The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-01-27
FURIOUS FLAMES.
Quaker City Firms Burned Out.
Several Big Wholesale Houses Completely
Ruined-Estimated Loss Over Million and
2HaH Dollars-Other News.
Destructive Conf1agration.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 24.-To-night q
Are started in the chimney of the extensive
dress goods, millinery and trimming store of
Marks Bros, corner Eighth and Arch streets
and was thought to be under control when
suddenly the store was found to be mass Of
flames. A stiff southwesterly wind soon
famed the flames across Eighth street to the
large millinery store of Adolph Heller, and up
Eighth to Shoneman Bros extensive trim
ming and notion store. By this time 1t was
evident that fully million and half of dol
lars worth of property was doomed to de-
struction.
Up to o'clock the following establishments
had succumbed: Marks Bros, Adolph Hell
Ter, Shoneman Bros, Strouse, Tanhauser &
Co, trimmings, 1913 Arch street; w. II. Clark,
agent for Buttericks patterns, $40 Arch
street, and Mrs. Avan's boarding house In the
same building.
A large number of stores in the south side
OF Arch street were damaged by heat and
Hooded with water to such an extent that
their loss will be quite heavy. Among them
Eigth and Arch, NJ. Pollock, embroideries,
In the second story, and Hornung's pho
tograph gallery in the third floor Of the same
building; Frederick Knoppel, Candy manufac-
turer, corner of Eighth and arch; s. A. Bies
81 CO., feathers, SOC Arch street: Daniel
Arch; William Mencke & Bro, dress trim
mings, SO4 Arch, and William A. ShuSler
restaurant, SOP Arch and SO North Eighth
street.
The fire was still burning flercely at o'clock,
but 1t was thought that the greatest damage
bad already been done.
Shortly after IL o'clock violent explosion
occurred, said to have been caused by the
chemicals in the Paridigos establishment
After the walls on the other side of Eighth
street had tumbled in the fire began to ex-
haust itself and the tiremen were better able
so put in some effective work The heat from
the fire was so intense it was impossible to
stand within several hundred feet of
the building. The flames shot out of
the Marks building and and across
Arch street with great fierceness, set
ting fire to the building on the southwest
corner of Eighth and Arch streets, occupied
by Frederick Knopple, confectioner If was
with the greatest difficulty that the building
and the stock of the several occupants were
saved. KDopple's loss Will amount to several
thousand dollars, fully covered by insurance
No. 81 Arch street Is Schuster's cafe and
confectionery store. The roof and woodwork
on the Arch street front of the house were
burned. Mr.. Schuster has an insurance Of
$4,000 on it.
At 2:30 g. N. the fire seems to be well under
control.
s. The estimated losses foot up 81, SOC, 000
1t Is impossible to give anything more than
rough estimate of losses, aud the heaviest
of these are Parks Bros. $500, 000 $honeman
Bros. SO 900. J. 81 II. Baxter dealers in os-
trich feathers, $4,000. Among the other
places either wholly or partially destroyed are
w. {. Young, stained glass; Gallagher IL
Casey, leather goods; Roderigeaux IL Co,
feathers; A. Rice millinery; Schroeder IL
Hillary, gloves; Novelty suit company and A.
X. Hano. All carried large stocks