The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
AKLAND HAD THIRD FIRE
In MONTH OF FEBRUARY
Stubborn Blaze Early Sunday
Morning Drove Thinly Glad
People From Their Homes

Fire OF an undetermined OIL
gin, but presumably FROM an
overheated stove in the office OF
the Waingold Garage on Liberty
street in Oakland Sunday M orn-
ing at $3.50 o'clock, drove three
families to the street, the MAJ or-
ity of whom were clad in their
night garments only with the
mercury showing about IA de-
grees above zero and gale es-
timated at twenty miles an hour
blowing.
The estimated monetary loss
above the insurance is around
. $4,000.
g The fire originated, as above 81 ated,
y from an overheated stove in the flower
:, or street floor of the Waingold Gar
age, a concrete and steel structure To-
Gated on Liberty street, which was
built but few years ago by IA. K.
Martin to replace a frame STRUCTURE
on the same site destroyed by fire
caused by an explosion of gasoline
about five years ago. From the lower
door of the garage a fue led through
the upper floors of the building pass
ing through a partition separating
a number of apartments on the second
floor which were occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Waingold and their little son, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Stahl and MF and
Mrs. Howard Shahan. When the oc-
cupants of these apartments were
awakened by the blowing of he fire
whistle and the calling of some men
who were awakened even before the
blowing of the alarm, the whole upper
floor of the main part of the STRUCTURE
was in flames with escape cut off by
the burning of the stairway leading to
the street below. Mr.. and Mrs. VAIN
gold and child and Mr.. and MrB. Sha-
han were fortunate in making their
exit through a door and down an out
side stairway to the rear of thef build
egg ~>Mr. and Mrs Stahl escaped by
f9eans of ladder set up to p WIN
dow of their apartment, all of whom
went out in their night clothing} Mrs.
IWaingold's escape was so narrow that
she was slightly burned about the
neck and her hair was singed.
All the parties residing in the build
ing, in addition to losing their war
drobes lost also their furnituI Ire and
valuables.
The building ran through tn block
from Liberty street to an alley. On
the street floor Mr. Stahl maintained
a tire and automobile accessories
store, on which he carried insurance
approximating $4,000. His stock was
valued at $4,000 From the store
nothing was saved except few auto
mobile bumpers.
Adjoining the Stahl store on the
west side was a warehouse occupied
by Mr.. Waingold as a storage. In
this compartment were two trucks
and carload of hay. Both trucks
and hay were consumed. On the east
! side of the Stahl store were the office,
show room and the large automobile
storage maintained by the owner OF
the building Everything in the office
was destroyed but the cars ard other
property stored was taken to the
street and no loss resulted.
The upper floor of the structure
over the automobile storage along
with the repair shop located on the
, talley were not touched by the fire eX-
Hcept where the roof was burr he'd thru
Tin several places.
7,Ps West of the Waingold building is
r .5cated a two-story brick structure
a5wned by Mr.. A. D. Naylor. In it Is
located the Haggerty Cigar Compa'
ny's factory and on the second floor
the family of Mr.. W. R. Savage re-
sided. The furniture of Mr.. Savage'S
household was water soaked owing tC
the fact that two windows looking ou'
on the Waingold building were de-
4 stroved and from these the fire was
fought. The cigar company also sus'
-tained considerable damage from the
water which flowed through from the
"A upper floor of this building
The fire was hard fought from the
8;,moment the fire apparatus appeared
If atil it was under control, and 1t re
! ,.o.lired the combined efforts of ever!
able bodied man to accomplish this.
Three streams were used ht times
in addition to the chemical engines
WHICH rendered good service I'm saving
adjacent property, especially that o
Mr.. German Thayer, occupied as
residence by Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. Hine
.baugh and family. A line of hose wa
run othe rear Of the garage from !
plug on Second street and with tn
water pouring into the building from
two or three directions the fire wa
Tsept confined to the one building AM