The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-13

phernalia-Losses in Detail.
Dunmore was visited by another very
destructive fire yesterday morning ana
as usual the fire was in the vicinity
of the corners. The total loss is about
$27, ,OGO which is about half covered by
insurance.
The buildings destroyed We're the
three story frame hotel on Chestnut
street a short distance from East
Drinker and the big brick odd Fellows
building which adjoins it, The fire
started in the hotel building and IT
was entirely destroyed. The Odd Fel-
lows building is so badly damaged that
it viii have to be torn down to the
first story.
Chief O'Hora, of the Dunmore Fire
department, told a Tribune man yes
terday that the Odd Fellows building
could in all probability have been saved
If the water supply was adequate and
OF proper pressure.
The fire was first seen by party
from Pittston who came to Dunmore on
a sleigh ride and were about to return
home. About the same time, owen w.
Bieseker, bartender for DANES A. IIar-
rington, the proprietor of the hotel,
who slept in a room on the third aoor,
was awakened by the noise made by
the flames. In an instant he realized
the danger of the situation and after
rousing his roommate, Thomas Mona
CHAN, a boarder, and making sufficient
outcry 10 arouse those sleeping on the
floor below, he struggled into some of
his clothes and fled from the building
to turn in an alarm, first assuring him
self that the other inmates Of the
building would be able to get out safe
ly. He then rushed to the Neptune
Chemical Engine house Che is a MEM
Der of the company, and assisted in
getting the apparatus to the scene.
ESCAPED IN NIGHT CLOTHES.
MIR. Harrington. his wife, their two
children, age years and { months re-
spectively, and q relative named Mary
OBrien from West Scranton, who was
spending a few days with them, slept
on the second floor and were awakened
by Bieseckers shouts. They found the
rooms filled with smoke and flames
cracking about them i'm most unpleas-
ant way. They had just time to reach
the sidewalk in safety
Mr.. Harrington said that no sooner
had he gained the street than it seemed
as if flames shot from every part of the
building. A general alarm had been
turned in end the Neptune, Indepen-
dent, John r. Smith, Electrics and A.
ID. Spencer fire companies responded.
There was same little delay in getting
the fire hydrants thawed and when the
hose was finally attached - the hy-
drants of the vicinity it was found
that the four streams made such p
demand on the main that the pressure
was reduced to a very low ebb. Water
could not be thrown as high as the sec
ond story of the Odd Fellows building
The Dunmore department does not pos
sess an engine that could be used in
securing artificial pressure.
ADJOINING PROPERTY SAVED.
With the serious handicap under
which the department worked the fire.
men did well to save the adjoining
property. w. ]. CostelIo's frame
building just east of the Harrington
hotel, was somewhat scorched but
aside from that the fire did no dam
age save TO the hotel and the Odd Fell
lows building.
1t was nearly o'clock yesterday
morning when the fire was fully under
control and until after 10 o'clock the
companies continued to deluge the ru-
ins with water.
John Heisner, a member of the In
dependent hose company, in crawling
down an ice covered fire escape on the
al III -
of twenty feet, and painfully injured
one Of his legs.
The hotel occupied by Mr.. Harring-
ton is owned by NJ. J. Norton, of this
city. 1t had twenty rooms, was built
seven years ago, and Mr.. Norton ee-
timated its value at $4,000. 1t was in
sured for less than that amount. The
hotel will be rebuilt at once. Mr. Nor
ton had men at work yesterday cut
ting lumber for a temporary building
| which Mr.. Harrington will occupy un-
til the hotel is rebuilt. Mr.. Harring-
tons loss is $4,000, half covered by in
surance.
The odd Fellows building was erect
ed about ten years ago by the men,
bers of that order. 1t is OF brick, three
! feet deep. The building was valued at
stories in height 81 feet wide and GO
| $4,000 and was insured for $4,000.
OCCUPANTS OF BUILDING.
The first floor of the building was
| occupied by the post office and candy
! store OF Thomas Jones. Postmaster
! Bishop sustained loss of $50 and Mr.
| Jones one of $500. The latter is GOV.
| cred by insurance. The post Office has
| temporary quarters in the DAILY build
| ing on East Drinker street.
The second floor was a public hall
and on the third floor a han occupied
| by various societies. The Redmen
| sustained a loss of $500 on which there
| is no insurance and the Junior Order
| of United American Mechanics loss is
| $500, fully protected by insurance. The
! following organizations lost their par
| aphernalia and books: Heptasophs
Ladies Auxiliary of Brotherhood OF
| Railroad Trainmen, Daughters OF
| America, Golden Eagle, Ladies of the
| Golden Eagle and Patriotic Order Sons
| of America. The loss of their books
| is a very serious matter to some OF
these organizations.
The Odd Fellows building will be re-
built as soon as possible. and in the
meantime that organization viii meet
in Boyle's hall.
When the fire started it melted many
of the electric light, telephone and tel
| egraph wires, and to protect the fire.
| men IL was found necessary To shut