The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-02-23
FIVE ALARMS
In ONE NIGHT
LAKE BUILDING IN EAST END
GUTTED BY FIRE
Alarms Started at Seven O'clock
Last Thursday Night and the Fire
Boys Were Kept Busy ALI Night
Lakes the Only SeriousBlaze

Thursday afternoon the weather
turned suddenly cold with strong
north wind blowing, and, as every
one expressed it, it was a bad time
for a fire, but it was not expected
that so many alarms would be
turned in, and the boys of the fire
department were kept very busy all
night.
The first alarm was turned in just
before seven o'clock, from Mr.. Sol
Brill's residence on South Broadway
which was found to be nothing more
serious than chimney burning out.
While extinguishing this blaze the
boys were notified that the home of
Mr.. Jake Weiss was ahre, but this
was also a small blaze and did little
damage. After getting back to the
station houses the department was
called out in few minutes to answer
an alarm from the corner of Alex
ander and Walnut streets. Here the
roof of Capt. Quinn's home was set
on fire from sparks, and this blaze
was put out by friends and family
before the fire department. arrived.
The boys were given little rest un-
til few minutes after nine o'clock
when Capt. Hunt home, in the Park,
was discovered on fire, sparks from
"A chimney setting the roof on fire.
Ihe damage here was also very
small
At two o'clock in the morning
Policeman Moody on his rounds dis
covered the Lake building. on the
corner of Blanton street and Wash
ington avenue, East End, to be on
fire, and promptly turned in an alarm
This is two-story brick structure,
the first floor being occupied by F.
0. Jordan Furniture Co. on one side,
and the Duclo Plumbing Co., and
George Lewis barber shop on the
other side. The top floor was occu-
pied by the Lake Hardware Co., with
a stock of hardware, firearms and
ammunition, etc. The fire originat-
ed in the rear of the second story,
but how. no one is able to tell.
The fire department answered the
call promptly, but the explosives III
the building, with the paints, oils,
etc made il exceediugly hard work
10 get it under control and the entire
upper story was gutted, the loss to
the stock Of hardware being com
p1ete The stock was valued prob
ably ar 10000
The damage to the building will
amount 10 about s.. 500. The build
ing and hardware stock was owned
by Mr. r f. Lake. who is now in
California Both stock and building
were partially covered by insurance.
The $1,000 stock Of the r. O. Jor-
dan Furniture Co was damaged By
water, which is partially covered by
insurance Mr. DucIo. Of the plumb
ing establishment, says his loss was
almost nothing. ard he Immediately
removed into the Millsaps building
and is ready for business. Lewis bar
Der shop was also damaged by water
but he can save a great deal of his
outfit.
The shells and cartridges in the
hardware stock created a regular
fusilade, and made fire fighting ex-
ceedingly dangerous. The flames
were so great and the wind SO strong
that the awnings to the buildings on
the opposite side of the street were
burnt into strings. It Is TO the credr
OF Our Ere boys that the FIRE did not
extend to the other business blocks
in that vicinity Across Blanton
street from the scene Of the fire IS
The large freight warehouse OF the
Y & NJ Y railroad which stood in n
very grave danger when the FIRE was
At It's height