The morning news., 1889-03-27
F1REmEN HAVE A BsUY DAY.
The Department Responds to Five
Alarms Besides q Test"

The Department Responds to Five
Alarms Besides Test"
The fremen had busy time of il yester-
day. Besides the exhibition for the B'Nai
Birth delegates, five alarms were responded
TO. A local fire alarm was sent in from the AS
phalt Paving Company's office at 1870
o'clock in the morning, and engines Nos. 2
and 3, and the hook and ladder truck went
down to the canal Before crossing they
saw that the fire was small one, and that
it was about extinguished, and the appara-
tus returned. The building in which the
fire started was tenement owned by AL
fred Kent. Thd loss was inconsiderable
A local alarm was sent in TO engine house
No. l, half an hour later and the firemen
responded. The fire was located on the
roof of house at Congress street lane and
Price street. 1t was quickly extinguished
without much loss. The house Is owned
and occupied as a grocery by Mr.. Stern
berg.
At 1915 o'clock last night telephone
alarm was received at headquarters from
DR.. G. w. Backman'5 residence on
Second street, between Abercorn and
Lincoln streets. DIR. and Mrs. Backman
were absent and left the lamp burning on
the dining room table. Before they returned
the lamp exploded and the scattered oil
took fire and ignited the mating
on the floor and communicated to
the furniture and woodwork Of the
room. In few moments the entire
room was in a blaze. Mrs. Bachman, who
had been spending the evening at a neigh
boris house saw the fire on her way home and
gave an alarm. The neighbors went to her
assistance, and i'll short time the fire was
under control The apparatus at fremens
headquarters went out, and in a few min
utes the fire was extinguished. The damage
will probably not exceed 500, and is fully
covered by insurance.
W nile Cnief Puder and Assistant Chief
Mouro were on their way back to head
quarters they were notified by Policeman
Love that fire had broken out at McDon-
ough and Ballantyne's foundry, on East
Broad street. Chief Puder hurried to
the foundry. The fire startad near
the furnace and had communicated to
the fan and the pattern room. It was dis
covered by the night watchman at the
Savannah, Florida and Western depot.
The watchman at the foundry turned a
stream from the foundry hose on the fire,
and it was extinguished with but small
damage
Flora jerks, demented colored woman,
living with her parents at the corner of
Bryan and Farm streets, attempted to set
the house on fire yesterday morning by
pouring kerosene oil on the wall and at
taching match to it. When the fire had
begun 10 burn she ran into a room
where her father, Delany jerks, was, and
told him that the place was on fire. He
ran out, and with the assistance of friends
put the fire out. The girl has been out of
her mind nearly two years, but not until
within The last two or three months has she
exhibited signs of harming anyone, or dis
turbirg anything around the place. The
neigh or3 are becoming al rmed, lests Q
may cause another Yamacraw fire, and
one of them notified Chief Plder yesterday
afternoon, with a request that he look into
the matter. The chief notified the mavor
and was Instructed to ascertain from the
parents whether or not they wished the
girl sent to the asylum The chief did SO,
and reported that the parents were willing
that the girl be sent to some plaza for
safe l1eepi z. The ordinary was informed
of the matter and The father of the girl was
summoned in order that steps may be taken
to place the girl in the aSy un.