The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-20
FIRES FEARFUL WORK.

A Big Fire at weatherly Threatens to De-
stroy the Town and Causes $4,000 Loss.
sneak Thieves Have Pic Mic.
About quarter to twelve o'clock
Saturday night serious confagration
broke out in the thriving little town
of Weatherly, this county, in the base
ment of the residence of DR.. Tweedle,
corner of Nam and Carbon streets.
Dr. Tweedle had just retired when the
alarm was given and Immediately set
about to get his family to place of
safety. The fire spread very rapidly
and in less than an hours time the
handsome building was in ashes. From
here the fire spread to the stable in the
rear of the house, destroying every
thing with the exception of the horses
and carriages. The stable of the Gil
bert House next took fire aud it seem
ed as though the whole business por-
tion of the town was doomed. Dis
patches We're sent to Hazleton and
Mauch Chunk for assistance. By this
time Mr.. Lovatt, of the silk mill ran
his hose over from the mill and by so
doing saved the town. The hose com.
pany responded promptly, Maucb
Chunk arriving first. The Pioneer Fire
Company, of Hazleton, AS soon as they
arrived, unloaded their engine, backed
it in the creek and in less than twenty
minutes had two streams playing OF
the ruins.
The Gilbert House and the Episcopa
church were badly blistered by the in
tense heat.
3 The cause of the fire is unknown
. says the Hazleton Standard. In an in
p terview with DIR. Tweedle, he said
=, "The first knew Of it was when wa
I aroused by loud knock at the dooi
=. and a cry of fire. | went down the base
y ment and found that the fire was in tn
part occupied by Mr.. Buck. / had IA
more than got my family out whe
4 there were two terrific explosions litel
: ally wrecking the building. just wha
this explosion was is hard TO tell, som
n claim it was the hot water boilers AN
y others say it was oil. But as there wa
= no oil in the building this story ca
4 hardly be credited"
The losses on the buildings and stoc
10 will amount to over SO, 900, DR.. Tweed
D. estimates his loss at about $4,000 an
only has an insurance of 5000 II
= had just finished refuruishing II
,e house throughout. The Gilbert Hou,
d loss is $1,000, This consists of broke
II furniture, etc, on which there was L
insurance The stable connected wit
n the house was insured. The buildi1
n. owned by Adam Rose, which was ne,
Of TO the Gilbert House stable, is also
total wreck and will have TO be rebuil
- The loss Is estimated at 81. 500 on viii,
e. there is a small insurance. Mr.. Hunt
lost quite a sum by the tearing dow
o. Of his place of business and scatteriI
ln of his goods all over the street. }.
M Iouck, who occupied half of Mr.. Ros,
It. house as grocery store, lost ever
ey thing and Nerzi, the tailor, who occ
n- pies the other half, also looses consi
cb cradle, although he saved consideral
m of his goods before the fire reached
d. place. His loss is about $500 One
the saddest cases is that of Mr.. Blu,
We a one-armed man, in whose place t
nd fire is supposed 10 have originals
'or who lost 500 which he had hidd
ia under his pillow, and could not
4. az out after the fire started
er- The people along Carbon street al
lal sustained considerable damage by
'ad moving their goods from the hous
A goodly number of them being stol
III aud otherwise wrecked.
.qh Robberies were committed withC
he fear of detection Frank p. Semu
IN had 500 stolen from trunk 10y THE
ed and Yerzl had lot of shoes and OF
-m goods carried away, while Samuel w
ne was relieved of a lot Of househi
Is trinkets aud preserves.