Evening star., 1920-01-05
TWO APARTMENT
HOUSES DAMAGED
Rescues Made by Firemen at
Terrace Inn and the
Pennhurst.

| Fires in two apartment houses yes
| terday engaged the attention of the
| fire department. Terrace Inn apart
ments at Massachusetts, avenue and
| 14th street was visited by fire in the
morning. about 1880 o'clock. damaging
the building and contents to the
amount of about $4,000. and making it
| necessary for firemen to take numer-
Gus persons from the building to pre-
vent probable suffocation. Early in
Pennhurst. 4S H street northeast,
| claimed the attention of numerous
companies of firemen. Chief Wagner
| responding to the third alarm and di-
| recting the work of his men. One oc-
oupant of the building was rescued.
| When firemen reached Terrace Inn
the condition of affairs suggested the
| advisability of sending in a second
| alarm. Smoke poured from the base
ment and filled the rooms and corri-
| doris in the structure, making it prac-
| tically impossible to descend the
l stairs.
| Taken to Nearby Houses.
Numerous occupants of the building,
some scantily clad, did not enjoy leav-
| ing their warm apartments and being
| carried to the street in the biting cold.
They were made comfortable in nearly
houses until the blaze was extin-
| flushed. however, when they returned
| to their rooms.
| U. S. Click was taken from his
! apartment on the second floor by
Police Capt. Robert E. Doyle and Lieut..
| Buckley of No engine company.
| &C. r. Hayes, occupant of an apart
| ment on the top floor, detected the
odor of smoke, learned of the fire and
aroused sleeping occupants of num-
ber of apartments.
| Fully score of families were made
| temporarily homeless by the fire in the
| Pennhurst, one of the Alonzo Bliss
properties, where damage to the build
| about $4,000 damage to the contents
| 1t is believed the fire started at the
bottom of the shaft of the trash and
| garbage lift" It quickly spread to
the top of the building, reaching the
two open ventilating wells and booming
| the structure.
! Occupants of the building did their
best to extinguish the blaze. using the
hose in the building, but did not sue
! coed, and when firemen arrived on the
scene the fire had reached the top of
the structure. A second and third alarm
! summoned additional companies.
| Many occupants escaped from the
| building by the fire escape. So quickly
did they have to move that they were
unable to save much of their belong
ings
| Woman, Ill, L. Rescued.
Chief Wagner and several of his men
were told that Mrs. Mary Faulkner,
suffering from an attack Of pneumonia,
| was in an apartment on the second
!, floor. They went to her apartment
! covered her with blankets and rugs to
prevent the water from .drenching her
and remained until Drs Hays and
Crawford of Casualty Hospital COM
pleted the rescue. She was taken to the
home of relatives
I DaDufv Fire cbo1 Gath SJ;eo,,eo;,,.
the blaze, said he thought the numerous
families made homeless by the fire
! would experience some difficulty in get
ting new homes. 1t probably will be
some time before the building can be
put in condition to be occupied.
/ Other Fires.
Bursting Of a boiler in the house of
William Tuberville, 1725 9Th street, Con-
gress Heights. caused fire scare about