The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-11
The Extensive Arrat Mills Destroyed and the
Beatty Mills Heavily Damaged-Im-
mense Quantity of Stock Burned
Newark, o., the Scene of a Fire Which
Destroys Several Business Houses.
And Inflicts Loss Amounting to.$125, ,0O0--
Nine Buildings Destroyed at Ashtabula
Church Burned-Other Fires.
A MILLION DOLLARS GONE.
Burning OF the Arrat and Beatty Mills, Caus.
Ing Very Heavy Losses.

Ing Very Heavy Losses.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 10.-The extensive
mill buildings in Kensington, known as Arrat's
mills and Beattys mills. occupying two blocks,
bounded by Emerald, Letterly, Taylor and Coral
streets, and separated by Adams street, were de-
stroyed by fire this morning, involving loss es-
timated at 81. .000, 900. The buildings were oc-
cupied by about dozen firms engaged in the
manufacture of hosiery, cotton and woolen yarns
jerseys mill machinery, ETC., all of whom lose
heavily on machinery and stocks. All the firms
had large stocks of manuf actured goods on hand.
which had already been sold to dealers, to be
delivered on Feb. !. 1t being Sunday it is
is difficult to obtain the individual losses. the
members of the different firms residing in vari-
Gus parts Of the city. remote from the scene Of
the fire.
The fire broke out in Joseph Greer's dye
room, and the flames spread so rapidly, after
the first alarm was given, that two
additional alarms were sent in bringing
large number of engines and trucks to the
scene The iremen were delayed considerably
by reason of the snow and the frozen condition
of some of the fire. plugs, and the extreme cold
also interfered with their work. The flames
passed rapidly through the Arrat buildings and
across Adams street to the Beatty mills In
about two hours, when the fire was checked, the
Arrat buildings, with their contents, were COM
pletely destroyed and the Beatty mills were
ruined, the portion of the contents which
escaped the flames, being also totally
ruined by water and smoke. 1t was only by the
most vigorous and systematic work that the
dwellings and houses opposite the burning
buildings were saved The estimates of individ-
ual losses obtanable tonight are:
The Arrat Steam-power Mill Company, coD-
sisting OF eight buildings, $l000O Joseph Greer.
manufacturer of ginghams, wooden and cotton
goods, $l00 000 Stead & Miller, upholstery
goods $l2O. 0OO Robert Beatty, cotton hosiery.
yarn, spinning. ETC.. $12500O; Firth & Forth
Bros, dyers, $90000 VIM. Beatty, owner of
eight mill buildings, and manufacturer of cotton
ginghams. ETC., $45 00O Joseph Hodgson, up
holstery goods, $45,OO0 Thomas Henry g CO.,
cotton yarn and hosiery. $35. 900; The James
Smith Manufacturing Company, manufacturers
of machinery for working wool, $50. 600 to $40
900; Henry Grant, WOODEN yarns, $20 000 insured.
The losses of the other occupants of the build
ings, estimates of which could not be obtained
tonight. are trifing in comparison with those
mentioned. All the firms mentioned are heavily
insured, the insurance in each instance nearly,
if not quite covering the loss About nine hum
dred hands are thrown out of employment by
the fire, the Greer establishment alone employ
ing $50, Stead 8 Miller It's, ana Robert Beatty
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