Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-24
A Fire.

The fire fiend got his work il
about midnight last Friday, by set
ting fire to the east end of James
Gales barber shop, located on the
Jacobs heirs lot on the corner OF
Maine and Bridge streets, and be-
fore the fire was extinguishsd six
business places were destroyed,
namely: Gales barber shop; the
marble yard shop of Tobias Auker
the law office of Frank Burchfeld
Squire Weidman's Office VIM Roll
mans jewelry store, and John North S
shoe shop.
There was more or less insurance
on all of the places excepting on that
of Mr. Auller, and Mr. North. They
had no insurance Citizens with els
tern hose at the east end of the row
of buildings on fire, and citizens with
buckets helped to keep the FIRE con-
fined Til the fire department arrived
which they did in a remarkably short
time, considering all the circumstan
ces of the situation.
The fire department management
was admirable. The ehgine was
brought over the river, taken down
Wster street and through the alley
by the creamery to Main street, and
thence to the run South of town,
and located just east of the Main
street bridge. All that work was
done by few meh who are deserv.
ing of the highest praise for fore
thought, energy, good viii and pur-
pose to check the progress Of the de-
structive work Of the fire fend.
The average citizen was 80 confus-
ed that he failed to think that he
could have helped to get the sngins
into place.
The fire was first discovered and
the alarm sounded, by number of
citizens who had been away from
home and returned on Oyster Ex-
press. In coming across the river
bridge they were enyeloped in what
they at first thought was fog, but
ths smell of it convinced them that
it was smoke from q fire. In less
time than it takes to tell it, the light
of the fire revealed itself, and when
they arrived upon the scene it seem
ed as if a couple of buckets OF water
could have extipguished the flames,
if the water had been at hand. From
al appearance and account, tho lar
ger part of the flame when first seen
was on the outside, and quito near
the foundation of the east end Of
Gales barber shop. Various conjec
lures are given rs to the motive that
caused the fire. Was it insurance
money! Was it malice2 Was it re.
venge, or what? There is one thing
cortain, and that is, if the good-for
nothing people who caused the fire
are not detected and punished this
time, they will in time reach their
level 1t is only question of time
with such people.
When the fire was over and al
danger to surrounding property re-
moved, Landlord Arbogast, of the
Jacobs House, invited the fremen
and other citizens, in, TO partake of
a free supper About fifty citizezs
psrtook of the supper. The meal
WAS highly appreciated, and enjoyed
after the excitement and hard work
Of extinguishing the fire.
All the liberality on the part Of
Landlord Arbogast, and all the lib
erality of labor expended By firemen
and citizens, and all the loss of prop.
erty, is the tax that the scoundrolism
of the fire bugs exactsd last Satgr
day morning for malice, revenge OIL
gain. Fire by accident may take
place Such fires are blameloss, but
the many fires here have been caused
by bad men. How long will this
community suffer such state of af
fairs to exist Not many years age
the people of San Francisco, exscut
ed, imprisoned, or drove out OF thai
community every criminal, and every
man suspected of having communi-
cation with criminal men. Criminal
lawyers and winking judges shared
the fate Of the criminals they favored