Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
FIRES I'm. THE NIGHT
Ii5 III
Damage Wrought by Flames
II, II
Considerable.
ONE FALSE ALARM
BLAZE ON FOURTEENTH STREET
CAUSES Loss OF $4,000.
Three Persons Rescued From Burning
Building by Firemen-The
Fires Elsewhere.

Members of the fire department received
a number of calls last night and during the
early morning hours, and were pretty busy.
Three alarms were sounded before mid
night and two between midnight and
o'clock this morning. One of the three
first named was a false alarm, and the
firemen had their run for nothing.
The most serious of the several confla-
grations occurred about 2 o'clock a.. m.
in the building of John Rochon, 912 14th
street northwest. About $4,000 damage was
caused to the building and contents, and
the fire was eXtinguished with some diff
Guilty. Three persons had to be assisted
from the building by the firemen. They
were Herman M. Suter, 1. L. Suter and
Mrs. Mary Branchler.
The blaze was discovered in the cellar,
and call was sent for the fire department.
Several companies responded, and Assistant
Chief Wagner was promptly on hand to d.
rect the movements of the firemen. The
flames reached the air shaft and burned
through to the roof in a short time
AS soon as Chief Wagner reached the
scene of the fire his first thought was of
those in the house
'Everybod is out volunteered a by
stander.
Conveyed to Place of Safety.
Another man In the crowd said he thought
there were still some of the occupants of
the structure in the building, and the chief
had Capt. Dixon of truck c company raise
his ladder to the fourth floor of the struc-
ture. Private Newton assembled the ladder,
and soon saw the three persons mentioned
They appeared at the window. and he as
sisted them across the wide cornice to the
adjoining building. They were then able
to pass through the opening in the roof to
a place of safety.
While the work of rescue was going on
the firemen who had arrived with the en-
CINE companies were hard at work trying
to eXtfnguish the flames 1t was with con-
siderable difficulty that they were able to
save the building from total destruction. All
the way up the air shaft there were win
dows opening into the rooms. The frame
work about these windows was attacked
by the flames and considerable amount
OF water had to be used to keep the blaze
from the rooms. The task was accom-
plished, however, and the upper pat of
the building did not sustain much damage
except by water and smoke.
Mr.. Rochons hairdressng establishment
on the first floor suffered a great amount
of damage and some damage was also
done in the cellar, where the fire started.
The building is owned by Mr.. Rochon. His
family occupied one fiat and the other
rooms on the upper floors were rented. He
was able to get out of the building without
aid, as were others in the building, the
exceptions being the three persons MENTION
ed. The firemen state that the people
who were rescued were not at all frightened
and that the rescue was attended by no ex-
citement. Chief Wagner estimated the
damage to- the building and contents at
about 81 600, and the loss is partly covered
by insurance. It is thought the blaze start
ed from the fire in the furnace. .s~s-s=
Residence on Cincinnati Street.
few minutes before o'clock this
morning the fire department received a
call because of a blaze in the house of
William White, 1910 Cincinnati street north
west. By the time Assistant Chief Sulli-
van reached the burning house the smoke
had made its way all along the row of
houses and was coming from so many of
them that he feared the blaze had made
Roadway. As a precautionary measure he
sent in a second alarm to call additional
companies to the vicinity. Mrs White and
her infant. the latter not yet a week old.
were taken from the house to the home of
a neighbor on the opposite side Of the
street The sick woman was somewhat ex-
cited, but it is believed there will be no
ill results. The fire occurred in the rear
room the top floor and was the result of
a lighted gas jet coming in contact with
some clothing. The firemen succeeded in
combining the flames to the room in which
they originated. but did not extinguish
them until about $500 damage had been
done. The property is fully insured.
other small Fires.
An exciting fire alarmed the members Of
the family of Mrs. Florence Gordon, 1923
18th street northwest, about Z o'clock last
night An overheated stove started a blaze
which threatened the destruction of the
house and contents, but it was discovered
before much Roadway had been gained and
the firemen reached the house in time to
prevent the flames from spreading. The
furniture and wearing apparel were dam
aged to the amount of about $50 and
about $50 damage was caused to the build
ing The property was not insured.
Dr. John E, Walsh of the health depart
ment was awakened this morning by fire
in his home at 202 East Capitol street. The
blaze started from some cause which could
not be determined and did about $50 DAM
age An alarm sounded from box 636 sum-
moned the fire department to the house.
The loss is covered by insurance.
An oil stove was overturned last night
about o'clock in the house of Daniel
Sullivan 1878 Fl street northeast. slight
fire was the result. The fire department
received a call from box 654 and hurried to
the scene of the fire. The blaze had been
extinguished before their arrival how
been done.
false alarm. was sounded from box
424 about II o'clock and the firemen had
their run to the vicinity of list and h
streets southwest for nothing. Efforts are
being made by tie police to apprehend the
person who violated the law.