Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-08
THE SEVENTH STREET FIRE.
Mr.. Ruppert's Store and Adjoining Prop
erty Damaged-Loss About $4,000.

Mr.. Ruppert's store and Adjoining Prop
erty Damaged-Lo~s About $4,000.
Rain was falling yesterday morning shortly
before o'clock and there were not many per
| sons on It'll street when, about that hour. fire
was discovered in the Rupert building. corner
Of 18th and ID streets northwest Policeman
Williams was patrolling his beat in that vicin-
ity when cries of fire" attracted his attention
to the burning bnilding. He turned in an
alarm from box 100. which was soon responded
to by the fire department Soon after the first
hremen reached the scene general alarm was
sounded, which brought out the entire force
The building is an old one and the presence
OF so much inflammable material in the rooms
caused the flames TO spread with hghtning-like
rapidlty. In the rooms on the fourth door,
where the fire started. sleighs. hobby horses
and other such articles were stored. and the
roof was soon destroyed. The flames did not
reach the room in which the fireworks were
stored and consequently no xplosion occurred.
Inc work done by the firemen WAS very effect
i've and the flames were prevented from reach
ing lower than the third floor
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The persons who sustained losses we're Mr.
Henry Franc. halter. No. 4Ol: Mr. Christian
RUPERT, No. 493; II. Reizenstein a Co. matters.
405; II. Hoffa, jewcler. i07. and Mr. veerhod.
pictures, 400. Mr.. Ruppert's stock is esti-
mated at $4,000. Mr. Franc saws the
damage to his place is very slight and that
his business viii not be interrupted. Mr.. Rel
zenstein SAYS that .he goods in his place were
worth 5000 or $1,000 and that they rere all
damaged by water. Mr.. Ho;fa places his dam
age Mt not mere than 5000. while Mr.. veer-
hoif says be was not damaged more than 300
The insurance on the contents of the sew
ernl stores was placed by :. Wolf of this city
IN the following companies Insurance for c.
Euppert, Niagara of New York, $4,000: Guar
dian OF London, 5000; Western If Toronto
5000; United Firemens of Philadelphia
:2.jO0: London and Lancashire. 5000 Fire
mems Fund Of California, $500; Alliance of
New York. $500; Continental of New York
$500; National Metropolitan Of the District
s2.0OO; German American of the District
81. 500: total. s}3. 100.
Insurance for Fl. Reizens.ein. amounting 10
about $4,000. was placed in the following COM
panies: Norwich Union of England. Transat-
lantic of Hamburg and several New York COM
panies.
Insurance for Henry Franc 4 Son. amounting
to about $4,000. in the following companies:
iransatlantic of Hamburg, $4,000: Guardian Of
London. 5000; London of Lancanshre 81 900:
United Fireinon's OF Philadelphia. $4,000: Fire
mems Fund OF California - 900
Mr. Euppert's loss is today estimated to be
total one. His stock Was valued at over
$4,000. The loss of Mr.. Reizenstcin was very
heavy, but entirely by water. Owing to the
brick wall separating Mr.. Francs store from
Mr.. Ruppert's the loss of the former is slight
and is entirely caused by water.
The loss on the building is estimated TO be
about 100000 and is covered by insurance
placed in several of the local companies
The origin Of the fire has been enormously
attributed to fire works in the store of Mr.
RUPERT This. however. has been shown to
be erroneous, as the small stock kept by Mr..
Ruppert was on the second floor and was found
TO be intact 1t is not known how the fire
started.
Sever months ago there was a fire in the
RUPERT building. which was caused by a
lighted cigar thrown in some waste paper in
the yard
Mr.. Hoffa has had unusually had luck during
the past year. Twice he has suffered from fire.
his place was robbed twice and he sustained a
loss on another occasion