Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-05-09
the FOUNDRY FIRE.
Total Destruction 81 the Alhnauerone
Machine aud Foundry.
rnl WORN 90 ANIN,INpINN
Prom tho pub ,traou

THIS mufmrg 1T ; O'clock the rcurl,
ot the ci,N were AROUSED trpm thcir rlum
hrrs 10y the lucra.ant Wh,.tI ns - 'urp
motives aud ne" ringing ~ the tire le,
II was tur drrhd announcement thl, Il
iir" Was ~ prugtc.s, and 10y tuning l.,
ward tho eou hern part u'th"ri,l n,mos
were seen lssuins from u burning tttur.
ture N a." ,icul'! ~ the Atlantic a IA
cihc shops May thought that tho ~
tenslve shops ~ tho raltuat company
we're on fire, but IN getting closer II WIS
aTcertaned that the works - tho Albu.
querquc Mnchu" a Foundry company
the latgcs foundry 10 the suurha,st
we're doomed g. complete do.,tl,t.uu.
aud that, u cannot lo doubted, l., the
hand II an lb,,nIaty
The Tire companies, although respond
lng readily, Nrr" very Glow Iu getting
water on the lire, this bclug accounted
Tor 10y the isolation - the lydfaui. m
the vicinity. tie boys no. exactly know
lng their location However. the wind
was favorable AID hlew ffum the east.
and when the water was turned on the
tite element vac suuu under control and
kept confined within the foundry aud
machine departments. The Office and
several outhudluss were saved, due to-
the energetic aud faithful work u the
fire buye.
William Cook foreman II the machine
and blacksmith shops states that on
Saturday afternoon water was blown
from the boiler, Sunday ~ 'rulug II vas
thoroughly washed, aud the boiler room
sprlnkled and flooded with water ia aud
outside. Thctc Nas not spark " fire
from y o'clock Saturday afternoon, IN
or around the buildings, until the alarm
was sounded NJ = u'clurK thIs morning
Still the tire originated ~ the boiler
rom, Tor the ilaues were frs, scen cum
my from near the head ~ the boiler, and
It spread tu the inside ~ the foundry IL,
paf,mcn,. which was u wood. about two
stories high, aud covered oil over ON the
other sld" with corrugated iron. II
thon burned through the door leading
from the foundry to the machine depart
ment, where over SiO,oO0 worth ~ ma
chlnery IN absolutely ruined aud unit
for use. Fortunately, u mujurity ~ the
patterns, which are very costly. are kept
IN the vacant store room ~ & v. Lewis
about two hundred yards from the fouu
dry. and these IRE saved but about 600
worth ~ patterns belonging To- the At
lantlc n Pacific road, and several valua
bile patterns belonging To the company.
which were being used. are totally de.
s,roy.d. THIS tire wns ;hc origin u an
incenJIary and cauuD, imagine Who
had It III for Tia" Albuquerque Machine
and Foundry company. Mr.. Hall trea,s
hIs employees well aud he mus, be a very
low down man who would take ont his
revenge 10y striking down Que u the
chief Industries Of city.
William Hopping, foreman of the
foundry, heard the first whis,ling of the
engine and on leaving his residence, near
by, he saw flames coming from the boil. !
or room and IN five minutes the whole
foundry was "a blaze on the lnsid. ADD
the corrugated IRON was falling IN muss
OF RUNS To the ground. M the Urea
were put out Saturday afternoon aud he |
knows that everything was all right
Thos. sherwood. one ~ the oldest
moulders IN the foundry, states Il at he
Was nj the works yesterday afternoon M
late m , o'clock aud theirs was not
SPARK 81 fire o. be seen. Doc. Russell, !
the teamsicr, hHd OCCASION tu be at the |
foundry ~ lat" as & o'clock yesterday
Afternoon, and everything was all right !
then the boiler had bcen washed out /
mud the boiler room perfectly drcuchcd /,
Martin Kellogg, who has been the |
faithful book ke, per u the company for
the past five years, says tina, he knows
personally that the trc IN the engine .
was put out Saturday afternoon, tho
boiler washed and care taken. as IL
usually done, 10 see that all tires wer.
put out, but m,ll the tire caught ia the
boiler room. II have only one Theory 10
advance continued Mr. K"llugg. "and
that ~ that the tire was ~ lncendiary
origin and by some Irreon perfectly cor.
'ersani with the Ia! 81 tho buildings. for
10 other place could have been selected
where the lSe would have Spread NJ
rapidly and done ~ much damage The
men get their wages promptly MIR Hall
reats them kindly aud generously. aud
'inco my connection with the company
not an empluys has ever made com
plaint against the management Tor III
treatment. ] have no idea who would
% mean enough 10 commit the deed"
Gu the midnight passenger train last
hight, going west, were Mr.. Hall wife
'nd ch,ld. The latter we're en route to
southern California 10 make an extended
'islt among relatives and friends, aud
Mr. Hall was accompanying them as far
" Gallup. 4 telegram Was sent him,
Shich was received at Coolidge. and hs
n expected to arrive on II freight this
afternoon. On his return ho will look
,pon the ruins Of his fortune.
That the fire was the work ~ AL IN.
'eud'ary there can not be- tho slightest
ioubt, and the man VINO would destroy
me Of the greatest industries Of city
! young city at that should he hung
or tho crime THIS IL the second foun.