Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-28
MYERS WAREROOMS
COMPLETE WRECK
RESULT OF FIRE
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serted under the roof 10 extinguish
flames which had started there.
The saving of this building was
probably due 10 the midshipmens' fire
brigade. which mounted the roof OF
the house next door and with bat
tcring ram tore holes through the
Misunderstanding and prevented the
fire from spreading.
The Myers Company's loss in the
store rooms destroyed included car
load OF hay and mixed feed which
had just been stored, the partial in
surance on the old stock not covering
| this loss in any way.
The hardware and household de
NJ rtments OF the Myers Company sGf-
Tered losses by water and smoke al
though their escape from the blaze
/ was fortunate one. Lines OF hose
we're run from West street through the
hardware stores TO play on the flames
in the rear. while the Cathedral street
lines fought fire from the front.
Great Work Of Firemen
Tie we'll organized members of the
fire companies of the city may be
credited entirely with having saved
that section of the town from COM
Ilete destruction. Aiding the divis-
ions of the companies already describ-
ed, third detail y the tiremen held
/ precarious position on the roof ~
Shacks' Department Store. from
which point they played a stream OF
water directly upon the flames. These
len were in the most uncomfortable
osition possible since the smoke and
danes were blown directly down upon
| them by an extremely stiff breeze
The fighting here was made almost
impossible by the smoke and intense
heat. but the fremen stuck to their
task nobly and prevented the flames
from reaching the frame buildings on
West street
Danger OF Flying Sparks
/ The danger from flying sparks wa
a considerable one to the section on
the opposite side of West street and
directly in the wind from the fire.
Roofs of most of the buildings in that
section were guarded by hastily organ
i.ed bucket brigades. The only fires
reported as resulting from sparks
were on the roof of the Strange Motor
Car Company Where three or four
small blazes were extinguished as
rapidly as they appeared. ees. !
Fearing for the safety of the ma
chimes in their garages the. Strange
Motor Ca rCompany moved all of the
automobiles in their plant 10 a safer
location on Northwest street and pre-
pared to get them away from this
plant hurIiedlya if 1t became Recesr
sary N Hsf sHSr
| Laddies On job All Night
! Until late hour last night a
stream of water was kept playing
Upon the sfouldering remains of the
burning building. although the Dfire
once suBdued offered no threats of
4 bfeakihg cut again. Large piles OF
hay and feed. which had been in the
middle of the blaze were raked over
i by the fremen and thoroughly soaked
/ with water. t3sfi 1aG ~
4 One accident of the fire occurred in
the overcoming by smoke of fireman
Alfred Parkinson. of the Water Witch
Company, who held a dangerous posi-
ton in the densest of the smoke and
who had to be carried from the scene
and removed to the Emergency Hos
pital when the smoke became too
much for him.
A small boy, who was i'll in one of
the buildings, was removed when the
fire first started and was carried to
the hospital
The collapsing walls of the burned
buildings offered some danger to the
firemen but vigilance saved all OF the