The Washington times., 1910-02-07
Fire Marshal Nicholson
Completes Investigation
of Yesterdays Fire.
ONE OF TWO CAUSES
GIVEN FOR FLAMES
Some Sixty Students Forced TO
Find New Sleeping
Quarters.

After completing his Investigation
this morning OF rhe IRE In the boys
building OF GaIIaUdeL College Tor the
Deaf and Dumb, at kendall Green, as
told IN yesterdays Sunday evening
edition Of The Tines. Fire Marshal
Nicholson placed the damage at S1@vs'-
OF this amount $1,000 was To the build
ing and $500 10 the contents The col
IeEe is q Government institution ana
there was no Insurance
The origin Of the fire IS stlu unlino ~ D,
but the FIRE marshal is convinced that
II started from one OF Two sources The
blaze was hrsr discovered in Pile OF
waste Daper at the bottom Of an air
shaft which extends from the basement
10 the roof. and was probably caused by
sore. enc careIessly throwing a lighted
cigarette OF match into the shaft
On the other hand. the fire marshal
saws. some one may have wanted TO de-
srroy some old papers and started a
small FIRE in the basement TO burn them
ID The wind yesterday caused q strong
draft in the chute, and Z RAY have been
that sharks from such a blaze set the
building on IRE
Students Homeless
asa result OF the IRE sixty students
have had TO find sleeping quarters in the
other college b-HdiuEs- Last night
these young men were temporarily
housed IN the girls building
An appropriation viii probably be
asked OF Congress Immediately fer funds
u reconstruct the burned building
a fire was first discovered in the aT
shaft about II O'Clock yesterday morn
ing This was fought by teachers and
students. and the fire department was
NOT called II was supposed LlaL every
shark had been eZLrEIIi she'd
Shortly after ! O'Clock, Whl-e ma
foritv OF the students were at dlnner II
an adjoining building the fIre pr0he OUT
again An alarm was sent N from =
nearby box. no. = engine company
was the first 10 arrive on the scene,
and two other alarms were qulckls
sounded CHIEF wagner VINO was ltt iLi
bed got I'd when ne heard the Jnlrl
alarm. and insisted on going 10 the 1res
knowing that with the strong VINO
blowing the DAY was one Of the worst III
his experience with The lfe le9aL --li--i-.
for q big blaze 10 Ee- started
Firemen Praised
That the IRE did uor gain more head
WA and spread 10 adjoining buildings
was due 10 the splendid work OF The
department and officials o. the insrl-
rutiou were high IN their praise today
OF the work done By the drenen- At
. O'Clock. after the drs had been burn
ing a little over half an hour. Chief
wagner announced that the blaze was
under control
The shaft IS used as a means or dis
posing of waste paper and trash, and
when the fire broke out In the morning
there was a bis pile Of paper at the
bottom While the original blaze was
probably entirely eErinsulsnec- the IRE
men think the strong draft carried a
niece of burning paper 10 one OF the
T-uper floors where + iG5Eued aEd
e1ouTdered until famed by the strong
breeze. Il broke OUT afTesh IN the TOP
OF the building
Private Richard * GOlsou, OF Truck
No J. vas painfully cut on the head
bv falling slate and several othe- FIRE
men received minor injuries.
There were a number OF small fires
caused by oTerheared stoves and defec-
five Fues IN ali sections OF tie city
Yesterday and last nlEl-- None or The
r7azes. however. caused more than q
few dollars damage