Evening journal., 1890-01-18
A STUBBORN BLAZE.
Dickey g. Co.'S Flour, Hay and Grain
Store Partially destroyed.


The establishment Of Dickey & Co.,
dealers in -four, feed, grain, hay and
straw. at the northwest corner of Front
and Orange streets, was partially de-
stroyed by fire this morning.
At 7.30 o'clock f. R. Mcclure and
others who were in the office of the
livery stable at the southwest corner Of
Front and Orange streets, saw smoke
issuing from the cornice of Dickey &
Co. s building. They ran across the
street and found Thomas Quinn, driver
for the company, in the office unaware of
the fire. Other persons who saw the
smoke began to assist In removing the
stock, while the Fame Hose Fire Company
on Second street, was being notified and
the alarm of FIRE from box % was sent in.
The City Hall bell struck 26 and other
numbers, but the engine house indicator
registered correctly The department re-
sponded promptly and within five min
utes after the alarm four engines were
throwing streams on the fire. The Fame
Hose put the first water on the fire in
the Orange street side, the Phoenix was
the last to arrive at the scene.
The building is of frame, and has two
stories and peaked roof. The first floor
contains flour, feed and grain; the second
and attic, hay and straw and quantity
of apples.
The roof of the building was intact at
first and smoke rolled out of the second
story windows on the Orange street side.
The windows on Front street were bro
ken and streams thrown through them
The hay and straw made stubborn re-
| sistanee against the deluge of water
There was not fash of flame for twenty
minutes, when suddenly they burst
| through the roof near Walton and Whann
/ Company's Office and laboratory, in tn
adjoining building, which is of brick,
two stories high.
At five minutes of o'clock the fire
caught at the cornice of the adjoining
building and slowly ate it's way toward
the rear Water was directed to it, and
/ kept it from spreading. Two streams
were taken on the roof of the building,
and the fire at that point extinguished.
The second floor of the fertilizer com.
| pany's Office is used as laboratory and
store room, and its ignition would have
caused great loss of chemicals. The
water ran down the chimney into the first
hooi office, but did no damage.
While the spread of the flames was
being checked, half dozen streams were
squirting into the hay and straw. The
| combination of heat and water on the
| peaked roof of Dickey & Cos. building
caused the shingles to loosen and the
rafters to bulge, twisting the roof intC
queer shapes that will make it useless
hereafter. A small brick building Oh
Orange street, used by the firm was
Quilted by water.
Shortly after the fire broke out line
man of the telephone company cut Ill
wire and removed the telephone.
The fire burned for several hours, bu
was under perfect control The central
portion of the roof fell in and smothereS
the flames in the straw. Water wa
thrown on the hay and straw until it wa
thoroughly soaked
The origin Of the fire is unknown, but
it probably was caused by hot stove
Thomas Quinn. the driver, made new
FIRE in the Office stove in the corner Of thu
building, about ten minutes before thu
building was in flames. The flames weri
first noticed on the roof near the chimney
The building is part of the late
Samuel Allderdices estate, and is in
sured for 50. 000 which covers the loss
Dickey & Co. had a stock, including
eighty tons Of hay and straw in tn
building. The loss is $4,000, So, 600 0
which is covered by policy in the Mort
American Fire Insurance Co. Of Philadel
phia- John T. Dickey arrived at the fir
at o'clock, Patrick Neary, the eompan,
Of the firm, did not bear of the fire unit
e.20. They may not resume bushes
again
Captain LeNlaistre, of the Walton an
. Whann Company, could not tell the los
on the office, but it is not great.
Dickey q Co. 5 building was PARTIAL
destroyed by FIRE five years ago, and 9
that time horse was burned to death.