The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-18
A GASOLINE CAN
Works Great Destruction in a Man
uiaoturi9g Establishment
The Fluid lgpites aud the II, b, Smith
Pump Works
90 Up ia Cloud Of smoke-'A General
Alarm,-Loss aud inHuranee'-haid
That the Insurance oompan-
los WIN Fight tho Pol
ioies, There heing
no Permit for
0asoline,

no Permit for
Gasoline,
The pump works of Fernando u,
Smith, corner OF East Fourth street and
the ~, Wayne railway track, were
almost totally destroyed by llre thlS
afternoon,
The fire started In the upper floor OF
the shOD about 1880 o'clock and ~ 4
abort time the whole building was one
mass OF lamea,
An alarm was turned In from box W.,
corner East Tuacarawaa street, ana lhe
department responded promptly a
general alarm q few minutes later call
cd out the entire department
When the llIat stream was put on the
building the fire had gained eonhldefh
ble headWay and II was feared lhal not
only the main shop but u finishing room
adjoining and the adjacent Dullelngh
would alsO be destroyed, Tho llfe lad
dies went 10 work with u viii aud IN
less than fifteen minutes had Tue names
under control ,,
Mir. smith was up town whom the
alarm was turned In and had no idea
that his works were on fire, After The
general alarm he started for the scene
of the llre, On the way down ho was
told that his pump works were on llfe,
bat thought II was joke ana replied
that
HE WAS NOT AFRAID
aa he had six men ~ the establishment
during meal hours,
The pump huainefa has been boom
ing of late aud Mr., Smith has been DO.
Ing $4,000 worth Of business q year Tor
some time past, ,,
q. Smith resides on East Fourth
street directly back OF the works and "
WAS feared for q time hia house would
be deatfOyed, The roof caught but the
blaze was quickly extnguished, Ihe
finishing room adjacent 10 the man
shop were also on lire several times but
the flames were put out before they &c.
cured any headway.
now IT STARTED.
I'M Ffyberger, q wood worker, was
at his bench on the lower floor and saw
the flames coming down tho elevator
and ran out Of the door 10 give the
alarm.
Some Of the employees had filled The
gasoline stove and lit II, The gasoline
under the eau caught lire and soon The
gasnlne In the can caught aud Of course
The flames spread rapidly,
TIE LOSS,
Fernando B. Smith the owner Of tho
works was seen by u reporter and SAID
the loss would be ~ loa0t gl50OO The
loss on the machinery will bo about
$1,000 and on the building aud stock
about $4,000. Mr., Smith said ho had
either $4,000 or $4,000 insurance on
the entire plant
WILL REBUILD.
In answer 10 q question as 10 whether
hC would rebuild the works, Mr., Smith
said he would resume operations aa
soon as possible aud send ont circulars
10 this effect. lie further said he was
LIKE T., r. BARNuM
In this respect and could not be dis
couraged by u few fires,
THOMAS KELLY,
The employe that put the match TO the
fatal gnsOline stove tells very thrill
ing account of the fire, Az about l2A1
IN the Dipping room on the second floor
he started the fire preparatory to going
10 work, the stove did not work ana IN
an instant the fire spread TO the floor
aud TO box IN which the oil is kept,
this once on fro II was beyond control
Of the few men In the building. Kelly
and the engineer jacob llen2el, were
the only men IN the room, but they
made desperate fight 10 get the fire
under control. They threw wet ClOthSon
A. but all TO no avail, the flames 8prend
rDpidly and licked mp everything with.
In reaeh Soon the men were forced TO
flee from the room. In the meantime
Il telephone message was sent TO the
Central engine house. An effort was
made TO reach the I've with garden hose
but II was fruitless,
TlRENEN NJ WORK,
At1:i5 o'clock there were six streams
playing on the fire, two from the
steamer company nnd hose companies
3, Z, q aud A. Hose company No. 3, for
want of sufficient hose, could not reach
the llrv. Chief Ohlipher said they could
be- furnished with more hose, but 40 the
fire was then nnder control, 1t was not
necessary.
The 6llces of the company are
located NJ No. 1870 East Fourth street.
Immediately north Of the works. The
fire did moi touch the offices.
HIS HEAVIEST LOSS.
Mr.. Fernando b. Smith has the sym
pathy Of the people In his misfortune,
This makes the fourth fire that has
visited his works since their organiza.
ton In this city. Mr.. Smith SAID this
was the most obstructive one.
NO PERMur FOR GASOLINE.
1t looks very much as IL Mr.. Smith
would not get any insurance on his
building or his stock
There will b0 some trouble over the
matter anyway, unless there happens TO
be n special peymit with the agents OF
the insurance companies not known at
present.
THE INSURANCE.
The insurance Is with W. l.. AleAan.
der and John /. Lynch. With Mr.. Al.
exandOr MIR. Smith holds $500 In the
Williamsburg of New York, Sl,a00 In
the Western of Toronto, Ont, $500 In
the Ohio Of Dayton, $1,000 In
the Mutual of Hartford and
$1,000 in the Wayne County
Mutual of Wooster. He holds about
the same amount, $500, with Mr..
Lynch.
INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL FIGHT.
In the policies with Agent Alexan-
der there Is no provision made
for gasoline. The clerk stated