Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-28
TWELVE FIRES IN "a
HOURS, NEW RECORD
FOR WILMINGTON
Continued from page I.

Engine Companies Nos. 1 and and
Truck Company No. were summoned
and the flremen had tho blaze ex-
tingusshed short timc after their ar
rival The roof OF boti, houses was
practically destroyed causing loss
Of about $500 to each property. The
roof OF the house at 1916 Wawa.et
avenue was slightly damaged. The
occupants OF all the houses got out
In safety. but the furniture was some
what damaged by the water that had
to be used.
In addition to the fires that occurred
yesterday morning and which were
reported in yesterday afternoons
paper. several others occurred during
the afternoon and night. II was short
ly after l o'clock yesterday afternoon
that Fireman Il. August OF Truck
Company No. 3 was passing at Seventh
and Shipley streets when he saw a
davenport In front OF the II. l.. Ford
Furniture CoInpany's store In flames
It is thought someone passing care
lessly tossed match or cigar OF
| cigarette stump upon the davenport
and ignited it August notified tn,
people in the store and he and the EN-.
ployes formed bucket brigade ant
eXtinguished the blaze. The articl,
of furniture was damaged 10 the ex
tent 0 $50. None OF the Are com
panies were called into service.
| About 3.l7 o'clock yesterday after
noon fire was discovered In shed II
the rear OF the A. b. Golden Beddin,
Commnys plant at Eleventh an,
Thatcher streets. The fire had sprea,
to n billboard nearby. The cause o
the outbreak could not be determined
Engine Companies Nos. and an.
Truck Company No. were summone
and by their effective work the fire
men had the flames extinguished be
fore they could communicate to. IN
main building. The loss on the, fran
structure was estimated at s25.
Shortly after o'clock last nigh
fire was discovered ut the same place
only in another part OF the shop whicl
was burned during the Afternoon
This time someone passing saw tn
IRE and sent in an alarm from bo
No. 16, which brought Engine Com
panies Nos. 3 and 4 and Truck Com
pany No. TO the scene a second tim.
The firemen had stubborn battle o
their hands for while. but f,nall
succeeded in smothering the blaze an
once again prevented the spread {
the fire to the main plant. This sec
ond fire caused a loss OF about $3.50.
Last night at 72S o'clock. Engin
Company No. 10 was called TO Twer
ty-ninth and Monroe streets, wher
IRE was discovered In an ash dunn
1t was extinguished without difficult
] and before there was any loss.
Engine Company No. was calle
, out on a still alarm at $40 o'clock la,
evening. when an old tree stump
the yard at the rear OF the house. 81
West Thirteenth street was found
. flames. This fire was extinguish,
with a few buckets of water. How Il
; blaze originated could not be dcte
, mined. There was no damage 10 II
). property.
An alarm from box No. III abo,
$40 o'clock last night. was sent
when fire was discovered In the New
=. journal building, at the southwest co
, ner OF Fourth and Shipley streets. II
fire was discovered among some pape
> in closet in the locker room in Il
u rear of the press room on the Ar
floor, Engine Companies Nos l, 2,
and Truck Company No. 3 were quic
ly on the scene and the fire was e
s tinsuished before II could get beyol
d the confines Of the closet. The 10
Q was estimated at $3.50.
d An alarm from box No. Is at l.
II O'Clock this morning brought Engi
s Companies Nos. and I and Tru
Company No. ) into service. The fir
@ men found frame shed at the re
a of 703 Spruce street. the home Of w
n liam Carpenter, in flames. The bla
= was quickly eXtinguished. The dan
age was placed at rs.
, Engine Company No. 10 this NOR
ing about $50 O'Clock, was summon
to Concord avenue and the b. and
railroad. when a field of dry gra
r. was found in flames. The employ
of the Concord Lumber Compa
fought the fire with fire guns and h
- IL out by the time the city flremen 9
rived. There was no damage
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