Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-03
The FIRES.

Details of the fires which we
BRIT fly noted in our Sundays issue,
our witty being owing to the la'e
hour at which they occurred, u 9
thus given in the fgprcss OF last
evening;
About half past ! O'Clock Sunday
morning small frame hou,e on
Hope street, between Sixth and
Sevensn, was discovered to he in
flames. An alarm was sounded
and the Fire Department turned
nut promptly, but not in time to b.
OF service, as the building was near
" consumed when they reached 1t.
The house was the property of the
W-iX-l estate, and was valued at
81. 900; no insurance. The build
ing was unoccup'ed, and the only
cause assignable for the fire is that
1t WAS tile work OF an lncendiary.
While the fire uen were all en-
gagged ia the southern part of the
oity, another alarm was sounded,
caused by the discovery OF flames
In the candy store of Mr.. r. G.
Reed, Lanfrauco Block. Fortu-
nately the fire was confined pretty
closely within the stnre aud dwell
inx apartments In the rear, and "
was thus prevented from commu
nicaling with the rest OF the block.
Anticipating the arrival OF the
Ire engines, some parties secured
La section OF extra hose
from the Thirty Fights Engine
| House ami also a section from the
quarters Of Confidence Engine Com
pnny. Breaking open the doors OF
Durfeeis stable, adjoining the latter
| place, they secured the deliver.
wagon of Mr. B. Sliehel from with
IN, and with the hose loaded into
| this vehicle, 1t was quickly drawn
TO the scene of the fire. Both en-
gines returning from the southern
| Il re as soon as recalled by the sec
ond alarm, were aitnched to the
extra hose at Lanfranco Block, and,
by some vigorous playing, soou
had the fire under control. MIR
| Reeds stock of candies was en-
| tirely destroyed, a. well as the fur
nture In the living rooms In The
rear. Mr.. Reed had Insurance to
the amount of 81 600, we ARE In
Ifnrmpd-$4 0UO witt, companies
| represented by Waiter Moore,
s2.erO with Mpjar Toberman and
S400 with Leake. Mr.. Reed and
family were absent fom the city,
w. believe, and the premises wer.
nnnccnpied when thu fire broke out.
The building il fully oovered by
policies In the Imperial ahd Queen
| nnd Hartford companies. The
flames reached the rear rooms o''
the second floor, whose con-
tents were damaged by
moke aud water A nnmb-i
Of physicians occupying offices
in the second story moved their
pffrols out In double quick time
Mrs. Pnners millinery 'tock on the
ground hnor .dj j'ining was some
what damaged with smoke and
! water.
Circumstances point strongly to
| the belief that this fire was the
work or an incendisry. II Is Just
| uossible that there was concert OF
action between the two fires, the
former being set to draw the en-
uines away from the vicinity oi
Lanfranco Block. Those who were
first in Reeds store after the dis
covery of the flames are OF the
onjniop that it was set afire In
three places, one being between
La bed aud the wal
on the north. Whoever
started fire here evidently mis-
calculated. Il happens that the
spnce occupied by Reeds store was
formerly cirriag.- way through
| The building, and l. faced on one
side with solid parapet wal
through which II was impossible
Ifor the ere to penetrate. II wa