The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-02
LARGE CONFEDERATION


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Al twenty minutes to o'clock last night lire
,,rora ,,,,t In the iour story brick building. No.
81 Magazine street. This Are, when 1t first broke
mt. raiped such Roadway before the a arm was
turnati In ,hnt II threatened the destruction OF
she entire block but, owing 10 The timely ar
rival Of Chief OConnor and his department
fhe salvage corps and Babcocks. the calamity
was averted.
The chief Immediately. upon arriving on the
teene. marsbaled his department and fianked
the Are on all sides. at the same time making
MIA men mount the roofs OF the ADJOINING
houHea. and with hose nozzleH In hand play
tipon the element below. The chief also worked
che f,re from tho rear by means OF nm alley all
inning the liuuor establishment OF Messrs.
1sarcshids a Macs.
The Are, as stated aboye originated In the
serpnd story OF the fout-story building NO. ~
NfaQsgjus street. from some unknown cause.
and, regardless Of the energies OF The IRE dc.
partment, was totally destroyed. 1t was owned
~ MIRA. Vance and occupied as crookery and
hardware store by MIR. Isedore Levi. successor
u A. pieser Go whether the building was In
Aurad or no, could not be ascertained.
Mr.. Lewis stock OF goods was insured for
4T0 coo In various coJnpan ea, and Ia n total oss.
Jhe building would not have been totally de-
stfoyed lad tie Fir, men been able To nave
and brought their hose TO play within the
o' i. flames then communicated to the four
story bier h,ilding NO. 70 Mn'arz,ne 1tf as
clothing ~ d trunk ptore by A. u. Meyers. and
iesttpl the greater portion Of the roof
Mh1 ~ ps Il 3D. Mr. Meyers stock Of goods
which wap considerably dameged by water.
WIS fursd 4 + sgb.oooi $4,000 in the Meehanics
and Trad, r. 1hp,,ianre Company, $4,000 IN
iha Hihsrpin and aboU0 ia the Home Insurance
Tbee fre then communicated to the four story
md oecapied ~ sa'idlery etole. BY II. II. Han
aeii i 90. The roof of this building was dam
sal t Sas saS by 81 w"s e budpa
stock are insured for A3,o0n. IN the following u
srance ", so TO- r. sns e., mn II
ihe Sun Mutual: 10000 In the Factors and
Traders Insurance Company;
The FIRE then Gu through the block and com
snunicated 10 the warehouse of Messrs. Rare
sbide Il Macs. adio ming hiH store. No. II Tchou-
pitouaa street. and damaged tho warehouse 70
The extent OF eeyeral thousand dollars. The
house aud stock was fully insured In various
colnpanl,s.
( nor cannot be too highly praised for The NAV
nor In which he " fkad his department, He
managed them IA a general would nm
ARMY IN THE FIELD.
The nnIynge corps Raved hundreds OF thou
AandH III d,iats worth ut property with their
tnrpaulin- and thu quick nes manifested by the
department In spreading and hanging the tar
The last, though not In any way tho ,least
Cant. afandjran and hiH Babcocks worked well
and did much In the way OF ehtinsuiNhng the
\ MARROW ESCAPE AT LAST NIGHTS FIRE.
Shortly after the arrival OF the hook and lad
der trucks, q ladder wae raised near the second
story window on The lower eIde or we building
John A. Hagney. the book keeper of Mr.. j. Dia
mond No. 30 poydras street. and NIX In hnnt
forced open the iron shutter and gave TO tb,
engines the only means OF playing into thu
An lding. just utter the shutter waa opened h
shipped and came near being precipitater
through the window into the flames but b
rjntched the almost red hot bar acrotg thu
s1nrntng and INTERNATIONALLY anved himself b.
His nrpsn and the assistanc 90 OF Mr. Diamond OF
The ladder. His hands are terribly burned ans
HIS right arm, alao. Mr.. Diamond assisted hin
In Il,,- uunnection 1t Is well to mention tn,
fact That on TIE upper stories. on the stree
front Of building s sGn nsa a ~ hsav Q,
benefit to the Are department. Inst night. bat
there been any means of opening these shutters
Tor thirty minutes before the time they were
s,tx streams would have been pouring in n flood
81 water, II In well enough to have them In The
rear. but on wide street they prevent tina fire
men from get ing at the devouring element fo'
a long time For twenty minutes last night the
shutters we're red hot from the inside heat be
fore n strpam could he pla, cd upon the furnace
made This opinion IL that Of our Oldest ant
most experienced tiremen.
INCIDENTS.
Mr.. Tommy Dowd. OF Perseverance No. II
while al his post Of duty. which post he VIII
never known TO shirk. on the roof OF four
In tho face BY Niece OF flying slate.
Major Il. 4. Burke, of Mississipp, NJ,
while battling with the element, and, we ar
Uiad to ntate, escaped with slight Injuries.
A boy whnee name could not be aseertain ed
was ali uck on the head by n piece of slate an,
severely injured. He was taken care of by hi
friends,
i The alarm for the flre was turned In by Office
Gilmore.
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