Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-30
LOSSES BY FIRE.
Norfolk Alarmed over SO Many Fires
in One Day.
destructive fire at Baltimore.
THE FIRE FIEND.


BALTIMORE, July Pa little after ten
O'clock to-day, fire broke out in the plan
ing mill of Joseph Thomas & Co., on the |
south side OF Clay street, between Liberty |
and Park streets. Soon after a general |
alarm was sounded. The fire soon extend
ed TO the three adjoining blocks, and an |
immense contlagration is now raging. A /
stiff southwest breeze is blowing, and inn |
mense cinders are waited several blocks Off
in the vicinity of the cathedral.
The locality of the fire is in the imme- |
diate vicinity Of the Presbyterian Church,
of which Rev. DR.. Smith is minister cor
ner Liberty and Saratoga streets, where
the Presbyterian Assembly was held, The
entire southwest corner of this block is
burned.
1t extends to Franklin and Howard
streets. The Lexington Park and four
churches are burned and the Cathedral Ia
threatened.
All Danger Past.
4 force of forty men are passing water
! to the dome of the cathedral, which is COW
cred with blankets.
$40 p. M.-Clay street, on which the
| fire originated to-day, is a small street be-
ginning at Liberty street, about midway
! between and parallel with Saratoga and
| Lexington streets, running west and in
tersecting Park and Howard streets, and
stopping at Eutaw.
! Inc IRE OTlSlldleu Oh INC SOuIIi SIuG VI
! CLAY street near Park, in Thomas plain-
ing mill, as before stated
4:10 p. M.-The fire is now completely
under control, aud many who removed
| goods and furniture 10 an adjacent block
are now moving back.
Reports are still circulated that several
/ children have been burned and men killed,
but strictsiinquiry at the Marshaps Office
fails to verify any deaths by burning.
Joseph Thomas d Son, at whose p!an-
ing mill the Baltimore fire originated, lost
$4,000
NORFOLK, July 2G.-About1 o'clock this
morning an incendiary fire broke out from
a building on the west side of Market
Square, occupied by Hofheimer & Co.,
boot and shoe dealers. Owing to the burst
ing of water main the day before, and
the limited resources of the fire depart
ment the fire gradually gained Roadway,
and finally eXteSded TO the north side as
f far as Archer & Co.'S. drug store on Main
buildings. The total loss Is estimated al
: one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
r partly covered by insurance. The princi-
pal losers are Hofheimer d Co. and j. II,
, Griffin, boot and shoe dealers. w. r.
Hutchins & Co. and Taylor, Martin q Co.,
dealers in hardware, Epes d Co. crock
cry, Archer & Co., druggists.
PORTLAND, Me-, July GA fire, which
1 originated in the railroad paint shop, in
t wolves loss of $50 600.
e ROCHESTER, July 26-'fhe Clyde Glass
!. Works were partially burned to-day Loss
b, $4,000.
, Five Fires in One Day AT Norfolk.
j NORFOLK, VA, July 27.-At an early
5 hour this morning, Nell IL Alman's shoe
u store, two doors south of the starting poin
: of Saturdays disastrous conhagration, wa
" discovered to be on fire, and inefiectua
!! were the efforts of the firemen, the depart
ment having been worn out by the labor
: of the preceding morning, that the build
!, ing, together with an adjoining one occu
Z pied as a hardware store, was III shor
u time entirely destroyed. But little OF tn
d contents of these buildings were saved.
About half an hour after the discovery o
above fire, another one broke out at Can
ed fields Wharf, about one square oil iron
D the first. The floor of q three-story bricl
/ building, occupied by produce shipper
II was the origin of the fire. This building
Is and one Immediately north of it, used 70
the same purpose, Were also entirely de
u stroyed. ...- ...
k Upon the discovery of this last and fiftl
e fire that had broken out during the p hour
II ending on Sunday morning, among tn
n Excited Citizens I'm the Streets,
c the greatest CONSERVATION prevailed
r Market Square and Main street wer
lillOilStu viii tANllGN TNDGlC INV III
about in wild dismay. Believing that a
Y organized plan for the entire destructio
lie of the entire city was being put into e2
d ecution at this time, the fire companiC
IS of Portsmouth and the navy yard agai
st came over, in response to rockets that wei
id sent up to signal for assistance, and rel
r, dered Invaluable aid in extinguishing ii
A. fire.
N Campbelis wharf, which at one tin
n was threatened, involves an entire squal
Il of buildings. The steamer Sylveste
e. which was lying near CampbelPs whar
rs was put in readiness to be dispatched
st Old Point for Government fire engines
c. Fort Monroe but at the moment of d
of parture the fire was thought to be und
Is, control, rendering further assistance VI
he necessary. The loss by the last two fir
ed will probably fall within thirty-five tho
he sand dollars, the larger part of which
w covered by insurance. ..
Fire in broadway Stables.
The fire in Twenty-third street, al
~, Broadway stage stables originated in Il
~ hay loft through the carelessness of an Ell
q, ployee who took light up there. III
y building was damaged TO the extent
No $4,000, which was insured for $75, 0C
''0 The stock was damaged $4,000, which W
. uninsured. The fourth floor was occupi
90 by the Fifth Regiment as an armory. II
,is loss to the regiment is about 100000 and
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