Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-13

Ane press room was entirely wrecked; one
press was entirely destroyed and the other was
very badly damaged. The engine and engine
room were also rendered temporarily useless
A clean sweep was made in the stereotyping
room; all the matrices and plates in stock be-
ing entirely destroyed. In the composing room
there was but little material which had not
been rendered entirely useless. In spite Of
the disaster the paper made its regular appear
ance that afternoon The type was set in the
office OF Messrs. Judd d Detweiler and the
paper was printed by courtesy of Mr. George
=. Lemon, on the fast press used IN the
National Tribune Office.
AMONG THE RUINS.
DIFFICULT TO AT PRESENT MAKE AN ESTIMATE
OF THE LOSS.
Estimates as to the money value OF the dam
age done vary considerably and until the in
surance experts have come to their conclu-
sions no definite amount can be stated. The
appearance Of the wrecked portion of the
building would be disheartening to others than
men Of courage and enterprise.
Although the engine room is filed with
blackened rubbish il is believed that neither
engine nor boilers are really injured.
The press room looks as though 1t had first
been burned and then ured as a conduit
through which the muddiest sort Of Potomac
three of the finest presses in the country
which have been admired by thousands Of
people, are bIackened, dirt-clogged and in
places, already rusty. Smeared over much of
the finely finished mechanism is the compost
ton which was melted of the roller stocks.
From the once superheated but now soaked
rolls Of paper, In placeAnd ready for use, steam
was steadily arising to ceiling which consisted
DY inn llyyn nf fola r..
ened and depending laths
THE PAPER WARE HOUSE.
In the paper ware house, where several
thousands of dollars worth of paper was stored,
were burned-out rolls, much moisture and an
aspect Of utter destruction.
There had been a trife of fire in the old
stereotype room on the second floor. used now
by the etcher and his assistants for portion of
their work. great heap of charred rubbish
was piled up on the floor near the elevator,
having tumbled down through the shaft Iron
flooring probably saved this section Of the
building from destruction. On this iron floor
the water dripped copiously.
In the mailing room Immediately above
nothing was saved except the mailing lists.
Covering the floor, where there is a floor, is
the mortar and lsths and the other stuff which
makes up fire debris. Thousands Of copies of
The STAR, stored there for the accommodation
OF people who want papers Of more or less re-
mote dates, were destroyed. Many books Of re-
ference were kept there also, but they all went
out of existence.
The floor of the stereotyping room-in the
top story-is ankle deep in cinders. Every
scrap Of the wood work il charred The rafters
are nearly all down and the rear half of the
roof is on the floor. The machinery is not Of
character easily damaged and the probabilities
are that cleaning will put it right
THE COMPOSING ROOM
picture of destruction is the composing
room. At $50 this morning it was the finest
composing room IN this region; il Is now
blsckened and thoroughly DESTROYED. The
roof at the western end fell in and in several
other places il was torn open by the fremen.
The composing frames we're saved. because
they are made Of iron, but the wood work Ia
gone. Charred fragments Of galley racks.
half-burned cases and Jumps Of fused type
metal compose the floor, which rests on girders
that suffered severely from the flames. net
work of gas piping made loconotion Difficult.
and dangerous.
Mr.. Maurice Joyces establishment which Ia
on the floor below the composing room. suf-
fered only from water. The fire ate up cou-
pie Of window sashes, but that was all Mr..
Joyce will be ready for business in day or
two.
In the room beneath Mr. Joyce's floor the
Linotype Company had number of machines.
These have not been operated for several
months past so only watchmau was scared by
the sudden outbrrst of fame which shot up
noh he hn
room. Water did a good deal Of harm, too.
FIREMEN INJURED.
Fireman Rhinehart Of engine No. got his
foot seriously cut with an axe, and Fireman
Brill OF the same company got his eye injured
from having full stream Of water strike him
in the face. Neither accident will result very
seriously.
TO ADVERTISERS.
All advertising copy which was received at
The STAR Office yesterday evening and prior |
to the fire this morning was destroyed The |
senders Of those advertisements will secure pub
lication by providing this paper with dupli- |
cations of the copy. II delired money will be /
refunded.
NO INTERRUPTION OF ISSUE.
The publication Of The STAR will continue |
without interruption and In q few days it is
expected that the operations incident to publi-
cation will all be conducted within The STAR
building. An ample force Of men, superin-
tended by Mr.. Fred Pilling, was at work before
noon engaged in removing the enormous
quantities Of debris and preparing for the nee
essary reparative operations.
Even the intense heat which for a time DOS
sessed the press room had no effect upon the
working Of a clock which is suspended near the
11th street front Of the ROOM The glass on the
face was blackened and the outward appear
ance of the timepiece has been spoiled, but its
tick was uninterrupted