Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05

responded with commendable prompti-
tude. While the engines were on their
way, two boys got up on the roof and
choI ped the burning shingles with a
hatchet until the whole ignited part fell
in. Fortunately, the warehouse was
empty, and the water poured into the
building from the one line of hose at
tached, did no,damage whatever.
The awning in front of Hale's store,
on Spring street, caught fire shortly after
5 O'Clock pm, but was speedily ex'
tinguished.
Sergeant Fletcher, of the police force,
was the means of preventing serious
outbreak Of fire in the Wilson Block al
| 7 80 o'clock last evening. Part OF the
| bunting used in the decorations in front
of the building ignited, and, tiariug up
to the second story, the woodwork of an
attorneys office WAS ablaze, when the
| bold sergeant rushed upstairs and
quenched the flames with the aid OF a
| bucketful OF water.
An ignited fire cracker was thrown
carelessly upon the awning over the en-
trance to Woollacott's liquor store, on
Spring street, about o'clock yesterday
afternoon, but beyond large-sized hole
The canvas top of Carter's fruit stand,
on First street, near Main, was slightly
burned in two places yesterday between
the hours of and pm. No damage
except holes in the canvass.
A slight confagration took place
shortly before CLOCK in the rear of the
new building on Fort street, next door to
the Times, but before serious damage
/ onnnohoI NTH
difficulty.
Two fires of more serious nature than
those above recorded occurred later in
the evening. About O'Clock some
baled hay stored 10 barn in the rear
of Mrs. Velsir's residence. at 424
Buena Vista street, caught fire, presum-
ably from fireworks, and rapidly spread
| ing to the woodwork of the building, the
flames bade fair to envelope the whole
structure. Fortunately, however, Officer
Dugan, seeing the glare from his post on
Upper Main street, turned in an alarm
from box "a, and the department turned
out in double-quick time. Their efforts
in the direction of salvage were success
ful in 30 far as the framework of the barn
was concerned, but with the exception
of hack belonging to ]. Ybauo, which
was got out before the boys arrived, the
contents consisting of hay and some
trunks full of clothes and papers were
destroyed. The damage, estimated at
$500, was partially insured in the Home
Insurance Company.
| Another still more disastrous blaze oc-
Cured at five minutes to IL o'clock, at
which time the stable at 326 South Fort
street, occupied by Messrs. Stansbury
Bros. x Harvey, was discovered to be on
| fire. As the contents of the building
consisted of coal, wood and hay, five
minutes after the fire started the whole
structure appeared to be one mass of
flames, and the reflection could be seen
from all parts of the city. As soon as
possible an alarm was turned in from box
40 and the engines were soon on the spot
Some difficulty was experienced in
getting the lines of hose into
working order, and in the meantime
an immense crowd of persons had con-
gregated, and, amid great excitement
and no little danger, those of the more
venturesome lent their aid to the few
men who at first made an effort to liber-
ate some thirty or more horees and
mules which were tied up in stalls Just
behind the burning shed, which, few
moments later, fell in with crash. All
the animals were taken out and safely
corralled in yard across the street.
The firemen then had more room to
work in, though by this time very little
was left of the main building The fire
was quickly extinguished, and the other
buildings which showed signs of scorch-
ing were damped down. The barn and
its contents, valued at 81, 500, we're a total
loss. The stock was insured for 1000,
which was equally divided between the
Southern California and Phoenix Com
panies. Two horses escaped, one mouse
colored, and the other a silver tailed
colt.