Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-06-23
BIG FIRE ON GROVE STREET.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF PROP
ERTY DESTROYED.
The F1remen Have Hot Work.
bus Fight MRnfulIy ana SUBJ
due The Flames.

street, discovered fire raging in the
straw house of the firm in the north
west of the yard.
The engineer Immediately sounded
an alarm with their whistle, and a
locomotive standing on the West Jer-
sey track, took up the alarm, and a
moment or two later the fire alarms
were sounded.
A PIONEER reporter was upon the
scene early, some minutes before the
firemen, and the glassworkers had the
private hose out, and attached to q
plug, but the hose was too short to do
any good.
The fire was raging terrifcally. The
straw house of Getsinger & Son,
backed up against large frame store
house of the Diamond Packing Com
pany, and this was soon fired, and the
flames then crept up along frame
row of sheds, and all was a blazing
mass.
These sheds and large store house
were situated not more than twenty
feet from the main factory of the Dia-
mond Packing Company, and it seem.
ed miracle that this was not fired.
If would have been, though, had the
roofs of the burning sheda and store
houses not been tin.
just before the firemen reached the
scene the cupola on the engine house
of the canning factory was fred, and
it then seemed as if the entire struct-
ure was doomed.
The glad cry of "here comes the fire
men," however, was heard, and the
handsome hose carriage of the Third
ward department dashed into the
yard, and the brave boys unreeled the
hose quickly, and q moment later
there was a stream of water upon the
flames.
The regular department with the
'La France" engine put in an appear.
ance, then another branch of hose was
run down in the yard, and through the
canning factory, just where 1t was
needed, and the big frame building
was saved.
Chief Elwell took in the situation at
glance, and he Immediately ordered
his teams back to the engine house for
the Silsby engine and thousand feet
more of hose. When the Silsby ar
rived, it was stationed at the corner of
South Avenue and Eagle street and
stream raised, bnt she was not called
into play.
The ''La France" was doing as good
work as possible under the circum.
stances, but down Grove street there
runs only four inch main and instead
of having 1870 pounds water pressure
as she usually carries, she could only
get so pounds, and this was not able
to supply herself with water.
Getsinger & Son had a private lose
in use, but owing to the small main
it was powerless, the fire engine
taking all of the water. Even the
boiler could not be supplied, and the
tires were necessarily drawn.
Meanwhile the firemen were doing
good work, and rapidly getting the
mastery of the flames, and an hour
after the alarm had sounded, the fire
was under complete control.
During the fire quite strong wind
was blowing from the Southwest and
sparks and burning brands were
carried some distance.
A double house on Eagle street near
the burning factory was fred, but a
bucket of water stopped it from burn
ing. A house on Eagle street, east of
Grove street, occupied by family
named West, was also kindled, but
before any damage resulted the flames
were extingushed.
A house at the corner of Grove and
South avenue caught fire from burn
ing brand and the firemen ran a line
of hose to it and saved it from de-
struction.
A reporter went over the ruins af-
ter the flames had extinguished and
found that the destruction had been
considerable. The loss to Getsenger s.
Son will not amount to a consider
able amount, although they congratu-
late themselves that their entire prop
erty is not in ruins, some of their
main buildings being less than thirty
feet from the burning store houses of
the can aing factory.
The loss to the Diamond Packing
Company, will amount to quite good
deal of money. Their large store
houses we're well built and in excell-
ent repair, and they have been to-