The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-27

was the only lodger in the Daniels
apartments who carried insurance on
his personal property.
Architect y. T. Lacey lost a number
of instruments, drawings and office
furnishings which he had stored tenn
porarily in the Jacobs & Fasold store
He estimates his loss at 81 900 Frank
Hornbaker who conducts photo
studio on the third floor of the Florey
& Brooks store, also sustained some
loss from water.
The big Nay Aug steamer was placed
at the double sized hydrant. at the cor
ner of Spruce street and Breck court
and the Crystal steamer a I the hydrant
corner of Washington and Spruce. The
Neptune engine was on hand but not
brought into use. Each of other two
steamers had four lines of hose at
tached and with several lines direct
from hydrants, an immense volume of
water was thrown on to the blaze,
WATER PRESSURE.
The pressure at the hydrant on
Washington avenue. where there Is a
twenty -four-inch main was S5 pounds
and the steamer augmented this Is
pounds. The fifty pound pressure from
the ten-inch main on Spruce street was
doubled by the steamer. With both
these powerful engines drawing water
within half a block of each other the
natural pressure was not diminished
pound at any time during the progress
of the fire, according to the statement
OF Superintendent Robert Reeves, of
the Scranton Gas and Water company,
who had constant tabs kept on the in
dicator at the company's office.
The first alarm brought out Engine
company No. 4, Chemical company No
/, Engine company No. /, and Hook and
Ladder company No. !. These had flf-
teen men besides bunk and call men.
The second alarm brought Engine COM
pany No. ., Chemical company No. 3
and Hose companies Nos A and with
seventeen men. There We're thirty
two permanent men and twenty-five
bunk and call men at work at the
fire.
That the firemen were able to not only
prevent the spread of the flames to
the adjoining buildings but to 'confine
them to a portion of the building in
which they originated was the highest
connendation of the onlookers.
The cool, business-like way in which
Superintendent Ferber went at his
task was almost aggravating. He alb
solutely refused to become excited and
actually did not even carry trumpet.
ONLY ONE FROZEN.
Superintendent Ferber said last night
that the stories afioat about frozen
hydrants were not correct The only
one frozen was that at Washington
avenue and Linden street which has
been leaking for some time and which
he some time ago made arrangements
to have removed.
This hydrant was not needed, but as
a precaution he ordered it thawed out
as soon as the fire began. The only de-
lay in fighting the fire from the be-
ginning, he said, was a slight one,
caused by an error in coupling up the
big Nay Aug steamer.
This is the fourth time that Mr. Will
lams has been a severe sufferer from
fire. Fifteen years ago, a building
at No. 19 Lackawanna avenue, owned
by himself and his partner, his brother,
Robert Williams, was badly damaged
by Il blaze which was of supposed in
cendary origin.
1898, the Shopland building containing
the store of j. D. Williams & Bro, and
the adjoining Ladwig building were
totally destroyed February Z, 1901, in
the fire which destroyed the Henwood,
Matthews, Norton, Crane and Walsh
buildings, the firm had the misfortune
to have nearly $4,000 worth of goods
stored in the cellar of the Henwood
building, which adjoined their own,
and a total loss of this amount was
the consequence. The building burned
yesterday, owned individually by ]. d.
Williams, was badly burned eight
years ago, entailing a loss of $500.
Mr.. Florey, of Florey & Brooks, has
also been unfortunate in this respect.
He lost big stock of goods, valued
at $4,000, in the Y. M. c. A. building
fire February g. 1898. and through a
technicality was unable to collect more
than $500 insurance.
Jacobs & Fasold will re-establish
business in a temporary quarters. They
began business together only last June
and their large stock was bran new.
Ladies of the Y. w. C. A. served cof-
fee TO the firemen on the third floor OF
the Jones Brothers building.