Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
FIREMEN ON THE RUN
BUSY PERIOD FOR THE DEPART
MENT LAST EVENING.
Alarms Followed One Another at Short
Intervals Between g O'Clock
and 8 O'Clock.

Fire alarms were sounded in punches
last evening between and o'clock, and
the firemen were kept on the run. None of
the fires proved disastrous.
The overture was in order at ten minutes
before o'clock. when No. II engine COM
pany called out to extinguiSh a fire in
the grass and underbrush at the corner of
ID and 7 streets northeast The firemen
were tempted to wear straw hats to the
forest lire in January. it is stated. They
put out the blaze before it had gained much
Roadway.
Five minutes later box 147 was sounded,
and the firemen who rushed to the scene
found that a blaze had been seen in the
chimney of the Gloucester apartment house,
1888 l street. The flames were not commu-
nicated to the framework OF the house, afd
no damage resulted.
The tiremen had barely returned from
that run when an alarm was sounded from
box 34S. and il was found that the weather
boarding of the house 1G2S 18th street. oc-
cupied by George Hunter, afire.
About $40 damage resulted.
Flames High in the Air.
Flames, leaping high in the air and indi-
eating a big loss, were visible when an
alarm was sounded from box IS, at 9th and
l. streets northeast. 1t was found that the
fuel for the blaze was a row of sheds in the
rear of houses in the square between 4th.
9TH, l. and NJ streets northeast. AS the
flames had gained much Roadway by the
time the firemen arrived, efforts were at
once directed to saving the adjoining houses
and when that was assured the Smoldering
ruins were thoroughly moistened.
The total loss is estimated at 500 Sheds
in the rear of the following houses were de-
stroyed: 115J 18th street northeast, occupied
by Mrs. Margaret Downey; 1853 4th street
northeast occupied by Mrs. Annie Cava-
naugh; 11G6 9Th street northeast, owned by
Fred Brandes and occupied by Edwin NJ.
Blake; ll64 9th street, occupied by Mrs.
Sarah Nolan; 1162 9TH street northeast, oc
cupied by William J. Mccarthy; 116O 9Th
street northeast, occupied by William A.
Campbell; lbs 9Th street northeast occu-
pied by Lewis Alhegt. The flames are be-
lieved to have started in Mr. McCarthy's
shed; but the cause is unknown.
Mrs. Dunn, wife of DIR. Ralph Dunn of
1401 r street, received painful injuries to
her hands in eXtinguishing blaze in her
home shortly after o'clock last evening,
but the burns are not regarded as serious.
A lace curtain in the house caught fire from
a gas jet and was blazing high when Mrs.
Dunn, entering the room, discovered the
flames. She rushed at once to the window
and in pulling the blazing curtains from the
pole her hands were burned An alarm was
not turned in, as Mrs. Dunns prompt work
prevented spread of the fire.
Settling Furnace of Fire.
A seething furnace of flames was dis
covered about o'clock last evening in the
shed in the rear of house 1907 c street and
almost in the rear of the first precinct sta
ton house, 18th street. The nearby firemen
were called, and they prevented more than
scorchng of the house and the spread of
the blaze. The loss to the shed and house
is estimated at about $50 Furniture of the
value of about 500, stored in the She'd
was lost.
n lace curtain and a gas jet nearby tells
the story of fire in house 1O15 l. street.
for which an alarm was turned in from
Box 136. The damage was estimated at So
Occupants of house 1913 l street were
aroused from their SAUNDERS at 5 o'clock
this morning by cries of fire A pile of
rubbish was ablaze and the smoke led to
its discovery before 1t had spread. Slight
damage resulted. The house is occupied by
Mrs. Julia Sweeney.