Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-04


,o,ovvIc or FIREs.-There were
An ~. =, IN one night last week-the
t1es eaa5,y alCI bu ding at the northeast
Old sr l.uo ot lee and Queen streets, ana "a at
cofneII, fI, % ,gios,. residence and MIR. Nu-
AF o.@ ,,@r4 both on upper King
gs'is sIy Three more followed in about
street. tdnr hours, beginning shortly
tssp; .sr o'clock saturday night and end.
at!eI : ls.t aignt. The first was an
log .o,s y cooper shop on the northeast
Oh na| .e and Princess streets
c1ipJ' floh ~. louad 10 be on fire, evidently
%A'eu %,s : = II an iucendiary. and which
lGe No' ,,,rd tnc northeastern section CT
l.au', .arn ,acrt time. The tiie de-
'g' ,s,m.ut VA on The ground a lew
pll'I p,,as after The alarm was sounded;
MINUS: '.:.5 u.uai promptness subdned
a1a S,nr, S, and protected contiguous
Toe ,, NV 4 portion of the shop was
ba'la'aS5i n.'i45 nv 5Iar.ha Butler, an old
'cSu:aj' S uonnn. whose feet were SO
goly,'% w., i-o.,btten at the time OF the Hill
9'u.i h.,omnntstion was necessary. sac
af' ,up' 'al'4n out OF the burning building
y. va nsigbbors. The woman stated that
q D. ."w y man drop lighted news
Sn' ., mad r. corner of the building
p'S i'S ran Ia few minutes the OLD
touse was ablsze.
'Vss SsortIy after five o'clock yesterday
.,ninos hugh bank of smoke attract.
~ attention. ia the northwestern part
eG eG'SsrY l', :. wien it was discovered that
w. =. ~ oayn aod several stacks of hay on
,a' ~ ~ ~ Snoat's Sons & Co.'s
nI.oa relr Northwest Alexandria,
pa i"ss bnrulng Tne buildings and
sor,4ats "r1 we're soon burned to
ne ground. The department re-
.nondsd to the alarm, but the fire be-
i9c some distance beyond the city
Init. i'm where no water is available, the
a'oiae and truck did not proceed to
tbe sceDe Ia fact so rapid was the
o,ogrsss OF the fire that no human
ra means could lpve stsid is progress.
The harm WAS owned by Messrs. c. c.
Smool's Sons & Go. and was Insured for
$3.50 The contents we're owned by Z.
" Weadon, upon which there was an
insurance OF 81 900. The entire loss
will amount to about S2, 900. The fire
was caused by some tramps carelessly
throwing lighted cigar or cigarette
among the hay. The barn has been
known as tramp resting place for some
time.
The third alarm was sounded between
: and o'clock last night when it was
discovered that the Alexandria Ferti-
zsr and Chemical Works were in
jeopardy. a fire had been STAR
ed among lot of empty bags
which threatened the destruction
Of the entire plant, which is
large wooden structure. Several
employees, vino live near the works,
responded to the alarm, and knocking
boards from the building, quickly ex-
tuguIshed the fire with plug stream.
0le engine and the truck were soon on
the spot, but they did not go to work.
The barn of James Dent, colored, at
the old Washington Mill, in Fairfax
county below this city. was burned yes
day. The fire was caused by q cigarette,
which was csrelessly thrown away by
one OF Dents friends from this city.
Me:srs. c. C. Shoots Sons & Co., of
this city. to dsy received a telegram
from North Wilkesboro, N. c., saying
that the inside OF the boiler house at
their tannery there was Quilted by fire
yesterday. 'rhe loss was slight and the
damage was not sufficient to prohibit
hFes being rekindled to, o,day.
The residence Of Mr.. William Cleve-
land, on Seminary Hill, was destroyed
by fire yesterday morning. The fire
Was caused by spark from the chimney
falling on the roof, igniting the dry
shingles. Most of the furniture was
saved, "a but Mr.. Grigg, a son-in.law of
Mr. Cleveland, says he lost $50, which
WAS stolen from box after it had been
removed from the house.
Many citizens are much incensed at
Me hFe bugs who have been at work in
t1ls city for some time and threaten
ul'e vengeance if the culprits are
caught