Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-30
FIRST EDITION.
Fires, Last Night.

BURNING OF JONES GUTHRIE & cos CARRIAGE
WORKS EXTENSIVE coNFIAoRATIoN--THT LOSS
AND INSURANCE.
at twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, lasl
night, an alarm Of fire WAS sounded which had
its origin in the discovery Of flames in Jones
Guthrie q Co.'S carriage works, on the south
side Of Market street bridge. The fire compa.
MES responded promptly and were soon on the
spot, but considerable delay ensued before a
stream could be turned upon the burning build.
ing. Water has not yet been introduced into
TINS portion OF the city, and the supply had to be
TAKEN from the Chrstana, several hundred
yards away. The tide WAS low at the
time, and the 6remen were compelled to wade
out into the mud in order to extend their hose
to the water, and by this act and their subse-
quent heroic endeavors to save the burning
building elected much praise from the specta-
tors, OF whom there were great multitude.
The proprietors Of the works acknowledge this
action elsewhere.
The flames were first discovered In the upper
story Of stable at the east end of the building,
where they were undoubtedly kindled by an in.
cendiary. Owing to the difficulty in obtaining wa
ter the flames spread rapidly and coon enveloped
the adjoining sheds in which was stored large
quantity of coach building material, the whole
OF which, with the sheds, was consumed. In the
stable was valuable horse which was burned
to death before it could be released from its firey
prison. From the sheds the flame extended to
the three-story brick building. the MINER
story Of which, was used for the a' several ppsi
departments of the wood work in carriage
building and the lower part for smith
shops, which WAS also consumed. Still
spreading westwardly the flames soon covered
In solid sheet the two-story building next ad-
Joining, and also kindled in three story frame
which fronts on New Castle Avenue market
street, where the Office is located and in which
IL the sales room and warehouse. A large num-
Der OF carriages were stored therein, but these
were rolled out and saved. This portion of the
long building was not destroyed but was so dam
aged by fire and water that it is almost vaueess
All the other buildings, from and including
the stable to the front of the works, were wholly
consumed, and with them all the unfinished work
IN the shops, the material stored, tools, &c
Nothing but the finished work was saved.
stable on the opposite side Of the street be-
longing to John Wise was also burned
Jones Guthrie & Co. estimate their loss at
$4,000, upon which there is an insurance of
S20, 00O-$7, 900 on the building aud $4,000 on
the stock. OF this amount, &C. 900 is held in the
two Mutualr in this city and the remaining $14,-
0oO IN companies represented in Woolley 4 Van
Trump's Agency.
Jones Guthrie h Co. have leased the weet end
OF Beilah y Elliott's building, where their car
riages will be offered for sale.
ANOTHER sII9HT FIRE
Earlier In the evening" or at $50, fire was
kindled in the second story of Jos. T. Waite's
hotel at the foot of Market street, which caused
the sounding of general alarm. The children
had gone into this part of the building, bearing
lighted lamp in which was Signal oil-oil used
for headlights on iooomotives-when by some
miHhap the lamp was dropped, and the oil spilled
over the floor. No explosion ensned Subse-
quently lighted tallow candle was conveyed to
the room to gather up the fragments, when
the oil ignited,. 1T is supposed through the gas
which it emitted and tho room was soon all ablaze
The carpet, which was well saturated, burned
rapidly and soon communicated to a bureau in
which WAS quantity OF childrens clothing.
MIR. Waite estimates ia loss at sixty dollars,