, 1879-05-11
THE ORIGIN.


James Davis, foreman OF the planning mill, told
q reporter that, nbout three minutes before s. he
was passing through the yard and saw small fame
at the door Of the southerumost drying kiln he
thought at first that the fire had caught On the out
side aud was but small matter, at the worst and
be Immediately ran for bucket OF water to put 1t
out In primitive style. He had very shor. distance
through the door. He then ran back and attached
the two lines Of hose belonging TO the mill and
called up all the men employed in the yard
TO seaaed Would N bs out aTsteass c
Tney were unable, however, to do any GOOD and
the engineer being notified an alarm was turned in
Davis theory as to the origin Of the fire is per-
haps the most tenable advanced. His idea is
that the sa"dnst fell down the stean-pipes with
which the building is heated for drying purposes
became charrcd, and that thus the fire got It's Eart
utmost, it might be said by spontaneons combus,
ton. These drying kjIns are invariably locked
except when the man in canrgc goes in, or when
the dried lumber and shingles are being: removed
to be replaeed by green material. TT. Ihe
conspicuous last evening for his absence;
He was sought for diligently. high and low, but all
efforts to ind him proved abortive. Hence his e5-
plunatons II be has any,-1or 1t is understood he
was not In the kilns, or even around them at the
time. but off in the yard somewhere, cannot DO
given. But as there was nothing in the shape OF
IRE in the building at The time and certainly none
on the outside, 1t is difficult to explnln the origin
Of the blaze on any other hypothesis than that
advanced by O9V1s.
Peter Ncllis. day Waterman IN me yaras, 8aao ,.n
that he passed BY the kiln about three minutes oe
the m m psys and
tion Engine No S5 was on the spot as rapidly as
could possibly be expected, which. it will he un-
derstood, was very rapidly, indeed when i IS Re-
menbered that 1t is located ABOUT e.ock ilon M te
Yards. and private wire communicates from Tue
engine room OF Palmer, RULER d 20. 10 Inc house'
PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES.
NJ 1,-;,,;,n, 4 Fuller onr q, the mariners in
mr. william ~. tuns1' ,.s W. ~. trs hrol.s or,
but the bad news travelled with '1s pro'efo1al
-anfdttv and he was at the scene within son,e-
lapAo'sy' @nI han~ .f,ar,r,rax The fro had
1nlng nke naiA aA W.. 80 a..., .a h,o
OF course gained conslue1ao'e neao"a, ""u a"I -.
nerfect!y clean sweep OF the drying-Elns ana tne
saiocsnt .nmber while 1t was spreading to and talk
-. a.,hto rho FIRMS t.vo cottages. and the
ing IN ING e1"o'1, 49, =, h;s aaarrb for ;n-
frame honses u Tue ao''A @ n:sm. .,,..
.ha ara han nnc its worst and was practically un-
,ae nle ~ rothor.d rron, him the following
aet couttu!, A1 5hnr;nr thc hooks before him. the
facta, tnouets, uo ass,tT hnd IN rive some of the
GeoHeo!An " LILY r3he r;1na In said cost be-
hgntes II lnG nGa & e,o nm and were mil Of lun-
tween *1o. wv au" ~, ~ ~.cetnts ~ inmber
Der ana sn1ue!lEasn. oan taat .n1 thn 1oxs rioht
were over :, ouv. wv tS,ns+ 80 rom sim 900 to
through nc Eoagnl? nr.n en - I,;oht and nro6abIy
would go OYER tnat atsr ~, iitiea II lumber
to 5tU, wy en LEY oao % 1r ~ shnnles The klns
and about U. .ouv, WV 81 1r1ahor mi how In the
contained snlns!es ~ IA arn =" coniIn't imagine
world the K1lns CauGuI 49,. ~ ~ 800 snun1;ad hr ex-
The heat Tor dFy1n9 LUZ t'os> ;nes which were