The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-07

RODSED By
Gun SHOTS
Old Method Resorted to to
Sound Fire Alarm; Burn
ing Barn on Eigth Avenue
Illumines the Sky for
Miles Around.

During this mornings dark hours,
Gary reverted back to its pioneer days,
a period not less remote than twelve
month ago, when light artillery was
used to sound a fire alarm.
A fire in a barn on Eighth avenue.
between Adams and Jefferson streets,
used by James Burke, the expressman.
was the cause of the commotion. About
Ave minutes to three o'clock Officer
MuIcahey, who was standing at the
corner of Ninth and Broadway, discov-
cred a blaze on the roof of the barn.
He proceeded to make as much noise
as would attract the attention of his
brother officers and was evidently sue
cessfuI in the performance thereof.
The fire department, after receiv-
ing the impromptu alarm, responded
under command of Chief Feeley. When
the fremen arrived on the scene the low
water pressure gave them some con-
Germ but they soon had the blaze I'M
der control. However. it was feared
for awhile that an adjoining struc-
ture. large frame house now nearing
completion. would also be destroyed.
But hard and efficient work on the part
of the fire company eliminated this
source of danger, and thus prevented
the spread of the flames.
Omcer Rescues Seven Horses.
Seven horses were taken from the
burning barn by Officer Mulcahey, as
were also a number of vehicles. The
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burning of the, /dry hay soon made a
reflection in the sky better than any
blast furnace could produce. 1t is es-
timated that the loss will be in the
neighborhood of a few hundred dollars.
For some reason or other the water
pressure was one-half of what 1t should
be This caused delay in subduing the
flames and had the blaze betn in a
more congested locality serious results
might have followed.
When officer Mulcaheys eagle eye
discerned the glow in the sky he re
sorted to the quicker method of Civ
I ing an alarm, and before one can tell
\ it, the bullets in his trusty IA were
| speeding heavenward officers BOWL
| ling and Nestorvich. who were stand
near the Gary hotel, heard the noise
and seing the reflection In the sky
started for the scene of the blaze.
Travelling along Broadway. these two
alert guardians of the night in order
to make the alarm more eficious as
sisted in the artillery demonstration
BY this time Chief Feeley was awak
ened and after assuring himself tina
the noise was not coming from the raj
mill. he stuck his night-capped heaC
out of the window and after looking
toward all four points of the compass
he turned his seepy eyes heavenward
! At first he saw nothing but the rotun'
and smiling moon. The revolver meth
cd of sounding an alarm is new to TIN
chief who is late arrival, and MAJ
more accustomed to the sound of bras
gongs and the clashing of All" noises
The chief was about to withdraw hi
dome Of thought from the dank nigh
air and retire beneath the covers. dis
missing his anxieties with the exclam
alton that the shots were merely
noise in the patch. However. just the
he espied the light in the sky and upo
being informed by one of his subor
dinates. an old settler that shots a
night in Gary mean fire he lost n
time in getting into action.
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HOUSE OR oFFICE-THINGS THAT d..
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