Hide Article Text (OCR)
4«:irt City 1J4*:uij»£ I'nctory jjunYTs u Small1. oss.i Thursday morning about “2 o’clock the cry or firo was heard and responded to by a number of dozens Frank Orillia, the night policeman, tired six shots from his revolver, hoping to arouse the natives. The shots made noise enough,77 Jbut morplieus seemed to have the best of it and nearly every one slept on, only to learn in the morning that fire had destroyed the shaving shed at the heading factory on the south side. A loss of about $1.00 was all; insured.Only a small crowd congregated at the fire but they were all willing to help and good work was done by the bucket brigade in saving the factory which .was on tire a number of times.The chemical engine was on hand, but since it was broken at the Jonesboro fire Mouduy night chemical could not be used and water was substituted, i t was amusing to hoar the comments of the boys with buckets on the chemical. Some one said “Carry that toy down and throw it in the river,” others celled it a “sample,” etc. In short the chemical did not receive a very hearty welcome.The Journal has urged a number oftimes that some kind of a the alarm beput in. This occurrence showed theabsolute need of some such system.**This fire promised to bo a disastrous one and would have been had the wind been high; there were not enough people there to fight a big lire successfully ail because the alarm had not been properly given. How many people do you expect to arouse at that time of the night by a half dozen yells of fire?A telegraph fire alarm system is veryi in
Newspaper Details
Gas City Weekly Journal
Gas City, Indiana, US
Fri, Oct 01, 1897
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Boone C.
KY, USA 07 Aug 2022
Other Publications Near Gas City, Indiana
Gas City Weekly Journal
Gas City Journal
