Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1886-01-27
A GREAT FIRE.
A Number OF Business Firms and
q Hotel Burned Out at
Philadelphia.
Total Loss About Half a Million
Dollars - Exciting Scenes
and Incidents.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January 20 -
The five-story brick building Nos. us,
III and 7l9, Arch street, vas discov-
cred 10 be on fire at 1885 o'clock this
morning. The flames quickly COM
inundated TO No. 72l Arch street. The
building in which the FIRE originated
Is one Of the handsom est on Arch
street, and was erected three years
and half ago by Elliston p. Morris.
The upper floors were occupied by the
firms OF Lehman 4 Bolton and Pack
ard, Butler & Partridge, photographers,
ana Crosscup & West, photo-engravers.
Each OF these firms will suffer q total
loss. The first floor was occupied by
Monroe Bros. 4 Co., wholesale shoe
deslers. The building No. 72l Arch
was occupied by j. May & Bros, deal
ers in straw and millinery goods. The
firemen, finding their efforts to save
Mr.. Morris's building unavailing. d.
rected their streams TO the st. Cloud
Hotel, which adjoins Immediately on
the east. The guests In the st. Cloud
Hotel, who had all retired Tor the
night, were startled nv the frantic
shouts OF Fire! fire - which came
from the fourth floor. A boa der occu-
plying a room on the western end was
one OF the & ct TO discover the fl imes.
and his cry OF warning created a panic
in the hostelry. The guests rushed
from their rooms partially dressed in
to the corridors and downstairs to the
Office. The female guests were escort
ed safely to quarters in the neighbor-
hood, while the gentlemen, with grip
sacks and others Juggling their trunks,
looked after their own interests. There
were dozens of
EXCITING INCIDENTS AND scENEs
attendant upon the retreat from the
hotel, but no accidents were reported.
At las o'clock the front wall OF the
Morris building fell with loud crash
into the street. This was soon after.
ward followed by the fall Ct the side
wall upon the warehouse at Nos. III
and 72S, occupied by J. May & Bro.
Their roof was crushed and the building
shattered by the burning debis. A
number OF bSildings on the south side
OF Arch street were damaged by fire,
aud the contents suffered from water
These we're occupied by M. J Fahey
& Co., dealers in furs; p. g. Fullweil-
Ter, importer and manufacturer OF CT
CARS; Semminway & Sons Silk Com
pany the Photographic establishment
Of I. Gutckunst, and 5. X. Womrath.
dealer in furs. The Harris building,
just opposite the Morris building, was
BADLY burned about the front and up
per stories, but the fire was prevented
from spreading further by the firemen,
who at once directed several streams
on the builuing. This structure is
large iron building, five stories high,
and extends from Nos. 720 TO 72i. 1t
is occupied by the following firme, all
OF whom are loser. to some extent by
fire or water: Gillander & Sons, glass
manufacturers; Harris Bros, printers;
j.. s. Custer, millinery goods, end ID.
A. Hunter. There are also several
other firms which have office room in
the place, but their losses will be
slight. The double building Nos. 723
and 725 Arch street, just west OF the
Morris building, is entirely burned
out. II was occupied jointly by May
4 Bro; Schroeder & HILLARY, manu-
iscturers and importers Of kid gloves;
the Metropolitan Straw Works, and A.
Rice, millinery goods. Shortly after .
o'clock it was evident that the
ST. CLOUD HOTEL WAS DOOMED,
as great volumes OF heavy, dark smoke
came pouring through the fifth floor
front windows. During the early stages
of the fire, and before ii had reached
the hotel, the police ran through the
latter buildings to awaken the guests
who had not previously been alarmed. |
Some of them were too sleepy to be |
aroused, and the officers were obliged
to break in q few of the doors to get
the people out. By 3 o'clock the cor
nice and portion OF the top story OF |
the hotel fell into Arch street, sending
up myriads OF cinders. At 3:45 o'clock
am. the fire was un Ter control. The
st. Cloud Hotel lessees are Messrs. j.
n j. N. Mullin. The hotel was five
story structure with fronting of some
eighty feet. 1t had accommodations
for $50 guests, and last night was filed
to two-thirds its capacity. The pro-
prietors say they value their furniture
and effects at $4,000, which is fully
covered by insurance. The owner of
the property 10 w. Price, the we'll
known paper dealer. The London
Hotel adjoins the st.
Cloud on the east side, and also
caught fire. The guests, who were
mainly permanent boarders, were d.
rected to leave il, and all of them
succeeded in saving their personal
The loss is now estimated
to be between $500. COO and $4,000.
THE INDIVIDUAL LOSSES
AZ far as ascertained, are as follows:
Monroe Bros. 4 Co., shoes, $4,000;
Lehman 4 Bo'top, lithograpte 6,
100000; ST. Cloud Hotel and furni-
ture, 100000; w. II. Butler, litho-
$4,000; +. Gutckunst, pho
$4,000 May & Bros, mil
merry, $4,000; Schroeder 4 Hillary,
gloves, SIS coo; George Harris & Sons,
printers, SIC, GOO; London House, $751;
900; A. Rice, millinery, $1,000; Gala
CHER 4 Casey, leather goode, $4,000;
five small dwellings on Winfred street,
$4,000.
Destroyed by the Carelessness of n
Lad.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., January 26--This
at about $3.50 o'clock the
Mill, situated in Smoky
Hollow, and valued at $4,000, was
burned to the ground, through the