The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-23

ing, the extensive National wagon Factory Of
Mr.. Henry slmous was discovered To be on ire,
and In a few hours the enire establishment was
destroyed, involving loss Of between two hun
dred and ifty and three hundred thousand dol
lars. The property destroyed was contained
within an area Of four acres, and was bounded
respectively by Second street aud Washington
avt nue. aud Huntingdon and Cunberand streets.
Wooden fences enclosed this lot, except a. tie
wet side where brick wall twenty feet high,
extended along tbe front of the North Ponnsyl-
wanna Railroad ON Washing on avenue. rhe
works Dc struy ed embraced the wheelwrght shop
blacksmith shops, saV-mill, machine shpp, aud
Crgine.rUom, lumber-yard, Otf c, aud stable
The most important stru ture was the wagon
fac ory or wheelwright shop, which stood near
the corner OF Second and Huntington streets
This structure was built uf brick, i've stories IN
le'ght, los feet long, 65 feet VIDE, aud 90 feet
high II was used 10 cree, the frame WORK Of tho
wagons, and 10 tit the different portion, ogsther
In one room alone were stored te1 thOus nd
spukcs, while army wagons an 1 umbul N 'C- by
hundreds were contained In o. her portions OF the
building, awaiting trauspor aiou.
An Enclosure OF 373 10y 3 feet was used as q
lumber yard. In il was n'ained large piles of
Uak, ash, and hiCSory aux, boards, aud unbet
spru, G, pine, yellow aud white, the very best In
the country, altogether amounting TO about two
and half million feet. THIS material I'd been
eel ccted irom all parts Of the country by Mr.
Simons during the past three years. and being
such wtl-seasOned m trrill, the '>s OF II AZ thts
time Is gTtnr than II would ether vie ave b3en.
In the suw-ml and the machine sh0 aud
oI gint.room tho loss hes also been very neavy.
! here the saws, Circular GID, &c, we're all de-
sttoy ed whoall he comp plicuted machinery ofihe
machine shop also fell prey TO the devastating
flames. In tie stable there were some fourteen
horses when tho fire broke out, but fortunately
these w,re all rescued.
The factory of Mr. Simons was surrounded on
the porlh by the extensive works ct MessrS. WI
ION, Childs Co, which turtun Itcly, through the
Efforts Of the II emen, were saved from dcstruc-
ton. To the east, on Second street, were d nun
her of small thee-story brick houses, bnt, with
one exception, these were also rescued. BIT for
the fact that the supply OF water frJm the Ken
siugtOn basin was very deficient, preventing the
steamers from obtaining sufficient supply to
quench the flames, great pordon Of tue factory
Of Mr.. Simons would no doubt have been pre-
sCrv,d
The streams dire c'ed on the flames were feeble.
and The water, what there was OF II, thick aud
muddy.
The entire works OF Mr.. simons are destroyed.
His loss will amount to about 100000 on which
there Ia an insurance OF only $4,000. The pciu-
eli al amount of this insurance is IN the United
Fire Assocalon-a new cOmpany-iho rost being
DIVIDED among eight or ten CO npantcs.
There were AT out one bundled and seventy
FIVE operat YES employed In the establishment
and the works were producing one hundred aud
fifty wagons per week. some of the steam en-
gines forced water rough two thousand 90 three
tbuusand feo of hose. AT half-nast nine o'clock,
when the fire was the most intense, q general
alarm was sounded, and the fire department
turi ed out en- DldSSe.
The hre was undoubtedly the work of some
emissarics ufihe Rebel Government.
FNEs.-While the fire was raging at simons
wagon mandatory, q fire broke out in a new
row of houses, just being erected on the south
| side of Christian street. between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets. The lighthouses aud roofs
| of one or two we're damaged. At the time the
alarm was given, all the companies in the vlrioIs
| distric had been summoned bv general alarm to
| the fire in the Nineteenth Ward. The poi
therefore went TO work, and by the time steamer
arrived the flames were nearly sub iurd. The
| hr, plug which the policemen were using was
| tlheD possession of by the steamer, and dur ng
| the time IN which they wsre engaged in attaching
| hose, the II mes broke out again, and consider
| able damage was done.
About two o'clock this morning fire broke
out in the upper stories OF the Paper and II AZ
| Warehouse Of Alexander Priesty 4 Co.. No. Al
| N. Fifth street. The fifth story was all burned
out and the rest of the establishment hoo led
| with water. During the progress OF the fire two
| men wtTe arrested for larceny. One OF them,
| named M. Fifr, was caught carrying away u
\ clock and another, named Henry A lOwAy, had
| quantity of paper. Thew were committed TO
| answer 10y Alderman Welding.
| ADDREts TO CT LgRGYARS AND OTHERs.-BishOp
Potter, of the Diocese OF Pennsylvania, has issued
| an address to the clergy and congregations under
his charge, in relation TO the observance of the
4th day of August rs day of fasting and prayer,
| in obedience u the recommendation of the Pre-
| sident. The Bishop, in his address, says
| our past, as natian, has been marked by acts Of
lanct and rapaeip towards the weak weh must nesls
provoke tie anger OF Heaven OR present Is ch
by eviy ana prosumptuous sci conideneei by want
which III accord with car conditon as dependent be nss
with the enormous sacrifices of life, and virtue, aud
pr"peIt, through which We are Called pass We ell to
BE- excited abstinence peasure aud all Luxurious
eNpepse and to clearer perception OF the great ends o
life We ne'd'o eacn pruf1under sense Of the insun
cheney OF al human lOm aud strength. when forslSeu
OF God We need by earnest pegentaneS @ ana Continued
liver from s,Siii' W. gryy eGnsprsSy and rsbeoa % o,
when long Unless the Lord keep the city the watch-
| man waketh but IN yain."
! SAD AccfDRsT ON THE ScHUYLKILL.-John
White, aged about 10 years, and Clara Cl,rk,
| about the same age, the former residing at Fifth
| and Powell streets, the latter in CanDy street,
below Thirteenth, were drowned yesterday inthe
| SChuylkil. IL seems that the deceased, with
| another young lady, and three young men, hired
boat, and were ruwing IN the vicinity of Girard
| Avenue Bridge. The bo's got TO skylarkiOg,
| when the boat was upset, and all were precipi-
tated into the water. A boat near by succeeded
in rescuing two OF the parry, while two more
| swan 70 the shore. White and Miss Clark went
down before assistance coal1 arrive. Their bodies
| we're grappled for, and recovered in an hour UI
| Two, and taken to the Ninth d strict POlcC
| Station, where the Coroner held an inquest
ARREST oP DEsERTER FROM MosEBY,
| GuBRILLAs.-One of the police officers Of the
! Twenty. fourth Ward arrested a Rebel desertel
| yesterday afternoon, near the Gray's Ferry
| Bridge He stated that his name was GeOrg'
, Bnue, and that he had recently deserted fcom Ia,
| Rebel Mosehy : guerriias, with whom nc his DeeI
| connected over a ear. lie lett hem when naa
| Washington, Hnd travelled without being mo
Tested OF stopped, until his arrival In the Twenty
| fourth Wand. He was cad ia Rebsl udifOrm
| and admitted that IL was not his intention 90 d.
seTt, but having been lett behind during raid D
u portion OF No eby's men, con ludcd 10 pusl
Moth. He was handon over % Captain Lane
Provost Marshal OF the Fourth District, and sen
10 Forl Delaware.
SUMNER Excursions TO THE INTERIOR o
InE SrArR.--Wu call attention % the ad lertise
N, NJ in reference 10 excursions ria the Ita yiss
railroad and it- connections, % Schuylkil
Haven, Mahauoy City, Ashland TAma Iua, sum
nit Rupert, Dlnyille, Wiliiamsplrt, MiIs
Chunk, AllentOwu, Bethlehem, &c. The stm
route may be taken by starting ria the Mort
Pennsylvania Railroad. A tour through tn
portion of Pennsylvania presents attraction
Scarcely 10 be found in any other portion Of th
United States, and the fare tor the entire journe
is but $40.
| ACTING POEICEMAN.-An individual was al
rested at Sixth and Pine streets last night 70
attempting 20 act policeman. He was Tourist
ing an old star used by the police years since
of "a