St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-11
A Million Dollars Worth Of Mill Property
Goes Up in Smoke at Ken
sington, Pa.
Several Persons Buried Beneath Falling
Wall at Mobile, One Being
Killed.
A Hundred Skaters Get Ducking I'm
London--Serious Ohio Con-
nagration.
Many Vessels Wrecked OF New Eng
Iand--The Rev. Jardine Kills
Himself.
A nIiIIion-noIIar Fire.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jan. 1O.-The ex-
tensiye mill building in Kensington known
as Arrots and Beatty's mills. occupying
two blocks, bounded by Emerald, Satterly,
Taylor and Coral streets. and separated by
Adams street, were destroyed by fire this
morning. involving a loss estimated at
81, 100000. The buildings were occupied
by about dozen firms, engaged in the
manufacture Of hosiery, cotton and wOolen
yarns upholstery goods, Jerseys and mill
machinery, all Of whom lose heavily on
machinery and stocks. All the firms had
large stocks of manufactured goods on hand
which had already been sold 10 dealers 10
be delivered on Feb. /. Ii being Sunday.
il is difficult to obtain the individual losses.
The members of the different firms reside
in various parts of the city remote from the
scene of the fire and the books from which
the figures could be obtained are
IN THE SAFES,
which are lying in the ruins. The fire
broke out in Joseph Greer's dryer and the
flames spread so rapidly after the first
alarm was given that two additional alarms
were sent out. bringing a large number of
engines and trucks TO the scene. FiTemen
were delayed considerably by reason of the
snow and frozen condition of some of the
ire-plugs, and the extreme cold also inter
fered with their work. The flames passed
rapidly through the Arrot buildings and
across Adams street TO the Beatty mills.
In about two hours, when the fire was
checked, the Arrot buildings with their
contents were completely destroyed and
the Beatty mills were in ruins. the portion
OF the contents which escaped the flames
being almost ruined by water and smoke.
1t was only by the systematic and vigorous
work that the dwelling houses opposite
the burning building were saved
THE ESTIMATES
Of individual losses obtained tonight are as
follows: The Arrot Steam Power Mills
company, owners of the Arrot mills block,
consisting of eight buildings, 500. 600;
Joseph Greer. manufacturers Of ginghams.
wOolen, cotton goods, etc, 500. 900; Stead
& Miller, upholstery. Sl2O, 100; Robert
Beatty, cotton hosiery. yarn, spinning, etc,
Sl25. 900; Firth & Foster Bros, dyers and
finlshers, $50. 600: William Beatty. owner
Of the eight mill buildings and manufacturer
Of cotton yarns. ginghams. etc, S45, 900;
Joseph HOdgSon, upholstery goods, S45,-
600: Thomas Henry IL Co., cotton yarn and
hosiery. S35, 600; The James Smith Manu-
featuring company, manufacturers of ma
chinery for working wool, $50, 900 TO S40,-
600; Henry Grant. wOolen yarns, $50, 000.
The losses of the other occupants of the
buildings, estimates of which could not be
obtained tonight, are trifling i'm comparison
with those mentioned. All the firms men
toned are heavily insured, the insurance in
each instance nearly. if not quite, covering
the loss. About 900 harNis are thrown out
of employment by the fire, the Greerestab-
lishment alone employing $50, Stead &
Miller 175 and I.obert Beatty 100.