Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-21
DESTRUCTIVE FLAMES.
Several Third-street Buildings Left
Mass of Ruins.


Mass of Ruins.
A fire broke out in the rear of the Chi
nese laundry, on Third street. near ], at
about 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and
was making great Roadway when an alarm
was turned in. P. Haggerty's saloon ad-
joins the laundry, and, being separated
from it only by thin wooden partition, it
was soon wrapped in flames too. By the
time the fire department arrived, the up
per story of the building had caught fire,
and the whole was Que roaring and seeth-
ing mass OF flames, upon which the streams
had little or no effect.
A general alarm was then turned in.
bringing the entire department into requi-
sition.
The buildings on each side of the burn
ing one quickly caught fire, and were soon
in as hopeless condition as it. The cigar
store of Julius Steinhart, adjoining Hag-
gerty's saloon on the south, was the first of
these TO go. MIR. Steinbart and his wife
aud child were asleep at the time the alarm
was sounded, and all three had very mar
row escape AS it was, Mr.. Steinhart re-
ceived severe burn on his head, and Mrs.
Stelnhart had one of her hands burned
henry Garbe's tailoring shop, on the
north OF the laundry, was Quilted, and the
owner barely escaped with his life.
The saloon kept by Fred Wager, on the
corner of the alley, south of the cigar store,
was badly scorched and considerably dam
aged by water.
John NJ. Jackson, an old man who was
for years shipping clerk for A. A. Van
VOORHEES, IL Co., was, when the fire was at
its height, discovered in the upper story of
tho hnilAin1 1ul.iah
tirelnen put their ladders up and after con-
siderably difficulty, rescued the old man
from his perilous position. But he was
more dead than alive, and presented an
awful appearance. His hair and beard
were completely burned off, and the upper
portion CT his body fearfully burned. His
injuries are such that it is doubtful if he
will ever recover
The building on the corner of the alley
is the property of DR.. G. ]. Phelan, of San
Francisco. The loss is probably $500; in
sured for 5000 in the Queen. Fred. Wager,
who keeps q saloon in the building, had
no insurance on his stock, but his loss was
small.
The next building belongs to the estate
A. Nessel, and is badly damaged. The
loss is said to be covered by insurance in
German company.
The stock and furniture of Julius Stein
hart was almost total loss, and he had no
insurance.
The next building was the one in which
the fire was discovered, and belongs to the
Marguerite Home. The building is total
loss. There was an insurance of 81, 600 on
the building-S1, 000in the Firemen's Fund
and $1,000 in the Liverpool, London &
Globe. The upper story was used as a
clearinghouse and the proprietress and
roomers lost nearly all of their belongings.
Adjoining is the building of Henry
GaIbe, the tailor. His loss amounts to sew
eral hundred dollars. and is covered by in
surance in a German company.
This confiagration demonstrated once
more the necessity of getting the new ordi-
nance, which is to do away with awnings
in front of buildings, into effect as soon as
possible. Had it not been for these
treacherous contrivances yesterday morn
ing's fire would never have escaped further
than the building in which it originated,
and it is even possible that much of this
building would have been saved, too. As
it was, however, the flames crept along the
awnings with great rapidity and persis-
tency and communicated with the other
buildings. While the firemen were direct
ing their attention to these, the main
building suffered.
Last night fresh blaze broke out among
the smoldering ruins, but was suppressed
before 1t gained any Roadway.