Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-08
ALEXANDRIA.
IRE AT SPRING PARK


fire destroyed the dwelling at Spring Park
between this city and Northwest Alexandria
yesterday, and the Alexandria fire department
were unable to afford help for the want of a
water supply near enough the flaming building
to be available to extlnguish the fire. Mr.. n.
Z. Welsh. who resides there. awakened
about $3.50 am. by smoke and flame, and fed
with his family. saving nothing. Even the hog
pens and chicken houses were burned with their
contents. Meanwhile the operator at the Alex
andris and Washington depot, seeing the flames
half mile away, telephoned at 4:4O
to the station house. Lieut.. Smith ran to
the truck house, while other officers
were dispatched to the engine houses. and at
$3.50 the alarm was sounding and the engines on
the way. halt WAS made, however on the
edge of town, as it was clear that the engines
could be Of no service. The fire, which was
klndled by an incendiary. burned verything
but the brick walls and toppled part of them
Mr.. Welsh loses everything. The dwelling,
&c, was the property of the Spring Park Real
Estate Company, which has designed villa
town there. 1t was, about the opening Of this
century. the property of Patrick Sheran. who
carried on business il large frame house on
King and Royal streets at the sign of the spin
ming wheel. where Lichberg's store now stands
His widow bequeathed the property to the late
DR.. Francis j. Murphy, who sold to B. Rotch-
ford, from whose estate the real estate COM
pany made the purchase. The real estate COM
pany had the house insured for $1,000, which
will probably cover their loss. Mr.. Welsh
loses all his furniture, stock and some money
which was in the house, and his loss will be
about $4,000. as he was not insured. colored
man named Grayson also meets loss.
ACCIDENT TO WASHINGTON LADY
great crowd usually gathers on Sunday
afternoon at the intersection Of King and Fair
fax streets, where the Office of the Mount
cfric il aif oxal
from both the Washington ferry and the Wash
ington railway trains turn south to go to Mount
Vernon. At that point yesterday afternoon
about o'clock an accident happened which
will probably leave an old lady lame for life.
As Mrs. VIM. Hurley, matron from Wash
ington was crossing the street she was run upon
by horse which young James Griffin was riding
bare backed with a halter. Mrs. Hurley was
knocked down and the horse, treading on her
leg, broke both leg bones just above the ankle.
She was carried into Smiths pharmacy near by.
The police summoned Dr. Gulick, who set her
limb. and the wounded lady was carried to the
home of her son on Queen street, which she had
just loft in order to take the $50 boat for
Washington.
FAREWELL TO GRACE CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. H. H. Sharp, late pastor of Grace
P. E. Church, has now made his farewell and
will go to Baltimore as pastor Of the, Church Of
the Prince in that city. Grace Chufch has had
only two pastors since it was built Rev. DIR.
Sprigg and Rev. DIR. Sharp. Rev. DR.. Ball of
Washington will, it is expected, be the next
pastor. He preached there last evening.
FOUND UNDER GROUND.
In digging the cellar for Mr.. J. T. Johnson's
new dwelling on Duke street between Pitt and
st. Asaph streets Builder Stoutenburg found.
few feet below the street level, part Of an old
brick house OF which no living person can give
an account. 1t was built evidently before the
st. Asaph street hill was cut down and graded,
and certainly antedates the revolutionary war.
ALEXANDRIA CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
The civil service examination Of candidates
for postal clerk. messenger, &c, will take place
at the national building here next Saturday
Applicants for clerk. carrier or messenger will
each have a separate examination. The appli-
cations must be ON file by Wednesday next.