Daily Republican., 1882-05-27
THIRD EDITION.
= he frey Element.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST EDITION.

CONTINUED FROM FIRST EDITION.
A member of the firm says he hardly
thinks it was set on fire, yet he did not
see how.it could catch fire, as there
had been no fire in any part OF the
building " here the fire troke cut, tor
two wet lls From the manner IN
which NE fire spread, tits believed ny
many 10 have been set on fire, although
this II m.re conjecture ON the part OF
7iuzau5 ~ G works were in operation
IN tolrfru'tlocs, and ab0ut10 O'Clock
.ne eu- .prr Went through the entire
bridi-2 = nd everything was all righ''
The aluro loss 1T is thought will
rcuu rI,. sum OF $4,000 on which there
fsAl iu:Ug.rce ot S+A 800,
ruU INSURANCE..
Nw r1uaug WAS insured for SIS, SOC
dirll.3 rp Il the following companies,
PlurN Vt Hartford, =, 800; Hartford
of harttor., 81, 800; Farmers Mutua si
tins cty, $1,000; Delaware Fire, OF nis
city, I,jUO Lancashire, OF Engana'
$4,000; Niagara, of New York, roo0;
Union, of Philadelphia, $1,000" totai'
$4,000. 40,
The stock was insured for va, ,Ooo
with ano her $1,000 policy in doubt anu
was divided up as follows: -Etna, OF
Hartford, $1,000; Springfield, OF Spring
fed, Massachusetts, 1000; lnsur-
ance Company ot Gorth America,
Of Pbila s., 500; Faruers Mutual, this
CITY, $500: New Castle Co. Mutual,
$1,000; Royal of Liverpool, $1,000;
Phmnix. of London, 81, 800; Delaware
Fire, 81 600; toal, $4,000. Thee is
a,other policy ,Jf $1,000 on stock, which
ia In doubt. This makes the total in
surance of IA, 900 on stock and build
ing. againsG the estimated loss, S75, 600.
The con panies in which the building
is insured are represented as follows
Phoenix, of Hartford, and Hartford, OF
Kartford, by James Woolley; Niagara,
of N4w York, by L. P. Buck q Co., the
Lancashire, of England, and Union, OF
philadelphia, by 4. A. Van Trump.
! Insurance on stock, Aetna, of Hart
ford, Insurance Co., of North America
and the Springfield Fire and Marine,
of Mass, are represented by James
Woolley; Royal, of Liverpool, L. z.
Buck & Co., and the Phoenix, of Lon
don, by Gilpin & Co., the remaining
are home companies.
The factory was one of the largest in
the city and gave employment to about
John Merrick, who carried on the car
riage business for two years and sold
out to the present firm, who have built
up an extensive trade throughout the
Southern, Middle and Western States.
In connection with their works, in this
city they have repository on Broad
street, above Race, in Philadelphia,
aud another at Charleston, South Caro-
lima.
At the time OF the fire the firm had
ore dozen carriages already boxed,
ready for shipment to-day, all of which
were burned with the exception of one
that was saved.
They were built to 60 to Australia
The firm have already rented the old
Huntzberger building, corner Water
and Market streets, where work will
be resumed at once and all orders will
be promptly attended to. In the mean.
time the old building will be rebuilt
All the workmen employed in the
building, lost all their tools, on which
there is no insurance. Among the
loosers are W. Kilvington, M. Perkins
Wash. Cornell, julius Shepperd, Bill
Meany, John Perkins, Ruth Hail, John
Henderson, Theo. Mccall, Ed. Thomas
John Mortimer, V. Harrison and Others
in the wood shop, and James Saville
Dennis MacInteer, Jas Hall, VIII
Moreland, Frank Thomas G. Woodward
Walter Young, A. King, VIM. Gall
agher, VIM. Davis, Fred Liegler,
Louis Dickinson, John sMontgomery
Frank File, Pat Lam bert, Sewel Nor
row, Hugh Conusl and others in the
trimming rooms.
During the progrss of the fire severa
persons we're slightly injured while on
gagged in removing the contents from
the inside. Mr. Kendall was severely
burned about the heck and hands
Wm. West, cut lis hand severely
while earring out sheet iron; Il. Hard
castle, while assisting in removing the
safe, sprained his wrist severely. Thi
morning all the carriage men in the
city offered their show rooms to the un
fortunate firm, in which to stow thei
work.
The company are loud in thei
praises of the firemen, policemen ane
citizeus who assisted last night in re
moving the contents from the build
ing.
Richard Crook and 3. Fritsch's, VIII
manufacture files, and have room il
the basement of the building, togethe
with one of King street, loose Sio
worth of unfinished files On which ther
is no insurance.