Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-13
THIRD EDITION
Elkk LAST UlGAr.
A Fs~ns street. buildiDg 10 DuPsed
for shs F0aPsh lime.

A Frsss street. buila iss 10 DUPsed
for shs FSaRsh l1me.
Last evening about GAS o'clock, -
Ia Councilman James Carmichael,
- lth his son Alfred l.. Carmichael and
Frank Emmons we're coming W West
=, rect from the HaI Ian IL H0llingsworth
Company's yard, the elder Mr.. Car
michael notice smoke coming from
FGUl street, aud upon turning the cor
LtI be saw that 1t proceeded from tie
w'lCow nearest West street, Of The
xrst mill Of Nn. Il. Valentine, 3Oo W .
Fronts rec, MI. Carm' chael, ST., ran
10 box %, at second and Shipley streets.
aud struck the ala run, VIII his son and
MI Emmous stuck box "A, at Front
and JusJlsOn streeos' botA boAuh
struck almost simultaneously, causing
some confusion IN the alarm.
In ten minutes the y hole department
was upon the ground and playing
streams vigorously into the burning
building. Chief e. giueer Murphy and
Assistant Mccall. sy directed the Are
men and where kept busy giving
orders. For over half Al hour, great
volumes of smoke with occasional small
tongues of fame burst from the build
ing until 0.35 o cloCF when Ali i'm mense
sheet of flame came II ] ing through tie
roof, and great bodle of sparks flew
twenty feet into TIE ar, which, With the
smoke sud .er, mad' d. si,ht vi muCh
grandeur an u."knl eonce.
\ few miAu - at, tins flames ap-
Al r,tIall
ttres5 Tell Crushing tArou IA the root OF
the Stable az. Hare house Of John A
Wi. ,UE. The lrUuG val. bel gan 10 crack
and the hrtmsI Here warned, but had
scarcely gUt JGolI ladders away when
down Ii came With crash. Consider
able apprehension existed, least some
one was near II waeu Ii fell. lnvtstlga-
t!on discovered no one injured.
The building continued to burn until
about one O'clock. The sigma To stop
throwing water was given at ii 40, but
o single stream of water WAS continued
until after one this morning.
The tiremen were hAmpered seriously
In their labors, by the mass OF telegraph
wires in front OF tn. editice, and ex-
perienced much difficulty in getting
their ladders in position, but when
they succeeded in so doing rendered
efficient service.
They were covered with ice, and the
water drenchlng them To the skin fro2e
as it fell.
The burned building was owned by
Mr.. Valentine. 1t Is three-stury
structure, and has fatality about 1t,
this being the fourth tlme 1t has suffered
by fire. The fret time when Walters
saw mill burned about titen years ago,
again about eight years ago, at this time
another story was added, aud the third
time abou. two years ago. A number
Of persons speaking Of the building say
it Is wonder that all the walls did
not crack aud tall, as they are only
nine inches thick and have stood ire
three previous times, beinV cracked
then.
The builLiAs . mAn.lertiy unsafe
ard ohoud GUILe down. There we're IL
The time OF Ine ire, IL
baII-.o T.. D., ,.I-. lot II ground
feed, whta ..,... o.I", buck wheat,
etc. Mr. Nalent.ne estimate his Ioss
at = 900 Oh the building and 3 600 on
the stock and maoLlrery. 10 Offset
this there are s. 900 lLsurauCe IN The
Philadelphia Fire Insurance Company
OF Philadelphia q 500 IN the Farmers,
Mutual Insurance Company, OF Phiia
de- phia, aud S2, 900 III the New York
Bone Insurance Company Of New
YORK city,
The building Of e, Mitchell, Jr,, al
No $40 was damaged ~ the extent If
Rnln ,,r.rai hy
auce in the Union, Of PhIlsdel phia.
VIM. f. Thompson occupies the second
story Of this building IL the manufaC-
t1re of br shes.
His stock was also considerably dan
aged by water to the value OF 800, also
fully covered by insurance in the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Of
Hartford, Conn. Mr.. Thompson IS IN
the west, and as yet knows nothing Of
the fire. Ex-Chief of Police Maxwell
saved his books.
The stable and storehouse Of MIR WI
son, next to the buriDg building, had n
number of horses, carria ages, wagons,
and farming implements, also lot OF
bran. The moyabIes were all removed
to place OF safety as soon AZ the fire
commenced and consequently sustai ed
no damage. The root Of the building
was broken in when the east wall fell,
and seven tons Of bran were damaged by
water.
Mr.. Wilson : Ioss ia about 500, cover
ed with Insurance held IN the Queen
Of England Go.
The only serious accident reported is
that Of Thomas "A. Kenney, a mem Der
OF the WeCcacOe. He was holding q
pipe and it few Of, striking him ia tue
lett SIDE and injuring him severely. He
war taaeu TO his home, ga Elm street,
ia y carriage by Assistant Engineer
.HcDdltr"g When hurt, he was
faasu lL,J The store Of Charles +.
&r-ag, WHO did all that was possible
~ make hin comfortable. Tho cause
Of the ire IS uOt positively known.
The suspicion Ofincendiarism 10 no
doubt grUundless, as two tires were
burning IN the building, one in the
Office and the other under the boiler.
Two a the Front street cars were
delayed until after midnight. BY the
time they started they were flied with
persons who had entered to enjoy the
warmth from Lhe stoves
q
Tue rs q. l.. A.
The Brandywln- Catholic Library
Association held their eighth annus
ball last evening in the Brandy wine
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