The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-29
cI1tR STANDING.
SERIOUS FIRE IN THE
BUSINESS CENTER

Continued from rage oHe''
that II a fire ever gets started i'm ether
of the two big department stores no
ing sh nj Of a miracle VIII pleNeh'
destru tive cOnhagrauon.
The Tilllnghast restaurant hltchSn
was i'm use until nearly / O'CLOCK \
Masonic party had dinner IA tlS
Trocadero parlor. and at l2.4o John IL
Barnett, the janitor, closed the pan
quet hall and inspecting the klNcheu'
which is on the fourth floor, ana ABOUT
* feet from Westminster street, on
Clemence street. found everything all
secure SO far as he could see ana
Judge. and descending 10 the street.
locked the door and went home.
six hours later, a fire, which must
have smculderGd for a long time, SUD
denly burst into a raging lame ana
grave disaster seemed imminent
SECOND ALARM SOUNDED.
AT 6.20 the second alarm, and from
! box 232 was sent out, and when the au-
! ditional companies arrived ana were
! located, the department. settled d0"fi-
/ TO n determined fight. in which human
! skin got the better Of one of the ele-
| mepts I'm less than half an hour. 1T was
! necessary to literally drown the hre'
| and this viii account for the heaVy
! damage which will &c reported as nav
| ing been caused by smoke and water.
! a wreck Of the handsomely painted
| walls being soaked so that they must
come down. All the expensive ca.pets
and rugs were soaked and ruined, and
The furniture was badly damaged. The
kitchen and serving rooms were gut
! ted.
I'm stairs. over the restaurants and
the stores TO the westward the Tilling-
hast assembly rooms, a photograph
gallery. the Boston Dental Farlors, and
a clothes cleaning establishment were
well wet down.
The Louvre Glove company, next
door 10 -1fAfffftiirtrl-sst,s did -nn-get any
fire loss but the water damage was
heavy. The stock carried is said TO
have been I'm excess OF $4,000 and until
the salvage men can get 20 work and
ascertain how many pairs OF gloves
were WEI, or smoked. the actual loss
Z cannot be arrived At The loss. how
ever Will be Q material one.
\ HEAVY LOSER
Thomas j. O'I<eefe, ladies' cloaks,
, suits. furs and garments, Will be a
, ! laree lCscr He had a $4,000 stock u
, hand ON which there was an insurance
~ $40 900. and On which he was 20 nave
taken out an additional $1,000 TINS week.
> Water galore poured into his store
: through The ceiling and with the smoke
made a had mess but not so great as
= - v.lll.U have Dten n0U not lNt blbSNN
ttve dapartmem been expeditions IN
!: nlaciuq their tarpaulins Mr.. q heeIe ;
O icse win probably reach 30 per cent. ol
$ tho tctai valuation OF his stock.
: water +. willis & Co. gentlemen !
o haberdashers. fortunately had an al
J. and water light wall, ana dld mol SUI
= TT The r. ~ Gladding company ha'
n sn1olts. ana water damage printipaiN
u rha former IHe ptTtN ~, - -
n 1,.U b1r.k and the old building wa
IS supposed 90 be 2 perfect P,o'',ss.,o' 40.
n oeoiret ordinary fire losses, nut tutI
a, ,ysok sDot somewhere near IN
l. sar,na no9r possibly q joist end NJ
- @ 80, an ha wall during the cor
n s},,,etio, of the brick work. leaving
le Nh, which had not been properly ,N'",'
Ia Al orv rate the IRE made !
p.u. No,,,.b tfat waU and between th
IN a. s,o,v ceiling and the second sSoi
- n ,~d s+ was r8uidly eating It's WI
=, ~, 80 aenartmcut checked Us pry
~ grnes Tho damage in the ,ilauuIir :,
q. establishment was couuntQ p,,t ~ ~ .,',,I
fe TO the scotch ,woo''n ot5,o ,por, $1,000
~ 1rto builairo occupied by the li.h"t
- .' c,,,,v,e.,,- 7s .vall as h. AL ~
~ o+bcr ucreous and corpora IONS wa wv
=. with tho exception ~ iN' -.
q, limo Company belongs TO t,' i'''''. ''''.
Ia raino cstate That estate WIZ lo'
. nv lfFW imam "
.n 0oroos wore almost wholly c"'hheu
,d tbo middle section of the f'Sl eu''
,,s and 20 tho kitchen under the r'pl
an During the progress of NhN h.'
nd fireman named Gardiner hc''nt'lF
- hose No. was quite haiv H' on o
- hand bv n Nrgcd piece ot ia0Nns vi
'oc dow rlaes rhat was the only aceiue
hs OF the morning.
on TOTAL Loss S3- 600.
rs many lose heavily This concern o.
he several and arge sets of silver" (
mo tnra. flr bauCuets, wedding hl Kl as
d. and swell dinners. They also had e
Jos. t.usive decorated sets OF china Wh'
MI had hefu made 60 order in foreign p'
us t.rice This property was all ruined.
hc Du no walt of The main dininE. u
by WAS one nf ~. e. LeaVtts nahN
pifrss. ehtg-cd "For ih' Banquet
in rcrreeeutlao ~ "a rlniious cp.lect y
or, I'D TIutts ard flowers This cos. TIM
.ot hcqf e. 60. safe buf x was worth a.
ia Two great holtF were burned in
Or- middle ~ 4his mueh-prized ana high
2 O.. prafeed on nairiing. so that 10 Is ruin
ley beyond redemption
TiWnrh1r. s. Co.'s property in 1
building was valued oi $4,000 aud th
or- viii bo n loss apprOXImaunf Nl'N
IAN insurance OF about $4,000.