The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15
THREE ALARMS OF FIRE.
Two Calls From One Place within Twelve
Hours.


Hours.
The fire department was kept on the run
last night and between five o'clock last even
ing and half past four o'clock this morning
was called out three times. One OF the calls
was from one of Louis Goldiu's houses on
East Lloyd street This was at about 20
minutes after ten o'clock. When the fire COM
panies reached the scene they found the
alarm was a false one. family had started
fresh wood fire and the smoke caused alarm
to people outside.
The first alarm was sounded from box No.
10, located at the corner of Coal and Bowers
streets, at about 8 o'clock The fire was in
the engine room of the Schuylkill Hat and
Cap Manufacturing Company's building,
which is at the east end of Coal street, and
was formerly occupied by the HERALD. The
frcmen found the wainscoting of the room
in blaze and in few minutes, as they
thought, eXtinguishcd the fire. The fire
marshals at the time thought the boiler in
the engine room had igntcd the wainscoting.
Morris Abram, who gave this alarm, jumped
from a first story window and sprained a
foot There was fire in the room at about
five o'clock in the evening, but no alarm was
sounded, the operatives in the factory eN-
tingushng the flames.
Shortly after four o'clock this morning fire
broke out in the factory the third time and
box 10 called the hrcmcn out for their second
trip to the place. This time the fire was in
side the chimney ON the second floor, above
the engine room. Two lines of hose and
Babcocks were put at work and in about halt
an hour the iremcn concluded that they had
cXtinguished the ire properly and withdrew
from the scene.
At about six o'clock this morning flame,
again broke out in the building This time
the companies were not called out. Charles
Smith, who resides next door to the building
man named Townsend and several Others
located the fire between the rafters of the
second story ceiling and the roof. They
ripped Off the tin covering and found a
lively blaze in and around the chimney at a
point directly above the locations Of the
previous fires. With the aid of garden
, hose and buckets this fire was extinguished
after which "A thorough inspection of the
building was made and no more traces OF
danger were found.
The explanation of this peculiar chain o
, circumstances is that the fire was not ex
tinguished at any time before six o'clock. II
the early part of the evening the factory
: people thought only the wainscoting had be
4 come ovcrheatcd by the boiler. When tn,
iremcn were called to the second fire the!
arrived at the same conclusion, and whei
r called the second time, either labored unde
the same impression, namely, that the wall
had been ovcrheated by The boiler, or the!
C failed to properly inspect the chimney
p thorough investigation shows tina
! the chimney was ID very defective on
and that a blower used ON the boiler ha,
blown flames into the creyices on the insid
portion of the chimney where many of tn
= bricks were without mortar. These spark
tt had undoubtedly lodged at various pointsan
,. were left alive in the upper part Of tn
G chimney after thc ircmcn had worked ON tn
G lower parts and supposed their mission was a
d, am end. The owners of the factory say the
9 will erect chimney outside of the building
d They claim loss Of about 81 600 by the fire,
!, The factory was Idle to-day, bat viii resum
Il operations tomorrow lnurning.