The daily banner., 1919-07-18

| Lewis STABLES OuCCeu ny EHt
Which Started Shortly After Three
O'Clock This Morning.
A property loss of in the neigh
borhood of fifteen thousand dollars is
the result of a fire which was dis
covered this morning shortly after
three o'clock, in the livery stable OF
William C. Davis, Academy street
Sdirectly opposite the Cambridge
High School, which was on fire IN
two places Wednesday night. The
stable of Mr.. Davis was completely
destroyed, with it being consumed a
large quantity of hay, which he had
stored in the loft, a horse, one of the
lpigs just brought here for the Boys
Pig Club of the county, consider
able quantity of straw, harness, and
stable equipment of all kinds.
In addition to this property, the
large warehouse on the property OF
Captain Milford Phillips was destroy
ed, with. it's contents of several hun
dred cases of canned tomatoes, and
: the practically new stables of Mr..
John A. Lewis were burned from one
end to the other, with the loss OF all
of his entire crop of this seasons
hay, a large amount of straw, sew
eral wagons and carts, harness, and
other equipment of all kinds In ad-
dition to this, Mr.. Lewis suffered the
loss of the greater portion of the
long shed which was connected with
his stables.
This fire is the fourth one that
\ has occurred in Cambridge this
week, two having occurred Sunday
ght, and the third one Wednesday
kght in the Cambridge High School
hiding. The fire last night was
Iparently started between three and
nalf-past three O'Clock. Mr. Davis
was out to his stables between 10
and II O'Clock, and found everything
all right; his son, Mr.. Harry Davis,
who got home between 1 and 2
O'Clock, went back to the stables be-
fore retiring, and found everything
all right, but shortly after three
o'clock, Mr.. Perry Wiley. who lives
nearby, was awakened by the crack
ling of the flames, and looking out
of the window of his rooul, found
the whole uppeg portion OF the sta
bles in flames.
That the fire started in the loft of
the building, where the hay was
stored, is proven conclusively by the
fact that it was possible to get out
the horses and pigs, which were in
the lower portion of the building, all
of the horses being saved except one,
a sorrel horse, which became con-
fused and could not be gotten out.
Mr.. Davis stated this morning that
there had been no occasion for any
one to be in the loft since o'clock
yesterday afternoon, when the hor-
ses were fed for supper, as the only
thing kept there was the hay which
was used in feeding them. When
the firemen reached the scene of the
fire the whole end of the loft where
the hay was stored was a mass of
flames.
The fire spread rapidly and soon
got into the large building on the
property of Captain Milford Phil
lips, which adjoined the Davis sta
bles. This building, which was erec-
ted by Mr.. William c. Handley for
livery and sales stables, proved an
easy prey to the flames, although
the firemen fought hard to save it.
At the same time that this building
caught, the shed of Mr.. John A.
Lewis, which adjoined the Davis sta
bles on the other side, caught fire,
and such was the force of the flames
that it was with difficulty that a por-
ton of the shedding was saved. In
the meantime the splendid brick
stables of Mr.. Lewis, in which was
stored large quantity of hay,which
had been cut this season, caught fire,
and before the flames could be got
ten under conrol, the whole building
had simply been gutted. Mr.. Lewis
lost a large quantity of material
which was stored in the barn, and
on account of the inability to get the
fire out, the firemen continued on
the job until late this morning; in
fact. up until noon today, they were
compelled to keep streams of water
on the hay.
The losses are hard to estimate
at this time, as on account of the
high cost of all kinds Of materials,
it is hard to estimate replacement
values. Mr.. Davis loss is said to be
in the neighborhood of $4,000; that
of Captain Milford Phillips, for the
barn, and the Wallace Packing Co.,
for canned goods stored in the build
ing, will likely exceed $4,000, while
Mr.. Lewis loss will likely be from
$4,000 to $4,000. All of the losses
are said to be wholly or partially COW
cred by insurance.
The members of Rescue Fire Co.
worked heroieally in their efforts to
get the fire under control, and it is
due entirely to their efforts that
many of the residences in the section
are standing, as at one time it look
ed as if several of them could not be
saved, particularly those houses on
| Academy street, near the corner, and
those ON Muse street. Had the lire
once got into these dwellings, there
is no telling where it would have
been checked, but by their splendid
efforts, the firemen kept the flames
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