The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-25
WAREHOUSE and
COTTAGES BURNED
J 900 Chickens and 4 Horses
Die in Mysterious SIz5,0OO
Night Fire

OAKLAND, April 24.-The Hall ware
house company's big warehouse and
nine cottages in the block between
Aoeline and Chestnut and Third and
Firth streets were burned to the ground
by FIRE which broke out mysteriously
: and suddenly shortly after 3 o'clock
; this morning and burned until late in
the forenoon. The loss is fully $685.
= OOO' Of which perhaps half is covered
. by insurance policies.
Had there been breath of wind the
fire. would have wiped out more than
one block. The heat scorched the paint
on dwellings, factories and the Temp
kins school across the street APP
paratus in the warehouse for fire pro-
lection was inaccessible. and with sew
eral hose streams the hremen sum-
mOned were not able TO Quench the
flames. but could only prevent adjoin-
ing buildings from being ignited.
HORSES MEET DEATH
Nobody was hurt, but the families
!. living in the cottages escaped with only
p their clothes and in some cases clad
only in night garments. Twenty seven
horses stabbed in one end of the ware
house were led out. and four ran back
10 be burned TO death.
The suddenness with which the ware
house, a three story building 100 feet
By 254, covered outside with corrugated
iron, took fire made the firemen S
task seem hopeless.
The night watchman. J. ". Macken-
zie. was half a block away. having
just made the rounds of the premises,
when he CHANGED to glance back and
saw flames leaping high in the air.
70 he rr-sa1 -.af n rrx-
TO reach the interior fire apparatus, but
flames barred his way He then ran
down Adeline street to Third and across
10 Chestnut, screaming Fire."
AWAKENS STABLEMAN
he awakened Tom Nelson. the stable
, man. and the two men drove out the
horses They could not prevent four
from running back into the burning
stalls and il was after getting the
horses out that Nelson remembered the
fire alarm boxes. Not having a key,
he and Mackenzie broke the iron box
door with a hammer.
All the downtown fire companies an
swered The hremen wisely turned
= much of their hose on the threatened
% buildings near by and kept the fire
confined TO one block. Nearly all that
block was left in ashes.
Most Of the cottages burned were in
the north side OF Third street. At 1925
Third street lived A. r. Corrallo and
his family, the cottage owned by J.
MOntroy. CorrallO and his family es-
capped.
Living in other cottages We're ]. J.
Hayden Of 1922 Third, who owned his
home; Mrs. Anna McClain, owner and
dweller at I15O Third street; Mrs.
GUerin. living at Ills Third and owning
the adjoining cottage at 1116. Fred
Manise OF 1114 Third owned two of
the homes. and Mrs. II. Evans of HOG
Third street owned her little residence.
1000 CHICKENS DIE
H. Peterson lived in Adeline street
Just north Of the warehouse, and his
home, his barn and 1000 chickens kept
in the large rear lot were burned.
The flames reaching over Peterson s
home licked the roof Of the Pacific
shade cloth company, but only shin
giles were burned.
Stored in the warehouse were goods
owned by manufacturers in the east and
by san Francisco shops winch were
worth q fortune. The northeast corner
Of the building was leased 10 Jessup
& Wheelan Of san Francisco. They lost
their stock Of cleaners for agricul-
tural purposes, Of electric motors and
Of 10000 kegs of nails.
PARTLY INSURED
Several other local concerns had
goods in the place. They have their
own insurance, and the Hall company
held policies of a total OF about $50, 600
E E Hail. the president, estimates the
whole loss in the warehouses at $780,
4 600 The cottages with their furni-
ture and the damage to other buildings
amount TO an added loss of about
s25 600.