National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-30
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Serious Losa In Presses and Type
The Annex building Utterly Ruined
No Satisfactory Explanation OF
the Origin OF the Fire.
At 4;45 o'clock yesterday morning two
officers, whilo pstroling their beat,
discovered flames issuing from tho
press room at tho Erening Star building,
corner of Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. When tho officers dis
covered the FIRE they were on the
Eleventh street side, by the annex in
which the press room is situated. The
Waterman, who sleeps in the star office,
discovered the Ere at the same time and
ran over to No. 2 engine house, on u
street, just across tho way. An alarm
was turned in here, but did not sound on
the city bells. Tho other companies in
tho central district were notified, how
ever, and responded. A hurried euami-
nation was made by the firemen of engine
No. 2 whom they arrived, and the 6re
was found to be raging in the press room
on the ground floor and stereotype room
on the floor above.
THE FLAMES WERE SHOOTING UPWARD,
and the woodwork in both rooms was
burned through. The stereotype metal
was running through to the first floor, and
the paint on the bricks was cracked, Civ
ing evidence Of the intense heat inside.
When tho alarm failed to sound, Chief
Cronin directed q general alarm to bo
turned In. This called out all the appara-
tus in tho District. The department
found some trouble in securing convenient
FIRE plugs, and water was hard to reach,
the plugs In some instances being frozen
mp. When the fremsn got TO work the
flames had shot up through tho hatch way
where the forms are lowered TO tho third
ho9,, anu after burning TINS room pretty
oaay they went up tue Iourtn STORY
eu Wi'u'n ueIi npur el,ot tho nfss VIC
oVse,y .he naines were Be'''ng ou' OF tno
"t H.'toS C vi sho toP hoor.
H'. OrVnun nrs. assoulptou 70 oAsin
x sis i .ne NE In ,no snh .n guy nnS, ,h
Sa,,. no su' i, suo 9 VI 'no
Iopaasehs ou she wals w oonnne ~
gSn;.L o,oV'so'S pug anu vns.aviak Us
.soh'n'nen'' Oh 'no E'oVen'n street. Siuo'
was
IN IMMEDIATE DANGER
as 1t adJoins the annex where tho fire
was located. Tho timely action OF the
hre department saved this, however, ex-
cept from little soorching and water.
+. u. smiths piano and organ ware
rooms, on theiivenue side, were protected
and escaped any serious damage othol
, ms1, smoking w o me store, stores OF =; A
and IT n Ra,r ali on tho avenno I'D q
yoro not dam a ged AZ ali
Tho s,eadv wor[ of tho aorar,mon
aeon began 70 tail an tho s,a and in
short time tbsv had succacdaa IN Leanin,
il in the anneI, Tho flames furioual,
attacked the ton story and the sight wa
grand. though nm appaiiine one.
- portion of the rear wall
FELL, IN WITH LOUD CRASH.
|. and tho air for n TINA ,v,a 6Ilad Nit,
tvne and other material thrown ont h,
tba force of tho cnncnssiop some of tb-
, bricL. from the wall SoiI op tha roors n
u adjoining houses bnt did little or n,
dsyoa,a
Ths goor NJ ,b. Gov, s,or, ,,.s oororo,
J, With matted ,vne ,nies g. imost nj
the tvnc eycent that in tho 'front.' nart =
tho bniIding wac dostroved and I'm th
IS stereotvning room aII tbe noattrioas an,
/" mates ,vsra consnmod incIn5;ng tj,nse .
- Tho wooLiv Sior ,yhiob moe 10, ;saro,
IS ves,erdav n. "a cnstomarv ProbshIv tS
rs nost serinn, loss snstaincd ,yaa in ths do
rs rs strnction Of Tho fiIes Tho n,essas an
r. engine wore damagcd badly. altho,,y .
nj they can perhaps be repaired. Mr. Georg
q. w. Adams, the president OF tho Sta
N company, estimates
ig THE LOSS AT $4,000 OR 100000,
1e partly covered bv insur,nce. Tho dam
70 ACE 10 the main bnild;ng was fxed ,
IL IL IS. 500 Offers were immediatelv mad
en- bv ali the local newsnaner manocers I
rs prjnt the star on their presses and on
t es was accented. 40 that the paper made n
'e. regular appearanco vesterdnv. althoug
Is IL was late in cominy ont
rR1 or rur onIo,S -, r,, ~
he -, -, 1850 VI inH rt"h
80 ~ tne otor says no character OF the cor
tents OF the room was rather innamma6l'
mere necessarily Deing good deal
OH ana grease ABOUT where machinery
employed. Inc greatest precautions nav
Always oeen enpioyeu 10 guard agains
the possipiiily OF nre, ana us origi
therefore 10 uhaccouhta9le.
me waterman on auty AT tho ONT
says tnat no woke up ABOUT O'CLOCK an
smelt something burning. lie wei
through the ouliulhg' put ialleu 10 nm
any nre. 1tO WAS awakened SHORTLY Att