, 1879-05-12


4 confngsation Involving 4 loss of about
fcoo,UW wnrt! Of propurty occurred III the
"Lutnbet District" Saturday afternoon. It
originated In ono Of tic dry-ktlns of Palmer.
Fuller d Co., Tn Unton street, nenr Twenty
Aecotui, now is uot definitely known, and spread
Will, such fapldity ttnt before drop Of water
was avAilnble, eight Other k!lns werc ablaze.
The wind was from the south and wcst, n1ld, as
there Was Immediately north lumber III piles
and Just bcYnt'd lumber tn houses, third u1arm
WAS Bpnt In t'T Aa.tstaht- -aZaras'al Barry, md.
si.ree minutes Inter. "ge'sraI'",..,s Ira, asa.
1871. This fact created considerable excitement
dt'wn town, nnd thu,lsa,nls went tG tlln fcone
to wl;ness tIlc progreHs of tue 'rc. While every
steamer IN the :ty was q, tls grG''', ,n',, 1n1y
trlhlted through The ditfnfrnt !strtcts by MIR
sllal Bcnncr to see to their Protection.
Ten minutes after tbs fire started all tic
rcar. "cre burning cIccly, md, Il! llttlo while,
three or four t"zcn hnEr piles ot boarde IN the
yard to l,nc north were being licked up by thu
aatncs, Burning c!ldcrs a1igh,ed MI the roofs
fire, md The p!pctncn wcte called nway every
b!nzcs. Therefore, nil tic dwellings On unIon
md iul,le streets Up 70 Can1!Ix'rt
syae: wsrs tborourv y, s wet S' aow' e ef*ns: 's
within space OF lou tecs north Ut The lumber
yard. this ras due III Grcat tncasure TO tho
abundance Of water, large main having re.
Gently bean put tntn unon street aml double
hytlrants substituted Tor lle kIlIgte ones. Had
tie fire eaten It's wnv up 10 CanasaoFt avenue,
thcro is no telling where II wuulI i,aye stoppc,l,
since that aectftIn ol tic cttY Is DULL w almost
Tic loss Of raln,er. Fuller & Co. was est1.
| mated ut between st:U.UtlJ n1!l ti5o.0oo, tic
kilns having Gust slb,oy9 or Slv,gy. md their
IT, nh1
Ebelng wort!, about sl@5,Nh The Insurance
| on The prupurty destroyed amounts tn Hta,td1,
which 70 distributed alalnly Among Eastern
| companies.
o. UuEon street, No. 80, one-story cottaxc,
at,l Nos. 7.,3 md tn, two.stofy francs, werc
burned to the Grnuntl; No. III, thrce.sturY
brick, was eutted: No. ~ 4 two,story , lra'ne,
cottage, injured Hbont 10 psr cent. The dwGlt.
ings Oh The west s!tc of the street were baI!y
seurched, and IN: glass II their trout windows
al, hrokon by The i,eat. The total loss on tt,|s
street was slo,5v9, while the ascertA'ned in
On Kuuo street. Nos. 1871, 13a, III, l43, on the
west side, nnl Nos. 1lD, 1i3!, a,nl II On the
east ah'c. were totnllS leatroYea, while Nos.
The lo.scs foot up S7,5Uo, ur.u tllo known In
| suranca S3,5O1.
No. lo9 Cnnalport avcnuc ,Yas altght]y dnu1-
AIRED, the rtmf bettiS fEnftch, and two OF three
| barnK AMI Iutst utlInlHr Ut shct}s nlld out
| houses were also burned uu.
| Soycrn1 minor ncridcnts lupucprl to tIrcmon.
but thr only person severely injured was Il Mrs,
Never, y llo lIyntl nt No. III Rtplc street. Shc
t,ok jcr four little children into lie street,
but. roIl,r luck to rptnuyc some furniture, tl,e
wua cut oil md lad tu rush through fe hnn,cs
| 10 ctcape, Ucr 1la!r was h,ruel Ut, apl her
nrus, hands, nntl farc badly b!tstcsctI. Shu
wlll, however, reruyer. iluYfI4g lost MI her fur
I uituro, u1,I being ntlout to bcronlc IL sotErr,
her cosc ia a sai one, mud affords III, excellent
opportunity for ,llr r1rrcfae oi bcuayolcncc.
In ali between twenty ul.tl thirty u.,r Iatutlles
wrru rendered homeless, miMl 1lany nf sli1 heads
would doubtless b9 very grateful for astlstanrc
tlr,nsclyes and rhitrr,,.
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4 c1trcAGn.
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'"e "'"''i' ''l'' ."N ~ ~ ~ 'e"tIta"'
morning was catscts w h'e III tlie rear OF tl!c
upper storY of No. aa1 West Randolph street,
orrupIrd Us Il residence by Mrs, O'Lrarr, No,
au1 nrcu,,ic,, hy p. urc,rnan ns n snInu, nn,1
~, ,...a,.-,s.s, ~ ..,.a,.,.., ,r,,'
leslaenec' i"ee"a't'b", u naS'se'cu. inc
buildings wero owned by Mrs. Wuod, Whose lots
Is abuuL $75. The lntnnsc to the furniture o!
,bc ,,r,,tnn,,,s yll, I'm abo,tt s1D), upou vhirl,
..... s ~ ~ ,.',,,r.,no veg ~
'"s's IN, y ", niar, ~ Euvoc Nh II NJ o,coe.
Ell. ~ ".,..,,.- ~. ,,,.no ~, t1rn l., III.