San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-18


the brick walls OF the Howard build
/ ing aided in keeping il confined. The
| whole block on the north side of
Main Plaza was seriously threatened
and but for the splendid work Of the
paid fire department., assisted oy the
eX volunteers, who handled them.
selves with old-time discipline, ter
ri6le confiagration would have re-
suited.
The building burned was occupied
by the Evening Democrat Office and
Guessaz & FerIet, printers, who were
burned out in the fire at No. IS Sole.
dad street some weeks ago; August
| ZiemOnteck, boots and shoes; Ander.
son & Ripley, lawyers; San Antonio
Messenger; Evening News; E. B.
johnson, lawyer E.
The fire was we'll under control at
O'Clock.
The loss and insurance as we'll as
can be learned Is as follows: Two
story building. owned by Mrs. Mary
f Howard, loss $4,000. insurance
| 5000 in German. A merican, of New
York, and Phoenix, of Brooklyn.
Guessaz & Ferlet. loss $1,000, insurance
$500 in Alamo; $500 in Home of New o.
leans; and So, 800 in other companies.
Evening" Democrat, loss Sl.0,0, in
surance $500, in Lancashire, of Eng
land. Gulf Messenger. loss small.
August Ztemonteck, boots and shoes;
| loss $1,000, insurance $500. Thos. II.
| Abbott, loss on shoe mandatory,
500, no insurance. City brewery,
loss on saloon fixtures stored, $500, in
sured. Evening News, loss s. 000, no in
nj
Bishop Nersz, proprietor; loss 500,
Ign. Anderson Il Ripley, lawyers;
hill. lawyer; loss $3.50, no insurance
E. B. Johnson, lawyer; lose $3.50, no
insurance. M. Henault, No. IL. saloon;
loss $500, no insurance.
Nos. %, 25 aud 81, Soledad street,
one-stery iron-clad buildings owned
| by Devine estate, were damaged about
ST 500 In the aggregate. The insurance
is unknown.
Mr.. Wolfson's loss on the small
rear building is about $500, covered
by:insurance.
| While these fires were burning the
busy fire bug was engaged in setting
other places on fire.
| MIS-. D6tetO, hNibS vi Tout Va oucSt,
discovered fire burning in the rear
of Mr.. Ed Kotulla's stable, on the
| lot at the corner OF Avenue G and
Fourth street. She extinguished the
blaze with assistance. The attempt
, was incendiary as the smell of kero.
sena clearly proved.
Some ladies at Mr.. B. +. Iaokum's
house on Dryer avenue, while the
g.. N m a
man apparently trying TO light fire
bundle of straw and ran off when dis
| covered.
An attempt to fire the resi-
dence OF MIR. George Dullnig, on
Nolan street, was reported but Mr..
Dullpig strenuously denies this.
| While the lumb Der fire was burning,
and at about $50 o'clock, Miss Clara
Deilzel, daughter of the baker OH
Alamo street, between North and
| Commerce streets, happened to go
| into the lower bath room back OF the
| house and adjoining TO get some cloth.
| ing. 1t was dark and rs she opened
| the door man caught her and threw
| her roughly aside and ran out
| She screamed, assistance came,
L
per and . handful of matches,
left by the fellow were found
on the floor. She had no doubt eur
prised the fellow In his fiendish work.
| She could not identify him.
At about the time of the Soledad
| fire broke out the foreman of the Ala.
| mo brewery discovered an attempt TO
set the brewery on fire. In the pitch
house there some boards covered with
| pitch and these were Get afire. No
| damage was done, however. as it was
| discovered and soon put out. Mr..
| VIM Reuter-, yesterday morning after
| the fire, as he WAS entering the gate
at his residence, heard noise in the
kitchen. He went upstairs for his
| pistol but when ne got back the in
uuder was gone. He found aslouch
hat, the property of the would
he fire bug or burglar and
turned 1t over to the police.
A policeman saw two snepicions
looking characters in +. J. Bsiteps
hum Der yard Sunday morning during
the contiagration and frightened them
off. They were taken for fire bugs.
NOTES.
It took some time, on account OF
the distance, tor the firemen TO get TO
the Alamo Plaza fire, hut when they
did arrive they showed that they
knew their business and worked like
beavers.
Officer Seffel caught q negro and
Officer Poesmsn pulled a Mexican for
stealing shoes at the Alamo plsZ.
fire.
Mayor Callaghan wore SLOUGH hat
at the fl q and acted assistant chief;
he is very good fireman.