Evening star., 1947-12-20
F|amesDan1age
Sd. T.. Homes
And Warehouse
Loss Put at $4,000
In Storage Plant on
Pennsylvania Avenue

Fires during the night drove resi-
dents of three homes into the street
and caused damage estimated at
between $4,000 and $25,o0O in a
two-alarm warehouse blaze.
The warehouse fire broke out in
a building used for storage by r.
Robinson, Inc, buildings materials
company of 1901 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. as the building was being
locked for the night.
Another two-alarm fire caused
what was described by police as a
large amount of damage" to the
three-story frame home occupied by
DR.. and Mrs. Riley D. Moore at
3421 Brown street NV. DR.. Moore,
who IS 55, suffered cuts on his right
hand when he rammed his fist
through basement window.
Twelve pieces of fire equipment,
the deputy fire chief and three bat
talon chiefs responded to the fire.
which started in the basement and
raced up the front wall of the Moore
home.
Girls Flee to Street.
Girl roomers at home rented by
Miss Anna Rodriguez of the Vene-
zuelan Embassy at 1467 Girard street
NV, ran out into the street in their
night clothes at 3 am. today when
fire broke out in the first-foor front
room of the two-story brick house
Mrs. Victoria Vazquez, resident
said the fire was. believed to have
started from a cigarette left burn
ing in an overstuffed chair. Furni-
ture in the front room was de-
stroyed, but the residents were able
to return to their beds before the
night was over.
In another fire early today,
Cherokee O'Brien. 27, a roonaer at
4o6 Sixth street NV, dragged an
other roomer, Frank Sug, So, from
his smoke-fllled room and fought
mattress fire. Mr.. Sug was
treated for smoke inhalation at Cas-
ualty Hospital and released.
According to Mr.. O'Brien, Mr..
Sug had had some Christmas pres
ents in his room but had taken
them on the previous day to his
only relative, blind mother living
IN an old peoples home in Mary
land.
Bridge Traffic Detoured.
The storage warehouse fire. which
ragged for an hour, occurred at the
height of rush-hour traffic pouring
over the nearby Sousa Bridge.
Civilians helped police detour traffic
away from the fire. Fourteen pieces
of fire equipment responded.
The blaze was discovered by
Thomas E. Alderton, 7540 Allentown
road Sc, an employe. 1t hared up
in the rear of the building close to
a ceiling on rear balcony.
Mr.. Alderton said he saw flames
through window of a hardware
store which adjoins the one-and-
a-half-story warehouse. He told
Miss Beverly Chrisman, 17O7 Twen-
ty-ninth street Sc, telephone oper-
ator and cashier, who telephoned
the alarm. The hardware store was
not damaged.
Stocks of feed, Christmas toys,
building materials and chicken
brooders in the warehouse suffered
damage. The roof also was burned.
Possibility that the b,c,ze may
have been caused by a defective
wire was expressed by Joseph H.
Deckman, president of the concern.
who estimated the damage. He said
shortly before the blaze started
lights went out. The property is
insured, he said.
During the fire Frank Wyatt, 1882
Young street Sc, rescued three
crates of pigeons owned by Bill Cas-
sells, 1907 Naylor road Sc. The
pigeons were in a lot on a nearby
structure.
The warehouse suffered $50 0OO
damages in fire in October, 1914,
Mr.. Deckman said.