The daily gazette., 1882-12-13
A MILL BURNED
If Persons IpJured-HeSSy
A Num"'' ossas sustained.

- persons Injured-Heavy
4 N"" Losses Sustained
ADous wi" ant IN the cotton and woolien
ir croAe Aer "a as the Enterprise MIL, on Main
pll Know ".r Ridge avenue, Manayunk, and
street, wa hremen could check the namee
Wore tn,f InI u .be property was destroyed, snd
ibouI na'' 1oyen persons we're more or less
hleasi = ,nInred pJd The mill consisted OF q
shOusf '"hstantial stone structures, built
Rfles o. -. sySl Samuel 3. Keely. The largest
b lSlo 10, ave story building, f08 by 90
d iOrfs, entirety gutted, and the fourth
iFl, iFl,a% wa storles Of square building, north
snd nlIn ,ar,,e mill. separated from II by an
tne iH feet wide, were burned out. The
Lg oo soors and those Of two smaller struc-
iSr,. %rsi Immediately adjoining were drenehed
FIn "a'C Soors of al the buildings were con-
~. iSa ether by doors or by bridges over
lselsI lnacc between the two larger buildings.
&.PIL fnIly a. high as the mill itself,
lO'IInn,rediately O'In, at the east. From tke two
Tns' ,", .tores Of the large building light
VIZ IT, hrldges were thrown out to the hill
and these were made to serve In
~ga a,e.eseanes. The entire first floor
ku oorunied y, by Joseph NJ. Adams, woollen
2he second and third 1oois and the
% and Ann of the 40 by 10 building
p-'I u.sd as a spinning mill for cotton and
.J .nIlsn warns by Kelly & Wilhere, and the
.',,s aoors Of the two large buildings were
M M'a"asd hy Lord & Conner, IN the same
~ X business. The upper floor was rented
" Jobp Wilde j. Bro, also spinners Of car
Y wrns About 100 men were employed
nv NJ fire broke out In the picker room on
a, nurth iloor of the northernmost build
- cIose to the bridge. It was first dis
.Ts.,.d in the waste box by one of the
-",tmep. who barely had time 10 drop q
,srSe Of material he was carrying and run
.,os. the bridge. The floors were strewn
IN the in1ammable material, and In an
s.,spt the flames filled the room, ran acress
a bridge and filling the north cnd of the
ane aoor of the other building, at once cut
4 the means of escape for the thirteen
,-rms at work there. The only stairway
the large building was ut the north end,
al his was the portion first attacked by
be flames.
The employees on the ffth floor and those
"A The lower floor seem to have escaped
y,hOut any accidents, but the working
sOOe on the fourth floor were hemmed In.
Ertupately a large rope which had been
ned in hosting bales OF material to the
nrous aoors, hung ON the outside of the
vVth front, and the greater number of the
un and girls escaped with comparatively
Ifht injuries, by sliding down this. The
n spread 80 rapidly, however, that num-
IN we're burned by the flames.
A grl named Mary Conner,aged IA years,
kam0 frantic with terror and jumped
hru south window, falling to the ground
nd breaking her spinal column. She was
AIMED to her home, where she Is now in a
usarious condition. Walter Trout, IL
nan DID, also jumped or fell from the
huhh story and had his hip broken. Robert
Nlnh, aged 10 years, slid down the rope,
lul bis arm was caught by an iron hook and
as fesh torn from above the elbow to the
ukt William Everman, boss carder,
p1ined his ankle aud had both hands
dly burned and torn while going down the
nr. His son William, youth 10 years
"a, was burned by the fire about the head
nd neck, and his hands were rather badly
lurby the rope.
Two young women, Susan and Mary
Hdman, aged Is and 10 years, escaped by
sans of the rope, but both were somewhat
iln shout the hands. Mary fell when part
dht way down, but her fall was broken by
inm who stood beneath, and her most
kr0usiniury was a sprained ankle. James
Wiley, aged ID years, was badly burned
lhOut the face, head and arms. A man
nna Hunsworth and girl named Hopes
vtNLSo reported as having been hurt, but
10 PARTICULARS could be obtained. The
confusion was frightful, and 1t was difficult
% Aserialn the exact extent of the casual
lA, All of the injured persons were taken
u their homes.
The losses are varlously estimated at from
Woe to $4,000. Mr.. Kelley, owner of
v building, says that they were valued at
tsIVU, and that they were insured to the
lnountoi Sl2 900. The loss will about equal
reinsurance. Joseph NJ. Adams estimates
lAiO. at about Sl1 900, ON which there Is
y Insurance Of 81, 800. Lord & Connor fix
aaf loss at 50 900, which Is covered by In
annse to the extent of $500. The loss
ilAned by Kelley d Wilhere is estimated
IsssOOO and their insurances amount to
WV, placed principally In companies out
philadelphia. John Wilde 81 Bro. Is loss
seunated at $4,000, but the figure is
NOght to be large.
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