Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS BURN
Loss on Building and Contents
Placed at $4,000.
FIREMAN SEVERELY sCORCHED
Engines Hampered by Lack of
Water-Small Fires Elsewhere
in the District.

Fire yesterday afternoon deprived r S.
Lampden, his wife and six children Of a.
home. Lampden recently rented a house
from A. A. Birney and A. S. Worthington
on what was known as the John Hoover
farm, near the District line, not far from
Bunker Hill road and I'D street north
east. moved in only last Monday, and
yesterday the structure was burned to
the ground.
1t is estimated that the flames did about
S4'~O damage, $500 of 1t being to the eff
fects of the Lampden family. The build
ing was insured.
Mrs. Lampden and her children were at
home when the fire started. They saved
what few effects they could with neigh
bors assisting. The flames finally took
complete possession of the house, how
ever. and mother and children had to
stand at distance and watch it's de-
Struction.
Engines Lack Water.
Because of the absence of water serv-
Ice IN that part of the District, the work
OF the hremen was greatly hampered and
1t was impossible for them to save the
house and contents
NO. s chemical company was first TO
respond to a call made upon the depart
ment. When the members of the com
pany reached the scene of the blaze and
realized the extent Of it, they saw they
could do but little toward extinguishing
IL or preventing its spread to other build
ings. and call was sent to No II engine
company.
Members of the two companies managed
to reach creek by the use of 2, 1CO feet
q Of vuyot
nre lighters worked hard to prevent the
total destruction of the property and did
what they could to get some Of the eff
fects of the Lampden family from the
building. Lieut.. Henry c. Corder of No.
~ engine company went too near the
burning building and was severely
scorched about his legs. A physician
was called to dress the injuries.
The fire started between and 4 O'Clock
and the fire companies did not return
to their quarters until 10 o'clock.
Mrs Lampden and her children sought
shelter in shed on the farm to await
the return of her husband, who had
gone from the farm to attend to some
business.
An investigation made by the police
convinced them that the fire was caused
by defective f1ue. The house has been
quilt considerably more than twenty
years. but this was its first visitation
from the fire fiend.
Small Fires Elsewhere.
Many other alarms yesterday afternoon
and last night claimed the attention Of
the fire department, most of them having
been brush fires in different parts of
the county. One Of these brush fires was
on lot near 18th and Decatur streets
northwest, members of No. % engine
company extfnguishing it without much
trouble, and before any damage had been
done
A brush fire on the Corcoran estate
northeast Of the city claimed the at
tention OF No. 10 engine company for
few minutes. Firemen prevented the
spreading Of the blaze to railroad and
other property.
No. engine company responded to an
alarm that was sent in because Of
blaze in the chimney at the feed store
OF c. I. Clubb. 662 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. The property sustained no
damage.
Fire was discovered in a pile Of wood
at a2d and Tennyson streets northwest
In the afternoon, and No. 20 engine COM
pany was called to the scene. About SO
damage resulted. The wood was owned
by the Pfnehurst Hart Company
Underbrush in the woods north Of Rock
creek and west OF Connecticut avenue, in
q strip OF woods in Garfield Heights, D.
IN road, Deanwood, Md, and near Ben
ming also was ablaze at different times
during the afternoon and caused activity
on the part Of the fire department
Inc District militia suffered a slight
loss by fire in the woods near the rife,
range. Congress Heights. No. Is engine
company extinguished the flames.