The evening times., 1896-02-11

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HOUSES ON G STREET.
Three houses on u street bet tween Nlntl
| and Tenth are now in ruins as a result
The sparks lodged in the rcor or No
| o2o q street. Mrs. Gibson, a widow, ant
her family lived there. and they Were watch
| ing the icehouse fire and the flames OF
their abode were not discovered until tht
whole building was mass OF flames.
The house was u two-story frame ant
burned rapidly.
Thence the fire spread TO the ad joinin;
building. No. 923. owned and occupied b,
aged Thomas Corden aud his wife.
Both OF these residences We're entirely
gutted ard their contents almost totally
destroyed.
Owing to the intense heat and smoke and
the hcadway the flames had acquired. onl =
a small portion OF their household effects
could he sSyed. The small frame house at
No. 92i, owned and occupied by A. +.
Carney, a cigar maker, was somewhat
damaged.
The flood OF water which was turned
upon this building completely drenched its
contents. but the building itself was little
damaged
Mrs. Margaret Stevens owns house No.
925. which is fully covered by insurance.
Mrs. Gibson carried no insurance on her
household goods.
The other pa rites are insured TO some ex-
tent, but not enough to cover their losses.
The inmates are in desperate circumstances.
Engine No. was detailed 10 oquench these
fires, but was only able TO prevent the fire
from gaining further headway.
A small. one-story frame house. bet ween
Eighth and Ninth, on G street. occupied by
n negro family. also caught fire. but was
quickly extinguished without the aid OF
the department.
The damage done In the G street fire is
roughly estimated at So 600 on building and
about 5000 on household effects. About
one-haR is covered by insurance.
The shingled roof OF No. 526 Eleventh
street, occupied by Mrs George Gibson.
caught from flying spark and was dam
aged To the extent of about $50. 1t was
extinguished without tue aid of the de
partment and is fully insured.
R.A Golden OF No. s31 + street also srs
tained a similar damage 10 the extent of
$50.
The roof of the snaii house at No. s4S
G street, tcnantcd by Lewis Johnson,
became abaze from the fire around it. 1t
w asonly slightly injured and less than S25
will repair the loss
MIR. WILLIS LOSSES.
E. NJ. Willis. who owned the contents of
the ice-house, when seen by a reporter. said
MY property is a total loss. / had a
large store OF ice on hand, valued a { not less
than IS 900. Nv wagons, harness, and tools,
which are completely destroyed. were
worth about $1,000. | have no Insurance
on any of the burned property. The only
things saved VIII be few wagons, which
were out delivering. Fortunately, my horses
were not stabbed here.
by the time the fire was discovered
ii would have been impossible TO put them
out William e. Johnson. the assignee
OF the American lee Company, is the
owner of the building and machinery,
and his loss will De at least SS. 900, partly
insured
Mr.. willis said he had no idea as TO
how the confla grafton originated, as there
was no fire about the building. His opinion
is that IL must have occurred from some one
smoking in the building and that the
sparks caught in the sawdust-
WHISKY FLOWED FREELY.
During the progress of the fire whisky
was flowing freely, and there were many
who induls,d. A young man in the employ
of johnson Bros, coal dealers, who was
foremost in fighting the flames, became
craZed with drink and created consider
able disturbance.
In their efforts to quiet the drunken man
the Officers encountered an angry mob. who
had been filled with cheap whisky.
For a short time it seemed that there
might be a small7sized riot. Finally the
drunken man was conveyed to the police
station In the patrol wagon. and the excite
ment then abated.
Policeman Espcy was also one who i'm
bibed freely in intoxicants. He became
FOR duty, and Chief Paris
had him removed. Espey has another charge
of drunkenness now hanging over him. He
will be tried tomorrow and without doubt
dismissed from the force.
WOMEN FURNISHED COFFEE.
The ladies of South Washington set them
selves about To do what good they could
to aid those who were struggling with the
flames. Hot coffee was furnished by them
To the firemen and policemen. Among those
who were thus generous were Mrs. kettler,
Mrs. Lightcilc and Mrs. Knppcr.
Not a little damage was done to the
wires OF the telegraph and telephone COM
pan.es, many OF their wlrcs being toru
down and some OF the poles burned.
As soon as the oonflsgration was under
iinenicn were placed at work to
repair the damage.
Several trains, bound south, out of the
Baltimore and Potomac station, were
delayed for some little time at the begin
ming of the fire, owing 10 the lire OF hose
which II was necessary to stretch across
the tracks.
Work In the railroad yards at that point
had TO be abandoned for nearly the entire
FIRE-BOAT NEEDED.
The necessity of fire-boat was very
amply demonstrated, the principal part of
the blaze being confined to the river front,
where 1t was impossible for the fire engines
TO work, and the strong west wind prevented
getting the fire under control for some time.
That the property ON the whole river
front and the residences in the immediate
neighborhood of Water street escaped to-
Lal destruction is little short OF lraculous.
A conservative estimate OF the value OF the
property south of Water street and in the
direct line in which the fire started would
be several million dollars.
The property OF the American Ice Com
,any bends with the curve In the street
where Thirteenth street enters Water street.
lAe fire originated in the corner of the build
ng. almost in line with the east side of
rhirteenth street. and nothing west of that
inc was consumed by the flames.
The large warehouse that bofdered di-
ectly on the street contained about 900
ons. This was licked up by the flames, un-
il IL now remains only 4 pile OF ice some
fifteen feet i'll height and surrounded by a
haired aud crumbled wall.
between The warehouse and the waters |
he partially burned wharf. where the en- |
,jne and machinery used in hosting ice from |
he boats remain.
Skirting the water up to the wharf and |
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and Headache iinnletiinieiy relieved by |
Capttol Catarfh CuIoL 70 centA