The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-05-16
FIRE DESTROYS
MANY BUILDINGS
Firemen Fight C0nfIagrdtiOns
of Two Days.

Oliver-Drake Co. as stable and store
cd by Washington, Clinton, Prospect
and High streets, destroyed several
other buildings "Wednesday afternoon
and entailed property loss of close
te $4,000. Many Residences were
threatened and several caught fire.
')ne fireman was overcome by the
deat of the flames and several were
slightly injured.
The flames had their origin, it is
thought, by children playing with
matches near the Oliyer-Drake build
ing. When the fire was discovered
it was burning fiercely. The fire
men concentrated their efforts on the
Oliver-Drake building but the fire
bested them and spread to adjoining
buildings.
The carpenter shop of Arthur H.
Brown, rear of No. 9 Clinton street,
was soon mass of flames. Mr..
Brown had tools and lumber stored
IL TIC puiAbihe- "A DuiidluS OWlCu Dy
Ernest G. Ward and located in the
rear of No 70 Washington street was
destroyed. One end of it, a frame
structure, was used by e. c. Ridge
as stable and wagon house and )the
opposite end was occupied by George
Randolph as a residence. Ridge
saved some of his property but several
sets of harness were destroyed to-
gether with hay and feed. new
moving van was badly scorched and
the top burned off wagon.
Randolph got out some of his furni-
ture but lost clothing and the fur
nishings of the second story of his
home.
The fire attacked the dwelling
house, stable and shed owned by
William deCamp johnson and loca-
ted in the rear of No. II Washington
street. The house was Quilted. 1t
was occupied by William Brant and
he lost almost all of his furnishings.
The stable and shed were used by
Frank E. Douglas. A large Quantity
of feed and hay was destroyed and
harness burned.
Residences on Clinton street were
| badly scorched by the flames. That
r of Arthur H. Brown had the windows
in the upper story broken by the heat
: and window curtain was set afire.
: bucket of water extinguished the
/ blaze and the firemen played their
hose on the house and those adjoin-
} ing.
= On Prospect street burning embers
: set fire to the roof of Albert Way
: rich's house, No %, and it was
burned off. Fire and water damaged
the furnishings.
; Another ember set fire to the resi-
: dence of John v C. Parker, an avn
l ing being set ablaze. The flames
spread to the interior of the attic and
= destroyed clothing stored there, owned
: by Mr.. and Mrs. Parker.
On the same street the homes of
: Assistant Postmaster George c.
l Marsh, Mrs Hudson Fairchild and
others were endangered. Foreman E.
5 Harold Pavie ordered out the Reso-
lutte Hook and Ladder company's red
wagon and the truck men, armed with
extinguishers, extinguished the sparks
as they fell on the roofs.
/ The fire attacked the row of cedar
trees and dry grass in the rear of the
Fairchild place and the extinguishers
were used to good advantage on it.
Fences were pulled down in several
places to prevent the spread of the
flames.
8 There was much complaint over the
= weakness of the hydrant streams and
, the fire had a good start before the
c steamers got running. Washington
: steamer was delayed in getting to the
O fire because of its team being out OF
!. town. When it did arrive it was
: placed on Prospect street and a
. stream from it was used on the Way
+ rich house.
: Another building destroyed by the
p flames was small shop in the rear
o of No II Clinton street, used for
storage purposes by the occupants
of the house at that number, William
Pearsall and Thomas Milroy. 1t was
Il owned by Mrs. Joseph AbsalOm.
o While working on the roof of the
q kitchen extension of the Brown house
# Pipeman William Robshaw, of the
d First Ward Hose. succumbed to the
o intense heat. He succeeded in reach
q ing the ground by means of ladder
and from there was carried by Ed
# ward Whalen and other firemen to
Il the street. He was revived and taken
) to the hose house on the wardens'
wagon.
William Carr, of Washington En-
gine company, sustained a badly
~ scorched arm while working at the
q fire and Edward Ridge of the same
r. company burned one of his hands
n badly William Dolan lacerated a
hand while breaking the glass in the
rear door Of the Oliyer-Drake stable,