The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-15
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
THE CHESTNUT STREET FIRE.
Tho TosthsnOny or the Young Men WIN,
EacRna.1 from CRldMall,s RlOre.

AmB NDNthGuOmI Oh the Young MEN VINO
Escepe.f from CRldwelps Store.
This mornine Coroner Daniels continued the
investigation intC the origin OF the great fire at
Howell Brothers aud Caldwell's stores, at Ninth
@. 0edney King swon-I was one Of the young
Ss s Rs Des II cOcE
mean Cadwells store the bookkeopor and MT
% once Se Tsss s'HsS
sS, stsr cam, in gntil quarter Of y o'cook was
Ing sse hsa cs 9k SS P ne SGsHg rs
AZ iiqS went to the front OF Iae store aud stayed
there unI.l ave mlDutes oT ii O'Clock, when went
was not spark Of H IRE a. that time % 10 the oncsS
o. that this ' hVS
sion, which mtst have awakened al iB start,
Quake Sna that the wsoe 5ndus was um6nr
boS Sss sleeping In one OF The the wIndow of
my bed heard Mr.. HARDY cry KING King the
room and the Que which was rich over the 6ro NE.
room; have no Iecpllectlon Of seeiog NJ. Hardy 10
went to the SAMSON street window in my roo N, aud
tempted TO open the shutters for the first time sw
me hs%es then vent to the StaIys Leading 70 the
ssTs the . smoke was 50 very dense that we could
gallery but il wSs very faii Of smoke; a@ M con. on
vince, ,!hai there was an explosion. as 1 have
tina not only awOke. out OF the minor ones which
%e msde vssy sow Io my spd ws aVeg
as though we had iesdsn weights attached 70 our
DSns aos SSlSE
81 @s %e 20 tboh
Ing from ou. homes; MT Rsrdy sn1 twisted our
moved elonP have no recollectIoa Of smelling any
other arlicls thar that Of smoke we made an escape
Charles A. Hardy sworn-t reside at No. 2oS Feds:
the dre about 1885 j walked through the 6fooz,
room and went UP staira set do vn and read Sooqt @
came up and renaned and talked with me about
p but Tep aid 70 cef
sIoo : heard the falling Of slas9; went TO NJ.
way; Ss Called TO King thas the store va, On
SMOKE was Very dense, and / oouid, get no air We
could see nothing for smoke; we tried to open the
soaia not scoo% p.s i. we iIsa % GET dOS s;siIs
T stalls met King. and we put arms around ssof
S f an sonr fs Ss
James Andrews swoEn.I reside at No. SIG Chesnu,
ficor near the door; did look At the regulator
% put SUm o 6esns
noss IKE anS a. SosfS d arS1SG snS saw
20 some one 70 help me; picked up my clothes ans
ran out IN trent 0f the case when got g the 6 SaCl
sss when G.pcsy IN tue e.
the rssi.sss which We. in me centre o. .hs
81 pos s
@ Wood under sss BACK ssalrEas went sIsund By !!
put had no light; l had not, rot been g smokisE; hs.
itls @ coal On tns back fafn. ass: Elndns Woo
on the Are that night Il am positive aid 1ot smos
= match. but may have dJne so some
times carried matches with me: the cslIa
night; do no. remember any psoking being don
any one about the store; I saw Captain Bangs m
James II. Caldwell in the building bat de not r.
member seeing them smoke; I was not suifocstst
the tables In the bronze room were Ia pension an
there was no appearance of anything having falle
that night. saw Mr. Polk have holt of As. Hagar
shey were both STOPPING.
Several other witnesses were examined. when th
ease WAS gain adjourned until Friday mordnE.