Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-20
L|FEF0R HIS MASTER
Pet Dog Arouses Occupants
of Burning Building,
BUT PERISHES IN FLAMES
Destructive Blaze in Home of Lieut..
Robert Henderson, u. S. N.
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO $500
Members of Family Taken to Places
of Safety-Domestic Jumps
From Balcony.
BUT PERISHES IN FLAMES
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO $500


Henderson. L. S. n, discovered blaze
in its masters house. 1901 23d street
northwest, this morning about 3:45
o'clock, barked furiously to arouse the
sleeping occupants of the building. and
was then burned to death. Lieut. Hen
derson Mrs. Eugenia Ellicott of Philadel-
phia, his mother-in-law; Robert Hender-
son, jr., three years old, and Eugenara
Jones. colored, fourteen years old, were
rescued from the building, while Mrs.
Mamie l.. Jones' cook, jumped from the
second-story balcony. She escaped seri-
GUS injury. Mrs. Henderson was not at
home. being a patient in Columbia Hos
pital
1t is believed that the fire originated
in the pantry. on the first floor. The
blaze spread to other rooms in the house
and made it's way to the roof. The fire.
men managed to confine the blaze to
the one building and eXtinguished It,
About $500 damage was caused by the
blaze-S5,OOO to the personal effects OF
Lieut. Henderson and s., 500 to the build
ing The property is owned by MRS.
Green Clay Goodloe of 1903 10th street
and is insured.
There was nothing found about the
premises upon which to base an opinion
as to the origin of the fire, the WOOD
work in the pantry having been SO badly
burned. From the pantry the flames
burned through the partition into the
dining room and had gained considerable
Roadway when Lieut. Henderson was
awakened by the barking of pet dog.
He went to the hallway and aroused the
cOlOred woman.
Mrs. Jones awakened her daughter and
also called Mrs. Ellicott who was on the
third floor, and they hurried to the sec
ond floor. Lieut.. Henderson and his ut
tie son occupied the room directly over
the dining room. 1t was impossible Tor
any of them to reach the lower floor be
cause of the blaze and smoke. and all
hurried to the balcony on the ia street
front of the house. The colored woman
grabbed a mattress from ped, thre"
1t to the parking and jumped, sustain
ing only a slight injury to her back.
Throw the babies to me-" she cried to
the lieutenant. who was yet on the PAL
cony with his son and his mother-ln-laW
and the girl. Engenara Jones'
Fire Department Summoned.
The lieutenant, however, preferred to
wait until the arrival Of the fire COM
panies, being unwilling to take the risk
until he saw their was no other means
of escaping the blaze. When the colored
woman reached the balcony she cried
murder ana IRE at Tue Top y. iiei
voice, attracting the attention OF Bicycle
Policeman Rock of the tenth precinct,
who was only square away.
Before the policeman turned in the
alarm from box 341, however, a telephone
message had been sent to NO. engine
company for assistance.
Lieut. J. B. Lyon of the fire company
had the drivers urge their horses at Iull
speed in the direction of I'D and -
streets. Ladders were raised to the bal
hv IF the firPmen and others
got their lines of hose in position and
soon had water playing on the fire. Lieut.
Lyon and Private B. b. Barrett engaged
in the work of rescuing the four persons
from the balcony.
Lieut.. Henderson, clad only In his
sleeping garments. assisted his mother
in-laW and the children to the ladder be-
fore he descended to the street. The col
ored woman wrapped herself in Turk
ish rug before she jumped. the rug and
the soft hair mattress protecting her
somewhat when she struck the ground.
Neighbors of the occupants of the burn
ing house opened their doors to those
who had been rendered temporarily home
less.
Friends living in Q street furnished &C
commodationS for Lieut.. Henderson and
his family Mrs. Jones and her child be-
ing sheltered at another house. Mrs. Eli
colt, who is sixty years old. came here
several days ago from Philadelphia to
look after the home and to care for her
grandson during the tlIne neT OduS ntcT
is in the hospital Mrs. Henderson. who
is ill., will not be told of the fire until she
has fully recovered.
Fires Elsewhere.
The fire department responded to an
alarm yesterday afternoon, turned in
from box 2O1, and found blaze in the
house of Samuel Lee. 49, 1 street, caused
by an Overheated oil stove. So quickly
did the flames spread that occupants Of
the house found 1t a difficult matter to
escape The fire spread to the house Of
Max Miller. 433 l street, and caused
about 500 damage to that structure and
contents. The damage to the house of
Lee and his personal effects aggregated
about $500. Nobody was injured.
Fire in the house of Jennie E. Smith,
313 f. street northeast, last night, shortly
after O'Clock, caused damage amounting
to about $50 The blaze was due to
lighted match dropped on the floor of one
of the rooms. Several companies Of the
fire department went to the scene. but
the flames did not gain much Roadway
and were soon eXtinguiShed.
Last night about IL o'clock a blaze
caused some uneasineSS in the car barn
of the Capital Traction Company, at the
foot of 7th street southwest. The fire oc-
CURED In the oil room and caused about
IS damage.
No. 10 truck company responded to a
call yesterday afternoon about o'clock
for blaze in the chimney at the house
of Henry Hall. 122S Delaware avenue
southwest. No damage resulted.
False Alarm Sounded.
A false alarm was turned in from box
81 last night about IL O'Clock, summon
ing several companies of the fire de-
partment to I'd and II streets northeast.
The firemen returned to their quarters
when they learned their services were
not needed. while the police remained
and made an investigation.
Policeman Wall of the fifth precinct
extinguished a blaze in a room on the
second floor at the house of Frank
Brown, $40 I'd street southeast, last night
about O'Clock. The fire was Of UNI
known origin, and about SIS damage re-
suited.
The fire department received call from
a he a