The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-07

AtWork In PhlladeIph hia..S7 50, 900 WORT
of Property Gone Up In Smoke-On
Fireman Killed and Pour others 3,
VereIy Injured.
PHILADELPHIA, April G.-About o'cloc
this morning q FIRE broke out in the base
ment of the five story brick building o.
the northeast corner of Crown and Rae
streets, occupied by the Philadclphi
Burning Machine Works OF James Smitl
& Co. and j. X. Proctor and s. G. Gaylor
Co., manufacturers Of hat forms. Tn
LIST, 4th and 9th floors were also used b!
the Burning Machine Works; the I'd foo
by Chesterman & McHenry, manufactur
ers Of passenger fare enumerators, and S
R. & +. Hanzell, makers of fringes ant
tassels; and the Sd floor by ]. F. Wagne
d Co., shoe manufacturers. The building
cost S22O, 900 and was owned by jane
Smith & Co. Loss OF the Burning Machine
Co. between $4,000 and $4,000.
Adjoining this structure is five-storJ
building on thenorthwest corner ofFourtt
and Race streets, the first floor of which il
occupied by VIM. Waterfall & Co., DEALER
in paints and varnishes; second floor b.
l. X. Ohler, publisher; third, by the
Quaker City Shirt Factory; fourth, by II
Muhrs Sons, manufacturing jewellers
fifth, by Kuhn & Koblentz, manufacturers
OF buttons. The first floor OF the building
on Fourth street was occupied by /. X
Ohler and George Misch, beer bottlers, and
Cox < Sons, gas fixtures.
The next building on Fourth street, No
2l2, occupied as beer saloon and dwell
ing by +. Velckcr; No. PA, by Swift &
Courtney and the Beecher Match Co. All
OF these buildings and contents were de.
stroyed. On the east side OF Fourth stree;
the third floor and roof OF the drug and
paint warehouse Of Robt. Shoemaker & Co.
sustained serious damage.
The flames communicated to the struc.
lures on the south side OF Race street.
The four.story building, southwest corner
OF Fourth and Race streets, occupied by
A. W. Stewart & Sons, booksellers and
stationers, was badly burned, and the fol-
lowing buildings and their contents de.
stroyed: Nos. 402, 404 and 400, fye.story
building, nnocCupied, but formerly used
by Thackara, Buck & Co.; Nos. 40S, 4lO
and 4i2, warehouse Of 'Whitall, Tatum &
Co., manufacturers, druggists and glass
ware; No. 4l4 beer saloon OF +. F. Ruhe,
No. 416 ]. L. Hoover 4 Co.'s ink and sta.
tionery store, No. 4lS saloon OF J. Leon
ard, shoeiactory of Joseph Ryan,-shoe
factories OF Davis Bros. and B. Beck, No.
42O saloon OF j, Hammer and in the rear
three dwelling houses. Whitall Tatum
& Co.'S warehouse was demolished. The
building was owned by the estate OF J. NJ.
and j. F. Whitall and the stock valued at
$50 900, and is covered by insurance.
On the west side Of Fourth street, below
Race, the following buildings were badly
damaged: No. los, occupied by +. Schu.
macker, shoemaker; No. 1853, saloon, G. ].
Koehl; No. 164, unoccupied. On the
east side OF Fourth street No. l4l, oc-
cupied by John Lucas & Co., paint manu-.
burned off, and the rear building was con.
siderably damaged, and the roofs Of two
dwellings on Arch street, below Third,
were burned. Albert Fruh was killed,
and Frederick Fruh, Saml. Dunlap and
James Baxter were severely injured by
the falling walls. Dunlap is foreman ol
engine No. q, and Baxter assistant engin-
eer OF the Fire Department. The total
loss is estimated at S750,0O0.
The following is partial list OF the
losses and insurance: Jas. s. Smith & Co.,
on building, $22O,0OO; insured, $4,000,
On building, corner Forth and Race street,
owned by the Harrison estate, $l75, 900;
insured. Philadelphia Burning WORKS,
$40, 600; insured. r. & F. Hanzell, $50, 900;
no estimate of insurance. j. F. Wagner
& Co., $4,000; no estimate OF insurance
s. q. Taylor & Co., $25, 900; no estimate oi
insurance. Win. Watcrall & Co., 1000;
insured. Ignatius Kohler, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000. ...s.
I. II. Nruhrs & Sons, manufacturing
Jewellers, had six safes packed with un'
finished jeWelEy and precious stones
Those were precepitatGd from the fourth
floor to the cellar. If not recovered the
firms loss will aggregate $4,000, with in
surance To the amount OF $4,000. Kuhn
& Koblentz $4,000, insured. Geo. Misch,
5000, insured for $500; Cox &Sons'
5000, insurance 5000; A.W. Stewart &
Co., $4,000, INSURANCE $4,000, Whitall
Tatqm I Co., $4,000, Insured; Swiit {
Courtney, and Beecher, Match & Co.,
$1,000, no insurance; ]. +. Hoover 4 Co..
$4,000, insurance $500; ShoamaCher s
Co., $l0, 900, insured. Minor losses $780,
600, withinsurance to the amount OF Sl5,'
600,