Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-10
FIRE FLASHES.
The General Co~nfiagration Died Out Yes
terday with Two Alarms Caused
by Burning Fines.
The Condition of the Department--The
Insurance Companies SOlid-Two
Self-Explanatory Letters.

The principal topic OF conversation on
the streets yesterday was fire, and every
man asked his neighber where he sup
posed the next one would be. Two alarms
were sent in duringt the forenoon. Part of
the roof of the two-story frame, No. ~
Desoto street, owned by SAM, Coward
and occupied by m.artna Ferguson, col.
ored, was dS..uaped BY a detective fue to
to extent of about $50, fully covered by
a policy in the Home Insurance Company.
A flue burning out on Market street,
caused a second alarm, but the damage
was nothing. About supper-time some
timbers which fell into the cellar OF G.. w.
Smiths building on Front street caused
the embers to blaze up and another on
flagration was threatened. 1t was
checked with ease, however, by the
Fire Department, which Mad an
engine pumping on The corner of
Monroe and Main. The Second street
fire was still smoking and red at a late
hour last night, and away up on the corner
Of the standing tower a red patch OF fire
glowed like a beacon in the darkness;
The firemen were completely worn out
yesterday, but had their hands full of
work repairing the engines and mending
the broken fire-wires, over which no
alarms could be received, Eagan, VINO
was struck in the head by a h~ose-coupling,
was all right Yesterday, and Epps, WHO
was also bruised by a falling hose, was
serene with a plaster on his head. No
other accident occurred though a number
OF narrow escapes were made. Two men
who, when they saw the north wall of the
Operahouse tumbling failed TO get out of
the way fast enough, were covered to their
knees with bricks and plaster, but received
no serious hurt. 1t was necessary to carry
the hose by hand from the Opera
house to Front street, and in doing
this four men were knocked off
their feet and somewhat bruised. The
new piston for the. No. 2 engine, which
had one, broken at the Lowenstein fire, is
expected to arrive to-day; meanwhile the
old No. ], now the property of the Missis-
sippi and Tennessee railroad, replaces it.
A box of soda and one of acid, received
about tel days ago for the use of the small
Babcocks which are carried by the hook
~and-ladder company, have been all used up
on account OF the number of fires. These
machines do a great deal of service. The
general sentiment is that the Fire Depart
ment should be increased, but the city
government declare that it is impossible to
do so until they are granted more power
by the Legislature, as they are now at the
limit allowed by law. Those who are cool
and calm and disinterested Judges pro.
nounce the work OF the department at the
recent great fires as something even singu
lar in its excellence. The home in.
surance companies have nearly all los
considerably, but they are not at al
inconv enienced. The rush of bushes,
of the past two days is almost sufii
cient to pay their losses. Several of the
companies would soon have declared divi
dends and the moneys on hand TO
that purpose were sufficient to NEE
all demands. The losses on the Greenlav
and Cole fire were accurately stated il
round numbers in yesterdays APPEAL t.
be about $4,000. In detail they are a
follows: