San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-13
The 1ailY Eight.
MONDAY, JUNE Is, 1892,
FIRES.

San Antonio Appears 70 be Visited
by fire Bugs Again
Yesterday afternoon at L. 30 n m
an alarm from box SO. corper II Leal
and Comal streets, called the fire de.
partmeut out to fire situated in the
residence of r. Sanford, colored
man, who works for the Southwest.
ern Telephone company. The house
stood on the corner of Delgado and
Smith streets and it was some time
before the department. reached the
spot, and when they did it was too
late to save anything. The loss on
the house amounts to about 1915 and
on the furniture $225. The insurance
ran out recently. About $50 damages
was done house belon cling to Mex
lean named Gomez The root of the
new house OF officer O'Connor caught
several times but was extinguishe led
with but little damage.
Sanford's wife and two step-dsugh.
tiers were in the house when it was
fired and the first they knew of it was
when one of the girls saw it Ourst up
through the kitchen floor. Running
outside, she looked under the house
and found that the whole floor was
burning and that the flames were
shooting up around the edges. The fire
tFas burning from the windw side
and IN few seconds the whole house
was In flames. The family saved
nothing except what clothes they had
on.
The flames were seen by an 1. &
u. n. switch engineer who immedi.
ateiy whistled the alarm, which was
shortly followed by the department
bells,
ANOTHER CHURCH FIRE.
The alarm of fire tOll-d out at 4:S0
o'clock yesterday morning and the
cause was found to be blazing
church at the corner of Chestnut and
Burnett streets. This was the Ger.
man Evangelical church, Rev. Au-
gust IvaI,, pastor. 1t was one large
room aud was we'll furnished for a
small church, aud had q very good
organ in it. The building was pa :
italy burned aud all the contents
were destroyed. The loss is estima-
ted at 5000, insurance $500 The
pastor is away from home. His wife
lived next to the church in the little
parsonage. and says she saw man
lurking about the church Saturday
night about 10 o'clock and also, when
the fire was, discovered q man was
seen running away from the building.
This morning, at 10 O'Clock, an
alarm from box 243, corner of Goliad
and Santa Clara streets, called the
department out to save a couple OF lots
belonging to widow named Mrs.
Koehler and a man named A. Cess
ner There was a water plug about q
block from the fire but the men didn't
seem to want this but passed it and
ran sbout three blocks to another, to
which they attached the hose and
got near enough to the fire to sprinkle
one side of house in the second lot
north of 1t. The water scarcely
touched the flames. Chief Peck ar
rived, about this time. administered
q severe roasting and ordered them
TO attach more hose. They did as they
were told md very nearly saved
plank off the fence.
The houses were numbers SOB and
sos Olive street. The latter belong
ed TO Mrs. Koehler, who was out
when the fire caught, and in whose
house it originated from box of
shavings saturated with kerosene,
placed in southwestern window by
an incendiary. The damage on this
house was about $500, insured for
$500.
Gessner's house caught from the
other aud was burned to the ground.
1t was ,unoccupied and the damage
amounts to $3.50, insured at $500.
An incendiary attempt was dis
covered by the employees of M. Half
q Bro this morning. The attempt
was madeyery recently in the cellar
ot the wool warehouse sit.
uated on the northwest corner
of Market and Navarro streets
Some one had secreted himself In the
warehouse and placed paper and
wool on top of some wool sacks near
the cellar door, which had glass
broken out of it. This caused
draught, but the wool would not
burn and the fire soon went out. If
1t had caught 1t would have made it
lively for Peck, Misfit Clothing com.
psny. Goggan & Bro, and probably
Haas & Oppenheimer.
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