The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-16
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City Anaira
-Henry's woollen mill on Flat Rock road
Montgomery county, was partially destroyed
by fire yesterday at noon. The fire COM
menced in the picker house, and before It was
extinguished the damage to the building
amounted to $4,000. Fully Insured in the
Royal Insurance Company. Thomas
Barker q Sons we're the occupants, and their
loss in machinery and material will reach
$4,000. Insured in the Royal Insurance
Company for $4,000.
The regular meeting of the Franklin In
stitute was held last evening. The Secretary
called the attention of members to number
of scientific and mechanical matters. The
condition and progress of the Hoosac Tunnel,
and the discovery of some curious fossil coal
deposits in Pennsylvania, were mentioned
highly practical form of fire escape and
ladder was exhibited.
Mrs Margaret Butler, of Wilmington
Del, came to this city yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of visiting her daughter, who
had been admitted into the Pennsylvania
Hospital with broken leg. While Mrs
Butler was on her way to the hospital she
fell at Seventeenth and Spruce streets, aud
broke her arm. Officer Brickley, of the
Fifth District, had her conveyed to the
hospital
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the new
police station house on Fifteenth street,
DelOW walnut, was IOImally u6ulCHJeu TO
public use. Mayor Fox and ex-Mayors of
Philadelphia, members of the City Councils,
Chief and Lieutenants of Police and police
men were present.
Last evening about o'clock a man
named Charles Donnelly, aged fifty-six years,
and who resided at Twentieth and Hampton
streets, was killed by the machinery at
Burners mills, Twenty-third and Hamilton
streets.
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o'clock was occasioned by the burning of a
portion of the morocco factory of George W.
Hummel, at Margaretts and New Market
streets. The fire originated from stove in
the second story of the building, and burned
until the stock of skins on this floor was
mostly consumed. The third aad fourth
stories also contained large number of skins,
which were much damaged by water. The
stock of goods on the first floor was mostly,
if not all, removed from the building by the
firemen and police. The loss on the stock by
fire and water, it was thought, would amount
to about $15,0 When the fremen were
returning from the fire two of the uptown
fire companies got into fight in the vicinity
of Fourth and CallowhiIl streets, and for q
time serious results were threatened.
number of pistol-shots were fred and crowds
of excited men ran backwards and forwards
II was rumored that two or three men had
Deeu buOt uuluB tuo lIdChb, Dut Luelr uHmeS
could not be ascertained
The convention TO revise the rules of the
Republican party was in session yesterday
afferuoon. Several additional rules were
, adopted, and the meeting adjourned until to-
morrow.
: AT meeting of the Public Buildings
Commission held yesterday afternoon, the
'ollowing resolution was adopted
ResOl0ed, That the architect, Mr.. John
Macarthur, Jr., be and he is hereby directed
to draw plans and designs for public buildings
to be erected at Broad and Market streets.
First, for building at the intersection of
those streets; and second, for bu ldings on
! each of the plots of ground as now laid out
A(with this exception, that the streets on the
east and west, north and south, shall be
opened to the present width of Broad street);
the plans and designs, after they are finished,
to be submitted to the Select and Common
Councils for their approval; and this commits
sion for the erection of public buildings hereby
agree to erect the building or buildings under
the plans that Councils may select.