Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-29
FIRE LOSS, $24,76O
Seven Calls for Department
in Less Than Six Hours.
.FIREBUGS ARE SUSPECTED
Three of Minor Blazes Believed to
Have Been Incendiary.
STORES ON E STREET SUFFER
Haberdasber, Photographer and Den
fist Heaviest Losers by
Smoke and Water.

Seven fires, three Of them believed by
the police to have been of incendiary
origin, claimed the attention of the fire
and police departments between $3.50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and II :05
O'Clock last night. The total damage, Fire
Marshal Nicholson reports. amounted to
S24. 7fD. covered by insurance.
No casualties attended any of the fires.
At the fire at 1899 F street northwest.
David B. Edmonston, a photographer.
found it necessary to go from his studio
on the second floor to his living apart
ment on the third floor and take ais two
children and his mother-in-law to the
street. Mr.. Edmonston was able to pass
from the building in which the fire &C.
CURED to the adjoining building. there be-
ing connecting doorway on the second
floor. so that 1t was simple matter to
conduct them from the building that was
rapidly filing with smoke.
Fire Marshal Nicholson's report Of the
fires contains the following: At 5:55
o'clock. 1920 r street northwest, $4,000,
and at 1927 F street. $500.
At 7:34 O'Clock. junkshop of George W.
Robinson, rear Of 224 / street southwest,
$1,000.
At a:o5 o'clock. shed in rear Of s25 Mis-
souri, avenue northwest, S..
At 9:25 o'clock. shed in rear Of 321
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, $500.
At 1913 o'clock, shed In rear OF q
street northwest, $50.
At 11:O5 o'clock. shed In rear OF 32s1
B street northeast. and 81 Douglass
court, IS.
Second Alarm Sounded.
The fire in the F street building occur
red at an hour when the business street
was crowded with pedestrians and We
hicles.
When Chief Wagner arrived at the
scene and saw that the flames had
reached the haberdashery store OF A.
much Roadway was gained by the flames
that the firemen found 1t necessary to
use large quantities Of water. which
caused damage in the upper part of the
building and about 500 damage to pianos
stored in the cellar of the business house
of Sanders & Stayman, adjoining.
The damage to Mr.. Minister'S property
is estimated at about $4,000. D. 3. Ed
monston. photographer. and DR.. NJ. P.
Eslin. dentist, each sustained loss OF
building Is estimated at about 5000.
Annie T. Murray and Virginia Miller are
owners Of the structure.
Junk Shop Damaged $4,000.
Shortly after 30 o'clock an alarm was
sounded from box 452 for the fire in
George ". Robinson's junk shop, a two
story brick structure in an alley In
South Washington. 1t is thought the
fire was caused by spontaneous combus-
ton. BY the time the flremen reached
the scene the blaze had spread to all
parts of the building.
All that was necessary for the fremen
to do was to drown the blaze by flooding
the building, they realizing that water
would not damage the stock to any ap-
preciable extent. The damage to the
building is estimated at about $500, while
Mr.. Robinson thinks his stock suffered a
loss Of about 81, 200.
The next alarm was from box II. a
blaze having been discovered in the shed
in rear Of 325 Missouri avenue northwest.
There was nothing found in the shed to
indicate the origin Of the fire, Thomas
Moore occupant Of the premises, not hav-
ing had any light in there. 1t is believed
that $50 will cover the loss.
chinatown residents hurried to the
premises of Wah Yick & Co, 321 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest shortly after $3.50
o'clock. when a blaze was discovered in
the shed in rear of that establishment.
from box 13. summoned several COM
panies of the fire department to the scene.
Firemen found a pile of Chinese books
and a number Of jugs in the shed. The
firemen think a man had probably been
in the shed with a light, or a lighted
cigarette, and accidentally set fire to the
books.
Believed to Be Incendiary.