Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30
AFFAIRS IN )GEORGETOWN
The Village of Tsnleypwn Visited by
Fire Last Night.
Property Valued at ~ 800 Destroyed
Serious Effect Upon an In
vaIid-Other News.

Fire visited Teneytown last evening, de-
stroyng business house and stable. and
also the contents of a private dwelling, in
dieting u total damage of $500, according
to the police estimates. For a time 1t looked
though a large portion of the village
would be destroyed
The fire occurred in the stable of Isaac
Shoemaker, whose grocery store fronts on
Wisconsin avenue. or Tenleytown road.
east side. short distance north of the
Grant road, in the business section of the
village The flames were first discovered
at II 10 o'clock by Policeman John Sullivan
of tho county patrol force. He Immediately
turned in an alarm and In about half an
hour the Georgetown engines reached the
scene. From the headquarters OF the en-
gine company to the scene of the fire is
perhaps three miles, and there is a steep
up grade for over three-fourths of the en-
tire distance. Before the arrival of No. 8
engine another alarm was sent in, which
brought additional fire fighters to the scene.
Pending the arrival of the fire company
the citizens of the village made efforts to
save property. Policeman Sullivan and
Foreman Morgan of the naval observa-
tory succeeded in entering the burning sta
BILE an, bringing out two horses. Both of
the hoI ses were burned quite badly. one of
them dying of its injuries In the mean
time the grocery store was enVelCped- Inc
flames made such quick work of it that by
the time the engines arrived it was seen
that the structure was doomed, and efforts
were made to save the adjoining buildings.
The frame dwelling on the soutn, occupied
by Policeman Eli Riley, next caught The
building is owned by Philip l.. Brooks.
Despite the efforts to save it, the building
was pretty well gutted. The hard work of
the fire fighters checked the onslaught of
the flames at this point and prevented
further spread, though the efforts of the
firemen were kept up until after ) O'Clock
this morning
The damage sustained by Mr.. Shoemaker
is placed at 5000, which includes the sta
bic and grocery, covered partly by IN
surance. The damage to the house and fur
niture of Policeman Riley is placed at ST.
500.
When the fire was at its height and
threatened to do far more serious damage,
DR.. Charles A. Becker, who is ill., the owner
of a drug store in the village, was removed
from his home, which was regarded as be-
Ing in the path of the flames, and taken to
the home of Rev Father Joseph Mallon,
pastor of ST. AIMS Church, who resides al
most directly opposite. DIR. Becker is a suf-
ferer from paralysis and has been confined
to his bed for five weeks or more The eX
element of the night had quite bad effect
upon him, and this morning he was re-
ported to be in precarious condition.
New Assistant Pastor.
Rev Samuel Cahill, S. j., has been or
dered to Trinity Church, and until further
notice will serve as second assistant pas
tor. He takes the place Of Rev. Father
Albert Peters, s. j., who was recently
ordered to Trinity Church, but whose
health was so bad that he was transferred
to keiser Island, Conn, as an assistant to
Rev. Father Joseph Hmmel- the we'll
known mission worker. The change was
made several days ago, Father Peters leav-
ing last week.