Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-24
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The Lagonda House in Flames for the Sec
ond Time Within Two Months-Fortu
nate Escape from Destruction by Goot
| Work of The Firemen-Damage In tn,
Kitchen Department..
II the Lagonda Hotel were human tht
saying mot born TO be drowned" would b'
eminently applicable. On the first day Of thi!
year there was hot fire. catching from 4
CRATE. in the wing fronting on High street
This m orning at $50 o'clock the north wing
in which are locsted the kitchen, servants
quarters, etc, and which was pretty well
gutted about three years ago, Was again in
flames resulting in serious damage, but moth
| like so disastrous as would have been the
case had the fire department been awhit
| less prompt in responding TO the
| alarm or less energetic and well handled after
reaching the scene OF action. The men TO be
credited with one of the best pieces OF work
at ire-6ghting ever done here. n ar the hour
named the day house-man, who has only been
on duty few days in the house, called the
pastry woman, also a new arrival, and as she
was unacquainted with the house, undertook
to pilot her TO the kitchen, which is on the
second floor, above the hotel proper, in the
north wing. The instant she entered she re-
marked, This place is on fire." and told the
house-msn, who called Mr. Grove, the clerk
on duty. That gentleman found such to be
the tact and instantly telephoned the Central
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As the machine left the house the flames
could be seen leaping high in the
air from the high ventilstor in the roof
and it was thought at the moment the fire
was in the telephone exchange, next door 10
the hotel. On arriving anu seeing the job
cut out for Them Chief Simpson summoned
the force from the southern house and soon
had five or six streams pouring in from the
Lowreys, attached at Limestone and Market
streets on High. In about an hour from the
time the fire started the out-tap was sounded,
the entire wing having been dreuched
thoroughly. Upon examination this morning
Chief Simpson thinks the FIRE started in
coal-bin at the base OF he ventilator, next the
range, shooting up the shaft and spreading
forward under the Mansard roof OF the top
floor which i. devoted to the servants sleeping
rooms. The house-man saws that, when he
saw the fire in the kitchen below il
was in the ceiling above a gas-jet
over light shelf twenty feet from the bin.
The flames made their way rapidly between
the flosrs and ceiling and under the roof
nearly the whole length of the wing, and
were checked near a short flight OF stairs con-
nesting with the main building fronting on
Limestone street. The damage by fire is con-
fined mostly to the top floor and roof. but the
rooms below contain pools OF water which
drips from above constantly There was
some alarm among the guests in the house
and hasty preparations for departure until it
was found the fire would be confined to the
wing in which it originated, when most
sought their beds agail to finish out the
broken morning nap. There were few or
none of the ludicrous scenes which occurred
at the time of the little affair q few weeks
ago, for the reason that the trouble was not
in part OF the building occupied by guests
Breakfast was served to all guests of the
house at the Arcade Hotel, and dinner also,
but clerk McGonigal was of opinion it might
be possible to have tea MS usual and that by
tomorrow, certainly, everything would be in
running order again. Men were set to work
at once to clean away the debris and water
from the kitchen and straishten things up,
and the engine room in the basement was not
damaged in the least.
Chief Simpson desires TO return the thanks
of the department to the citizens who assisted
in raising ladders and conducting the long
lines of hose to points where streams were re-
quired, some of these lines being run over
the roofs of or through three-story buildings.
His estimate of the loss upon careful exami-
nation this morning is $1,000 10 81, 1900,
which is covered by insurance in Hosterman's
agency.
A package OF 81, 900 worth OF receipts lying
upon the shelf under the gas bracket in
the kitchen is missing, one of the attend
ants says, and is probably lost A lantern
belonging TO the fremen is also missing from
where it was placed. If found it should be
returned to the Central house.