Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06
fIREMEN WORK m the STORM
SEVERAL PERSONS SUSTAIN IN,
JURY DUE TO THE FLAMES.
Leap From a Third-Story Window.
Child Plays With Matches.
Other Incidents.

| Members of the fire department were
Kept busy last night responding to an un-
| usually large number Of alarms. A call
from box p. at 9Th and streets. about
| 1890 O'Clock this morning was sounded
because Of a blaze in the house of J. w.
Armstrong. 514 K street. The fire orig
mated in the room of Harry Lowery.
twenty-five years OF age. a boarder. The
young man. seeing that other means of
egress had been cut of. leaped from the
| third-story window. a distance of about
! forty feet from the ground. and was Sc
verely injured. Before jumping he was
burned
when Lowery retired for the night he
left an oil heater burning in his room,
and 1t is thought the stove exploded. The
| blaze spread to the carpet and quickly
reached the door. An outcry was made
and policemen and firemen were soon on
the scene. Those who were first to reacn
the front of the house advised Lowery to
remain in his room until assistance could
| reach him. The fire was spreading in the
direction of the window. however, and
the smoke was SO dense that he felt he
| had only one chance to save his life, and
| Jumped Lowery was rendered uncOn-
scious by the fall and apparently was in a
critical condition when he reached Freed
mems Hospital. 1t was stated at the hos
pital this morning that the patient was
still in a serious condition. He sustained
an injury to his spine and had symptoms
of paralysis. The fire caused about $50
damage.
Child Plays With Matches.
Mrs. Pearl Archer. residing at s15 Mich
igan avenue. had a frightful experience
yesterday afternoon when her four-year-
old child. Edith. accidentally set fire to
her clothing. The mother realized that
the child was in danger of being burned
to death. Taking the little one in her
arms, she made a frantic effort to ex-
tinguish the blaze. succeeding after the
child had been burned about the body
and head.
Mrs. Archers hands were badly burned.
The police made an investigation and re-
ported that the fire was caused by the
child playing with matches.
large crowd gathered in front of the
| Lehman building. 1419 New York avenue.
| shortly after Z O'Clock last evening and
watched the firemen work to prevent a
serious conflagration. Persons passing
| the building had noticed smoke issuing
from crevices of the doors and windows.
An alarm was sounded and several COM
panies of the department were soon at
| the scene.
1t HdppeIlcu tUdl dI agent OIL tie "A
| lantic Coast line was passing the build
| ing at the time the fire was discovered.
He had key to the companys Ofnces
| and opened the doors for the riremen.
I 1t was found that the blaze started in
! box of waste paper and other rubbish
| in the cellar. The dense smoke made it
difficult to reach the fire. but the firemen
! quickly eXtinguished the f1ames. About
500 damage was caused.
More Work for Firemen.
At the new Senate building last night
fire was made to prevent the water in the
| boiler of hosting engine from freezing.
About $50 o'clock the woodwork about
the boiler became ignited. Then it became
necessary to call on the fire department
for assistance. No. ) engine company re-
! sponded and extinguished the blaze after
about $25 damage had been caused.
An alarm was sounded from box 0G
| shortly before Z o'clock last evening be-
cause of blaze in the house of John H.
| Brown. 4O7 Howard avenue. Hillsdale
| The blaze was extinguished after about
| $40 damage had been caused.
Several companies of the fire depart
ment went through the binding snow yes
terday afternoon in response to an
alarm. and found lively blaze in vacant
houses 30J and 3O7 9TH street southwest.
Damage to the amount of 500 resultd
| Residents of Schott alley turned out In
the snow last night about IL o'clock when
| they learned that there was a blaze in the
house of Lizzie Graham. A lighted match
| dropped on the floor is supposed to have
| caused the fire. About SO damage was
| caused.
| No. II engine company responded to a
local alarm last night about $50 o'clock
| and found that trouble with an Oil stove
| had caused a slight blaze in the place of
| business OF c. H. Redman, 30 9th street.