Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
A LIFE LOST.
An Ug|y Blaze ON
Broad Street.
.VAYCHNAyBULLOCK
Was the Fires Unfortu-
nate Victim.
OVERCOME BY THE SMOKE
And Was Not Found Until After
the Fire Was Out.
OVERCOME BY THE SMOKE
And Was Not Found Until After
the Fire Was Out.

The fire record in this city yesterday
consisted Of two disastrous confisgrations
and one death by suttocation, which was
indeed a sad ending Of a fierce contest
with the flames and seemed to throw a
gloom over all, even the brilliant work
Of the fremen, which was, to say the
least, remarkable.
The first fire was at the residence of ex-
Lieut.. Gov. l.. q. Darling at the corner OF
Walcott and Summit streets and resulted
In loss by fire and water of about S1O,-
600. The mem bers OF the department had
scarcely got the apparatus cleaned no and
everything In ship shape when another
alarm came and 1t was at this blaze
Thar a Life Was Lost.
1t was 7:25 o'clock last evening when a
young man approached Officer George Il.
Sweet at the depot and asked, 'Tsn't that
a fire over there?" Sweet looked In the
direction indicated and discovered flames
pouring from one end OF a two-story
wooden structure on Broad street owned
by the Broad Street Power Co. and occu.
pied by the A. T. Atherton Machine G..
He ran to fire alarm Box No. IS, which Is
located on the big four story brick struct-
ure belonging to the same company ard
had been struck the fierce flames were
Leaping From Every Window and Door.
and the whole front was enshrouded i'm a
mass of fire. The department made quick
time, and when they arrived the struct-
ure was roaring furnace. In less time
than 1t takes to tell it six lines Of hose
were laid from the six-wayed hydrant on
the Broad street side Of the depot, and be-
fore the crowd could hardly realize 1t
every stream was being directed on the
at the right point and prevented the
flames from spreading to the big brick
building.
This building end the wooden one,
which was In flames, were connected by
run built OF wood, through which q
large shaft extended, thus furnishing
power to the smaller structure. This run
entered the brick building ct the third
floor and the flames had begun to creep
through it to the main building. II the
fire had got inside Of the brick building
the
Whole Square would Have Been Burned;
but the fremen were too quick for the
flames and prevented the fire from spread
ing by turning q couple Of streams on the
run while the rest were directed outside
the building.
By this time the reels on Nos. 2 and 8
carriages had been stripped OF hose aud
they went back to their houses after more.
However, Nos. ana 4 carriages were on
hand, and while one remained on Broad
street the other was sent to the rear, where
two streams were turned on from hy-
drant on Mason street. IL was from this
point that the finishing touches were put
on and the flames completely sLbdued
While the fremsn were engaged In des-
perste battle with the frery element the
people residing In the rear OF the burning
were preparing to save their effrcts II the
fire spread, matter that would haye been
necessary to accomplish In q very short
time IL the flames got beyond control.
The men employed In w. ii. Writings
stable on Mason street which extends TO
within few feet ofthe burned building,
took out the
Fifteen Horses That Were In the Barn
and ran out the wagons so as to bo on the
safe side. All this was unnecessary, how
ever, for in half an hour the flames were
extinguished by the deluge OF water from
eight streams. When everybody had
cooled down some OF the men began to
ask where the watchman was. lie had
been forgotten during the excitement OF
the fire and IL began to dawn on all that