The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-26
TERRIBLE CoNFLAGRA-
TION THIS MORNING.
A Large Factory in Ruins.
FEMALE OPERATIVES INJURED.
Loss About $3OO,OOO.

About O'Clock tins morning an alarm OF FIRE
was sent by telegraph from the Sixteenth
Ward to the Central station, and upon arriving
at Girard avenue and Germantown road, we
discovered that an immense factory, situated on
the corner was wrapped in flames, and threat
ened with immediate destruction.
The fremen were promptly at their posts and
worked with hercuean might for three hours
10 subdue the flames, but the fiery element
gained a fierce headway, and it was soon mani
fest that nothing OF the main building could be
saved.
The structure alluded to has front of about
four hundred feet on Germantown Road. The
main building was five stories high. with an
additional ediice of four stories, and wing OF
three stories in height.
The fire broke out first in the "pickerroom'
on the NTH floor OF the main building, about
O'Clock, and being beyond reach, the flames
made rapid encroachments on the main build
ing, reducing II TO mass of ruins in little more
than an hours time.
The fire then leaped over into the four-story
structure, extending several hundred feet on
Canal street, and burned out the upper stories
OF that and the top story of the building, three
stories in height just beyond.
Observing the havoc of the flames it seemed
best for the Chief Engineer and hls Assistants
to flood the whole place with water, and thus
save as much of the immense structure as pos
sible, without regard to the damage that might
be inflicted upon the machinery and stock
within. This course was adopted with benefit,
as much of the small buildings swas saved from
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The police, fremen, operatives, and citizens
succeeded IN removing large quantity of
stock and some valuable machinery before the
fire reached certain portions of the building,
but the bulk of the stock of materials and of
the machinery had to remain 10 be totally de-
stroyed. gzEf3e
One of the operatives Miss Elizabeth Grim
shaw, a prepOssesslng young lady, was observed
to rush lrantCally out of the edice shortly after
the fire broke out, and number lot persons
supposlng that her clothes were on fire, rashly
cast upon her several heavy bales of cotton,
hoping thus to smother the flames III time to
save the poor girls life.
When she was eXtricated she was quite un-
conscious, and upon being removed to the Penn
syvana Hospital, IN the ambulance of the
Globe Fire Company, it was discovered that the
young lady had received serious internal iniu-
res, from which it Is feared she will not recover.
The whole of the factory buildings were a
part OF the property OF Isaac Binswangcr, and
this geutleman's loss is roughly estimated at
$50, 600. The structure was known as the Globe
Mills-the oldest establishment OF the kind in
this city.
The first story of the main building was occu-
pied by John Wilkinson, cotton spinner, Stock
and machinery damaged mainly by water to the
extent of $4,000, fully iasured.
The second floor was occupied by Holt & Birk-
head. Loss about $1,000; insured.
Third-story leased by Major-General Robert
Patterson, as cotton store-room. Entire stock
nestroyed. Loss $l5,000, insured.
The fourth floor was occupied by l. f. Mid
night, as a zephyr manuactory. The entire
stock of goods and material, and large lot of
valuable machinery were all totally destroyed.
Mr.. Mldniehts loss is about $4,000, which is
only partially covered by insurance.
The fifth story rented by John q. Fry and
William j. Derbyshire. The loss of these gen
tlemen will loot up about $4,000, upon which
they have an insurance OF $4,000.
Henry Turner occuped a portion of the wing.
His loss is about $4,000, insured.
There were others doing business in this i'm
mense establishment, the particulars of whose
losses we could not obtain.
Several persons were slightly injured by jump.
ing out of the windows during the conha-
ETaton.
Lizzie Brophy was severely injured internally
by jumping IRON window.