Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-11
hlllES 4 JONES MACHINE
WORKS SCENE OF
SPECTACULAR FIRE
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Tazewell, Fire Marshal II. Morton
Ainscow and Chief Mechanic William
j. Bailey were on the scene. Ac-
cordinG to tho report OF the Fire
Bureau. tho blaze 10 supposed to have
originated from an open burner In
the core room. although II was dif-
ficult to determine tho exact cause due
to tho wreckage in the part OF the
plant where the fire did start.
Tho fire broke out again about b.30
O'Clock In the rafters OF the damaged
building. The watchman at tho plant
was hurrying TO send In another
alarm but policeman advised him
10 telephone TO flre headquarters.
which he did. Engine Company No.
| 10 was ordered to tho sccno and ex-
tinguished the blaze before they could
communicate to any OF the other
buildings.
During tho hrc earlier In the morn
ing sparks falling in showers throat
encd to ignite some OF the small
houses OF residents in the immediate
neighborhood. At one time one of
these houses did burst into flames but
! Lieutenant Thomas quickly smothercd
/ the blaze. Firemcn were stationed
on the roofs and about the vicinity to
watch for any incipient outbreaks
while others were fighting the blaze
in the plant.
Dashing 10 the fire alarm box located
I'm tho yard. he summoned the fire de-
nnoll-tnu tho cpripngnpgE
OF the blaze. supervising flremen OF
tho first detachment. upon their ar
rival. Immediately turned In n second
alarm This was at los o'clock.
All tho buildings suffering loss are
located on Taylor street, between
Locust and Buttonwood. The mair
foundry. with an entrance through
the core shop. also faces Locust street
From this point OF advantage tho frc-
mon were able to direct their atten.
ton 10 the burning OF the core shop
Flame, Spread Rapidly.
when the apparatus had arrived
the nro had spread throughout thu
core shop and was burning flercely
This building Is n one and one-hal
story brick structure. Adjacent. e
, the left, IL tho threc-story brick ofYic'
: building. and to the right is the pat
tern and carpenter shop. a two-stcr,
! brick and concrete building.
! The fire. according TO Mr.. schlif
! started In tho corc shop. On hts pro
vious round. he said, he found every
thing In good order and no signs o
nre. He was unable TO even guess a
tho origin OF the fire. he said.
Firemen arriving on tho secont
alarm were designated to positions o
advantages. with instructions 10 saw
the office building and the carpente
and pattern shop. In the latter case
however, they were unsuccessful. Tn
flames. eating their way through tn
walls of the core shop. soon cut int
the pattern rooms. the brass foundr.
and motor room. Within few min
utcs the interior OF this two-stor,
. structure was mass OF flames. Fire
men, under tho direction OF Lieutenan
Donohue. soon engaged In smsshin
In the window, This enabled the firs
men to play heavy streams Of wats
fiuto tnS tuhtH
Recf CoIlapses.
Z AZ shout 10 o'clock the roof Of IN
ore shop GRABBED. sending forth heav
, volumes Of smoke and flames lsapin
high, lighting up the heavens in tha
|, section. Thousands OF spectator
many scsntily clad. left their beds {
witness the FIRE. After the sound,n
Z the second alarm. the people gather
ed in such large numbers that Polio
Captain Kelleher and Sergeant Nc
Gillion. with a detail OF Is men, hur
ried 20 the scene where they stretche
FIRE ropes across the street.
10 James s. Stirling. manager OF IN
plant, arrived on the scene as soon a
he heard OF the Are In his survey {
70 the burning property, Mr.. Stirlin
estimated the loss at between $3.50
and 100000. Sixty thousand dollar
D OF this. he said. would cover the build
b. ings. and the personal patterns burr
= ed were valued at about $4,000. A
the time. he said. there was yer
little machinery IN the plant
According TO Mr. Stirling, all OF N
damage, excepting that OF the pa
terms. which belonged TO customers,
covered by insurance About SO me
have been employed in the plant. Nj
: Stirling said. A casting contrac
r which was 10 have been started toda
IN the foundry, will go on accordin
J. 20 schedule. he said. the work bcin
! done in another part OF the plant. L
ould attribute no cause for the fire.
\ large touring car. stored In a po
n ton OF the core shop, fell o. prey 20 Il
J. flames. The automobile, according
l Mr.. Stirling. was valued at sever
;. thousand dollars.
With a strong southwesterly wiz
d blowing, the homes OF residents
& Taylor street, south of Locust, as W,
Y as several stores and private res
: dences on Buttonwood street. at q
o foot OF Taylor street. We're endanger,
u when sparks from the burning bull
g inYs were blown TO the roofs of the
ouses. For while conditions becan
SO serious that several firemen we
designated 10 protect these homes.
The firemen succeeded in saving q
1" main office building. at Taylor and L
}" Gust streets. Although at all times
V danger OF the flames eating their w
u through the partitions. the work OF I
flremen prevented this extra loss. Sc
! : raj heavy streams of water were pla
u ed from the roof of the office buildi
~ TO the core shop and the carpent
shop. Two streams pouring from