Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-17
CITY'S BIGGEST FIRE
CAUSES 100000 LOSS
Early Morning Blaze Totally Destroys
Colonial Theater and Number
OF Other Buildings

| SIS 900 insurance.
Before the fire had taken effect
upon the Main street structures, the
full Annapolis fire force had been
augmented hy the department from
the Naval academy. with an engine
and d personnel consisting of three
companies of midshipmen The lat
ter gave effective assistance until the
| are was under control
Al desperate effort was made to stop
the fire before ii took effect upon the
store OF Strange & White, clothiers
and gurnishers. II was IN vain, how
/ ever. These young men sustained the
| heaviest loss of any of those who were
j damaged. Their fine building and
great stock are complete losses. The
i total cannot be placed at less than
$40. 600. while the full Insurance IL not
over so 600. IN other words. an ac-
cumulation Of $4,000 has been wiped
out. However, both partners take
4 their losses manfully. and ar8 sready
making their plans to renew their
business.
Game Spirit Shown
on par with their attitude is thst
Iof Mayor Strange He was double
sufferer through the iire AS lessor
OF the Colonial theatre. his business
I has been brought to a stop, while his
net loss of property IL not less than
$4,000. Building and stock Is placed
at $4,000, while the insurance Is
about 5000. However, the mayor was
at his oIcial work this morning, tax
ing stets to protect the public from
injury and, doing whatever was nec-
essary from ne public standpoint q
Il am not discouraged, was the state
mont he made II have been used 20
hard knocks and difdculties All my
life, and am going ahead to build
4 up my business again. This IS sam
pie Of the spirit Of AL those who lost
through the great FIRE.
I 1t was past four o'clock when the
4 work Of the flremen began TO show It's
eject "A ANAL aszOr& WA made AZ the
fire was reaching the residence Of r.
Henry zeller, next to Strange q
whites The walls Of this dwelling
are high and strong, and gave the
firemen some support ii their work.
BY the use Of hose and az, stand
I was at last ms de effective ard It could
/ be seen that the IRE had done its
worst. Here the firemen determined,
st shall not pass. and Il did not.
Gradually il burned out, and by half
past I'VE, only isolated tongues of
fame could be seen around the dismal
ruins. However, the roof and the en-
tire back portion Of Mr. zeller's ras-
4 idenea was wrecked, and his loss was
not less than $4,000.
Many Exciting Incidents
Steps were Immediately taken for
the protection Of the public. Police
men patrolIed the streets adjacent to
guard persons away from walls that
might fall, and later, the streets we're
roped on. Certain firenen we're also
detailed for this work
During the IRE, exciting incidents
4 were not lacking TO the west, the
tire was stopped by the high portion
of the hotel building now occupied BY
4 the Masonic lodge, the Workingmers q
Building association and storage
rooms. These we're damaged only to
4 moderate extent The rear portion
of the hotel, now converted into dwell
4 ing houses, was not damaged. Il was.
however, threatened to the extent that
many Of the occupants moved their
Il household goods TO the sidewalk Res
dents of the other side of the street
were also given much anxiety but we're
untouched By the fire.
There were several casualties dur
\ ing the IRE, none Of which, however,
reauitd seriously. a candidate named
scheule, from Ohio, fell from the roof
Of the residence 0f "A. J. stinchconb,
from which he was watching the fre.
/ He fell the full distance Of three
stories, bnt struck on his feet 0ue
foot was injured. and ne was attend
ed by DR.. ]. Oliver Puryis His injury
lis not serious, but It II almost mir
acIe that It was NOT.
Harry Daniels, driver OF the Inde-
pendent company are engine. va
overcome BY heat and exertiOn, and as
being treated at the Emergency hos~
I pital A midshIpman was also over
come, and taken away il Az anabn-
\ lane.