Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-12
FIREMEN RESCUED
AS $500, 900 BLAZE
SWEEPS F ST. STORE
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here, however, until Sis. The Balti-
more companies were accompanied by
DR.. Ogden, Fire Department surgeon of
that city, and their ambulance. They
reported at No. 10 Engine Company.
Maryland avenue between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets northeast, from
which they were dispatched to the va
rious houses here.
IIesSe Leads Police.
The first out-of town companies to
get here were from Alexandria and
Chevy Chase, both of which were in
Washington by 4 o'clock. Other nearby
communities to send companies were
HyattSville. KenSington, Cottage City,
Silver Spring. Mount Rainier, Takoma,
Bladensburg and Brentwood.
Maj. Edwin B. BeSSe, superintendent
of police. all the police inspectors, police
reserves from precincts 3, 9 and 10, and
nearly every policeman from No. were
at the fire.
The water tower went into duty on
F street throwing a heavy stream of
water on the upper floors OF the burn
ing building. while more water was
poured into the structure from ladders
Of truck companies that were station
| ed on @ street. Every fire hydrant With
in a radius Of two blocks was connected
The firemen fought the blaze from
the east, as the wind was from the
west. They threw water on adjoining
buildings also to prevent the blaze
| from spreading.
The men suffered considerably from
cold and were served hot coffee by
Joseph Weinstein, cafe proprietor Of
62l E street. and E. Mondy, an employe
of ODonnell's grill
The rear wheel of the hose wagon of
No. 2 crashed through the iron cover
ing of freight elevator when the
wagon was driven across the sidewalk
in front Of 1914 G. street to permit
No. 3 truck to get close to the curb.
The flames leaped across the alleys
Slight damage to the building occupied
by the Standard Engraving Co., 1912
G street, beauty shop at 1920 G street
! and the Homer Building.
! Firemen ran hose through the Lucy
! Lou Shop, 1877 F street. which is part
of the same building occupied by Dulin
| 81 Martin and was formerly part of
| that store. Windows in that shop and
! the Queen Quality Boot Shop next door
were broken by the heat and both stores
suffered from water damage. Snyder
e. Titles Shoe Store, 1911 F street, also
was partly flooded by water
| When the flames were finally brought
| under control about $50, Fire Marshal
| Seib stated conservative estimate of
the damage to all buildings would be
! 100000.
Street Cars RerOuted.
The last six-alarm fire here was on
| January Is, 1927, when the p. j. Nee
| Furniture Store, at Seventh and H
streets, was destroyed. In December,
| 1927, at fire at 1910 G street, then
occupied by the Harry C. Grove Co..
| two doors from the scene of today's
blaze, ''backfire" similar to the one
| encountered by Capt. Hellmuth to-
| day blew six firenen into the street
| and badly injured them.
| During the early hours this morning
| 1t was necessary to re-route the q
street cars down Eleventh street and the
| F. street cars down Fourteenth street.
! So many hose lines were laid across the
street no effort was made to bridge the
, car tracks. Police also diverted all
| traffic from the block and kept pedes-
trians safe distance from the remain
ing walls of the building, some OF which
had decided bulge.
No. engine company and No. 4
| truck stood guard throughout the morn
| ing, pouring water on the smoldering
embers and pumping out Of the base
ment
! It was almost exactly year ago that
the Baltimore Fire Department last
came to the assistance OF Washington.
On the night of January Is. 1928. a
series Of fires OF incendiary origin
swept the city and taxed the capacity
of the local department to the limit
AS a result Of those fires John Joseph
Fischer. a former policeman, was ar
rested and committed to st. Elisabsthss