Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19
EARLY MORNING BLAZE
DAMAGE CAUSED AT STABLE OF
GEORGE F. MAILMAN.

The fire department received early
morning call yesterday. due to blaze In
the livery stable of George F. Mailman
22i and 226 14th street. II was few min
utas before o'clock when fire was discov-
cred or the second floor Of the building.
and SO threatening was the prospect when
the iremen reached the building that sec
ond alarm was sent in for the purpose Of
calling out additional companies. Before
the flames were extinguished Capt. John
Smith Of No. IA engine company found
George Johnson, colored, on the second
floor suffering from the effects Of the smoke.
Johnson was asleep In the corncrib at the
time the fire starred, and when driven out
by the smoke he made his way to the rear
of the building. and was resting in a VIC
toria when Capt. Smith located him. The
fire department official removed him from
the building and sent him to the Emergency
Hospital. 1t said at the hospital this
by the smoke that the patient probably will
recover.
There were more than lao horses In the
stable yesterday morning, and the manager,
n. Metcalf. was on duty on the lower floor.
the only other man on watch there being
Johnson. AS soon az the blaze was noticed
an alarm was turned In from box 145, mem
bers of truck G company being the first
firemen to reach the scene. The irenen
had an idea of the number of horses that
were in the building and their initial effort
was directed toward saving them. In this
work they received the assistance of others,
who hurried to the stable when they heard
the alarm sounded saw the fire compa-
MES on their way Fortunately for the an
imais the fire started the second floor
ana the horses were all rescued before the
smoke became too dense for the rescuers
TO work.
Damage to Machinery.
On the top floor was the plant of the
Capital Paper Box Company. and the blaze
and smoke did considerable damage to the
machinery and stock. Many vehicles were
on the second floor, some of them belong
ing to the owner of the stable and others
the property of merchants. Several were
destroyed and others badly bfstered by the
heat. cat and five kittens died in the
fire.
Fire Marshal Nicholson visited the scene
and made a careful investigation In an ef-
fort to determine the origin of the blaze,
but was not wholly successful. He ts
satisfied. however, that the fire was not
caused by electric wires. He estimated the
total damage at about So, 900. The building
he found. was damaged to the amount of
about $1,000, and a similar amount of dam
age was caused to the property of the box
factory Mr.. Mailman and owners Of the
vehicles stored in the building suffered
about 80 600 damage. The loss is covered
by insurance.
Trouble with an oil lamp caused a slight
blaze in the house of Mrs. Julia Gray, 622
b street southeast, last evening about 1:15
O'Clock. No. engine company responded
to local alarm and the blaze was extin-
guished after damage to the amount of
about SIS had been caused
No. engine company responded to a
local alarm yesterday about noon and
found blaze in the house of Mrs Flor
ence Williams, 1908 Pierce street. The fire
was caused by mating on the floor igniting
from a gas stove. Damage to the extent
of S15 was caused
An alarm was turned in yesterday after
noon from box 453 because of blaze in
the house of J. w. Ferry, 500 X street
About $40 worth OF clothing was destroyed.
The origin of the fire Is not known