BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-07-19
Terrible CoD0agratiion.
The Spanish Clinic Rooms OF
Doctor Ordofiez Destroyed
By Fire!
Fire alarm.

BY Flrel
Fire alarm.
At about quarter past twelve last
night the steady stroke of the alarm bell
in the municipality building announced TO
the inhabitants of San Juan that the fire.
demon was raging somewhere in its piecincls
mbile the shrill and continued whistle Of
the police made it evident that the contla- |
grafton was of a serious nature.
We lost no time in presenting ourselves
at the Acadia and there learned that tie
fire ragged in Santurce in the quarter named
The Olympus, in the house in which doctor
don Jose Ordoiiez, gives his clinical i'struc'
tions.
All the patients saved.
When ace arrived on the locality, tl
became at once clear to us that the building
,could be complete prey to the flames and
that all efforts to save it would he useless
The necessity Of Immediately caring for
the safety of the sick people rho received as
sistance there, DotC impressed Us strongly
aud zee lost no time in inquirjng about
them.
There we're eight OF them;-ThoSe acre
convaescent had been able to reach the
doors and PORTALS soon after the first cries
of 6 fire the others Tlo could not none
We're safely conducted outside by the EN-.
plcyees of the establishment and some pri
vate persons who hastened to their as
sstauc c. they were accommodated in some
apartments behind the burning building
Where they we're Immediately and carefully
attended.
Time and place where the fire
began.
Continuing our inquiries We learned
that the fire was first noticed between lilo
and | 80 of the night, in the medicine
room or ssBotica" which acas locked and not
lighted, but were the sound of loud deton.
ations Of some of the chemical compositions,
stored there gave th first alarm, these subs
tances greatly contributing to the intensity
and the rapid spread of the destroyin elem
ent.
Time of greatests COnilagratiOn.
Fall Of the building.
About Midnight Doctor OIdoliez' clinic
rooms were transformed into a huge pire,
the fgmes of which rose to considerable
heigh';-All efforts to safe it arere therefore
useless, and at one clock the whole turning
mass fell into heap with tremendous
crash, sending flames ard sparks high into
the air and Illuminating the landscape ar
ound with red sinister glow.
The Insular Police.
Messrs Amy and Adsuar.
AS soon as the Chief OF the I1Sular pol
ice received notice of the fire, he sent a Sec
ton under the orders of an officer to the
locality with orders to give all the assistance
in their power; they we're the first to arrive
on the ground. Den Guillermo Amy and
Don Jorge Adsuar were also among the
first arrivals and distinguished themselves
by their intrepid. endeavours to safe some
of the furniture and other goods
Doctor AquilinO Fernandez and
Ruiz Arnau.
Doctor Aquilino f rnandez the brother
Lin law Of doctor Ordofez, Tflz' q 81 present
in Spain and who lives in and is in charge
of the establishment, arrived on the scene
after the conclusion of che concert in the
theatre which be had attended. The sight
of the building in flames and the conse quent
shock to his feelings did not prevent him
however from calmly debating measures for
lha convenience of the patiens in which be
was generously assisted by Doctor Ruiz
ArnaD, who arrived with hm on the spot
The firemen and their fire.engine.
The ti.emen arrived in due time with
their pumps but, though there are five large
water tanks about the tu ldng now destro-
yed, the pumps acouls not aoork and the
hose was unfit for use, though the men
themselves showed their good will and were
very active in trying to be OF service.
1t is greatly to be lamented that in a
city Ike tn S no means can be found to pro-
vide this necessary department CT public
service with an efficient equipment. The
men did their best to flight the flames and
did rot leave the locality till a. m. achen
th, building Was only mass of smoking
iuinS.
Loss sustained.
Value of insurance.
According to the latest valuation of the
Du lding and it belongings, furniture, ms
trumenrs, e;c., the loss sus, aimed ainonts to
betN cen IA aid Is thousand dollars; The
insurance only covers fine thousand dollars
A letter from doctor Arnau.
Doctor Arnau, Il reIlrlng from the scene
of the misfortune addussed a note to Dr.
Aqu lno FeinanLez, authorizing him to
send all the patients to the Health Establish: