National Republican., 1879-12-31
TWO Big FIRES YESTERDAY
From One to Two Hundred Thou
sand Dollars Loss.
The Most Expensive Residence in the Dis
trict Completely Destroyed-NIost of
the Furniture and Valuable Pic
lures SaVed-The rcrrn Gotta
Works Burned - work
men Unemployed.


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Works burned work
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Castle stewart Burncd Last Night
Senator stewart Of Nevada, at The corner which
uyCrluOks the city nom the p-sircct circle At tho
Intersection OF M1,sschusc,ts and Connecticut
avenues was partially destroyed by fine last night
The first notice given % the pub.coi the IRE was
UN alarm struck ON the bells from box 2l7 ht forty
two minutes past o'clock In very
Tile report that Castle stewart was on fire spread
like wildhfr aud soon The street. wUro crowded
IGri,ng to ,hc scene. it s,cinCd thet one baif OF
the city was present The burning huudug was q
magnificent ti:ht particularly when viewed az o.
distance OF % dozen squares down Massachusetts
hlocaalmg tEe mouth Of huge mky tunnel
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,h- u lhe hthhprfAo}l Organized themselves
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AN INrRoNiTu SALVAGE coRrs,
aul entering the haIsc made great cEcrtiuus tu
flicd rhe police supcuu'Guded th,, wo:E. but
despite their eAulh many small articles were
stolen.
4 gentleman, who was one Of the first TO Cutyr
the house safes That he found The ire raging ON
the main auor ofihc house under the stairway, In
| The ro,luGa, which is omen all the way rom Ibis
,;olr 10 TIE Iogl IGe irc a,rcrd.d r8pidiT from
This NpUr 10 lhe roof and the glca lest damage hy
| fire wUs done In the lhri story unJ in the upper
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Juy. Thn leaning flames .rrm"I N seeE he
IiVUpSt huf1t1frg npI SOM, g1ip,b.I Ia
| the tower or uuIet. II was fully two hours and
| a-Aui before the fumes were cXtingUishud. The
powers OF the engine, were tested 10 her utmost in
throwing STREAMS Of water up to the roof and the
turrCt. Ladders were thrown against the house on
made their appearance and several streams wero
kent i'm constant play from that quarter ! stream
wGs thrown from the street on The Massachusetts
avenue side to the root. seyerul Hrcmen were In.
Jurgd by breaking glass one Of them. Daniel
Williams. Of Track B, was very severely cut 10y
p,aie.gess.
| When he FIRE broke ont from the roof there was
imminent danger that the heavy timbCrS would
laIl IN and in order to prevent accident ali per.
sons wero excluded from the house Ihc hfunen
continued tle tight against thc flames from tic ont.
side having raised ladders to the windows ANpr
the fire was cXuurui,hed IN every other palt Of TIC
building TIE flames stl fingered about the
mfr,t This was 30 high from the ground that
Il was impossible to Keep a steady stream of water
against H. By the lime the Water reached thc
| summit IL was turned into spray. The flames
seemed most obstinate. The vast Concouryc OF DeO
Pie watched the struggle between the water aud
IA llLtfN=Is
| tr.uuphaut II licked the woodwork ont of the
turrcl inch by inch Then the electric lighting
apparatus in the tower fell with a crash. Then
the hames crcpt up leaving nothmg bui
the blackened rpflers behind il. FINALLY
only q skeleton of the tower was lei
supnogtiur al nc apex a little bail of fire for tht
flames cling lovingly around tAe globe Of Woo
that surmouuted thctowcr and long aftcr nj below
Mas wroppod in gloom and darLuess, this Mi,
uOnt Of Ire was still glowing In tho sky
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Inc lllh Sh1Iett n!egiIH'SHt h!tlNTS GIStI!
N'hItqle Hhd Ia!unDle Ilsle Whei, nom tIle mouse
MCIo hgHpcu ~ % te @ SiuuH o s'A aEist -! w
mouse Inc ponce Soon Lhl Iole GGtouhu @ ne p!!'
sr "' n INV "'' ''''''' ""' l'0"'' N''"''1 y
sffSLIeS H1ueo was occu,od bv Mrs S,a,vori Nris
p,r'n n Vim" ioGs dos. Mrs G,c,rnri;s iii,
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Eranch jSI,. ",,rIHNGl ss .tS .i
r,s'' tho boIssk,encIr' pnf 'fonr colSSro,
SaryoTte A. sI1tcS sSnyc Wien The tirc ,yNs III
CySnT tho oniV nrcuhNnt! az Inc hons ,vera Mn
NcrTE'anicis NnI tbc riiG tiir HomSeEsepSt and
~ Nv Ma bon.aIcsrer hacs,He ,p,Ic H ",
it SW.oi1u ,, mo disCH,"rv AZ tGe sIe mi ia
Ss,.u ,' hro,,nSt he Eb0rs ~ e bo,Iss 81 s6
Graltnoo ,",n1,tsd I'm t5e di,,iNcr"oh @ and ,vn
Caric rom he honsa tn lint oT q u"yibnr Mr.
Nrnisis nriHr tskiug storg to live anslarrn ta"i
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