes
silk spinning. stationary steam g cIa-ses).
stoves and furnaces, toilet, umbrellas and
lans, valves, weaving.
The south hs IL is PAP feet long and CO feet
woe. This hall contains quite IA number of
'elIcs of historic value and interest among
lhtm the printing press OF franklin, at
which he worked in London i'm lI2s; also
some OF Washington's relics. including a set
Of china and candelebra, presented 10 him
by oncerk OF the Society of Cincinnati; one
plate 10 Martha Washington from Gen. La
fsyette 11si; the uniform of Washington,
wOrn when he resigned his commission in
Hes; tea board presented him, and ais
sWold, secretary, cane, compass and sleep
ing tent. Among other relics in the same
case is me coat worn by Jackson at the bat
lie Of New Orleans; Baron De kalbs war
saddle; sword presented To Commodore
biddIe by the Niccroy of Peru; sabres from
All raSha, Fey OF Egypt, 10 the officers OF
the L. S. ship Concord in 1852; a coat of Gen
PeeZ, associate of Simon Bolivar, ami a
cimefar The case No 23) next on the west
contained the original of the Declaration of
Independence. WafhingtOn's commission as
commander IN chief, dated at Philadelphia
June 10, 1875; treasure chest, furniture part
OF set, tents and tent poles, camp chests,
anolrons, curtains worked by Martha Wash
ingtoD, and two chairs. In tae same case
are TWO guns of antiQue pattern, presented TO
President Jefferson by the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, mOtel patented by Abraham LIN
coin in 1s47 for All improved method of lift
ing vessels over shoals Is; also, a pair of gloves
which belonged 10 President Lincoln. In
this hall there were fifty-seven cases con
tanning models OF artificial limbs, beer and
wine, bleaching aud dyeing boots aud
shoes, caoutchouc, chemical miscellaneous,
dSntal, drafting, electricity, fuel gas, gun
powder, harness, horology, hose and belting
Ice, leather, manures, measuring instra
ments, oils, fats and glue. optics, paint, plat
ing, preserving fool, signals, stills sugar
surgery, tanning, trunks. This nall was
originally intended Tor an exhibition Vi home
manufactures.
1he Destruction OF the Patent Gaice
in 1886.
On December Is 1886. the building tn en- oc-
cupied by the Patent Office was completely
consumed by fire, and among the losses were
the models accumulated during q half cen
Jury, and numbering upwards Of O00. This
was an irreparable calamity. After toe fire
The business OF the bureau was trsnsa cled In
the City Hall, now the District Court house
and remained there until il was removed 10
its present edifice.
Another Fire
AT q uarter past two o'clock smoke was
seen issuing from Gheen & Osbornes livery
stable, G, between 1th and sth streets 1t
evidently caught in the hay loft in the rear
from . spark from the Patent Office. Tney
Tried 10 extinguish the flames by throwing
water On them, but the hay naturally ignited
so rapidly that in q few nom snts The whole
building was on fire. The smoke poured out
OF the windows in froat and it once became
evident that the IRE would prove q serious
one. Some OF the firemen turned their at
tention TO the new fire, but IL gained very
rapidly. All the horses, carriages and har-
ness were removed. The building is q new
and handsome brick structure, and was
built I'm 1876. A part of this building was
occupied by the galvanized cornice works of
d. w. Stockstill. So quick did the flames
spread that in less than Is minutes the whole
building was . mass of flames, and some
men who had only reached the second story
in endeavOrfng 70 save property barely eS-
capped with their lives.
Latest-The FIRE has extended to Chapin,s
stables, next door.
Sta fHis Flashing the Nsz Perces.