Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1894, Page 7

8858595989590 il WOODWARD CRUSHED BY WALLS A LOTHROP, 10TH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. ie Uattl September we close at 5; Saturdays at 1. Continuation of Our Half-Yearly Clearing Sale Before Stock Taking, Augmented by a Great Remnant Sale. ‘Th+se soles are growing more popular dafly—at- tracting thousands of purchasers, for the reason that the goods are seasonable and desirable and are coupled with great price reductions. We make no one-day sales, and if you cannot ow you may feel sure that our special- a ties will be ach day until closed out, at the ws that have characterised all our tearing sales. Remnants at Little Prices. The great aw ws intdsutiner ivity due to the low prices which ing sway for several days past has iy ithstanding our almost Tats charecter of goods is bother- sume in stock tuking. It’s tedious to count and hard to « therefore every single thing of a small lots, odds and ends, broken hs of perfect zoods; also tii vit, otherwise defaced—no matter how low it was marked at first, is mow marked so ww that by closing time Saturday there oughtn’ ten nant left. For tomorrow: SummerWash DressGoods. Ia dispose Mant day—not 88 cutlet. leulate, re wnant natu! wien, short leng! massed 0: order to * ba Al ose Out several odd lots before stock made such reductions as the fol- this season's goods and desirable A lot of Scotch Zephrrs, chotee pat terns. Rew A lot of Hi Iz4yc. : Ze 8c. imsteiped Organdie Law a ene $e de 8c. ‘This fs au opportunity not often presented, so tt Will be i to secure a supply for preseat and io lesigns. Reduced from 18e. -10th st. bldg.) Women’s " Summer Duck Suits. ‘To close out what remzins of our stock of these garments, so fashionable this season for street and on) wear generally, we have made ‘al reductions. eome very 1 A lot of ts, mostly stz-s, ted patierns, Re $2.48 alts, tailor ‘duced "$6.75 ach to, 97-50 ¥ woman of taste may They are cut and made prop- in I stzes only. $550 cael to EE a A lot of Lay figh-class Linen Duck Suit ail tallor made. wits floor... . 11th st. bldg.) women’s Summer Gowns. = Small lot of Fine Cambric Gowns, sachacd yoke of wks, Ve neck, full & videry around neck and ec Bhooy od from $1.00 each to.... 79%. sas ' Summer Shoes. a «i of Misses’ Oxfords, viet mI patent we tips, Russia calf tem goat. ed from $2.00 —- eeise seeps $1.50 A surtil lot of Misses’ Oxfords, dongola kid, with patent leather tips and tan ce SS ple ton D100 A sinall lot of Children’s Oxfords, viet Bid, with peteat leather ps, Russia eal and taa goat. Sizes 8, fo 104g. We te. 2.22... Mixes Sto 8. Red: A amall } Reduced from $1.75 * $1.25 1 fom $1.29 alr Sy oy of Women's Sarde One-strav Slippers ami Opera Slippers, bi: With herded toes, Kew tan and gray. Ist aunex.) SummerBlack DressGoods. Prtestiey's Silk-and-wool Monsseline. $1.00 1 from $1.23 yard to. Mae SEO jestivy’s All-woel Batiste. Reduced 50c. $1.25 $1.00 75¢. iy ‘amel's Hair Grena- $1.50 yard to...... sol Camel's Hair Grena- yard to...... Reduced 5c. weve BHC 1009 F st. bids.) fetgera- $10.00 $9.00 jot of Jewett “Lab: 00 MN lot of Pensnives, hest steel, pnd 95. each 10...... FOC. I lot of Hottonhete, Embroidery d Manteura Seiesore. Reduced frow ral ir to, eee 25¢. A small lot of sexoz Hones. juced from $1.50 each to. .. 5Oee A small lot of “Ia ‘Compantoas."* $3.00 ++-Lita af. bldg.) Woodward & Lothrop, 10fH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. od from $9.50 } DIED AT THEIR POSTS i THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUI p SER AE eat Thousands in Property and Three. Lives Lost by Fire KNOX'S BUILDINGS DESTROYED Hundreds of Horses Perish Amidst | the Smoke and Flames. - | Owners and Insurance Men Trying | to Estimate Loss. de MANY WERE INJURED): THE DEAD. Samnel E. Mastin, fireman, No. 1, of 18th street northwest. Michael Fenton, fireman, No. 1, 13 1-2 street southwest. Dennis Donohue, fireman, No. 1. of THE INJURED. J. G. Wilson, 525 11th street southeast, | broken leg. James Kelhal, 462 Virginia aveniue | southwest, sprained buck; serlously Injured. Lee Bell, 3202 I street northwest, burned about hands and face. James A. Hooper, truck A northeast, lacerated forehead. Edward Cahill, citizen; shoulder Unkzown employe of Knox com probably fatally burned about head chest. ny, and Three brave firemen were burned to death and hundreds of thousands of dollars of | property was destroyed by fire this morn- ing. The mammoth four-story stables and | warehouse, situated at the northwest cor- | ner of 2d and B streets, belonging to the George W. Knox Express Comp took | fire a few minutes before 2 o'clock, and by the end of two hours there was nothing teft of the home of this big business but a pile | of charred bricks and timber. It wes far and away the most destructive ecnflagration that has visited Washington since the burning of the patent office years ago. From the time that the blaze was first discovered by some men sleeping in the building it spread with such ama: rapidity that there was Mitte the fire partment could do in the way of e tunguishing the flames. Within a very few minutes both of these immense buildings | were simply a seething cauldron of flame, | so hot that it was dangerous to approach within working distance. The intensity of the heat interfered seriously with the la- bors of the firemen, but they kept at it like Trojans, pouring great streams of water | into the writhing, whirling mass ef fire. If | they had been streams from litile toy en- | gines they would have had as mu parent effect. If they had been stre: kerosene they would not have increas: intensity of the heat. One of the saddest features in connection with the disaster was the fact that over two hundred horses jest their lives. Noth- ing could be done to save them, for th were stabled on the second floor, anc it would have been courting certain death for any one even to have attempted their res- cue. An immense amount of sympathy was | hewn by the big crowd of people who were | watching from safe points of vantage near | by when they realized that all those fine animals that were familiar sights nd tewn in Knox's big express wagons were per-ned in and beyond all hope of escape. Half a Million, It is a difficult matter, from appearances, even to approximate the amount of damage done from a financtal standpoint, or to es- timate the actual loss suffered by the va- rious people whose property went up in smoke. The heaviest loss, of course, falls upon the Knox Company, but In the big storage warehouse scores of people had left their belongings for the summer, and many were heavy losers. There were a number of people who had shut up thelr houses for the season and had storad everything they owned beyond what would go in trunks. It would probably be within bounds to say that sore than a half million dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. For over two hours the fire rage? as no fire has done in this city for years. When it died out it died for the reason that there was nothing left for the flames to feel up- on. In the rapidity with which it spread and the intensity of heat thrown off the fire was not unlike the burning the big cold storage warehous2 at the world’s fair when so many men lost their lives. When the engines were called off there was not even a wall standing where yester lay all was bustle and activity. They had al! fallen into the flery furnace or out across the streets. In the thirty years since the elder Knox established the business doing general express work it has prospered and grown, until it had almost a monopoly in this city. Most of the large wagons that are used for moving big safes, macninery and things of that sort were owned and run by this company, and more interests than one are likely to be crippled for the time being by their destruction. Mr. Knox died a couple of years ago, but he | sons, who were trainad in t ness, at present constituted the firm consists Messrs. William S. Knox, George B. Knox and M. K. Van Arsdale. Mr. V s. Knox !s the general manager of the busl- ness. The Rapid Spread. lings which were burne? picd the southeast qua | nded by Band C streets and | on back to wid y used by t compan. Ati The mot ning o¢ natin building of t ex: ed brick, fou ories in aratively new structure. joining the main build- ire-proof structure that » two build- pas: ont floo: chance reporters, W ter the fire bi se in the place, le building near this brid 3 con} large amouni of eel and inflammable materials of one 1 another, s> that the fire, when 3 though it were fol- There was no one ho —— to have to pread. abl hay, sort. a once started, spread 2 lowing trains of pow at the sire this mor the slightest idea 7 Flames discovered about 2:1 In ad- to the night watchmen, there were several others who were accustomed to sleep in the building a: night, and they w awakened by clowls of dense smoke envy oping them. Th ad bardly time to ¢ cape ailve, for instantly the whole rear part of the second floor was afire. By the time they had left the building the flames had spread to the Brock building adjoining ou | B street, and occupied as the stables for Adams Express (Company More than a hundred horses were stabled here, but a number of men rushed into the building and succeeded tn turning the horses from the building before the fire had got much head- way. This building was badly damaged, but was not entirely destroyed. Splendid Work. The first alarm: was sent tn by an officer from a nelghboring patrol box. Two en- gines and a truck responded. A second alarm was sounded a f-w minutes later,and this was followed immediately by the gen- eral, which called out the entire depart- ment of the District. The chief cf the de- partment directed the work in person, while Maj. Moore, Capt. Austin and other officials of the ge department directed the ef- forts of their men im keeping back the crowds which thronged the streets, By the | brick walls, that one would have consider- | ed to earth, time the general alarm was turned in ie! wes realized that there was practically no} chance of saving the buildings, but this | did not deter the men in the sligatest, and | they labored for hours in this suffocatin; | and blinding heat. Frequently they were overcome by their exertions, but the places | of the men who were in dangerous post- | tions were at once taken by others and the wearied and exhausted men, after hav- ing a chance to breathe and plunge their | heads in buckets of water, turned back | to their hereulean task. Went to Death. | By long odds the most lamentable oc- | currence of all was the death of the three | herote fire-tighters who went in where they must have realized that they were in im minent danger, and yet they went because they knew it was their duty so to do. That they did not come back alive is a source of sorrow for every one who admires bravery and daring and who respects a man who | does his duty feariessly. The three men who went to their death in that awful sea of flames were all mem- ets of No. 1 company, working under Foreman Boss. They were Samuel E. Mas- | tin, Assistant’ Foreman Michael Fenton | and Dennis Donohue. A number of the firemen had gone inside | walls at this point for the purpose of ter directing the big streams of water. his was one of the first walls to go,and as it 1, with a crash, a cry went up from the | assemble] multitude. Those who were in a nto see what had happened knew ome at least of the men who had gone ould never come out alive, and from | their outcry others realized what had oc- | ret, and the story quickly spread that | a dozen or more had been killed. To those | | ho watched the fire from beginning to end the only surprise was that the fatality was pot greater, Chtev Parris heard the cry that went up when the walls fell, and he at once rushed to the point where the disaster haa cc- curred. Seve streams water were upen the flames which bh to the building at this point, end, 4 Soon as it was possible, a score cf fir men and pollcemen rushed in to the rescue of the imprisoned men. In # moment they their the bodies been ight by the other men, whose injuries were pe ent returne of tho falling 1 besring e who walis. compara- | Uvely sHght, were singed and btistered, but | glad to get out with their lives. Within a | minutes other 1s fell, and had not | the men,rescuers and rescued ‘aiike, escaped | en they did the list of the dead would be considetably longer. Herote Deeds, ‘The rescue of the tmprisoned firemen an act of real heroism worthy to be classed with any that has ever been performed. It | is too bad that a simple record might not bave been made of all the deeds of bravery that were done, but the exgitement and | confusion were so great that the men them- selves probably do not realize today all that they did. The fire covered such a space of territery that one could not even keep track of all that was transpiring. One after an- other, or rather piece by piece, the stout ed impervious to heat, crumbled and crash- The scene was one that those who witnessed it will never forget. As a | picture, apart from all ics horrible details, | it was Superb. From the doomed structure the flames | and smoke rolied up in billowing masses into the dark sky. For blocks around it was as light as day, and one could have read @ newspaper on the avenue by the light of the burning buildings. Against the dark background of the sky the dome of the Capitol was lighted up as if by great search lights, and presented a magnificent spectacle. The conflagration was visible for miles around, and the bright red glow could | be seen far out into the adjoining country. A great crowd of people was gatherel around the scene, but the efforts of the | police were not necessary to keep them | back at a good distance. The heat did | that all right, for it was almost impossible | to walk even on the sidewalk on the op- posite side of the street. The crowd was of {tself an interesting sight. It was made up of all classes of ple, though the class that stay up until or 4 o'clock in the morning very fre- | quently was particularly in evidence. The | residents of the houses in the neighborhood were greatly alarmed for the safety of their homes, and many rushed out in scanty at- tire, fearing that it was dangerous to 1 main longer inside. When they found that their houses were not in fnminent peril they returned for the purpose of completing their toilets. It was surprising to note how many vehi- cles were available at this time of night, and the nightliners did a thriving business. Other Buildings. The fire was not confined solely to the three buildings which were destroyed. A | number of small frame tenements In the alleys went by the board. The house ad- | Joining the storage building on the north | was also badly damaged by fire and water. The heat was so great that it was feared | the frame houses on the east side of 2d | street. would catch, but they were kept drenched with water and escaped. The | Slater Hotel, at the southwest corner of | 2d and B streets, took fire several times from the heat and flying embers, but a stream of water was played upon the roof aud prevented the flames from getting a good start. Eight two-story frame houses in the north alley were totally consumed, and Mitchell's blacksmith shop in the rear Was soon beyond saving. The two Knox bulldings were substantlal and rather imposing structures. They were generally supposed to be as near fire proof as buildings ef the sort could be made, but they seemed to furnish excellent food for the rapacious flames. The building that Was used for storage purposes was specially constructed for such uses, and was claimed to be fire proof. It was stored with an im- mense amount of furniture, pictures, car- riages, and, in short, with all the varieties of household and personal belongings that cne would ordinarily expect to find in such @ place. What the loss in this building may amount to Is hard to conjecture, for all the records and books of the company were de- stroyed, and {t will be days before anything like a complete estimate can be made. An insurance man who was Inside the fire lines satd that ex-Representative Ben W. Cable of Illinois carried $25,000 insurance on fur- niture and other property which he had stored in this building. The losses are scattered among a long list of people, many of whom are cut of town for the summer, and consequently tt {s impossible to say how much they have lost. The building was provided with an instantaneous fire alarm box for giving direct communication to the fire department, and it {s said that the first news this morning was communt- cated from Knox's ware house, box 13, by the instantaneous fire alarm system at 2:05 o'clock. The third alarm was given by the tire department officials from the same box, ccording to the record at headquarters, at 10, and the general alarm at 2:13 o'clock. he building was equipped with all the ap- that experience could suggest, and a stand-plpe water apparatus on The firm handied freight of all a considerable amount of prop- rty was simply stored there temporarily. Under Control. Ry 4 o'clock in the morning the fire might be safd to be under control. That Is, the fire department was able to keep it from spreading, and there was little fuel left in- side the burned area. Curlously enough, the brick tower at the corner, in. which were located the offices of the company, did not go with the other walls, but stood through it all, as if watching the royal sport. ‘The corner lamp post was scorched and almost red hot. If there was any mail in the letter box it was probably charred beyoud redemption. Through the long hours of the fire the dull little blaze of gas at the top of the lamp post burned steadily, as if trying to help in the wild illumina- tion. Agaim and again the streams of wa- ter narrowly missed the lamp, but, nothing daunted, that little, puny flame burned on. or the Bereaved Families, The firemen, and the policemen, too, cov- cred themselves with glory, and they did their duty every time without flinching or stopping to think of the danger that en- compassed them. The movement to raise a fund for the famtiies of the dead firemen cannot fail to be a success. In times of need Washington people are always gener- cus, and doubly so when the need is among their own number, coming as a direct re- ult of courage and devotion to duty. The Evening Star will be only too glad to re- cvelve and ecknowledge any and all sums of mor.ey which may be donated for this wor- thy purpose, and all that is given will be turned over without delay to the proper parties. The fire vurned without let-up for fully three hcurs. It was long after daybreak before tha weary and well-nigh exhausted firemen got back to their various houses. Firemen who were off duty for the night hurried to the scene of the conflagration from all parts of the city, leaving their beds and hurrying tn cabs or on foot to the assistance of their comrades. There was no shirking—no effort to avoid danger. The | what | to be found. firemen work ad flgy fends around the burn- ing’ buildings, #n ey looked almost like something wahuman as they dashed in and out of the sm around, wit closer and clo: pire sponges, ¢ great burning fur- nace. It has rise since the depart- ment was call nto battle with such a big fire, but today all thought of fatigue or personal sufferingsiamong the men Is lost in the general feeling of decp regret at the death of their three brave associates, whose lives were crushéd but without a moment's warning. x ad? The Seene Today. The scene todoywes one of utter ruin. The big bay windpw at the corner of 24 and B streets stood Intact and looked like a grim monarch, surveying the ruins. The fire bumed steadily all day, but the great damage has been done, and it contented itself with cating away at the debris, which was piled about high in the air. Chief Par- ris decided to keep several streams at work, for the smoldering fire underneath was liable to break out at any time. He sent all of his men home shortly after noon. They were all thoroughly tired and their pinched faces told planily the severe strain they had been under tor the past ten hours. DIED LIKE HEROES. The Three Firemen Pon The deaths of the three brave firemen was the appalling feature of the fire. En- gine Company No. 1, under the com- mand of Assistant Foreman S. E. Mastin, was directed to attack the fire tn the rear. Calling his company, he led the way through the narrow alley which leads in from B street to the large thirty-foot alley in the rear of the building. It was here the fire raged the fiercest, and the men had to contend with the great heat, which was blistering e thing in the alley. A big upward sliding door in the north end of the bullding afferded the firemen a chance to strike the fire where it raged the hottest, and toward this deor Assistant Foreman Mastin led his men. Without a moment's hesitation he rushed through the door with a line of hose, anl made his way up the stairway. Behind tim were Firemen Fen- ton, Donohue and Bell. It y a bold, brave attempt. Up the burning statrway they fought thefr way, and soon had a stream playing on the interlor. The heat was terrific, and more than once they were driven from their position. But. t re- turned each time. Overhead thousands of tons of storage rested on suspended beams. The fire was attacking the beams at ali points. But the firemen were {gnorant of their tmperding doom. A mighty crash, and the entire three stories of the building were precipitated. The firemen heard it coming. Assistant Foreman Mastin called to his'men to jump. Firemen Fenton and Donohue obeyed, and the three came down the stairway ‘headlong. Fireman Bell rushed through the flames to the elevator shute and jumped. Then the cry went up that the entire company of No. 1 had been caught in the building. big sliding door, as soon as the ropes which operated it had burned away, came sliding down, shutting the men In a perfect hell of fames. | Fireman Killigan had gone in to rescue the men before the door fell. He saw Fireman Bell rushing through the flames, and called to him to jump. As he turned the big door fell, and Kiliigan was a prisoner. In his hand he carried an ax, and at once fell to work to cut his way out of his flery prison. He attacked the heavy oaken windows, and soon was free. He called to Private Jack Sullivan, and the two began to cut through the big door. Inside the cries of Fireman Bell and As- sistant Foremgn Bastin could be heard. They worked with & will, but the door was a heavy one and {t was some time before | their sharp axe’ cotlld get through it. When at last a hole was made large enough to admit a man Killigan crept through and found Fireman Bell writhing In agony. Lifting him upon his shoulders he bore him to the opening and put him through. Outside Dr. Névitt, the fire and police sur- geon, with his emergency bag, was waiting for the disabled mah. A glance at him was sufficient. Bell was a pitiable st: He was frightfuliy burned about the face and body and his condition was di: siag. The police ambulance was hurriedly summoned and the poor fireman Iifted tenderiy In on a stretcher. His ertes of pain were agonizing and Dr. Nevitt was forced to give kypoder- mie injections of morphia to relleve him He directed the driver to hurry at once to the Emergeney, Hospital, where the in- jJured man was ‘put to bed after receiving modical attention. In n sistant Foreman Mastin was & loudly for help. He was buried under the f: walls and pinned tn with a heavy beam. Chief Parris urged his men to get him out, but the cruel flames beat them back and Mastin had to be left to die. But of Firemen Donohue and Fenton, those brave men who had followed their foreman up the stairs. They were nowhere Another crash, and the second floor came tumbling in. The word was passed to look out for Donohue and Fenton. it was possible they had escapd. But the word came back that they could rot be found. Then it was that Chief Parris call- ed for his men, without regard to company, and set them to work to find their lost comrades. A smoldering mass of debris barred their way. They pitched In, how- ever, urged by their chief, and worked like Trojans. Every now and then the :molder- ing fre would break out afresh and the hose had to be turned in on them. It was shortly before 10 o'clock when As- sistant Foreman Mulhall called out that he bad found one of the men. A rubber boot vas all that could be seen. But there was heavy work ahead, for a large mass of brick and fron girders had to be removed before the body could be recovered. A half hour's work more and the body was in sight. It was lying on the left side, but burnt beyond recognition. In one of the Pockets was found a bunch of keys. One of the keys was a fire alarm key numbered 1263. A messenger was dispatched to the chief's office to see who owned the key. The report came back that it belonged to Fire- man Steeps. But Steeps had severed his cornection with the fire department some time ago, and the key was transferred to Featon. So it was poor Fireman Fenton. Whon his comrades tried to lift him he fell apart and the bones had to be gathered in a blanket. Meanwhile the other body had been found within a foot of the place where Fenton had been found. He was jammed up against the north wall, with his skull broken in and burnt beyond recognition. In his hand he clasped the hose pipe. He died the death of a hero at his post of duty. Chief Parris brushed away a tear when the body was uncovered, and said: “Poor boys. They were among the brav- est in the service. May God have mercy on their souls." MOURNING THE DEAD. Survivors Pay Tribute to Companions Gone Before. Early this morning the flags on the engine and truck houses were placed at half-mast as a mark of respect to the dead firemen, and the sad ending of three brave and ambi- ticus members of the department was dis cussed among the men. They all wondered how it was, with so.many walls falling, thet others escaped with thei lives. The fatal fire cast a gloom over the members of No. 1 Engine Company, of waich the deceased firemen were members. Generally when an accident of any kind happens to firemen it catches members of this company. At No. 1 ie house this morning many citizens called] to Inquire about the dead men, and to offer any assistance that might be needed, all expressing sorrow for the sad accident. Foreman Boss was on duty, and two men had been sent from one of ‘he iruck com- panies to do duty in the places cf the dead men. Speaking of the three victims of the fire, Foreman’ Boss said: “They were as geod as any men wHo ever did service In any fire department. Never during the service had they given any trouble, and they were as brave and ambitious as any men ever in the busin . “And,” he ded, “that was the reason they were killed. Speaking of fatalities at fires, Foreman Boss said that thts city has as few of them as any city in the world, and he said the wide streets, giving the firemen plenty of room, 1s the cause of it. Had this fire been in some cities where the streets are nar- row the loss would, undoubtedly, have been much greater than it was here. The € fs Tribute. In an interview with a reporter of The Star, Chief Parris said: “This was, without doubt, the most severa fire I ever attended. When I arrived at the scene, three minutes after the alarm sound- ed, the entire building was a mass of seeth+ ing flames. They seemed to spring from everywhere. While the fire had evidently been burning some time before the alarm was turned in, it spread with great rapidity. Every available engine in the city was at work, but the fire had such headway it was impossible to do anything with it, except confine it to the building. But this I want |e sY 25, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. to say: Never did men work more faithfully than the firemen. They never left their posts one minute, although they had been summoned and worked ten hours without a morsel of food. Of the poor fellows who lost ther lives I have nothing to say. They fell in the line of duty. They were among the best men in the department. I have ordered all the flags on the engine houses to be placed at half-mast as a mark of re- spect, and will detail an escort to attend their funerals,” ‘he Dead Firemen, The three men who perished were weil | known. Samuel £. Mastin, assistant (ore+ nan of No. 1 company, was in charge of the company at the fire, Foreman Boss be- ing off duty, and consequently he directed the work of the men under him. Mastin was ony of the most popular men in the service. He was a plasterer by trade and years ago had worked under Chief Parris. A native of this city, he had spent his whole life here. Hts father, Wm. E. Mastin, is a shipwright here and is well known in marine circles. Deceased w: thirty-nine years old. He was appointed a nember cf the department in April, 1887, and because of his knowing no fear and his many brave deeds he was promoted to the pesition he held at the time he was killed. Not only was he popular with his fellow- firemen, but he had many friends not in the service. He lived at No. 80S ISth street, where his family consisted of a wife and two children, aged six and eleven years. Michael R. Fenton, another of the victims, was made a member of the departinent In May, Isy2. He was a blacksmith by trade, and for a long time was employed in the shop of O'Neill Bros., on Sth street north- t between D and E streets. His father | was named Michael Fenton, and ke a well-known citizen of South Washington, having Mved at the corner of Virginia avenue and Ist street for many years. For more than twenty years he was employed Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane | as a stenemason. The deceased was an | unmarried man, who lived and cared for | his two grown’ sisters at Ne 13 1-2] street southw The victim was Dennis O'Donno- | ghue, also a young man, He was only twenty-two years ol rinted | pipeman in the dep ry this year. He was a son of Mr. Dennis O'Donnoghue, of a well-known resident c ps at No. Prospect avenue, near the Georgetown College. Be- fore entering the servic 1 was employed in tabiishment. Foneral Arrangements. So far as could be ascertained today no arrangements have yet been made for the funerals of the deceased firemen. All the bodies were not recovered until late in the morning, and death coming so suddenly and shockingly to the members of their families, the latter waited until they could tT b. Harper's botuing es: confer with the companions of their deceased be- fore making final arrangem: the 8. Then, too, tablishment and prepared for burial, rder to make them as pre persible before remov homes. g to their respective It is certain, however, that the funerals | will take place from the late homes and an escort of firemen will be detsiled to ac- company them to their last resting place. Under the rules of the department a regu- lar detail of men is made for a funeral, but should all the men be buried about the same time it is likely that a smaller detail will have to be made, in order that the service may not be badly crippled. THE INJURED ONES Being Tenderly Cured for at Hospita The Emergency Hospital this morning recalled memories of the graphic scenes enacted at the time of the memorable Ford Theater disaster. The men injured at the fire were hurried to the hospital in patrol wagons and there received the best treat- ! ment possible. The first to be cared for by Drs. Bell and Smith vas J. G. Wilson, assistant foreman of No. 2 Engine Company. He was found to be suffering with fractures of both bones of the left leg, the result of a fall. Ice was applied to reduce the swelling, and the injured man then put to bed, where he re- | mained until 10:30 o'clock, when Dr. Kerr, assisted by the house staff, set the broken bones. Wilson is thirty-five years of age, end resides at llth street southeast. | Although his condition is serious, the phy- sicians are of the opinion that he will have entirely recovered within two months. — | James Kelhar, thirty-six years of age, of 462 Virginia avenue southwest, is foreman of No. 2 Engine Company. He has a sprain- ed back, but is resting quietly on an {m- maculate white cot in the hospital ward. Mr. Kelhai as well as ever in a week or so, In spite of a rumor down town this morning that he was dead. ‘The worst ease at the hospital is that of Lee Bell, fireman, of No. 1 Engine Com- pany, who was badly burned about the face and hands. He will recover. Bell is twenty-eight years of age, and his home is at 302 Q street | northwest. The other case treated was that of James E. Hooker, a member of Truck A Company. Dr. Smith skillfully sewed a lacerated ; wound of the forehead one and one-half | inches in iength, and Hooker departed for ! his residence, 521 F street northeast. A score or more anxious relatives and friends cf the injured firemen were grouped | about the door of the emergency ward of | the hospital during the greater portion = the day, while the wives and immediate relatives remained constantly at the bed- sides of those dear to them. The nurses and physicians did in their power, too, for the comfort of the patients under their care. MR. KNOX’S ESTIMATE. The Loss in the Neighborhood of Half | a Mi Mr. John O. Knox, one of the chief own- ers of the well-known express company, was at the scene of the fire soon after the general alarm was sounded, and, seeing there was no hope of saving the building, he w soon making arrangements for the | transaction of business today, and his ef- forts in this direction were successful. He worked hard ali night, and after getting his business affairs as straight as possible he met with a painful and perhaps serious accident. The exact extent of Mr. Knox's injuries cannot be stated, but Dr. Cham- berlin, his attending physician, says he will be confined to his room for several days at least. It was about 8 o'clock this morning when Mr. Knox met with the aceident. He had been Icaned a horse and bugey by a friend, | as his own team had perished in the flames, and he went to the Baltimore and Potomac depot to transact some business relative to the removal of the fast freight goods, and there it was the accident hap- | pened. He had stopped his horse and was ting out of the buggy, when the animal rted, ard threw him the front heel. The animal did not stop, and, after tting one leg twisted in the wheels, the Vehicle passed over both his legs, and so | painfully injured bim that he had to be sent to the National Hotel, where he lves, | in a carriage. Dr. Chamberlin was soon his bedside, | $600, had to be taken to an undertak- | table as} the physicians state, will be The injuries were careful-! $4,700. ly dressed, and the sufferer put to bed. | escaped l haley Johnson j Fairfax T niture and effects of families, but further than this he could give no definite igforma- tion. Some of the owners had th goods insured, while others did not, bug what amount of insurance was carried on the $100,000 worth of goods he could not tell. Mr. Knox sald there were 125 men gn th employ of the company, and the fire, he sald, will affect only a few of them. The drivers, he said, will continue in the com- pany’s employ, as will many of the other employes; The books and accounts, he said, were all in the big safe in the oiflice, end until this is opened nothing can be told of the condition of the accounts. Concerning the origin of the fire Mr. Knox sald he was in ignorance, as were the men who were on duty at the time the fire started. There were six stablemen, and two watchmen in the buildings. “And,” he sald, “the watchmen made the rounds of the buildings every hour. The watchman told me that when on his 2 o'clock round, while passing through the alley, he discov- ered flames in the stable near the little dwellings at the northwest corner of the buildings. He was unable to tell how the fire started.” Mr. Knox said that there were about 14 borses in the stable, and fourty of them | were saved. SOME HEAVY LOSsEs. Imsurance Companies Who Part of the Lons. Oniy a crude estimate of the insured loss can be made this afternoon, as it is carried on several hundred policies and placed with oulder scores of companies. The following is the | list as complete as faithful investigation has been able to make it thus far: Firemen’s Insurance Company of the Dis- trict of Columbia, $3,500 on conten’ man American of the District of Columbia, contents; Columbia, $1,400, contents; National Union of the District of Columbia, $4,700, contents; Riggs of the District of Columbia, $3,200, conten German American of New York, ontents; Queen, $5, building; , contents and bullding contents and building; Or contents and building; Trans- $50), contents; Atlas, $1,100, con- tents; Girard, $6,000, contents and build- ing; Impertal, $14,300, contents and building; rth America, $6,800, contents and butid $400, contents; Phoenix . building; Phenix (New building, Home, $1,000, con- janchester, &%, ntents; Under- Association, $20 contents; Ham- emen, $1,000, contents; Greenwich, contents; County of Philadelphia, contents; Commercial of the District Columbia, $5,000, contents; American of adelphia, 11,500, contents; Royal, 35,000, lding; Franklin, $2,600, contents; Nor- | Union, $5,000, content jagara, $6,- | 500, contents; Arlington, Fw, contents na, $3.4, contents; National of Hart ‘ord, $109, contents, Corcoran of the Dis- trict of Columbla, $4.950, contents; Colum. bia Protective, $4,500, contents and build- ing; Liverpool, London and Giobe, $15,000, contents. The Storage Loxses. So far as known, the heaviest insured | joser in storage was Benjamin T. Cable, who, through Robertson & Blackford, was | insured for $15,000 in the Norwich Union, | German-American of New York and Nia- | eara. ‘The next heaviest, so far as known, is Mrs. Stanley Mathews, widow of the late | chief justice, who was insured for $10,000 | on household furniture in the Liverpool, | London and Globe. | Following ts an incomplete list of those | having goods insured in storage: | Miss K. W. Berry, $3,500; Miss Cropper, | $1,000; Mr. Fenwick, $450; Prof. Holmes, | $1,000; Mrs. E. W. Patterson, $3,000; Mrs. Henrietta Klienberger, $40); Chauncey | Thomas, $1,500; Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell, | $8,000; Benjamin Helen, $300; Mrs. Stanley ; Mathews, $10,000; Benjamin T. Cable, 000; J. J. Kingman, $00; A. F. Bradley, $5,000; Francis E. Grice, $1,000; Mrs. Gist, —; Galt & Bro., &00; Mr. Whitman, $1,500; | George A. Stitt, $00; W. J. Acker, $00; | Geo. V. Knox, 8700; E. W. Creecy, $1,000: iM. H, White, $1,500; Mrs. Mary A.’ Welch, $400; M. W. Kirkus, $2,000; Mrs. Bertha Fisher, $ Martin Cronin, $100; Mrs. 8. E. Blackweel, $1,000; Arthur S. Brown, $1,000; Elizabeth S. Smith, $800; Virginia A. Lane, $600, and A. H. Holt, $1,000, This ist is necessarily Incomplete, because the only list known to exist was locked in | the safe, and this lies under the smok- | ing and red-hot ruin: Insurance Men Cheerful. Insurance men are Cheerful wnder the natal, $9, mi York), tents; | | misfortune, but say that ft is the hardest fire, from their point of view, which has occurred in Washington. It was one of the biggest blazes in the history of the city, | the only others which they can recall com- parable to It being those of the National Theater and the patent office. The local insurance companies are unus- ually heavy losers, the Commercial being in it for $5,000 and the National Wnion for No local company is known to have loss. Robertson & Blackford ard Wilson & Hough are very heavily on the wrong side of the ledger. . They say that they have always consid- ered the hazard especially high with re- gard to this building. The variety of goods stored away, and the uncertainty us to their nature, the stable_and other features contributed in making it, as the insurance people put it, “very risky.” They advance no theory as to the origin of the fire, and express profound sorrow for the loss of life. Not Fireproof. Building Inspector Entwisie, when asked if it was not generally understood that the building was fireproof, said he had rever heard it so stated. When the building was erected he had given it his personal at- tention, but he never suspected for onc in- stant that it was claimed to be fireproof. The reason the floors gave way, he said, was due to the fact that they rested on Archibald M. Bliss today entered suit for damages in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against Benjamin McCaully, the well-known liveryman. Mr. Bilss states that he placed two horses in the care of Mr. McCaully, one of waich has since died of colic, and the other re- ceived a permanent injury to its hip, owing to the negligence of the latter gentleman or his employes. Further, it is claimed that several vehicles were scratched, mutilated and injured while at the Ivery stable. The ; 2mount asked in payment for the above is $1,200, eine, Marriage Licenses. Marriage Hcerses have been Issued by the ch of the court to the following: Fred- erick W. Cablniss of Petersburg, V Annie Howard of Dinwiddie county, James Mahoney and M Butler of Frederick co Va; » Edward ; James H. Timothy J. n Ee. Fleming; Nathan Blanche Dulaney, both of 2; Samucl Shipley b ‘Ss and timer Graves Burroughs; Norman Ward and Charity Erown end Kai C. Davis and count end Mamie 1. Hottle A. Harr Ellen Josep and he found that no bones had beon | Pruitt and Hattie Desmond; Wiliam H. broken. The muscles of the legs had besa , Crcggon and Ida W. 1 injured, and Mr. Krox being a neavy man, | — the fall had otherwise injured him. Dr. Two Different Stories. Chamberlin said that his pailert was ox- tremely anxious to get out and attend to | business, but he said he thought it would | be several days before he could get out of | bed. The Owner's Estimate. | A Star reporter saw the patient soon | after the doctor left him this morning and he seemed to be suffering intense pain in | addition to being extremely anxious about | his business affairs, and worried over the | loss of life at the fire. | Mr. Knox described the accident os nbove | stated, and in relation to the affairs cf the | express company he sald: “We are irans- ; acting our express business and the fire | will cause no interruption whatever. Be- | tween 3 and 4 o'clock this morning I made all arrangements for the transportation of freight. The storage business 1s, of course, wiped out for the present.”” “Are you able to give any idea of the amount of damage done?” the reporter asked him. “The personal loss,” he replied, “is ebout $100,000, I should judge, and the loss in the storage department will amount to fully $100,000. On the storage department the company carried no insurance, the owners surance.” Mr. Knox sald he could not give the exact amcent ot —a — by the com- x e though: was something Tike” $75,000, which would make a loss of $325,000 to the en ne, oe The on storage, opel y | every Inable article of household Wm. Robertson, allas Johnson, a young colored man, was charged with being a suspicious cheracter this morning. William was arrested jast night upon suspicion of having stolen a costly optical instrument. He told Judge Miller that a fellow came into a saloon last night and asked him to hold the instrument. “I done held it fur "bout fifteen minutes, but he didn’t come, so I takes it "long wid me. When I goes out on the street the policeman says,"What yer got?” { tells him,when he says, ‘Come ‘long’ I goes, an’ dat is all 1 knows ‘bout the matter.” The officer told the court a Mfferent tel however, saying that Mr. Robertson wi endeavoring to cell the insirument, and also a dress ‘The court therefore gave William a berth in the work house in de- fault of bonds. Massachusetts contingen? of the raval reserves started yesterday from Boston for their annual tour of duty. They were trans- Ger- | Lincoln of the District of | THE WORLD OF soc Whers Washingtonians Are Enjoying Their Summer Holiday. | =: | By Seashore and Moun: —t lETY »—Personal) Notes of General Intere: Mrs. D. A. Chambers has gone to Sam» | toga to visit her son, Rev. Tileston B® Chambers. Mrs. W. C. Lipscomb and Miss Maud Lipscomb are at the Hotel Powhatam, Charlestown, W. Va.. for the summer. Mrs. J. D. Frisble, Mr. and Mrs Noah and daughter of Washington iM } re | Spending the summer at Rose Hill, Brune | wick, Frederick county, Md. | Miss Emilie G. Given and Miss Jessie | Campbell are visiting Mra. John T. Fate | child at the Welmont, | N. ¥. Beciead following persons are registered af ver ings Hotel, on the lower Pot Mr. erd Mrs. W. W. Burdett ar. eo Mr. ard Mrs. C. M Billingsby, Mr. Mrs. A. D. Tucker and children, Mrs. Thea, B. Ertwisle. Mrs. W. T. Dove and grand daughter, Miss Orade rf, San D. Shuster, Miss Moreland, J. N. Bundick and wife Miss LMe Bundick, Mrs. J. D. Ford, Mise Tew el P. ee A. Z. Tyssowsiat, ‘own, Harry D. Hall, J Gemmell, Mr. and Mrs. Prank , ochstage Petham Heights D. Blackst Mr. Sydney Y. Smith, Fred W. Selb Fred Blackford, J. E. Ray. J L. Summerg, |Charies Carter, George Green, George Gh Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. « Bundici Will Trouland, Miss Rosa ‘Trowland” Jome W. Sirs, William H. Combs and son, | Van Dyke, Cecil Carter, Geo M. A. King, T. P. Stacey, C. M. Park, W_ A. Tarlee. mand wife, | Mr. and Mrs. alii E. W. Wooldridge, F. M. Crisw Geo. M. Hender- B. Armstrong and wife . L. Birch, Geo. F. Watts Paxton, Miss’ Hammerly, Drm Middleton, Harry Rothchilds, Miss Beseip Sharks. Misses Nettie und Pattie Black | atone, Miss Ulrick, Miss May Seibold, Mise Sparsho®, F. B, Cogswell, J. B. Mcintyre. Mrs. and Miss Huyck will leave on Thus» day for Narragansett, where they will be joined later by Lieut. and Mrs. Atiwelh, who are now at Chevy Chase Ina. Judge Long and the Misses Stickney, Dm » U.S. N., and family and Messe, Robert and Percy Stickney are at the Fort William Henry H¢tel, Lake George. | Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Simmons and Mem Mary Sprague are spending the season af Cepe May. Mr. Hurxthal V. V. Smith, private secre tary to Assistant Secretary Reynolds, haw Gone to bis honie sn Pennsylvania for @ visit of several weeks. Misses Mollie and Ada McDevitt, Misa Emma Dermody, Miss Mary Smith an@ Misses Jennie and Mabel Dell are at Roum@ Hill, Va Mrs. Kate Fererro and three childrem leave today on steamer Fulda for Italy Master A. F. Flesham and sistor Plorenem are visiting their aunt and uncle, Dr. em@ Mrs. J. W. Abel. Dr. Hyatt and family are at Beach Havem, N. J. Senator McLaurin, Mr. Wallace McLaurt= id the Misses McLaurin left for New Yous today. The marriage of Miss EMe Fay, onip Gaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Calvert of Georgetown Heights, and Mr. William Ashton Berry of San Francisco, Cal., will take place this evening at 7:30. —_—~_ Gen. E. Burd Grubb wa: glected captain of the Philadelphia Chy Troop at a special meeting callMl on Mem day evening at the armory. An eclecttom became necessary because of the resigame Uon of Capt. Edmund H. McCullough. ATREY. duly 25, isve, In Grorgetown, D. on Wed of heart Tallemm, MARY E., beloved wife of Johan M. Athey. Funeral from ber late residenc BZ 0 st mov nvest, Friday, July 27, aud relatives favited to’ attend and Leesburg payers please cu BOOZE. Miss LIZZIE BOOZE, a prominent ber of Sete © vale A. M."E. Zion Church, 3 ¥, died tu Newport on tl: July 24. “isve. a Notice of funeral hereafter, CHAFFEE. On Wednesday, July 25, 1894, LYDER A. CHAPPFEE, beloved wife of W. EB. Chait Funeral Friday, “July 27, 3 o'clock, Patrick's “Church, “ Friesila vited. CHILDS. On Tuesday, Jul fant daughter of Walter from Fespecttuly kam 24, 1894, EVA, aol Blaneie Cit Sister Amy wns our darling. Pride of all our hearts at Bet an angel come and Irarest sister, do come bome. BY ER SISTERS, BLLA 2, iso, MICHALL RECURS, sou st late Mary and Michael Feniva, aged (weaage Uuree years. Notice of funeral hereafter. - FIELDS, | On July 24, 1894, at 3:30 o'clock, Mm MARY A" FIELDS, at the reaidence of her 3. W. Figlds, Walston, Alexandria county, Vas Funeral froia the Balston Presbyterian | ‘Thursday, July 26, a 2 p.m. Friends and tives are invited to attend. GRATIAME. On nly 24, 1894, afver a short fees, MARY PRANCES GRAHAME, wite Zohn M. Grabame, tm the aity-eighth year ner age. funeral services. Interment prt JOHNSON. CATHRAN JOMNSON, widow of the late Robert Johnson, died July 36, 1504, tn New Her remains will be rested in Mt. Zion M. ‘Qwih street, at 3 o'clock Thursday, 26. Files and relatives of the deceased Tespectfally invited to attend. Oa Morday, July 23, 1894,» rer 2 long ant painful Mace,” EUG heloved hustand of Florence Lae brethe. of Clinton —. ore Iife, Ja the thutieth scar Faonerai from the Metropolitan 2 D strect between Ist and 24. Tiumeiay ae Dh o'clock. Friends and relatives invited. «Abe Andria papers please cops.) 5 LANG. On ‘Tuceday, DOROTHY W. and Ke 4 and Services at parents’ resifence, 2162 H street nantes west, at 0 pam. today. wens at henawtt, Pa. ” LEONARD. On Toosday night, Juty Dé, 1898, ae 12 © lock, Miss NELIAE ioNake ~o + danghter of John R. aud Mrs. L. &. Riter a short laces, at the residence of hap parems, 2 ot, aged Sixtem years | Peneral from residence of parents tomorrow, Tham jay, at 2 ARKS. On Toerday, Joly “24, 1894, nt 18aP — EDWARD W. MARKS, the bel 4 Land of Julia A. Marks, aged tifty-clx years em four months. Foneral from tis late residence, 657°C etre “eoet, Sunday st 8 pan then 10 Lodepenaaee Methodist Church, 11th street southeast. Halas thy Be triewds are poet full inv Sticed, "{isitimere aed Pabasdlpaas cd please copy.) ee Carter’s Little Liver Pills. SICK HEADACHE POSITIVELY CURED BY THESE LITTLE Pm Indigestion and Toe ilearty dating ie j fect’ remedy for Dissiness, Nauses. 1 Bad Taste in the