The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-24
FIRES.
Burning Of nm Extensive Mandatory at
Hartford.

Burning ofan Extensive Mandatory at
Hartford.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 23-About half
past nine this morning, fire was seen to break
out OF the Etna cutlery works of the Landers,
Frary & Clark Co., at New Britain, ten miles
from this city. The building is 200 by So. and
four stories high, with two wings of 40 by As
feet. The New Britain fire department has
only one engine, the reliance being upon the
city water works. With great pressure this
failed. owing to the small main pipe, and in the
fearful northwest gale the flames became I'M
comfortable A large number Of girls employed
in the upper stories escaped through the win
dOws with difficulty.
Dispatches were sent to Hartford for aid and
steam fire engine was forwarded at eleven
o'clock, arriving at III With this the fire was
prevented from spreading, although twelve
other buildings were kindIed with the flying
ciuders. The works of the Stanley Rule and
Level Co., situated very near, had "A narrow es-
cape. The buildings of the Landers, Frary &
Clark Co., We re entirely destroyed.
The loss is about $500. 900; insured for $780,
600 in tifty-eight companies. The Hartford
companies lose $45, 900 in ALL the rest is divided
omong the New York and Foreign companies
which cannot be ascertained
The Landers, Frary & Clark Co., has a CAPT.
tai of s., 100000 and gave employing mt to 800
hands.
The fire is believed to be the work of an in
cendiary.
The Etna Works of Landers, Frary & Clark
burned to-day, was the portion of their estab.
lishment devoted to the manufacture of table
cutlery. Their general hardware mandatory
is another building. About 400 men were en-
ployed in the building burned. The capital of
the Company is 100000 iinstead of s. ZOO, 900,
and large part of the stock is owned in this
city. The building was entirely destroyed in
about an hour an a quarter, fierce wind aid
ing the progress of the flames. The loss is va
riously estimated at from. $5OO,0o0 to $500, 900.
Probably the first named sum will very nearly
cover it. The insurance is $463, 800, distributed
IN about 100 companies, the largest sum being
$4,000 in the Etna. The works will be i'm
mediately ra-h
I'm Wooster, o.
WOOSTER, March 23-A fire this morning in
the building occupied by Rawlins as photo
graphic gallery, destroyed the building and also
the Arcadion building. Loss $75, 900; insurance
900.
At Elgin, IlI-Loss S15O,OOO.
CHICAGO, March ga despatch from Elgin,
Ill., says fire broke out this morning on Chi
cago street near the corner of Douglass Avenue
joining block, a three story brick building.
Three blocks were burned in which there was
large number of business firms. Loss on stock
$4,000; on buildings S67 900; insurance light.
I'm Greenland N. HI.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., March 23.-The farm
house of Col. Joshua w. Pierce at Greenland,
was burned to-day. 1t was d large and quaint
structure containing about thirty rooms. Insur-
ed for $4,000.
Mansion Burned.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, March 23-The Van
Rensselaer, mansion near New Hamburg, de-
stroyed by fire this morning, was owned by j.
Fl. Ingersoll of the Tammany ring. None of
the contents were saved. Loss 500, 900; partial
insurance.