The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-27
NORTH END NOTES.
A Heavy Loss at L. Oimond & Sons
BY Fire and Water.
Prompt Work OF the Department
Saved the Building but the Goods
Were Spoiled--Locsls.
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An alarm of fire was rung In at e:s5 las
night from Boz i6. The scene OF the fir,
wa was in the large dry goods store
Square. Of3csr Fort was walking
down Randall street, and when he reached
the first entrance OF Dimond's store hs
cp stopped to speak with one Of the Emmet
ing. He happened to glance In the
thought 1t looked bright in there
He looked Q second time but could not
see any blaze. 30 he went around TO the
front OF the store and looked through
could not see any blaze, but the
smell OF Are grew stronger, so he
started on Q run for box 16, located at the
corner OF Gladstone avenue and Charles
| street. just then some one shouted
nre. Officer Jerry Resrdon was
drinking 9 cup Of coffee. when ne heard
the cry OF fire he threw down his coffee
and started for box Is, and although on
| Ger Fort had several yards start Il was
nip snd tuck who should reach there first.
However Fort got there ahead of him and
pulled the box. II was an amusing sight
ing :i after sis little iiai'0t Charley ssisyy fsas FSrt.
Hose II was the first to respond
and worked like demons in their efforts to
subdue the fire, which now promised to
consume the whole building. Hose was
the next to respond, then Hose /, Steamer
IL and Hook and Ladder No. 8.
The fire blazed out through the win
dows on the Randall street side and looked
as u 1t would set fire to the wooden
building occupied by Tattersall's shoe
store, across the way. When Hose IL
arrived they burst open the rear door
ana rushed into the burning building and
soon saw that the fire was confined to
time they had the flames under control.
When Hook and Ladder No. 8 arrived
George Gardner, one of the members,
rushed In the door and broke open
the entrance to the elevator shaft
thinking it led into the store. He fell
distance OF 10 feet. but sustained no in
Jury other than severe shock.
He walked with the assistance of two of
his friends to the store of Mark 8.
Nichols, where DR.. Mason was called, and
later was conveyed to his home, rs Cam
dace street, In the ambulance. He Is re-
ported as comfortable this morning. At
Randall square was on nre. A few min
utss after the fire started there were nearly
vicinity Of the "T square and the the
officers Of Station had cOns idera BILE diff
Guilty In keeping back the enormous
crowd. The heat was something awful,
especially on the Randall street side.
That the building was saved Is due
entirely to the prompt response Of the
6remen and their heroic Efforts. The
members OF Hose IL and / rushed into
the building and many Of the people out
side thought they would never come out
again alive. Protective Co. 2 worked
% Of nS 'as ss hsy
show cases and dry goods, but they were
soon consumed by the Are. II did not
take over 20 minutes before the hremen
had the fire under control. The fire
started in the millinery department
from an electric wire. The interior
OF the store was completely gut
ted and the stock is . total
loss. Every window in the store Is either
cracked or broken from the great heat.
Mr.. Dimond estimates his loss on stock at
$35, 600 and on the buildidg between 5000
and 10000. About three quarters of the
loss is insured. 1t was the most destruc-
tive fire that has occurred in the North
End in 10 years. The firemen STAYED there
until IL o'clock. The building was erected
four years ago and 10 the largest business
block in the North End.
The building was insured through
and 1t will be sometime before it will open
up for business again. This morping
large crowds OF the curious visited the
building but could not gain admittance.
On Building, l.. Dimond-Upited states
e25O0, Traders and Mechanics e25O0, Mer-
sa sasos; srS Esr@sss sss $500 c.eSoaian
f250o, Palatine f25Oo, Abingdon Mutual
1880, Cambridge Mutual $500
Rents. - Phoenix, Hartford, Conn.,,
On Stock, L. Dimond q Son--Home
&2500, Northern $500. Pslatine e25OO,
Phoenix $500, scottish Union $4,000, Insur-
Fitchburg s25OO, London ASSURANCE 325OO,
Transatlantic s2500. Royal 5000, Spring
field $500, Buffalo German S26OO.
Building-United States S2500, Traders
and Mechanics Mutual 5000, Caiedonisp
1880, Palatine $500. Insurance on l..
Dimond a Son n placed by Arthur
O'Leary.
At about 10:15 this morning little Willie
Mari, 8 years old of Hawes Court, climbed
on the iron railing OF the bridge on
Orms street. He wanted to look
at the trains going by, but ne leaned too
far over and would have fallen to the
track, Q distance OF 60 feet, had not his
foot got caught In one of the iron
rails. He hung there . few seconds
and just a. his foot was giving way Will
liam Crowcll, of 13 Douglas avenue, came
along and caught him Just a. he was fall
ing and pulled him back. The fence on
this bridge should be built higher and
closer together.
Mr.. Hathaway, the driver of the bus
that runs between Geneva and Orms street,
had an exciting experience yesterday
afternoon. As he was driving
along Douglas avenue, near River avenue,
one OF the traces, on the end of which is
an iron chain, broke with q snap and
struck one OF the horses Q severe |
blow in the leg which frightened
1t so that IL jumped In the air.
the other trace and |
almost throwing Mr.. Hathaway from the |
high seat OF the bus. The horses dashed |
down Douglas avenue in the direction of |
the city. Fortunately for Mr.. Hathaway !
he was able to keep them in the middle OF |
the road until they came to the watering |
trough at Eagle Park, where he pulled |
them up.
At the mission just ended at st. Ed
wards church, Wanskuck, there were
nearly three thousand communicates,
among whom were many who had not |