Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-05
FIRST EDITION.
Municipal Reports
Report Of the Chief Engineer Of the
Fire Department.
The Bonded Debt Of the City.
POLICE CASES,
-rlir rInr nrnanHaAEAr
POIICE CASES,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.


TINS Fires DURING THR PAST YEAk.-
CONDITION OF THE DEPARTMENT.-RE-
CONCENTRATIONS AND THANKS.
AT the meeting of the City Council, last
night, the annual report OF Geo. Mccall
Chiet Engineer OF the Fire Department, was
presented aud ordered to be printed. II Is
y lengthy aud Interesting docum which
we have condensed as follows:
FIRES DURING 1873.
May 4th, chimney burned at Seventh aud
Madison streets.
May 10th, slight fire in the closet Of a
house on Orange street, below Fifth. DAM
ago tritilng.
May 18th, lot of pitch at lack son &SSharp's
car works. damage tritiiug.
May 3lst, Andrew CruIulisb's stab le, VOL
lastoh street, between oth and 18th; fired 10y
incendiarles; loss 81, 600; no insurance.
June 1th, burning OF fly paper on coll
ing OF Western Hotel lar room.
June J,b. roof OF house at Sacond aud
Lombard: loss trlhing.
June 18th. roof of house on LON bard
street, above Sscond; loss small.
June 17th, small shed destroyed at Front
and West; loss trIfing.
June 18th, roof o house No. 9 + lst Water
street; loss covered by insurance.
June l9ih. hay burned In a stable at Front
and Shipley; small loss.
June 27th, a frame stable and contents on
Van Baren street, below Second; loss 5000.
no Insurance.
July 4tb. ii. M, awning at Fifth and
Walnut; 730a. M, roof OF house No. ll3 w.
Sth street; TO- As n. m, roof of two dwellings
on Locust street, below Sth, loss 5000. Gov
ered by INSURANCE; l2.l5 p. IN. roof OF house
NJ 12th and Orange; 4. 10 p. H., roof OF house
at Second and Market; 40 p. nj, roof u:
market houso at Fourth and Orange; also
several other slight fires which occssioned
no serious damage
IuI u # "A q III a
and Spruce
July l3ih, a car load of cross ttos on the
p, W. X Il. l.. r.. at West WIlmingt m. At
thus iiro John o. ilarra, OF Philadelphia, WAS
run over by tho Delaware engine, on Front
street nelr madison, ana almost instantly
killed.
July pol, roof OF a house ON Water street.
betwt en- King and French; damage slight
July eth, roof house on BIRD street,
West Wilmington; damage trihing.
July 25.h, incendiary fire III cellar of
house No. 6Oi Market street, damage slight.
July 18th, incendiaIy iiro in cellar OF
Frank = store, No. 5ll Market atreot, dam
ago slight.
July 10Th, burning OF brush over Market
street. bridge.
August lst, James Riddles factory on the
Brandy wine, damaged by lightning; loss
triiilng.
August l2th, l.. McDowells stave mill,
Ninth Ward; damage slight.
August l4th, "A barber shop at Front and
Shipley streets; loss $500; insurance $l59.
August 18th, Incendiary fire at q stable on
Windsor street, above Seventh: damage
slight.
August 10Th, alarm caused by the burning
OF a gas meter, at Seventh and Jefferson.
September 9th. slight tire at Lobdells s
foundry; loss triillng.
September llth. explosion OF coal oil
lamps on Walnut street, above Seyent b;
loss small.
September l3th. engine house and sheds
at the ST saui BTicK Companv's yard, Front
and DUPONT streets; lss Sll00, covered by
insurance.
September l5:h. slight fire in a store on
Chestnut street.
September Both. slight lire at Front and
Market streets.
October 2Ith, ira,ne house on Eighth
street below Church; damage slight.
October Both, boniire at Front and Du-
Pont streets.
| October 30th. ..ex plosion of lamp on Snip
lev street, between Seconi AMI Third; loss
trilme.
Novemba lth, frame house No. 307 f..
Slxl ID street, loss 500. covered by an iusur-
ance.
November 9th, Walton Il Whann's bone mill
| small loss.
December Sth, Foats coal Office at Orange aud
Watei streets loss 5000 covered Dy insurance
lucendlary lire.
| December lO;h, burning oil a 6ifrdi OF piteh, az
| Sixth aud Pine streets
| December 10th, stable on KitkwoJd street. near
| Seventh, small loss. #t.-
December Eth, stack ofhay near Newport.
| Decemher 7th, coach factory oil Shipicy street,
| above Front damage slight.
| December Both, Ioot OF house at Sixth aud
| Orange streets.
False alarms occurred on May 2ith June "a,
| 5th and 10Th, July 2j, Sd, 4h lthree), 9Th, l9th
| (twol and 25th 0wol, August 18th, 10th, 18th
and Both, october 23d, November 4th and 9th, and
| December Sth and 24th
FIRES DURING 1874.
| January 10th, house in Spring Alley damage
| trilinS
January 2Sth, alarm at Savilie building, 9th and
| Market streets; no damage.
| February ID. chimney on Mechanic street