The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-27
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Saturday Morning, December ~. 1856.

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Saturday Morning. December ~, 1886.
Destructive Fires In <Phiia delphia.
The telegraph has noticed three destructive FIRE,
In Philadelphia on Tuesday night. The Bulletin
of "Wednesday afternoon says:
A little before o'clock this morning . Ara h-,.
out In the extensive frame stable of Mills 4, pis
omnibus proprietors, on TIL street abov. M.rIa.
West Philadelphia. The flames were conmnn;
Gated about the middle of the stable and so fright
iul was the rap:dity with which thew snread f..
OF the great number of horses In the bujId;no 10,
two were got out alive and they were 40 h.J
onrped that 1t will be necessary TO kill tbem o..
handr'd and thirty horses perished in the flames
inr'y omnibuses and all the harness, hay. feed
OF about $4,000. From the stable the fire com.
,aunicated to row of four small dw ellinca
DacK OF Til street, and furious was the fre tha,
me occupants OF these dwellings were compellad
70 ny Tor their lives, leaving all their effects be-
mud. VIM. Mooney, the occupant of one or tbssa
houses. had barely time to escape from his
nome, with his wife and children in their n;ohf
clothes These four houses were owned bv Jobr
Dicklnson, and they were occupied by William
oaooney. Preston Middleton and VIM. Patton.
ne hrdmep did all that men could do in thei
efforts to prevent the spread of the FIRE: but de-
spite all their exertions, the stable and the dwell
Jugs already described were entirely DESTROYED
o'her property In the neighborhood was much ex.
Tvro
houses on Till street. belonging to VIM. Simnson
were greatly endangered
Inc scene presented on the ground this morning
is sickening. The half.burned bodies of the noor
beasts which perished in the flames, lay where
their stalls stood when the fire broke ont and ~ a.;
positions generally indicated the greatness of the
torture they suffered. The origin of the fire ia
attributed to incendiarism; but how the iucendia
ry could perform his work, under the cireum
stances, is mystery. The property was in the
thn ShnrfH npd
sold today. At the time the fire was kinded there
were two of the Sheriff g watchmen on duty who
were in the services of the firm. These men state
that the fire first broke out in the centre of the
stable and it spread with such rapidity that they
could barely get themselves out of the building -
Mr.. David Mills was also sleeping In the office, and
he had only time to fly for his life
his fire caused very great light, and a tre-
mendous excitement prevailed throughout the dis.
trict.
Of another fire, it says:
Between ten and eleven o'clock last night a fire
broke out in the lower part Of large four story
brick factory. in Edward street, between Second
and School streets, in the Sixteenth Ward, owned
by Mr.. John Funston, and occupied by number
OF mechanics who use steam machinery in their
business. The fire was confined to small nor.
tion of the building, and it thought that it was
entirely extDgushed but subsequently broke
out afresh, and notwithstanding the strenuous ex-
ertious of the fremen, it extended from floor to
contents
The flames from the burning factory extended
to two story brick dwelling on the east, the up
per part of which was destroyed. The furniture
in this building was partially destroyed, and the
portion saved suffered greatly in the removal
Many of the neighbors moved their goods TO places
OF safety, but with the exception of the small dwell
ing described above none of the adjoining proper
ty was seriously damaged. Hepworth's Universal
Machine Shop, on the corner of School and Ed
ward streets, was somewhat damaged about the
roof
There was powerful steam engine ir the build
Ing, and this propelled great variety of m nachinery
thr oughout the factory. MIR. Funston occupied
the fourth story for manufacturing brush blocks
TIE third story was used by Robinson & Hart
manufacturers of fancy paper for boxes. A Nj.
Collins & Co. occupied the second store as a manu-
factory of paste-board Their loss is $500, which
is entirely covered by insurance. George Gable
occupied the first floor brush block mauufac
tory, and had on hand a considerable stock of
blocks N II. Kaiser occupied portion of the
building for bone turning, and the mandatory OF
buttons Wedder Il Co, cabinet makers, also oe-
cupied part of the second floor. King & Sperry's
bedpost and chair bottom mandatory occupied
the most of the basement in Edward street. Their
loss is $780, of which only $500 is insured.
There were other tenants in the building, but in
the confusion which exists it is difficult to ascertain
all their names or the exact amount Of their losses
The entire loss will probably reach $50 900, por
tion of which is covered by insurance great
number OF persons employed in the building will
be thrown out of employment for time by the
calamity.
The sash and blind factory of w. Chauncey vas
burnt the same night Loss $1,000
THE HULL OF THE LOST STEAMER ARCTIC
schooner Mentor, came to anchor in forty five
fathoms water in latitude 46 IL, longitude not re-