The daily gazette., 1875-02-15
BNCENDIARISM I
Deliberate Attempt b Fire The City
Nina Fires Started in Different
Localities.

F1REMEN PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
THE TLAMEs-THREE HORSES BURN
ED-PAnTiCULARs OF THE FIRES, &c.
With develish malignity band of
incendiaries started out Saturday night
| and made deliberate effort to enve-
lope the city in aterrible conllagration
Nine different times they applied the
inccndiary torch, and only the prompt
and heroic efforts of our brave firemen
prevented the occurrence of general
conflagration more disastrousithan and
known here in the history of our city.
The incenciarics
BEGAN THEIR INHUMAN WORK
in stable belonging to VIM j. Nor
row, roofcr, in the rear of his officeNo.
AT Freuch street. The fire from all
Appearances was started on the second
floor Mt the schute were hay is thrown
down into the manger. 1t burned
fiercely and when the alarm was given
the whole building was in flames. The
fife department responded qnicklyto tho
alarm and soon had the fire under con-
troll. The building was considerably
damaged. and in addition Mr. Morrow
loses IL quantity of hay, two carriage
bodies some roofing material and sew
eral other articles. Mr. David Chand-
Ter who occupied portion OF the
stable, also lost some hay. Two hor-
| ses one owned by Mr.. Morrow and one
by Mr.. Chandler, were taken out safe
| ly. The third floor of the binding
was occupied by VIM. Ii, Foulk, car
penter, who loses some lumber and
small quantity of tools. Two full.
chests of tools escaped destruction.-I
There was no insurance on the con-
tents, but Mr.. Morrow had an insur-
! anee OF $500 on the building.
About 12 o'clock this fire broke out
afresh, but was promptly extinguished
| by the Reliance Company. Mr.. Nor
| row Is warm in his praises of our fire
men and grateful for their efforts in his
behalf
| While proceeding to this fire, the
Water Witch and Delaware carriages
collided at Fifth andKing streets, when
| james Leary II member Of the former
company had two of his ribs broken
and one of his legs injured.
| THE SECOND FIRE
occurred about / O'clock Sunday NOR
| ming in frame stable situated between
Sixth and Seventh Orange and Shipley
streets, and owned by Col. III. s. Nc
Comb. 1t was occupied by Messrs.
Downey ~ Go opeT proprietors of the
| adjacent hub factory who lose the CON
tents valued at about $1,000, and ASSOC
horse; no insurance. The building
was almost completely destroyed and
was insured
| A DoJIpI W AscTR,f p1,-yrttE rNcpNDIApx,
DISCOVERED BUT ESCAPES.
Before the above fire was scarcely
extinguished a colored man discover.
ed some burning shavings under the
door of u carpenter shop on Orange
| street above Eighth, occupied byIIarry
Lape. He promptly drew them out,
when a man appeared on the roof and
leaning over shouted that the colored
man was trying to fire the building. -
He then disappeared and the firemen
| soon arriving extinguished a slight fire
| which was discovered in the second
story.
| TWO HORSES -BURNED-A SHOT TuiT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL.
At $50 o'clock another fire was dis.
covered in the brick stable at the N.
w. corner of Seventh and Walnut
streets, occupied by Jacob stuck baker
and owned by John Tatum. The in
terror at the stable was completely
burned out, quantity of hay and feed
some harness and blankets and a wag-
on top sharing the general destruction
Two horses belonging to Mr.. Stuck,
were burned fo badly that one was af-
terward killed, and the other is render
u
and Mr.. Tatum something less; neither
are insured.
Just before this fire was discovered,
some men were noticed up against the
stable in very suspicious manner.
When questioned they answered
very evasively, and soon left. Special
officer Bacon, who came along shortly
| after, saw two men standing on the
shed adjoining the stable. Upon
seeing him they jumped down and
ran, when he chased and fired several
shots at them.
One of the shots was followed by a
painful exclamation, as though it had
taken effect, but it did not prove fatal,
rs the man continued running. Bacon
then gave the alarm and the Delaware
engine soon arrived and extinguished
the flames.
OTHER ATTEMPTS.
John Cooks stable, near Eighth and |
Spruce streets, was next discovered to |
be on fire, but the flames were extin-
guished before causing any serious
damage. ! |
John Carneys stable, Wilson street
near Eighth, WAS also fired, but the |
flames burned out without spreading. |
In this case the fire was started close
to the head of one of the horses, and
men were observed throwing lighted !
mathes into the stable. TGs. /
The stable of Andrew Crumlish, on
Wollaston street, above Eighth, was
fired sometime during the night, but
the flames soon burned out, and the
attempt was not discovered until this
morning. ~. FaFss
At Alex Cummins' stable, on Eighth
street above Walnut, the lock was
broken and the door opened, when the
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