Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
FIRES IN EARLY DAYS
NARRATIVE READ BEFORE VET
ERAN vbLHNTEERs. :.
Mr.. Peabody's Account Cleaned From
the RecordSGThe Work of
Incendiaries.

| At the last menta!y meeting of the Vet
eran Volunteer Firemen's Association, at
the old Union enedpe thApse, 10Th and H
| streets. President Richards presided and
Mr. John J. Peabody was the secretary.
There was a fair attendance Messrs.
| Keithley and Johnson were reported sick.
| and Messrs j. w. Thompson and c. S.
Denham as having recovered. Mrs. Thomas
| Cissell presented the uniform of her late
| husband to the association.
Mr. Peabody continued the reading of his
! sketch of the old-time fire companies, his
present contribution being for the year
1898. OF fires and alarms of fire he read
notices from the files of the National In
telligencer as follows:
| Wednesday, January 81: 1.-The Late Fire
| in the First Ward.-We understand from one
who was present at the late fire in Mrs.
Elbzens house, on Friday last. that the
Union Fire Company rendered very essen
| tia1 service in extinguishing the flames.
and particularly distinguished themselves
| by their alacrity and praiseworthy exer-
| TONS"
Monday, February 90: "On Saturday last
we heard no less than three alarms OF
| Fire resounding through the principal
streets of the city-one in the morning one
at noon and another at night. In the morn
ing a fire broke out little after O'clock
which threatened Col. Kearney's house in
the second ward. We know not how this
fire originated. 1t was subdued by rev
members of the Franklin Fire Company. we
are told that Col Kearney was so much
delighted with the exertons of the firerien
as to request the right of membership IN
the Franklin with the, pledge that he would
be a thorough workman with them.
1.-THE second alarm was caused by dense
smoke issuing from a foul chimney IN the
Patriotic Bank.
1.-THE third alarm was from a blazing
chimney In the back part of the house OF
Do, -lNyar,
Perseverance hydraulion was hist on the
ground.
a chimney in the house of Mr.. j. II. Brad,
| ley on Louisiana avenue, took fire ana
blazed out for several minutes with great
volume and shortly after the Single roof
| of the house was discovered to have cars
fire, but by the timely application of water
it was soon eXtinguiShed with little or ho
damage to the property
Monday, April 80. under the head 1.-THE
Late Fire in Alexandria" the Intelligencer
saws: I'VE are told that besides the mem
bers of the Franklin who so laudably
aided at this fire. dragging their apparatus
seven miles through the mud to relieve
their neighbors in distress, there were sew
eral members of the Perseverance and other
fire companies belonging to this city who
went to Alexandria to render assistance.
An alarm of fire Sunday night, May ID,
the Intelligencer notices as causing no little
commotion on Pennsylvania avenue May
% a false alarm on the night previous is
noticed Monday, June 4, a fire on the
night of the LIST in the stable of Brooke
Mackall, on the heights Of Georgetown, is
referred to. The Star company and the
Vigilant of Georgetown and the Union and
Franklin of Washington responded. July
4 the Intelligencer notices a fire which oc-
CURED June Is in 2 frame building near
Under date of September is the follow
ing account of a fire on the 4th:
ION Tuesday last between and 10
o'clock at night a fire broke out in stable
in square 37S. between d and and 9th and
10th streets, in this city, The fire soon COM
municated to the workshop of John Will
kinson. carpenter. which, together with his
tools. the tools Of three Yorkrnen large
quantity of work nearly, finished and an
adjacent stable belonging to Mr.. Thomas
Murray was destroyed before any efficient
aid could be given. =, The Perseverance, and
commendabie alAcrity and were first to rem
der service; the Columbia and Union soon
followed. also the Nigilant Of Georgetown.
Star AND Mi Sun DE aampanies Of r Alexandria.
On discovering the blaze, came over i'm
medately to the assistance of their neigh
bors. We understand the Alexandria COM
panies drew their engine from that city to
the Long bridge, AS soon as the fire was
extingushed the Alexandria firemen were
invited by the mayor of washington to
partake of refreshments abuhdantly pre-
pared for them at the Franklin engine
house..
Monday, September TO- the Intelligencer
notices a fire. as follows:
IAN alarm of fire in this city yesterday
morning produced more than usual ex-
element in the neighborhood of 1t. and, In
deed. the exertions on the part of the fire
companies and individuals were crowned
with surprising success, though they did
not succeed in preventing the destruction
of property belonging to three or four per-
sons. The fire was discovered about
o clock in the morning in frame stable
0-1l ncf ctd 10
of sth street north, not far from the general
post office, and was in a light blaze almost
before any persons had gathered around
the spot. The fire soon communicated to
carpenter shop and thence to frame
building belonging to Mr.. Lambert Tree on
the north of 1t, and to the brick tavern and
dwelling south of 1t belonging to the NC
Glue heirs, being the corner or the square.
1t then caught and burnt two tenements
on D street. belonging to Mr.. Hayman, and
then to Mr.. Hamil's house. which, though
not burnt, was a good deal injured. ms
house stands next to the extensive pu1ld-
ing occupied by the Office and printing es-
Establishment of the National lntelligencer,
which was throughout in the greatest dan
ger and was only saved by the lntellgence
and energy with which the enorts OF the
fire companies were made, and the gener-
Gus. prudent, courageous conduct of active
individuals among them.
Before II o'clock the fire was mastered.
Another alarm drew the hre companies
and people. together at o'clock II proved
to be the stable of Mr.. Calson. on 9th street
the wood and contents of which were de-
stroyed. The occurrence of this fire in
building in which no fire is used seems to
strengthen the impression that this. as well
as the first, was designedly fired we re-
greet to learn that one citizen had his leg
broken by an engine running upon him. and
one or two other lesser injuries were re-
ceived by individuals in the course OF the
morning.
The next day is recorded the discovery by
Mrs. Smith at the Headquarters Tavern, on
7th street, that ''some .diabolical person had
placed fire between the boards of the floor"
October the Intelligencer notices an In