Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-26
Fire in VenabIe's Art and Pic
ture Frame Store.
DAMAGE CAUSED BY WATER
Injury to Goods in the Adjoining
Building.
DEPARTMENT WAS KEPT BUSY
Called Out by Seven Alarms This
Morning, One of Which
Was "False.''

! The fire department was called out
seven times this morning for fires, the
most destructive of which was in the
art and picture frame store OF IS. j. Ven
able. 1925 G street northwest and the
auction establishment of Wilson & May
| err. 1877 and 1229 q street. shortly after
> O'Clock. and caused damage which may
| aggregate $4,000. 1t was impossible to-
day for the merchants to give definite
| statement as to the amount of loss.
| Fire Marshal Nicholson will not be able
to make a definite report of the losses
until the latter part of the week 1t is
+, believed that the damage is covered by
insurance.
The fire originated in the workroom, on
the third floor of the art and picture
frame building, destroying all the sup
plies and most of the tools i'm the room.
F'iremen made a response to the alarm
and succeeded in combining the blaze to
the upper floor of the Nenable building.
although it was necessary to use SO much
water that property on the lower floors
was damaged.
Many costly pictures and frames were
damaged by water and smoke, and the
plastering was also injured. On the top
floor of the auction house the water
reached the work room and did cOnSid
cradle damage Some Grated property, it
is believed. and some expensive pieces of
furniture were also damaged.
Several Slight Fires.
\ slight blaze occurred about 80
O'Clock in the house of Mrs. NJ. G. Fox,
A. III street northwest. Members of No.
8 engine company responded to a call
and extinguished the fire before more
than 81 damage had Resulted
Several companies of the fire depart
ment responded to an alarm turned in
about Z O'Clock from box 21S, finding
that a blaze had started in a bureau
drawer at the house of Albert Lareviere.
1927 9Th street northwest About $40
damage resulted.
A blaze in the chimney at the house OF
". III. Robson. 10Th and Monroe streets.
about $50 o'clock claimed the attention
of members of No. IL engine company.
About $40 damage was caused.
False Alarm Sounded.
A false alarm was sounded from box
S4i, about $40 o'clock, summoning fire.
men and policemen to 18th and Irving
streets. The police are looking for the
individual who pulled the box.
The breaking of the oil tank Of lead
furnace belonging to the water depart
ment resulted in a slight blaze this morn
ing near New Hampshire avenue and n
street Members of No. 1 engine company
responded to an alarm, but the blaze was
extinguished before the arrival of the
firemen. About s. damage resulted.
No. 3 engine company responded to an
alarm about 1915 o'clock and found a
blaze in room on the third floor at the
house of A. B. Roberts, 10 Sd street north
east The fire was of unknown origin
and about 800 damage resulted The
loss is covered by insurance.
Fire in Paper Warehouse.
The fire department received call from
box Alp last night about S:15 o'clock be-
cause of blaze in the paper warehouse
of Thomas III. O'Connor, 217 9TH street
southwest The fire was OF unknown
origin. Several hundred dollars damage
resulted. The property is owned by the
Nixon Brewer estate.