PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1925 Interesting News From The West Indian Islands os Xoxo Trinidad TRAGIC TENEMENT FIRE.
Fine Bargains Families Bereft of Homes and Goods AT THE BY SWIFT EYE WITNESSES APPALLED DESTRUCTION MONTEZUMA DRUG STORE (NOW OWNED BY BENEDETTI HERMANOS)
to the men at the plant to shut off the current which had been already done The chief engineer of the Company, tried to get the Central Fire Station from four different telephones the first being from the Medical Hall but be could get no reply. What result the young man had wbom sens to telephone from the Medical Hall, cannot say, neither do know how the Brigade got their intormation of the fire. But being on the spot at the time the Brigade arrived and noting specially the time, can say that in my opinion, the Fire Brigade reached the fire in reasonable time and certainly did work on their arrival. can honestly say that never expected when left Richmond Street to go to the works that the Fabien Barracks could possibly have been saved. have never seen a fire gain such rapid bead.
way in a few moments as this one did. am equally certain that the current which was on the lines at the time of the fire did not in any way interefere with the work of the Brigade as the car.
rent must have been cut oft around o clock or possibly two or three minutes after, which could not have been more than a couple of minutes after the Bri gade got into action.
splendia FINE ASSORTMENT OF French Perfumes INCLUDING COTY. HOUBIGANT CARON RIGAUD LENTHERIC. PIVER. ROGER. GALLET All suitable for making Presents AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES Health of Port ot Spain To Be Selected From MEDICAL OFFICER REPORT FOR FEBRUARY Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD The weekly GUARDIAN of the not even a case of serious burns 29th of March reports a tragic One or two householders suftire which occurred in a tene. fered eligbt burns in their frenrrent building as follows: zied attempts to recover some of Daylight on Sunday enabled their belongings, this being the a full realisation of the ferocity case of the woman Taylor and or the flames which, on Saturday other occupiers of the two storey night, swept through two cot building and Taylor and Mrs.
tages, yard rooms, an entire bar Bynne, found their way out by the rack quarter and a soda water front enterance being cut off by factory, and the havoc wrought the flames, had to be lifted over by the fire in its disastrous the wall of the Gramzar School career on the housebold furni to bafety by Mr Grainger, ture and effects of tenants and There was also the incident of the business enterprise carried the two year old Grandison child on in the gutted arca, several of who was asleep at the time but the suferers being homeless and was rescued by her brother wbo destitute.
dashed through the fire and brought ber unburt.
Unmistakably apparent also, was the narrow ascape of adja There was the discreditable cent and surrounding property, repetition of robbery under the the case of the cottage occupied guise of assisting the panicby Mr. Rodriquez on the stricken people to get their eastern side only a few feet from effects to a place of safety, which the fire was balted, being several persons being deprived regarded as almost miraculous of money and jewellry, in a lesser degree this also ap. The total damage of fire, water plies to the Fabien Grocery on and pilfering has been estimated the opposite side of the street, at over 000. No. 58 Edward the upper portion of which was Street, the property of Mrs.
get alight by flying embers while Steele, was the only place the residence of Mr. Dalla Costa covered by insurance while on the southern side, next to the there was no insurance policy on destroyed cottage of Mrs. Steele the household effects.
was almost antouched, hy sparks MR. S, HARDING, AN EYE due, principally to the building WITNESS being a good distance from the wall which divided the two pro flames its infancy and growth The story of the storm of perties and the drenching it received in the successful effort and new details of other cirby the Brigade tbe to prevent it cumstances connected with catching tire.
fire were given the TRINIDAD GUARDIAN by Mr. Hard Thoge burnt out and thousands ing, General Manager of the of the public on Sunday looked Trinidad Electric Co. who was smouldering rain, the total loss home at St. Ann at 85 o clock upon a scene of blackened and an eye witaess. He had left bis by fire and water and damage by on Saturday night by tram car, both, bing estimated is running arriving at the Transfer Station into thousands of dollars. And at 47. He was along Park reconstruction of the scene Streat on his way to the Coxfrom the extent of the havoc pany power plant and estimatwreaked and a realisation of the ed his arrival at the corner of magnitude of the threat that was Eiward and Park Street at experienced by a peixbbouring about 852. He heard the property, pictured a small blaze screams of a woman evidently originating from an unfortunate Miss Taylor, in whose accident developing with savage the fire originated and walked room rapidity into a rolling, roaring leisurely past the Fletcher of flame, its vivid insatiable Barracks in the direction of the tougues shooting out north wards two storey building whence eastwards, and southwards, eo etanated the screams 10 seg closing womenuly in the grip of what was wrong. On arriving its devouring maw doomed build on the spot the screams were ing and furniture, and ascending continued and be observed higher and bigber, until huge several women running furnace stretched from 58 Ed the yard.
about ward Street, the Steele Cottage, Soru to 61 Park Street, which housed ing at the place, where the fire few seconds before arrivibe Record Soda Water Factory, broke out, he recalled, heard bealog back and daupting we ode or two women shout hearts of inexperienced tire God, the place is on tire. At My fighters and carrying dread to the bearts of residents in the than ten or twelve people on the this time there were not more area.
The restless progress and oi the om spot. When reached the door where the fire intensity of the flames occasion. started a man rushed out. ally kept the Brigade at bay at asked a man to run to the Meseveral points and they were dical Hol and telephone the also endangered by the falling of Fire Begade It was probably ibe buildings, the crash of 55 noted on looking through which one after another, stampe: the door that the fire was ded the huge crowd that looked very small one and could have un, ia all directions a number been put out with a few buckets being bort wbile there was the of water. But to my great danger of charged electric wiras surprise within a few seconds the lights as the result of a there was a raging fire, the mistake somewhere, being on flames rushing out through the for some time during the fight.
door where stood. walked The streets during the fire back to the door of the Lext and afterwards were littered room but on trying it found it with articles salvaged from the fastened. immediately kicked barning rooms, while the panic the door opeu with the assist among householders nearby, ance of a man wao came up.
resulted in severe loss through The fire in this room was then breakage of furniture bastily very small and started to removed and thrown out. ia to bring out soale chairs and Water was kept on the ruin tables but like the other room, the whole night and into the the fire gained headway rapidly morning and in the relies of dis and the only way one Conld aster yesterday several of the bave saved furniture in that sufferers were seen in fruitless house would have been search of anything that might expense of a severe scorching.
bave escaped the flames.
en wel went to the next door and Several of the victims of the fouod it also closed and lostno firg bąd narrow escapes from time in kicking it open.
No their tire swept homes. Indeed, one was inside any of these it was rumoured late on Satur rooms. woman was standing day night and on Sunday that near this door with a child in one of the residents was trapped ber arms and advised her to in the flames while another move out of the way the report named a child as the whole place must burn down up fortunate victim. Happily Quite a crowd was collecting by these reports in tha light of juis time and people were throwinvestigation, were proved with ing chairs and other articles out foundation, and there was of furniture in the street. There sheet The Medical Oficer report on the health of the Sanitary SOOCWO district of Port of Spain for the month of February bas been circulated. The total number of births for the period with which the report deals was 133 while the numbers of deaths wag. 121.
There were 20 deaths of ufants under one year 150. 39 per thousand of the number of births. The distribution of deaths was as follows: City 26, St. Clair 0, East Dry River 13, Belmont 12 Woodbrook The namber of cases ol vyphoid fever notified was 18 of which there was one death, Nine cases of tyboid were removed to to the Colonial Hospital and one Recommended for Removing the Humors of death resulted. Under the head of classification of cases of death Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, the report states that twenty two Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic deaths Tetters.
resulted from diseases of early iofancy and Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Disfour from old age.
eases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
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Tbe long cherished wish to help the very poorest boys at AGENT Wesley Hall School with a light and hot mid day meal free of charge has at last materialised, says the BARBADOS AGRICULTURAL REPORTER of the 9th inwas nothing further to be done stant: Utensils have been given quite readily by several tirs of in the place so moved up to the the city, and a few other gentle the corner Park ard Edward men bave made donations to at my saw it was then 857 The tire assist in getung things ready starting this was unconfortable bot at corner. The crowd was collecting classes, by making furniture for rather rapidly and moved Michael to order of the Board of the elementary schools of St.
Your Secrets to the Right Man. Happy in across Park Street to the North Education, bave formed a Friendship, Business and Domestic Affairs.
small Spells of all kinds released and broken, ern side where stood for a tund: and a part of that is being LOVE APPLES in All Forms. High John minute or two watching the fire taken to assist in running the the Conqueror, Adam and Eve, all kinds of and was amazed at the rapidity lunch room. The working boys.
with which tbe flames are thus helping their suffering Ispread.
school fellows. practice that CALL, OR IF OUT OF TOWN, WRITE then made up my mind to is worth fostering. On go to the works to see that the each day of the past week, a Any customer not satisfied with goods ordered can current was cut ult from the group of needy ones partook of a before lines. Just have money returned, if claim is made within 15 reaching simple meal; and, by alternating Richmond Street the Dernis eighty (80) little bearts bave been days from date of delivery.
engine came up and the men gladdened. That started to take out the bose. It children cannot learn is, alas!
CASH OR CREDIT must have been then o clock. a truth that is too often forgotThe flames had by that time gain ten. There does not exist the will credit you. It matters not where you live ed such bead way that did not scintilla of a doubt that the think it possible for the Brigade grown ups in Little England Inclose 10 cents to cover cost of this notice and to save the building on the will look forward on the effort postage.
Western side of Edward Street made and encourage it with and certainly, Do buman power their practical sympathy.
could have saved the buildiogs (Continued on page D. ALEXANDER that were burnt down. reached the works at 05 or 06 o clock Rent Receipt Books in Span99 Downing Street.
Brooklyn, and one of the Constabulary cars ish and English for Sale at The drove up and a Constable called WORKMAN Printery, IF YOU WANT TO BE Lucky, Happy and Well The bandwork go well at the hungry as