Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-14

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-The Poiat
Breeze lire has broken out again. second
alarm has been sounded, and dispatches
from there say the whole place is again In
flames.
SECOND DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-The FIRE at
Point Br2eze was rekindlcd at a quarter past
eleven o'clock this morning by stiff breeze
which prevailed, and the flames were famed
to immense proportions. The Atlantic petro-
leum storage company's warehouse building,
about five thousand feet long and hundred
and fifty feet WIDE, took fire from the burn
ing oil which escaped from the Hudson, one
OF the vessels which has been in flames since
the fire Of Wednesday. The entire works
and surroundings are in peril.
THIRD DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, June Is. 1920 p.m.-The
following dispatch has just been received
from Point Breeze: AT noon the place is
going. 1t is feared now that the fire will
reach the Point Breeze oil-wo-ks. A strong
west breeze blew the flames to the wharf OF
the Atlantic petroleum storage compa-
ny, and at once spread to large
shed, two hundred by eighty feet, i'm
mediately south of the warehouse
which was destroyed on Wednesday. The
wind then veered to the north, and a long
line of sheds, extending for nearly mile
south caught fire. and by noon all were in
blaze with seyenty-three hundred barrels of
oil which they contained South of these
sheds are the Point Breeze oi,-works alluded
to IN the above dispatch, and below there are
a large number Of frame dwellings,, occupied
by workmen and their families. In rear of
the line of the seven sheds reported on fire
are five others and larger warehouses, the
smallest of which is two hundred and sixty
feet long by enc hundred and twenty wide,
and the largest four hundred and sixty feet
by one hundred and twenty-five. These are
separated from the burning sheds by an ele-
walton of ground, and from present indica-
tons they will be saved, as well as the At
lantic oilseompaDy's tanks further east, which
contain one hundred and thIrty-fve thousand
barrels crude and forty thousand barrels of
refined and special oils in process of manu-
facture. The brick residence of Mr.. Wilson,
near the first of the sheds which took fire
this morning, is burned.
FOURTH DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, June 13-At quarter to
one this afternoon all the sheds along the
river front as far south as tee Point Breezs
oil-wcrks were in ruins. The flames spread
SO rapidly that the Schuylkill harbor police
tug, Wave, which was acting with the fire
brigade, narrowly escaped destruction. At
a quarter past one this afternoon the fire had
reached the Empire shed, where it burned
thirty thousand empty barrels. This place
is the first warehouse above the Point Breeze
oil works, but it is believed that the FIRE
has reached It's southern limit at that point,
and that the oil.worf5 will be saved.
FIFTH DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-The FIRE at
Point Breeze to day was started from the
bark lion, not from tae Hudson. The lion,
which has been burning for two days, upset
this morning and scattered It's burning con-
tents on the river. In this way the ire was
communicated to the shore. From the Atlantic
petroleum stores. which caught first, the
fire spread to the wharf of the Empire stor-
age company, ard from thence communica-
ted to the warehouses of that concern. In
the Empire stores were some forty thousand
empty barrels, valued at about one dollar
each, which we're entirely consumed, to-
| gether with the wharf and buildings. Loss
! en- the Empire stores, wharf and contents,
| will reach about one hundred and eighty
| thousand dollars. Loss on the Atlantic Pc
| troleum stores will reach one hundred thou
| sand dollars, without taking into considera-
| ton their contents. The tugs Juno and New
| castle, of the Red Star line, and the Wave,
| of the harbor police service, are at the scene,
| and are throwing water on the burning build
ings. At present there seems to be more hope
of saving Stewart refinery, which is in the
direct line of the IRE. The wind has now
changed TO the west, which is a very faYora'
8, BILE indication.
| SIXTH DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, June Is, 3p.m.-At TWEEN
| ty-five minutes past Two the FIRE was moi
burning so fiercely, and as, probably, under
control. Nothing further than previously
stated has been burned.
SEVENTH DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, June I3.-In addition tx
the loss of one thousand feet of wharves last
Wednesday, there have been three thousand
feet more burned to-day. The crude oil line
pipe from the works to the river, which Ii
used to fill the barrels, is on ire at the
wharf. and the end has been cut to head the
fire off from the refinery. The fire has nov
little or nothing to feed on.
g The FIVE vessels destroyed at Point Breeze
Wednesday, were valued altogether at lit;
tie over one hundred and twenty Thousand
dollars. The Standard oil company's loss i
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
These figures, with certain other smalle
losses, make the total loss by Wednesday
fire about three thousand dollars.
EIGHTH DISPATCH.
| PHILADELPHIA, June l3.-The loss by to
days fire will not exceed one hundred ant
fifty thousand dollars. Lecompte & Perkins
whose loss is about twenty-five thousand dol
lars, are covered by insurance. Warden
Frew & Co.'S loss is estimated at fifty thou