The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

the st0op. He too was obliged to 60. but
he thought that some one had rescued the
children and Mrs. Leydecker was encour
aged to think that fearing punishment the
children had hidden themselves. She fin
ally consented to leave the scene and was
taken to a friends house.
Leydecker would not believe that his
children had escaped. With the tears
streaming down his cheeksShe strobe back
and forth in front of the house until the
front wall and the chimney fell outward.
Then he made his way to Broadway and
helped the fremen until the heaviest part
of their task was done. A party was then
detailed TO search for the bodies, and while
water from half dozen noZzles splashed
about them they struggled with charred
tmbers and overturned heaps of debris.
At 3 o'clock, four hours after the fire broke
out, the body OF the elder child was un-
covered. 1t was clnder. Near it a few
moments later the charred remains of little
Henry were drawn from heap of ashes,
where The high stoop had been. The
bodies were placed on a sack, where they
remained surrounded by great throng of
people until the Morgue wagon arrived and
took them away.
Ten minutes after Engineer Fleming
turned in the first alarm it was found
necessary to turn in a second. Engines /.
., 4. 5. s. 20. 10, II and %. trucks 4 and 5.
chemical 4, and hose 4, responded. Yet
with ali this machinery for fighting the
fire at hand the department was almost
powerless. for there was little water in the
mains and the hydrants were few and Tar
fire lost its stream when another farther
away was attached. Dribbling insignif-
cant streams they were that enraged the
firemen and caused the citizens whose
property was vanishing to denounce the
city fathers for leaving them without ade-
Quate protection.
At times the bydrant at tie corner of
Jones and Vallejo streets did not yield
enough water TO supply the boiler of the
engine. Four lines were left without
water for twenty minutes. A pressure of
but sixty pounds was indicated on the
register of an engine at the corner of
Leavenwo rtb and Vallejo streets. when it
should have been $780, An engine on
Jones street could get no water for an
hour and had to feed its boiler from a
tank which it carried. Engine II was at
the corner of Jackson and LeaveDworth,
but it Jared little better than the machines
on the hill. Its tiny streams was pumped
to engine %, which was nearer the fire,
but could get no water at all.
Chief Sullivan recently urged the Su-
peryisors to place more hydrants on the
hill, and he now thinks that his request
will be granted.
Sparks from the fire on the hill struck
the roof of a building at 925 Broadway,
several blocks away. An alarm was rung
in. but the fire was Quenched by buckets
OF water before the apparatus arrived.
The loss to the owners and tenants will
amount to fully $4,000 and probably
much more. The following estimates of
the losses were furnished by Captain Com
stock of the Underwriters Fire Patrol,
whose men saved a great quantity of
household goods and chattels from de-
Struction:
Two-story and basement frame building, %
Glover street. owned by q. Kanningesser and
| occupied by e. A. Leydecker, C. Lowe and j..
Bolan. Totally destroyed. Loss $500.
Two-story frame 25 Glover street, owned by
nj. Lane and occupied by Mrs. Murphy and C.
jacobson. Totally destroyed. Loss $500.
Twostory frame 81 Glover street, owned and
occupied by l.. Mitchell. Totally destroyed.
Loss $500.
One-story frame 10 Glover street. owned and
occupied by Mrs. Wortsmith. Totally de-
stroyed. Loss $4,000
Iwo-story frame II and 171a Glover street,
owned by A, Stammer and occupied by him and
l.. Peck. Partially destroyed. Loss $3.50.
One-story frame 10 Glover street. owned and
occupied by Captain OF. Partially destroyed.
Loss $500.
j. MearD's house. 20 Glover street, and Mrs.
Hogan's, "a Glover street, opposite the burn
Ing buildings. were scorched. Loss on each,
| $3.50
James Reilys residence, ITO Leavenworth
street. was partially destroyed. Loss, $500.
| The building 17O6 and 17O8 Leavenworth,
owned by Mrs. Mary Rowe and occupied by M.
Barron and j. Dunn, was badly damaged.
Loss. $1,000.
John McCarthys house, 1904 and 17041a
Leavenworth, was damaged TO the amount of
$500.
The three-story frame, 100 Leavenworth,
owned by j. Fitzgerald, was damaged to the
amount OF $500.
Fitzgerald also owns The adjoining building,
| 1882 Broadway, on which the loss is estimated
| at $1,000.
| The building 113O and 1909 Broadway.
owned by j. Boccanini and occupied by IL.