Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-30

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GATHhAa' n j Friday and Saturday
AN a. :G ,ampela,ure variable winds
.<.lyg FIRE IN WASHINGTON
ES. s,sss out il the central a power
fiji WV .s,s. Capital Traction Company ,
se. ri: 2ia 1as n bout quarter past II
N3'5 ]!. nisat. and in thirty min
,c.Nh I''. .aiticspt six story building
..s, The mag At o'clock this morn
50; d'' ll sola interior of She building
j, ;ss WOE a,r,s OF four walls bad
vi t loss' with loud crashes to the e
asn9'' "a lhe inside roared ana
stolro' , 9es me crater of a volcano.
bga'l .,a' Il lin which waited like
II; ; ,a...5 y paper across the avenue
F'1'o he was in progress created
s5' .1' CIV ~, in whatever groups they
r.' p' ,l.o = the fiery furnace blew
s'.'i ' ~ OF feet in the air; The
ia s sal occupied the entire block from {,
tsi iIo ..-r ans avenue to c street and
?S''t, ~. '' .,rgst to 18th street. The
r97 ~ ;:,ad on the southwest corner,
S'l' ,''' a,,s the efforts OF the entire
~ d+'pl,s mt swept like wind
il .tF 'sc enormous building. The
!i''ls' 20. ~ intense that the men were
t;'' - ..or, ne adjoining streets
t :. :, b,came evident that no efforts
E''a ~. he power station, the de-
t'.a n, ,urned its attention to the
3 ,'.'-,ra property, but the flames
;i...l'' ,erd.s i'm street on the west
s'sT u, n 1iycry stable, and then across
u . Ny ~, an the east, aud attacked a
u 'a ~ three story brick houses. 81
''' u r,s me heat that the hremen
i;'i l3 -, rsr within reach of the burn
!. w. s.,Iii.ps. they were driven back,
y. 1-' ,5~ streams from the hose
~. W.. c ,r no, reach the fire. The
w. fra DEPARTMENT was on the scene,
'' ). ss,,a yss the coutlagration that
" So, ,eare fu.ile. The power
~, ~. VA, built four years ago. 1t is
~ :,or+: in height, and. besides con
.,isp the power plaut of the Pen nsyl
NJ. ',, sr-aue lines of the Capital Ttac-
'-'1 romn.uy. i occupied by dozens of
h ,.r ot6c-s. The walls began to fall
|, fg.lys o'clock, snd with the de-
..:pr heat, tie men were enabled TO
10 work on adjoining property. Sev-
:, houses. however had been Quilted.
\. los, spproxim, tely, will be atol +
EGGS on the building; about $50,
. % machinery and stored cars,
y. >, loss sustained by tenants will
..n. -. 200 900 more, making Il o
-y-' da N 100000. The Sunday
. ;, and ysi,ooa Home and Fire
;' .5e Sl latter s'f published. by Mr.. A: j.
&, .iisrbarn, formerly OF this city.
:e located in the blu 'a'ne,
4 the equipments OF tn, g
5srs were totally destroyed.
lNe was also a job printing office in
: building. The Southern Railway
,upaay had Offices in the power
use The books of the Capital Tr &C.
u Company, who owns the property,
ne in iron safes, and escaped des.
Ictiou. The origin is not definitely
Owl, but is supposed to have result
from spontaneous combustion OF the
Used about the printing presses or
na match, or cigar or cigarette stump
tlessly thrown on waste paper.
ere we're four watchmen i'll the
Idlog and every floor was fitted out
b time boxes which the watchmen
re obliged to turn as they passed. At
" minutes past II the watchmen
ned the clock opposite Mr.. Gettin-
I: office. There were then no signs
,ny Ire. Passengers on the Ills
10 from this city had a good look at
IRE, as 1t was burning furiously by
:ime tue train reached Washington.
. cars, OF course, could not 60 to
III depot, Pennsylvania avenue and
! street, but were stopped at 14th
~ streets, from which point the
might train left. as have also trains
say The light from the fire was
'alninls city and its reflection was
cause OF an alarm being turned in.
10y people went to Washington to.
lot The purpose OF looking at the
10 Consequence of the fire the train
'h'cneF s office ofthe electric railway
!. been temporarily removed from
as,alngtOn to this city.>
'ae trains Of the Capital Traction
y Sa'ca stopped when, during the
= lle huge iron girder crashed into
,.S aasnlhcent machinery ofthe power
~ were slowly pulled to the sheds
=, 'rs company this morning. There
~. : 10 early demand for horsehesh and
,''s's presented themselves at the
;s ..:s = Offices of the company and
~ ,,.S Inelr animals, which were &C.
YEA y at the figures asked.
.s'epoFted that the burned build
, : nay not be rebuilt, and that the
. spaly may secure its power from an
"''c company.
D.