Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-20
FOURTH EDITION
A Destructive Fire.

A destructive Fire.
About z 80 o'clock last evening o
alarm of fire was sour ded from box
ut Sixth and Tatnall streets, to whic
the entire department responded. ]
was caused by flames proceeding fror
Andrew Traynor's livery stable, O
Fifth street above Shipley, and wbe
the firemen reached the place the en- tir
upper part of the building was ablazt
There we're four horses in the stable O
| the first floor, and the FIRE was anon
the hay and straw on the upper fiooI
| Three of the horses were rescued by tn
stRbleman, ard the fourth, which be
longs To the city was taken out by Stree
Commissioner McCloskey, who worke,
hard to save the movable property
but everything of value on the first foo
was got out before the flames reached
that part Of the building.
In very few minutes after the alarm
was struck tho fremen were on tn
ground and In service, a half dozsl
streams being poured into the burninI
building. AS Il WAS evident the stabl
could not be saved, the efforts OF tn,
tiremen were directed 10 the surround
ing property and TO prevent the fir,
from spreading.
In this they were seconded by th,
residents of houses In the vicinity, VIII
were on their roofs with buckets o
water and kept them we'll drepched
Some of the tenants on Shipley snt
Orange streets moved their furniture
and in their haste had much Of IL
broken. Mccartney & Kenny at Fifth
and Shipley streets, sent their books L
q place Of safety, and all doing bushes,
In the vicinity were at their store,
looking after their property, but thu
firemen were doing every thing neces
sary.
In less than an hour after the alarm
was struck the interior OF the stable
was completely burned out and nothing
remained except the front and side
walls, the latter being badly damaged
The second floor contained eight car.
rjages. among which were several
owned by Archibald Given, John A.
Cannon, Hermann Lange and Thomas
L. Russell, the undertaken The latte I
also Lost his ice boxes. There was also
q small quantity Of hay and q half ton
OF oat straw on that door. The third
floor contained few sleighs, quantity
of oats, and two lots of furniture, owned
respectively by Mccartney & Kenny
and John A. Cannon.
1t IL said that there was no insurance
ON either the stable or its contents, and
Mr.. Traynor's loss will be about s., 900.
Mccartney, fKenny & Co., the furBi-
ture and carpet dealers at Fifth and
Shipley stress, will loose about $500
worth of stock aud in damag to their
building, but IL Is fully covered by iu-
surance.
The stock in the upho,sterirg depart
ment ct John a. Cannop's, n os 800 and
50I Shiploy street was damaged TO the
extent Of aboat 500, on which there is
no Insurance.. Two families who re
eide In the house threw part Of their
furniture ou5. aad 1t was badly dam
aged.
The builiing occupied by @. p. NJ
roEey, st No. 500 Shipley street, was
damaged to the amount Of 500.
TIE walls Of Sp akman's plumbing
O. adjustment at Nos. oil and 5l3
Shipley street, wers 90 hot that pei
son could not bear their hands On them :,
but by the { II .rts Of Charles Nostrand,
Jr., and others, who kept the wooc
work 6renched with water, il was pre-.
vented catching fire.
The basement OF the brick building
at No. SOP Orange street was foode0
with water, which il being pumped on,
this morning. The building IL owned
and occupied by Patrick Monaghan,
and the back buildings are damaged by
fire.
No. sos Orange street, 0 III ed and oo-
cupied by Mrs. Mary f Seal, wa dam.
aged to the extent of $500, by the rear
wall OF the stable failing upon the back
building. Fnlly insured. Joseph Seal,
who has been sick for ten months, was
IN this house and had to be removed BE-
two men who carried him out.
The other buildings in the vicinity
were not damaged, bnt had II not been
for the efficiency of the fire;uen, ard
the faithful manner in which they
worked, the Ere would no doubt have
been one OF the IL ost disastrous that
has visited this city for years.
j. q. Sssse q Brother, proprietors of
the Batnum Hotel, and the neiPhbors
generally, desire to return their thanks
to the fire department for the efficient
manner N which they prevented the
fire from catching TO their houses.
The cause Of the ire Las not been
asoe riained. l. was generally al
tributed, however, 10 spontaneous
combustion OF the oat straw, which was
new and green when put IN there two
weeks ago.