The evening times., 1898-09-20

loss on No. 52s Twelfth Street is about
$4,000, and the insurance $500
The loss on No. 526 is estimated AZ 81
500 and the insurance is 500.
The premises No. SD Twelfth Street
were damaged to the extent of 81, 500, caus-
ed chiefly by water.
The building on the southeast corner Of
F and Twelfth Streets occupied by Louis
Loose florist, and owned by Charles
Thorne. was damaged. The glass in ev-
cry window on the west side was brok-
en-. The loss sustained by Mr.. Loose is
also great, but up to a late hour this af-
ternoon was not estimated.
A heavy looser is G. Warfield Simpson.
tailor. He had just put in a fall stock
which was valued at from ZOO to $20.-
0eO. He is partially protected by insur-
ance
The building No. 120S F Street is total
wreck, the loss being about 5000, covered
by insurance. Mr.. Johnson was seen this
morning, but said he had not estimated
the loss Of the firm, nor could he until he
managed to get at the safe, which is COW
cred by the debris.
Horton NJ. Little, grocer at No. 1910 f
Street was a heavy loser, but to what
extent is not exactly known. The second
story of the building was occupied by d..
+. Wiber, dentist, whose establishment
was damaged to the extent of 81 600, part
ly protected by $500 insurance.
The buildings on the northside of F
Street east and west of the Robinson
& Cherry Co, building sustained damage
from the heat. The whole front of the
Huyler Building is scorched and four of
the heavy plateglass windows are de-
stroyed.
No. 1907. occupied by c. Schneider &
Sons. dealers in hardware and gen al
electric supplies. is also damaged. The
| plate glass windows were broken and
the stock is damaged to the extent of
about $500 by heat and water. The
! Iuilding belongs to the estate of Mary
I A Schneider.
The plate glass front in building No
1903 F Street. occupied by S. A. Reeves
was also broken. the damage being about
! $500; covered by insurance
The plate glass windows and doors al
! No. 1911 Street, coupled by Hoover &
| Snyder. were damaged to the extent OF
| about $500, which is covered by insur-
! ance.
Incidents of the Fire.
A grand spectacle was presented or
! Pennsylvania Avenue in the vicinity OF
The Times building, while the great blaze
was at its height. The afr was literally
w
a great altitude, forming a dense shower
| of fire and covering the payements roofs
| and roadways with a fiery coating. AS Z
| result of these flying firebrands the roof.
| and awnings of several buildings ignitet
and kept volunteer fire brigades busy
The cornice on the building No. ~
Tenth Street northwest, occupied by til,
| United States Storage Company, was dis
covered to be ablaZe from the fiery showe
by an employe of The Times, who aroused
the sleeping inmates of the fourth floor
The flames extended to the roof, but wer,
| extinguished by inmates of the house
who drenched the roof with water.
A young lady at Tenth and E Streets
had her light shirt waist catch fire from
sparks This fire was extinguished b,
Charles E. Smith, who was on his way t,
the big fire.
| Street northwest became ignited an,
blazed rather savagely. Over it there wa
a large American flag, which hung from
one of the windows of the exchange o
the Legion of Loyal Women. There wa
a hoarse cry from the crowd:
Save the fiagr'
In an instant the ropes holding tn
awning had been cut and fifty willin
hands were lent to the task of pulling /
down, the flames from which were Jus
tapping the flag.
Then the crowd breathed:
THE flag is safe,'