The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-08

ing the fire. AS the flaming caskets de-
sCended through the air the crowd shouted
aud several fiIemen and spectators came
near being struck by them.
After more than an hours hard work the
conflagration was eXtlnguished, but not
before much havoc hau been wrought 70
the building and its contents.
The police reserves OF the First and sixth
preCinc1s were called OUT, ana Lieut.. Kelly
did excellent work with his men keeping
Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth and
Tenth streets, clear OF vehicles which had
congested there.
several accidents marked the progress
of the fire. Fireman John VI. Sauer, Of
No. engine company, had the tip of his
left fore-finger cut Off while hard at work
Oh the roof.
John Mcmahon, twenty-eight years OF
age, a s.eamfitter, residing at No. GA II
street northeast, while assisting the fire
men 70 chop through the root ana get at the
blazing uInbers, made mistake with his
AK, and cut bis foot in a terrible manner.
He also injured his hand.
Edgar Z. Stewart was struck on the back
by flying fragment OF a coffin and pain
fully InJuIed, aud several or the firemen
nearly succumbed 10 the heat.
At tone time il was feared that the flames
would extead 10 the adjoining structures,
No. 80 Pennsylvania avenue, occupied by
the Independent Ice Company, and No.
Ola, occupied by the Washington safe De-
pOsit Company, and In which is stored
many thousands OF dollars worth OF prop
eTty Of every description. The roofs OF
these two buildings were kept drenched
with water, and Notwithstanding the dry
cOnditiod OF the tlmbeTs, due To the drought,
no fire was communicated to them.
The approximate losses, as reported to
the police, were: To the Buckley building,
about $1,000, fully covered by insurance
in the Mutual District Fire Insurance Com
pany; to personal property of Mrs. Goodwin
and the Buckley heirs on upper floors, $500.
notinsured; To property of Postal Telegraph
o. b. Weik, merchandise broker on lower
floor, $50 no insurance; and to tn property
of Joseph F. Donahoo, broker. SO. These
figures Were oOncurredi in by Messrs. Walter
a. Brown and Thomas W. Fowler, receiv-
ers for the property, who We're present at
the conflagration.
Iu> oau.la- : owned by Miss Hattie
Buckley, who resides at Arlington Village,
Va, and present soon after the build
irg was discovered TO be III flames. The
property was originally owned by the
tate Miss Ann Buckley, and has, il is said,
been involved in considerable litigation.
Yesterday several loads OF collins and
.thcU HItirleS, the property OF the late
Anthony Buckley, undertaken, We're re-
no. fron the upper part of the building,
ii is stated. Miss Hattie BuCkleyis the sole
heir of the Ann Buckley estate, and the
partly burned building was stored with
vast quantity Of antique furniture, books,
records and other articles, which were
great Y DANA ged by the water W which flooded
each OF the stories from the roof TO the
cellar.
The police are this afternoon trying to
locate the firehug W no has made three ie-
tcruIined attempts to destroy the building.
Patrolmen Stenhouse aud Herndon received
important information from Robert Ander-
son, a young man employed by the Postal
Anderson has seen the incend airy twice
About six weeks ago tail white man,
wearing a dark suit of clothing and
stubby beard, W as found on the first floor
acting in a suspicious manner When ap-
preached by Anderson, W no asked what he
wanted, the intruder said:
Il am looking for Thomas Jones, who
works for Mr.. Stephenson"
~ ',,4, ,tico auoot - o,loCk in the morn
ing. Being informed that there was nc
such person as Jones in the building the
stranger disappeared and few minutes
later fire burst forth from the small PANTRY
IN tho east side of the back room, first floor
The flames were extinguished after the
fTafnc partitlO non had been burned for some
distance and report of the matter was
made to the police. About three weeks ago
the same mysterious, unshayed man was
seen lurking about the place and another
firn was artcd in he little partry.
This morning the firebug came near being
successful, as he used the elevator shaft
In each instance the floor and walls We're
saturated with Kerosene and gasoline.
Many anxious inquiries were made by
persons who have valuables stored in the
Safe Deposit Company's building, next
door, as to the safety of their property
The manager replied that there was no
danger, as the four-foot walls separating
them from the burning building had not
even been made warm.
Ice water in liberal quantities was sup
Piled the police and firemen by the indie
pendent Ice Company.
y white man, WIN disheveled clothes
andhair, was aIreStedin the building during
the progress Of the fire as q suspicious char
acter He was seen running out of the
burning structure. The man was released,
as he informed the two policemen he tn
tered the building on business He is now
believed to have been the incendiary.
This afternoon Inspector Hollinterger
has assigne1 de- ectives to work on the case