The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-04
SEVEN HOUSES
AREBURNED;19
ARE DAMAGED
Destructive Blaze Sweeps in
Northern Part of
the City.
THIRD BIG FIRE
IN THAT SECTION
Condition of Streets Caused
Trucks Much Delay in
Reaching Scene.
THIRD BIG FIRE
IN THAT SECTION

Seven houses were totally destroyed
and nineteen more or less damaged,
in fire which. starting in the home
Of Abe Smith, colored, 1914 North
Hayne street, at 2.S9 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. spread rapidly north and
south, and, famed by a brisk wind
from the northeast, threatened dozens
of other homes in the neighborhood
Trucks Nos. and fought the blaze
valianuy, and succeeded after an hour
or more in combining the blaze to the
charred remains Of the seven doomed
buildings
One reason for the rapid spread Of
the blaze was the inability Of the de-
partment to reach the scene with the
alacrity which is usual on the part
of the trucks. Approaches to the
trouble zone were fearful, and it was
necessary for trucks TO reach the fire
by taking circuitous route. thus de-
laying their arrival
Shortly after the, extensive fire had
been fought, and while trucks 4 and
3 were still on that scene, another
fire broke out at 4.lo o'clock, at the
home of G. Hamlin, at sos East De-
Soto street. That place was totally
destroyed, and the homie next door,
at No. 80 East DeSoto street, Occur
pied by Alonzo CAVITY was badly dam
aged, This fire, which was fought By
trucks 2 and 6, was thought to have
been caused by sparks from the larger
blaze, several blocks northward.
At the earlier fire the following
houses were either totally destroyed
or more or less damaged:
Nos. 1918 North Hayne, occupied
and owned by Joe Williamson, total
loss; 1916 North Hayne, vacant, to-
tai; f5i4 North Hayne, occupied by
Abe Smith, total; 1912, 1910 and 1903
North Hayne, all vacant, total; 1906
North Hayne, occupied by William
Wood, slightly damaged; 1904 and
1903 North Hayne, both vacant, dam
aged; 1906 North Hayne, occupied BY
Jim MeNealy, and owned by him,
slight; 1909 North Hayne, occupied
by Walter Nix, slight; 1911 North
Hayne,f vacant, slightly damaged;
1913 North Hayne. occupied by Jim
Brown, slight; 1916 North Hayne, oc-
cupied by Rosa Love. slight: 1917
and 1919 North Havne, both vacant,
slight; 141S North Hayne, owned and
occupied by Walter Campbell, dam
aged; 14i6 North Hayne. vacant, bad
ly damaged; 1d19 North Hayne. owned
and occupied by George Murphy,
slight: 14f3 North Hayne, owned ny
A. Johnson and occupied by John De-
Silva, slight; 1411 North Hayne,
owned and occupied by John Maxwell.
/ slight; 1909 North Hayne, owned and
/ occupied by Tom Howard, slight; 1917
North Hayne, owned and occupied by
b. H. Joseph, slight; I40f North
Hayne, owned and occupied by C. n.
McNeally, slight.
/ As the black clouds of smoke con-
tinued to darken the northern hor;.
zon, scores of people left the down
town sections and made their way b
the scene, watching the firemen in
their work trying to stop the spread
Of the blaze. In this work many PEG.
pie, mostly colored, residing IN thu
neighborhood, assisted materially.
/ Hundreds of school children. iusl
released from the days studies. rar
and swarmed over the scene, and cit
liens who had never been in that par
OF the city before, were on hand. eve,
mothers with children IN arms.
This is the third disastrous fir,
which has occurred IN a comparativel,
snort time in the northern part 8
the city. =