Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-26
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
PRINTING HOUSE BURNED. =



THE FiREMEN'S GALLANT CONDUCT.
CS.tsnts S.;.s.,~I SeHN osss" :sa AND
,0IOO.O 600.
Last richt about o'el,,k ,bs I,,,;,.r
printing house. situated ON North 1,s.n
street (Nos. 81. s. and S5l VAS d;sc.,v.r,,I
to be on fire. and the vhole strnctur. I'm,
basemer, TO roof was soon a m;rh,v shSs-
! of tiams. Tbs bnilS;nv v>s rn., ~ ~,
| largest in the city. hcinr of brit fr.,
I stories in height. anil extending ;r i.,nrh
! nearly TO Christian strrst :, d;st,n,, 'I.
$50 feet.
| Owing to ths slippe-v eondieic~, of tb,
streets, they being covered vith a sheet
! Of sleet frozen as smooth "a nolisbsJ yl,ss
the tiremsn experienced GREAT difficulty i'm
getting their apparatus to the fir, but they
worked nobly when thew got there and by
their almost superhur,an efforts prevented
the flames from spreading To ad;,r,ut
buildings.
Havoc vi the FLAMES.
| The tire appears tn have ,-;,;,,,s,;
| in the third story of tho bn;lS;nc .Ii
| which except the mansvsr's ,nsnsss r.,.,n,
| is occupied as a book bin,lerv U,w ~
| oriyinated is unknovn Tbn anti, h,;,t
inc is heated by steam thsrs h.,;,r m'
stoves in il excspt tho one in the frnnr
Office first floor which was th, last mart ,f
the builiins, so take firs Ov;ny to n rush
of business. Several smr,,vsss s,i .,r,t,,,
men. were at work unt;I N ,.cio,I L,S,
uiyht and wh.n thsv Isft al, sssmsd vii
\ private watcbman also natr,Is the hn;,J-
ing eyery hour Of the NIGHT He vas in the
engine room in the rear of tho first fInor
when he discovered tho fire. and
gave tho alarm. He is sure the Ar, ,r;";-
mated in the biud,ry and belisv.s IL :,
have been accidental. Soms of IN, other
workmen incline to think il NAV have had
its origin near the furnace i'm tb, stercn-
type department in tho fourth door and
burned through 70 the bindery r., This
As it ;;,,y. the entire bniidinv was snnn
wrapped in flames from turret 10 found,-
tiou STONE presenting :, grand bu, t,rr;hl,.
spectacle. and uore total wreck WAS
never seen than it presents this morn.
ing. Between 1 and o'clock a hrns
portion of the lofty side walls fell with a
crash, carrying down everything beneath
them A portion OF tho moth wall fell
upon the roof Of the Diffeude,ffer buildur
which adjoined tho Inquirer building on
the north, and crushing through tho roof
into Cline's billiard room in the second
story, carried the billiard tables and fur
niture through into Pharss w. Fry's
wall paper store, on the first floor, and
thence into tho basement. A part of tho
south wall fell outwartis and barely Us
capped crushing the adjoining building uf
Peter Weber, occupied ~ his residence,
and hat cap and millinery store. Several
other buildings were some what damaged
including those belonging to Dr.. Moore,
Nos. II and 16 East Orange street. AMI
occupied respectively by Mrs. Hetty Fran
ciScus and Moses HOllinger, who lose from
$50 to 500 each and have no insurance.
The front wall four. stories high, with
basement entrance, aud constituting ono
of the most shapey fronts in tho city,
stood it's exposure TO tho intense heat very
well and remains firm and erect, despite
the fall OF its supports.
rhe Building and I:.sinsss
The Inquirer building was RECENTLY Dur
c,aed from the heirs of = A. Wylie Inv Tn,
Iuuui;er printing comnany- for tn. SIM,
of S29. 900. and the cOmpany (who bay., ,
occupying it for many yoarsj were Il, hay,
had tho deed Of ownership transferred to
them ON the 1st Of April next. The i'll
surance ON the building was only Sla. 500
Tho stsrsotype FOUNDRY.
An inventory of the personal pr,nertv
in tho building was taken lat month an.,
f,,tod nm a6S OOO ON ,-h;,h ,h,.,, : ..
w oi $500 Gao ono Th. n,'n nsrsnu, snsro Is IN
perty consisted in mart of the most com
pletely equipped printing Office in central
Including five largo Adam,
power presses. live otL.r cylinder presses
five lob presses. an immsnse omar.
tity OF type. cuts, plates and every
thing else PERTAINING to a first .c;aSs
printing establishments. Tn, bnsiness
Office Occupied = mart of the frat
floor front the paper room tho central
part Of tho first floor the press rooms the
rear portion of the first and second floors
4 part of the fourth floor the lob room. and
the fifth floor the c,mDOsiny rooms rh,
rear part of the fourth floor was Occu-
pied as a stereotype foundry, and here the
loss was very heavy, including not only
all the apparatus and machinery, but also
The stereotype plates of many yaluablo
School Journal, Godey's Lady's
Book, tho Penn Collection of Music,
Crban's new book on life in rebel prisons,
md many others. Tho stereotyping Of
Drban's book had Just boon completed and
,he last g form " was ready for tho press.
Now every vestige Of it, including tho
has been destroyed except il
Jingle printed copy which the author had
to use while soliciting subscrip-