The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-03-26
McCARDELL PROPERTY DE-
STROYED BY FIRE.


tail store. The loss cOnservative1y es-
timated is said to be about $4,000. II
is covered by insurance.
The McCardell family, aroused by
Miss Pauline McCardell, escaped
through a house, which rapidly filled
with smoke. They were taken to the
John Eisenhauer home.
Mr.. McCardell met the firemen on
the outside of the building and urged
them to break open the doors leading
into the warehouse. Soon afterward
Mr.. McCardell dashed into his home.
He was overcome from smoke and eX-
element. A ply stefan was summoned
and both Mr.. and Mrs. McCardell
were taken to the Frederick City Hos
pital. Their condition is not serious.
Personal BELONGINGS LOST.
With the exception OF a few pieces
OF furniture taken from the hall and
from the first floor, none of the per-
sOnal property or clothing was saw
ed from the residence.
Located in the heart of the candy
plant, mt the rear of the McCardell
building, the firemen were unable to
get at the fire. Streams of water were
thOrwn into the building with not the
slightest effect and half an hour after
the first alarm had been sounded the
flames had spread into the third floor
of the residence.
Flames spread to the roof Of the
Franklin Savings Bank. William Et-
Gibson and Roger A. Doll occupy the
two flats in this building, and at
once began to remove furniture and
property. The damage to the bank
building is slight and was caused
principally by smoke and water.
The city was reused mt $50 by the
cry of Fire." uttered by Miss Paul
inc McCardell, who first detected the
presence of smoke in the residence.
She Immediately went to the tele-
phone and sent in the alarm. "Only n
few minutes after L awOke the house
was full of smoke" said Miss Nc
Cardell.
Sergeant Engelbrecht and the pO-
licemen did good work in circulating
the alarm. 1t was fully half an hour,
however, before the city was aroused.
Hundreds of people rushed from
their homes scantily clad, and even
those who hadn't the slightest knOwl-
edge Of fighting fires grabbed ut a
hose, and helped the firemen in their
fight to gain an advantageous posi-
ton.
Many Hood College students turn
ed out for perhaps the only big fire
during their college days in Freder-
lex. The streets for a square on eth
er side of the burning building, were
packed with moving, jOstling and
sWerying crowd.
1t was a stubborn blaze and the
firemen had the greatest difficulty in
gaining a good fighting position. One
line of hose was carried into the City
Hall building and was directed right
into the center of the candy factory.
Several other lines were directed
from the streets surrounding the
building.
Still the flames rapidly ate into the
structure. Several lines of hose were
taken to the Franklin Savings Bank
building. With the streams directed
from the roof top of this building the
firemen won their first advantage, and
mt that moment began to control the
situation.
The Independent Host Company
brought out the old steam, which has
been held in reserve. 1t was station
ed on East Church street, near the
Central Trust Company building. AL
though it has not been in active serv-
ice for years, it did creditable work
and aided materially in controlling
the fire.
The hook-and-ladder truck of the
Junior Steam Fire Engine Company
supplied the only ladders available. In
the early stages of the fire an at
tempt was made TO run line of hose,
via ladder, to the second story of the
McCardell home. The effort failed.
sAll during the fierce fighting a stea-
dy stream of people went to and from
the retail department of the McCar-
dell establishment, carrying out the
goods. The store of H. r. Fault,
across the street. was used as a de-
pository. The Central Trust Com
pany was also stacked with miscel-
laneous articles that had been saved
liOll IhC LJCulSOu anu OOll HdIS.
Virtually all the account books
were saved from the McCardell store.
One of the deplorable phases of the
fire was the handicap under which the
firemen labored. There was a glaring
lack of hose. One of the officers of the
United Steam Fire Engien Company
said that much time was lost because
of the lack of hose.
The need of an up-to-date ladder
truck was also demonstrated. Had
there been such truck the major
part of the fremen's troubles would
have vanished.
The fire was entirely under control
shortly before o'clock
At 5.45 a. m, Mr.. and Mrs. McCar-
dell were reported to be doing nicely.
The Rev. Henri l.. G. Kieffer visited
Mr.. and Mrs. McCardell early In the
morning
1t was, the most disastroils is'v>,%hat
has visited Frederick &c reached the
years ago the Mar,ent.