The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-02-13
JACK FROST WAS
A BUSY FIRE-BUG
Zero Weather Responsible for
Several Fires.

The very cold weather was Indirect
ly responsible for several fires that
kept the firemen busy over the week
end, beginning with Friday afternoon.
The largest and most spectacular
conflagration was the burning Sunday
night of William A. Dolan's barn, in
the rear of his property on Clinton
street.
The fire was discovered by Mrs
Dolan, who glanced out of the kitchen
window of the Dolan home and saw
) the building ablaze. Mr.. Dolan and
his sons ran to the barn and rescued
two horses, chickens and one sleigh
but ten wagons, harness and other
equipments of Mr.. Dolan's hack busi-
ness were destroyed. An alarm was
telephoned to police headquarters
from whence the general alarm was
turned in
The blaze had such big start that
when the firemen ran their machines
out in the street the sky was lighted
up by the lurid flames Hundreds of
people were drawn to the scene by
the sight of the fire. The firemen
were delayed in getting water on the
fire owing to the water being turned
off while the Water company was
making repairs to broken main in
Washington street. AS the building
was all ablaze when the firemen ar
rived the lack of water made no diff
ference for there was no chance to
save the building which was frame
structure.
The firemen devoted their energies
to keeping the sparks from setting
fire to houses in the neighborhood.
Several roofs caught fire but were
quickly extinguished The roof of
one of Eugene Carrell's row caught
fire and a spectator tossed from the
sidewalk huge chunk of snow right
on top of the blaze effectually quell-
ing it.
Mr. Dolan estimated his loss on the
building at $1,7O0 and contents $1,000.
partially insured and thinks the fire
started from sparks from a bonfire
built by skaters on the brook in the
rear of the building
Chief Days recommendation in this
paper recently that all buildings
should be provided with fire extin-
guishers was proven wise one by a
..ifaG ifiaG ar the Washington hotel Saturday
night. An over-heafed furnace pipe
T set fire to the floor of the bar-room.
Barkeeper Augustus Bauer, an ex-fore
man of Washington Engine company,
extinguished the fire with a chemical
extinguisher kept in the building for
just such emergencies. The firemen
were not called and the loss was
very small.
The dropping of match on the
floor of John Jorgensen's house on
Lincoln street is thought to have
caused fire there Friday afternoon.
The blaze was discovered by Mrs.
Jorgensen and she ran to the Witte
coal yard from whence John B. Tay-
l0r telephoned for the firemen. Both
the chemical engine and the still
alarm wagon responded and the fire.
men had to cut away considerable of
the woodwork around the stairs to
get at the fire. The loss was small.
The upper floor of the house is oc-
cupied by William Boag.
Independent Hose company had two
chimney fires to fight. One was on
Saturday morning when the company
as called to the residence of Patrick
Farrelly and the other Sunday after
noon when chimney on the house on
Perry street, occupied by Murray H.
Coggeshall, required attention.
This morning the auto chemical
was called to Mrs. Louise c. Lathrop's
house on COLES avenue where the
firemen had another chimney to clean
out.