伊丽莎白市破坏性的水面火
诺福克和南部铁路棚屋沿着伊丽莎白市的整个海滨。N. C.被大火摧毁，有10辆盒子车，其中一些装满了货运。Pasquotank和North River Steamboat Co。的办公室：W。J. Woodley＆Co。的大型批发杂货店；Standard Oil Co.的办公室和人民航行公司的办公室最近被大火摧毁。火焰启动了船上的弗吉尼亚轮船，该轮船躺在她在诺福克和南部码头的码头上。在描述这场大火时，我们的通讯员说，建筑物的高度从一到三层，并由砖和木材建造，所有分区墙都是砖块。从一个未知原因开始的火焰首先是由黑人甲板手在码头上的一艘码头上的一艘坐落在12:45 a的码头上发现的。m。五分钟后，第18箱发出了警报，并得到了两台发动机和两辆软管货车的回应。当消防员到达大火的现场时，他们发现火焰已经蔓延到铁路棚子的柏油屋顶上，建筑物的包裹非常好。 The water system is direct pumping, and with a pressure at the hydrant of 10Q pounds the firemen quickly had two hydrant and three steamer streams pouring into the buildings. Unfortunately there were but two hydrants in that vicinity, but these were double, and the department made the best of the situation About 1,500 feet of cotton rubber-lined hose was stretched, and with 1 ¾ and 2-inch nozzles the firemen battled for 13 hours before they were ordered to desist. The department was greatly handicapped by the presence of a number of barrels of gasoline which were known to be in the storehouse, making it extremely dangerous to get close to the flames. When these would explode the fragments would he sent fully 150 feet into the air. The total loss was estimated at $125,000. The contents of the railroad sheds were goods in transportation.
诺福克和南部铁路棚屋沿着伊丽莎白市的整个海滨。N. C.被大火摧毁，有10辆盒子车，其中一些装满了货运。Pasquotank和North River Steamboat Co。的办公室：W。J. Woodley＆Co。的大型批发杂货店；Standard Oil Co.的办公室和人民航行公司的办公室最近被大火摧毁。火焰启动了船上的弗吉尼亚轮船，该轮船躺在她在诺福克和南部码头的码头上。在描述这场大火时，我们的通讯员说，建筑物的高度从一到三层，并由砖和木材建造，所有分区墙都是砖块。从一个未知原因开始的火焰首先是由黑人甲板手在码头上的一艘码头上的一艘坐落在12:45 a的码头上发现的。m。五分钟后，第18箱发出了警报，并得到了两台发动机和两辆软管货车的回应。当消防员到达大火的现场时，他们发现火焰已经蔓延到铁路棚子的柏油屋顶上，建筑物的包裹非常好。 The water system is direct pumping, and with a pressure at the hydrant of 10Q pounds the firemen quickly had two hydrant and three steamer streams pouring into the buildings. Unfortunately there were but two hydrants in that vicinity, but these were double, and the department made the best of the situation About 1,500 feet of cotton rubber-lined hose was stretched, and with 1 ¾ and 2-inch nozzles the firemen battled for 13 hours before they were ordered to desist. The department was greatly handicapped by the presence of a number of barrels of gasoline which were known to be in the storehouse, making it extremely dangerous to get close to the flames. When these would explode the fragments would he sent fully 150 feet into the air. The total loss was estimated at $125,000. The contents of the railroad sheds were goods in transportation.
