The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-14
1AE F!RE F!ENO
Creates Havoc In the News
Herald Office.
The Efficiency Of the Fire Department
Prevents an Immense Fire.

The News. HERALD office was visited
on Tuesday morning by destructive
fire, which for awhile threatened de.
struction to the entire building in which
the Office is situated, and but for the
prompt and effective service rendered
by the fire department would have made
quick work of the post office and numer-
GUS other Offices in other parts of the
building.
About $3.50 o'clock Policeman Lyle
and Engineer link, who has charge Of
the heating apparatus for the building,
thought they could detect the smell of
smoke in the building, but. as no fire
could be discovered, they attributed it
to the burning shavings with which link
was starting his furnace fires, and dis.
missed it from their minds.
The rooms directly over the News.
HERALD press rooms are occupied by
Will and Ed. Walker as sleeping apart
ments. About 4 o'clock Will, who was
alone in his room, was awakened by the
presence of smoke in his room, and,
nearly suffocated, made his way to the
street, where he gave the alarm. The
department responded quickly, and had
no difficulty in locating the fire in the
rear part of the building in the room oc-
cupied as press room by this paper. An
entrance was soon gained by battering
down the outside door and the one
leading to the post Office and the well
directed efforts OF the fire laddies soon
got the upper hand Of the flames, which
had begun to eat their way from the
press room and the ones above it into
the composing room, the ceiling oi
which was already badly burned. The
principal damage however was confined
to the press room and the rooms occu.
pied by the Walker brothers. In the
former the fire ragged the fiercest, and
the machinery, including two fine job
presses, was badly damaged. Every
thing in the back room upstairs was q
total loss, Will Walker saving only the
clothes which he hastily threw on
before giving the alarm.
The fire originated in an unused fire.
place in the down stairs room. Dirtand
SCOT probably accumulated in this and
caught fire from the stove which had
been placed in the upstairs room or
Monday evening. f ''as
In the composing room the water ant
SCOT caused indescribable confusion
Everything was literally soaked, typ
pied and forms upset, while the burn
ceiling and blistered walls presented {
not very inviting appearance to tn,
compositors who started in Immediately
to regain the time lost on the week.
issue.
The loss to the News HERALD is IL
the neighborhood of $l,5OO, which il
fully covered by insurance. The dam
age to the building, which is owned b,
H. D. Waddell, is about $4OO and il
insured. The Walker brothers loss OF
wearing apparel and furniture will b.
about $3.50.
Too much credit can not be given tn,
fire department for it's quick work
which undoubtedly saved the enrir'
building. A few minutes more ant
nothing could have saved it, but th'
fireman knew just what they ought t,
do and did it promptly.
Our readers will appreciate the diff
culties under which this number il
issued, and we hope will overlook th'
short delay and the mistakes ant
omissions we may have made in the con
fusion attendant on the fire.