棉花在加尔维斯顿,特克斯。

棉花在加尔维斯顿,特克斯。

One life and 11,000 bales of cotton were lost in a fire that destroyed the west warehouse of the Merchants and Planters Compress and Warehouse Company at Galveston, Tex., on May 16. The life lost was that of an unidentified man, presumably a laborer, who ventured too close to the fire, and was caught by a falling wall. The property was owned for the most part by the compress and warehouse company, and was valued at $900,000. The origin of the fire is supposed to be incendiary. When discovered by a watchman, it had gained a considerable headway. By the time a general alarm could summon every piece of fire apparatus in the. city, the entire warehouse block was a mass of flames For months cotton had been accumulating in the sheds, which covered an entire square, were one-story high, and built of brick 40 years ago. The alarm was at 10:30 P. M., and the fire burned five hours. Three engines and one auto pumping engine, and the combined efforts of 176 paid firemen were not of much avail in fighting such a fire; the fierce heat turned the very water into its component gases, which instantly flamed up, causing billows of fire to sweep the surrounding streets and drive back the firemen. There were 13 streams, six engine and seven hydrant, through 6,600 feet of hose and nozzles of from one to 1 1/4-inch were on the fire. There was an abundance of water from a direct pumping system through 10-inch mains, and seven 6-inch double hydrants, 300 feet apart, with 80 pounds pressure. The sheds had frame roofs, which were tarred and shelled. Chief J. H. Gernand was in command.

One life and 11,000 bales of cotton were lost in a fire that destroyed the west warehouse of the Merchants and Planters Compress and Warehouse Company at Galveston, Tex., on May 16. The life lost was that of an unidentified man, presumably a laborer, who ventured too close to the fire, and was caught by a falling wall. The property was owned for the most part by the compress and warehouse company, and was valued at $900,000. The origin of the fire is supposed to be incendiary. When discovered by a watchman, it had gained a considerable headway. By the time a general alarm could summon every piece of fire apparatus in the. city, the entire warehouse block was a mass of flames For months cotton had been accumulating in the sheds, which covered an entire square, were one-story high, and built of brick 40 years ago. The alarm was at 10:30 P. M., and the fire burned five hours. Three engines and one auto pumping engine, and the combined efforts of 176 paid firemen were not of much avail in fighting such a fire; the fierce heat turned the very water into its component gases, which instantly flamed up, causing billows of fire to sweep the surrounding streets and drive back the firemen. There were 13 streams, six engine and seven hydrant, through 6,600 feet of hose and nozzles of from one to 1 1/4-inch were on the fire. There was an abundance of water from a direct pumping system through 10-inch mains, and seven 6-inch double hydrants, 300 feet apart, with 80 pounds pressure. The sheds had frame roofs, which were tarred and shelled. Chief J. H. Gernand was in command.