Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-22
FIRE DESTROYS
PRINTING PLANT
DIARIo III ia FRoNTERA. span
ISL DAILY. GOES Up IN FLAMES.
FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.
HAIsEEDA HOUSE DAMAGED.
TOTAL LOSS $4,000.
OLD CAMERON COUNTY CDI-RT
HOUSE DAMAGED To EXTENT
OF PROBABLY >l.1nO- No INSTR
ANtE On PAPER.

Fire of unknown origin last night to-
tally DESTROYED The pant ~ the hiariu w.
Ia Frontera. the original spanish news.
paper il Tcxa>.sdamagctl the old Cam
cron county court house. and endangered
frame dwellings for blocks around. The
total los from the blaze j. estimated III
more than >lu0uu.
pama>p Irrma. proprietor ~ The Nv ~
Fruntcra. stated tuda, that the loss a.
his plant was total ne having allowed
his Insurance a. expire some weeks age.
The plant. which inrlndch type and
presses. office equipment. etc. Na~ val
ucd 80 about ~G.Jon. while the huildin. ~
which h. WAS a part owner. was valued
M $500 with no Insurance. Two tyIr
writers. a small amount ~ type and some
office equipment were saved. The own
err 81 the other interest ~ the building
j. Ezcquicl Cavazo> uf the \arania
ranch. this county.
The old Cameron cuHnty court house.
located about fiay feet 10 the south IT
the building that burned. caught fire
from the heat uf the hnrnine frame
building and for ! Ion. Time il was in
serious danger II bring Quilted. How
ever. the destruction of the frame build
ine and The lowering ~ the blaze NJ
lowed y free play ct the water hose on
the exposed side. and also = lire of ho~e
from the inside VI The building The
damage H. the building was slight. and
ID II believed will ~ covered nv Nv r~ti
insured.
a we'll built fire wall j. all that saved
the Two story residence uf Antonio Bar
r,-la. which joined The burned building
un the north. The damage ~ this build
ing ~ The fire Was the ~currhing 80 N
V'raHda built uf lumber. aud IL j. also
believed that the wall was considerably
weakened from The heat ~ The blaze. Mr.
Barrc,la moved ont practically an hi
furniture. carpets. etc. AMI most ~ hI>
damage a. 4 result of the fire was
caused hy the removal At the furniture.
lic j. insured.
How the fire started i a source II
mystery Ia Mr.. Irrma aud % memhrr> 1T
his force. who were in the building at
the time and were mailing out the paper
fer the following morning.
The building Was formerly used ~ a
hotel. and the blaze started in = frame
kitchen connected with the main building
~ 4 pnrrh. According "a those ~ Tho
shop. there WaS q considerable amount
~ waste paper IN this kitchen. hut how
ID caught fire T. = question that remains
un>ulvrd. Inccndiari>m j. suspected
from the statement of a ncighhor that
two weeks ago a man was >,rn 10 the
rear 81 the bHilding when 4 ncighbor
went into The ALLEY. The %trc>pa>~cr. The
urighhur saws. hill between an over
ground ci>tcrn AMI the fence. They also
claim 10 have secn persons ~ the rear
81 the building within the last tw" 81
three nights actin. >uspiriou>ly. - Tar
~ could ~ learned, me- one was seen there
last night.
The fire Was discovered before N bad
well started. hut ~ il happened there
were no water buckets with which 20
fight II. ~ the time the alarm had been
given. AMI the department reached the
scene The blaze was under full head.
hurnin. firrcclv. arl 10 WAS quickly
seen that ulc frame strnctrrc was
doomed tn utter destruction. The %cff"rtS
~ the leaders III fighting the fire were
directed !" save The court h"u>r um the
south and the I;arrrda huildinE "n The
north aud IN this they were final'y sue
cr>sful. with a comparatively small l">>.
The water pressure waS eNrrllcni. the
water helm. thrown ~ high ~ the top
~ The court house with ease. aud " con
tinurl good until the blaze wa entirely
r~Ntinguishrd.