Daily Republican., 1878-03-27
[From Yesterdays late Edition.]
Disastrous COnilagratiOn.
GREAT FIRE IN PHILEDELPHIA-MANY
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS DESTROYED
LOSS ABOUT 81 200, 900.

GREAT FIRE IN PHILEDELPHIA-MANY
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS DESTROYED
LOSS ABoUrsl, 100000.
PHILADELPHIA, March 25.-A fire
broke out at 9.20 p. M. in the third
floor OF the paint and drug warehouse
of w. II. .Wampole & Co., on Fourth
street, above Arch. There was a
strong wind blowing at the time, and
the fire rapidly spread in all directions,
soon becoming one OF the most disas-
trous confagrations which has ever
visited this city.
A general alarm of fire was sounded,
but the flames rapidly spread north to
No. l25 North Fourth street, occupied
by Lovegrove & Co., machinery; No.
127 by A. T. Zeesins & Co., printers,
T. P. & s. s. Smith, shoe manufactur-
rers, and No. 129 by Christian Muller,
wine house. Southwark the flames
reached No. l2l, occupied by James
Finn, white lead and window glass
No. 119, c. H. Royal & Co., morocco
boot and shoe findings; upper stories
by R. P. A. Paris Il Co., ladies and
chrildren's shoes; No. III by Cahill &
Mclaughlin; upper stories by Golfer
Brothers, shoe upper manufacturers,
H. J. Toudy & Co., engravers, and
Charles Kaufman, map printers.
At 10 P. NJ, several explosions oc-
Cured in the paint house Of Wampole
Il Co., and minute afterward the
front wall fell with terrific crash,
causing the fire to communicate to the
buildings on the west side of Fourth
street, first catching the roof of No. 1876,
occupied by A. Gentzsch, paper box
manufactory; thence north to No. 1872,
James, iron show cases.
These buildings were soon enveloped
in flames, and in the meantime the
wall of No. III, OH the east side of
Fourth street, fell, carrying in the roof
of the two buildings below. Several
tiremen in the latter building
were severely cut about the head, face
and hands, but it it not known that any
fatal accident happened.
The course of the fire then descended
to No. lis North Fourth street, occu-
pied by w. II. Grove, showcase, and
Chas A. Duhring, No. lib, by L. Price
Hunt, blank book manufacturer, and
No. Ill, by H. A. Burton, wall paper;
third and fourth floors by Charles Rem
ier, looking glasses and picture frames,
and basement by Stephens D. Cole and
Walter P. Mills, bricklayers and job
bers.
From 1O.l5 o'clock to II there were
several explosions, and by the time the
flames reached Ills all the iron front
from Cherry street to that number had
fallen. Sparks were carried eastward
and first set on fire the houses on Cherry
street burning private dwellings Nos.
3l4 and 3lS, saloon of Charles Lee, No.
3l6, the unoccupied building formerly
known as the Golden Fleece Hotel, Nos.
80 and 312, and the extensive hat fac
tory of E. ?. Cobberly & Co., No. sos.
These are nearly or quite total loss.
About IL P. NJ. the flames reached
the southwest corner of Third and
Cherry streets, the upper stories of
which are occupied by Rodg e1herger &
Co., paper boxmakers, and the first
floor by the large wholesale grocery of
Kirk, Bott & Berwin.
Spreading further to the east about
the same time the sparks set fire to the
roof of the store of H. S. Sternberger,
dealer in feathers, No. lis North Sec
ond street, and spread to l13, occupied
by Thomas Hall, stoves, heaters and
ranges; No. III, by II. II. Hurlburt,
lamps, and Nos. 1l9, III, and l23,
four-story stone fronts, by Cooper, Hall
& Co., furniture manufacturers.
The Camden, N. j., fire department
arrived about II p. M, and gave all
the assistance possible. The St. Elmo
Hotel was on fire from sparks in the
rear portion, but, beyond causing
panic among the boarders, but little
damage was done. At midnight the
fire was still burning furiously, and
continually breaking out in fresh places
so that no estimate of probable loss can
be made, though it is not expected to
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