The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-24
RUINS WERE BURNED OVER.
Dangerous Blaze in the Golden
Gate Lumber Yard.
BIG BUILDINGS IN JEOPARDY.
The Sleepy Nomad and His Pipe.
The Governor Markham Does
Good Work.

The corner of Folsom and Eleventh
streets, that was damaged by fire on Sun
day morning one week ago. received an
other visit from the element of destruction
yesterday morning. and, as on the former
occasion, the flames broke out at an early
hour and burned along the rear ends of
the houses.
1t was supposed that the fire of one
week ago was caused by the carelessness
of the industrious Chinese. who have
laundry at 24S Eleventh street. but they
are not blamed for yesterdays blaze.
a printer, on his way to the Mission,
saw flames at the rear of one of the
houses that had been partially destroyed,
and at the same moment saw two men
coming from the burning building. He
called their attention to the fire. and asked
what they knew about it. The inquisitive
printer received no reply to his queries.
the men without deigning to notice him
walked rapidly away, and he turned in
an alarm from the nearest box. 1t was
then 10 o'clock, and when the firemen
arrived three or four of the buildings
damaged one week ago were burning.
The fire broke out in the rear of j.
Dolan's house, 1904 Folsom street. The
building had no. been repaired and the
by the former confiagration and passed
thence TO j. Albach's residence, 1906 Fol-
som street. The dwelling and the stable
in the rear had been repaired, but the
flames quickly wiped out the carpenters
handiwork. Mrs. SchnGtenhaus, who
owned the corner building, had purchased
lumber for repairs, but The fire of yester-
day will compel ner to give a supple
mentary order to the lumher-dealer. Her
building and Mrs. n. Holbach's. pa
Eleventh street. were badly damaged.
The minated loss entailed by yesterdays
fire amounts to $1,000. The loss on the
same buildings one week ago was COM
puted at $4,000 The damaged structures
were insured.
Fire Marshal Towe is trying to find the
two men who would not talk to the
printer He thinks they are incendiaries,
who set fire to the buildings for the pur-
pose of robhing the occupants.
The weary tramp who lay down for
quiet smoke in the Golden Gate Lumber
Yard at 9 o'clock yesterday morning
started fire in a district containing many
million dollars worth OF infammable prop
erty. The yard is bounded by Powell aud
Dupont, Beach and North Point streets.
Near 1t are the great buildings of the Cali
fOrnia. Wire Works, the Union Box Fac
tory. the Crystal Baths. Palmer & Rey's
and the seawall shed. The structure last
named IS 5000 feet long. Ii Is built of
wood and contains many million bags of
grain. One eud Of this long shed is d short
distance from the pile of boards on which
the weary wanderer lay down for smoke
The tramp soon fell asleep and the lum-
Der began to smoke. a Waterman passed
the lie ms it commenced TO blaze and after
arousing the careless sleeper who cursed
him for his pains turned in an alarm. The
tug Governor Markham steamed up To the
wharf and turned three streams of water
upon the burning pile, while the firemen
busted themselves i'll pulling down the
boards which had been placed close to-
gether so that they would receive little dam
age from the rain during the approaching
winter 1t was a tedious and difficult task
and three hours passed before the flames
were completely subdued.
The boards that were wholly or par
TALLY destroyed were tongue-grooved
flooring. valued at $1,000. The Insurance
companies will be expected to shoulder
the loss.
The owners of the yard claim that they
are not given adequate protection from
ire. The nearest engine is ten blocks dis
tant. They have urged the Supervisors
and Commissioners to station apparatus
near the yards. but their appeal has been
UNDECIDED.
The alarm from box % at 1890 and
from IL a. 5 o'clock Yesterday afternoon
were for chimney fires in Chinatown.