Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-11
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
The Destructive Fire on Saturday
Night and Other Notes.

The Destructive Fire on Saturday
Night and Other Notes.
The George R. Hill Company's bakery, on
North Lee street between Cameron and
Queen streets. is now mass of smoking
embers and half-fallen walls. Saturday
night about $50 o'clock smoke was seen
issuing from the door of the engine room
on the first floor of the back building on
it's whole interior was found to be in a
blaze. In consequence of the heavy snow
on the streets the engines were about ten
minutes in getting to the fire. The intense
cold weather caused the water to freeze
almost as soon as it left the pipes. and
though four streams were put upon the
flames they seemed to have but little eff
feet on 1t, and the tiremen could do nothing
but prevent the spread of the flames to the
neighboring buildings. The flames spread
from room to room of the big three-story
structure with great rapidity, the lard,
butter and molasses and other infiammables
that were constantly being used in cakes
and candy adding fuel to the flames that
nothing but a river Of water could have
checked The sight at midnight was a
grand one. The entire interior of the big
building, covering quarter of square OF
ground, was one seething mass of flames
that sprang into the air as If seeking some
intense heat of the fire snow on the roofs
of buildings not fifty feet away was not
melted and long icicles formed on gate
way adjoining the burning building. The
fire department was in service until nearly
o'clock Sunday morning. The books of
the firm, with about $1,000 worth of man
ufactured candies and other stock, We're
saved but the building and its valuable
machinery are totally destroyed. Mr.. Geo.
r.. HILL president of the company, esti-
mates his loss at between 100000 and
$1,000, on which there is a total insurance
of about $4,000. On Thursday last 1T Is
understood that the company Cancelled
s16 600 worth of insurance. This is the
largest fire Alexandria has seen since
Shoots lanyard burned, and was, owing
to the intense cold weather, the hardest to
fight that has occurred here since the war.
Large crowds visited the scene of the fire
yesterday.
An Accident.
distressing accident occurred Friday at
Geo. r. Hill & Co.'S bakery on North Lee
street, Bernard Cline, jr.. the seventeen
year-old son of Bernard Cline, being the
victim. The unfortunate youth was en-
gagged in feeding dough in the rolling ma
chine. when his left hand was caught In
the machinery. His arm was drawn in
above the elbow and the flesh lacerated
terribly Officer James Griffin. formerly
engineer at the bakery. happened to he
present at the time and witnessed the ac-
cident AS quickly as he could he threw
off the belt and brought the machinery
to a stop. Young Cline was taken to an
other room and DIR. OBrien summoned,
who, upon his arrival. found that the flesh
had been fearfully lacerated from the hand
to the muscle, and that part of the latter
was much torn. The bone was not broken.
The young man was subsequently taken
home, where Drs. O'Brien. Jones and Ash
by attended him. 1t was deemed necessary
to amputate the limb, which was done.
Eliza Poindexter, a well-known old col
ored woman, died at her home in the west
ern part of the city on Saturday. She had
been in ill-health for some time, and last
summer jumped from one of the ferry
boats between this city and Washingt ton
with suicidal intent.
About IT'S men from Wilmington, Del.
were sent here Saturday to clear the Henry
street track, which they did from Duke
street to Colross.
The fire wardens have employed four
men, two from each company, to remove
the snow from around all of the plugs in
the city and put them in order. The work
is being done under the supervision of Mr..
William Bontz, engineer Of the Hydrau-
lion.