, 1875-06-20
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! PrrrsRuao, Pa, Juna 19.-This morning IN
other Was added to tho list Of extensive frea
which have made the present season notabla
| one in tho annals Of Pittsburg- About half-paat
! s o'clock M,s Sidney 0'Mahundro agent OF tho
! Wheeler h Wilson Sewing Machine Company,
| whose salesrooms Tere located On ths coruer Of
! Wood street and Virgin alley, discovered fames
! in the extensiye gun factory OF James Donn i
Son, on Wood street, neaf Fifth avenue. in the
very heart Of the business portion Of the city.
The works proper we're located Immediately in
rear Of the large h2rdWAr store Of the sanao
firm, fronting Wood street, and running back 10
and fronting on Virgin alley. The flames we're
bursting from the lover part ot Bown's
machine shop. aud iapldly Communicating to
adjoining buildings. An alarm being sounded,
the entlre 6re-department wss soon on band aud
battling With the now-serlous confagration-
Thia beng in the
BEST BUSINESS PORTION OF THE CITY,
tho tract burned over MAS exceedingly valuable,
and owing to the great heighs OF ths Down
structure, over 80 fest, extreme difficulty was
experienced ny the 6rcmen in their efforts to
1ubdue tue flames.
bo"n's rear building was six-story brick.
occupied as follows: Cellar, Bown e.
Sons grinding room and eng'ne and boiler
room; hrat door, Bown J. Sons, machine and
blacksrnith shops; second floor, Walter E.
Hague. electrotyper aud nicke'-plater; third
floor, David Miller, tin can faetu1y; fourth floor,
George E. Williams, printing establishment; !;
dfth floor, unoccupied; sixth floor, Down 4
Bons, z1fe~ba1rel factory. Bown's losses arc
the firm, and bis
HARDWARE ESTABLISHMENT AND GUN FACTORY
bang one OF Iha largest and most complete OF
the kind III the State. His tosses are estimated
1t SEQ, 600. WITH III insurance stocz and build
1pga Of about $50, 600. distributed az follows
Union, Of Plttabu1g, 5000 ; III. l. H., 81. coo
Pennsylvania 81, $40 !; AuthtfaGte, philadelphia,
s1.53u; Western OF rlttspnrg, 81, LOO; West
Chester, Philadelphia 8, 1856; Farmers, Of York.
&2.19s Pennsylvania, OF Philadelphia, $4,000
s5,o o; Franklin, oi PIttsburg. $500; Etns,
OF Hartford, $4,000 Allegheny, OF Pittsburg,
5000; Union, Of Plttsburg, g. 500; Germauia,
of Pittsbur., S3, 900.
The building on the corner OF Wood street and
Virgin n1ley, owned by Isaac Taylor. and occupied
~ sslesrooul by the Wheeler & wilson Sewing
Machine Company, their sgont occupying the
upper floor IA residence, was badly damaged
BY fire and water. The upper doors were
burned and the building flooded: They bad
The contents Of this building are almost total
loas* Insured ~ follows: Building IN the Con-
tinentai, Of New York. $4,000; stock $500.
equally divided between tue North America. and
EnA Of Hartforu. The agent losa ia also cuv-
cred By insurance.
ss gents furnishing and shirt store. by B. ).
TbA1heiner. and ownod BY William Roseoury.
was flooded with water, and the roof
partially burned. Loss by water about
II QUO; covered oy insurance. C. Burchteld,
eaudler, And neymer Bros, confect1oners sus-
rained slight loss Of stock by water. Fully in-
Bnred- The occupants Of the large Bown baild-
Ing suffered very severely. Williams j Co.'s
is estimated At $4,000; insured 10 Eastern
companies for S14.5oo. David Miller loses
IS, o00; no insurance. Waiter E. Hague, sl0,-
600; insurance, &7,500. lsaac Garrison, $1,000
insured fur $l,700.
Several OF rhe business houses Oh Fifth are
nue suffered in the back portion. ". H. stroup,
Frnnklin bowling alley, ioses @1,200 on wines,
o:c. Henry mcCallum, carpet dealer, loss,
SIS. 600 <; no Insurance. r. H. Kennedy, loas,
O., $40; covered By Insurance.
INCIDENTS.
The news Of the fire spread through the city in
In Incredibly short space Of time, and hundreds
of people gathered At the scene to witness tho
1eatruction. During the progress OF the dames
] amen Slatterly, member OF Fire Company No.
|. fell through skylight, receiving severe IN
juries, and At noon tho driver Of the hose~car- ]
riage Of the same company Was thrown under !
The wheels and badly hut.
AZ osual4 human rxpacitv sought to nd the ef- |
Fortx OF tho destructive elements, and several |
.hleves were arrested ID the act Of carving on |
goods which they had taken from the burning |
ouildings.
Rougn estimates OF the total loss place the [
leures At nearly Il, 0G0 600. and the total insur-
Ince falls considerably short of this.
Of the thieves, whose arrest is elsewhere |
noted, i worthy pair, Johnston aud Meyers, were
10 sooner confined in the cell than they began
o dig their way out and had almost attained ]
hair freedom when quietus was put tb their !
horts BY tho ARRIVAL Of m officer to 1amoys /
ham for hearing.