The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-08-03
ALARMING FIRES.
INCENDIARIES BELIEVED TO BE
ABROAD IN THIS NEIGH.
BORHOOD.
RESULT OF THEIR WORK DURING
THE PAST WEEK.

On Saturday morning about $40 o'clock
fire was discovered issuing from the rear
Of d hardware store of E. B. Jones, on
Mill street. The fire department was
quickly got in service and not many min
utes elapsed before water was put on the
burning building. America got on the
first stream from the plug in front of the
Arcade hotel. Relief steamer took water
from the mill race on White street and
laid one line of hose through the yard of
Oliver L. Jeffries and then to the roof
of the back buildings of Mrs. Palmer.
The Good Intent on their arrival tore
down Bispham's fence and ran their
steamer to the creek where they had all
the water. they wanted. All this time
the fire was burning fercely and had COM
municated to the inside of the store and
to the wash-house of Mrs. Palmer. The
America, Relief and Good Intent each
had stream on the roof directly over
the fire and had it not been for these
streams the whole building would certain
ly have been destroyed. A second line
of hose was laid by the Good Intent
through the parlor of Mrs Coppuck's
house with the intention Of playing on
the fire from that direction. It was then
discovered however, that more effective
work could be done if il was taken into
the store. which was done. 1t was then
that complete mastery over the fire was
assured and in short time the water
was ordered Off Nothing but the fine
work done by our fire department saved
our town from most. disastrous fire, the
store being filled with paints, oils and
other infammable articles. While the
fire was in progress Jervis s. Zelley, en-
ployed in the store, entered it and carried
out small keg of powder. The loss was
between So 900 and $4,000 on the stock
and about $500 on the building.
The opinion generally expressed is that
the fire was of incendiary origin and
there is but little reason for any other
belief The hour was unseemly for a
conasgration from any other cause, and
the location and point of its outbreak
such as to make a fire from any
other cause than the touch of the match
almost incredible.
A fie which for a time threatened
to prove quite serious broke out
III AAOuiOiN Ou OdtuIudy dtttInOOH, dDOut
half-past two o'clock. 1t started in a
barn on Main street, belonging to John
r. Howell, Surrogate of this county, who
resides in Mount Holly. The tenant is
William M. Potts. The fire destroyed a
quantity of hay, harness, and one large
hog, before it was got under control. II
consumed also the barn of Caleb d.
Shreve adjoining. The loss is estimated
at about 81 900, partially insured. 1t is
supposed to have been set on FIRE, but by
whom is a mystery.
On Monday evening, about six o'clock
the large and expensive barns on the
premises of james Lower, tenanted by
Joseph Hammitt, just below West Moores-
town were totally destroyed by FIRE togeth-
er with % tons of hay and $50 bushels
of wheat. All the live stock and wagons
were secured uninjured. The loss is es-
timated to be over $4,000 insured for
$1,000 in the franklin Insurance Co. of
Philadelphia. This was undoubtedly the
develish work of some incendiary, as no
other cause can be assigned.
An extensive forest fire is raging at
Cross Keys in this county extending over
an area of several thousand acres. Show
ers of clnders fill the air and are carried
for miles, and in falling cover the ground
like snow. Forest leaves fully outlined
fell at Haines' Mills, six miles distant
from the conhagration.