The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-01-20
Fire

1t had been number of years
since Rising Sun had sustained the
loss of building by fire, the people
it would appear exercise. much care in
the way of precautions against fire
But with all the circumspection thai
can be exercised fires will occasion.
ally occur.
On Wednesday morning about
half past ionr O'Clock Lloyd Roberts
was alarmed by the explosion OF
pistol cartridges in his restaurant
located in the brick building on the
corner of Main and Walnut streets
in this town. The building is the
property of Mr.. job Haines, is of
brick and is one of the oldest houses
in the town. Mr.. Roberts occupies
it as dwelling. using part of it as
restaurant and confectionery store.
On opening the restaurant room door
to ascertain the cause of the alarm
he was net by volume of smoke
and had to retreat by another way to
gain tue outside and give the alarm
MIR Edwin HaInes. of the Hardware
firm of Halnes & KIRK, and Cecil
Cummings reached the site of til
fire in few minutes after and found
the shutters of the window of the
restaurant opening on Main street
partially open and looking in dis
covered fire about the show case.
They hastily got 3 bucket of water
and threw il on the fire which seemed
to extiuguish 1t, but the flames soon
showed under aud about the counter
on which the show case stood, and
another application of water caused
them to disappear again only to
break DOT WITH more violence The
room was filed with smoke which
prevented them from entering, and
bat short time expired till the fire
was beyond all control, there being
no fire apparatus in the town, and u
bucket brigade the sole dependence
in such emergencies. The carriage
shops bell and the NJ + Church bel
were rung and soon the whole town
was running for the fire. It was fear,
ed that Hunt & Reynolds new frame
hui.dIng which has only progressed
as far as the frame and weather
boarding, and is only distant about
fifteen feet would be Involved IN the
confisgration but the brick wall of
the building which was on fire was
thick and strong being close on a
hundred years since it was built and
their being no nd0w openings
above, the heat from the burning
building was kept from reaching n
new frame. A number of men were
soon on top of the frame and with
buckets OF water passed up kept the
side next the burning house wet, and
the fire confned 10 the one house,
which was entirely destroyed with
much of The furniture and nearly al
the clothing OF Mr. Roberts family.
The goods and furniture in the res
taurant were total loss The hu Id
ing was insured for $4,000 in the
North America Insurance Co. of Phil
adelphia, of which Mr., H. H Hanes
is agent at this p ace, Mr. Roberts is
insured in the Cecil Mutual to the
amount of about Sll00
The cause of the fire is a mystery
there being no possibility of eommu-
nlcation from the stove with the
locsllty where the fire was. The one
suspicious feature about the unfor
tunate affair is the shutters of the
window Immediately above the fire
, were found partially open and char
red on the inside. The sash wa:
gone and the shelves and candy jar:
which stood in the embrasure in the
iwall for the window.