Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-27
BURNING OF THE FIRE ANNIHILAToR FACTORY

BURNING OF THE FIRE ANNIHILATOR FACTORY.
In the London Times of November lst we find an ac-
count which somewhat abridge of the destruction of
the Phillips's annihilator works:
Yesterday afternoon few minutes past eleven o'clock
the inhabitants Of Battersea and Vauxha were alarmed by
the sudden outbreak FIRE in the stores and works
belonging to Philpss Patent Fire Annihilaor Company
situated on the bank OF the Thames
which was attended with serious destruction Of property
and, unfortunately, with the loss of one lfe
The building in which the melancholy disaster
three floors high probably not more than thirty or
forty feet square One portion the ground floor was used
Tor the ovens for baking the composition employed
machines Tor generating the vapor gas discharged
Tor exnguishng them Another portion Of the building
hed up as stores and contained large Of annh
ntor and between six tons weight of the pre-
pared composition besides other articles used in the
There were also about thousand charges building
but none had been inserted in the annihlators.
Mr. Garrad, the person who had charge the premises
went on duty on Saturday night and was is usual
main at the building until Monday morning His wife, who
sunday to He Snsr She %
paired yesterday the place purpose about Ave
minutes before the FIRE broke the her
alive she was scoring apiece Of fresh pork for the Gar
rard having occasion Of the fields his
wife herbs he returned in less minutes when
to his no small amazemen he found volumes Of black
smoke pouring from every aperture in the building.
Every endeavor made by all present subdue the fire
by dschargng buckets Of water into the building with
out the least success and the flames II fed with urpentne
spread with such rapdy that in the space Of ten or fifteen
minutes every room in the structure in blaze The
becoming
showers of steam that the in the
ing along the river were greatly nconvenienced.
Many thousand gallons Of water thrown upon the
hame without making the least impression upon them and
for upwards OF two hours the fire dced exertons OF the
hremen and all Of sudden nearly the outer brick
walls fell s -
The hremcn by hapa o'clock got the fire so far out
10 allow search to be made the ground Aoor of the
Inc unfortunate woman bent nearly double in
cupboard between the front door and window. la
now the hre originated is unknown. was publicly stated
some tune back that no danger to be apprchcndcd
c taxing fire. but that precisely contrary effect
would be produced by exngshng fires when the machines
we're properly used but that the composition did burn and
most uriousy too, no present deny The hremen
serted that It burnt quite rapidly turpenne OIL
Inc ovens were lighted and IL the composition itself did
not take 6re the only conclusion that be IT, that
one OF the ues leading from the furnaces defective
and allowed the fire communicate with the timber foorings
OF the building One thing, however, appears
ordinary that the flames should have
dency before they discovered not allowing SUFFICIENT
time for the deceased get Of the window which
was nearly level with the ground. ~ Ef