Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-01-27
GREAT FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
A MILLION AND A-HALF DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROPERTY
DESTROYED.
PuILADELPUTA Ian 81

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. oil A
M.-At halfpast seven o'clock las
evening an incipieut ire occurred
in the northern end of the extensiv,
dress goods, millinery and trim
ming store of Marks Bros, north
west corner Of Eighth and Arch
streets, being caused by a defective
chimney. 1t was so slight that il
was so slight il was thought 10
have been extinguished before the
arrival Of the fire department. bat
few minutes after IL o'clock
another alarm came from the same
locality, and 1t was then discovered
that the ilames had broken out
alresh. This time the store was a
mass Of flames before the fire en-.
glnes arrived.
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 a
million and half of dollars worth
OF property was doomed to drstruc.
ton. The wind was Just sufficient
to fan the flames At every point.
and up to one o'clock this morning
the following establishments had
Succumbed TO their fury Marks
Brothers, Adolph Heller, Shone-
man Bros, StrOnse, Tanhauser X
Co., trimmings, 733 Arch street:
w. II. Clarke, agent for Rutterick's
patterns, 500 Arch street, and Mrs.
Avan's clearinghouse in the same
building. a large number OF stores
on the south side of Arch street
were damaged by heat and flooded
with water TO such an extent that
their losses will be quite heavy
Among them were Isaac Hirshberg
u Co., jewellers, southeast corner
Eighth and Arch VI. Pollock.
etc, in the second
story, and IIornung's Photograph
gallery, on the third floor of the
Frederick Knoppel, candy
manufacturer, southwest corner
Eighth and Arch 5. Abiles 4 Co.,
feather, No. 500 Arch; l.. Damien.
banms, Son X Elliott, sill, and
No. sos Arch; VIM. .
Mencke X Bro, dress trimmings,
No. SOi Arch, and VIM. II. Shns.
Ter, restaurant, Nos. 500 Arch and
iG North Eighth street.
Several narrow escapes were /
made by the firemen as the walls
If the different buildings fell With
rapidity, and many of
hem received severe cuts and
bruises from broken glass and fall.
ng cOrnices.
All street car traffic on Seventh.
eighth and Ninth streets, north
md south, and Arch and Filbert
ireets, east and west, has been
topped. The fire was still burning /
lercely at one o'clock, but it was /
honght that the greatest damage
Iad already been done.
At > O'Clock the fire was gotten
nder control, hut it required the l
horts o. almost the entire fire de.
to bring the flames into
ubmission. 1t Is impossible at I
his time to give anything more
han a rough estimate of the losses,
nd the heaviest OF these are Marks
iros., whose loss will probably be
yer $500, 900; ShOneman Bros,
10000; j. x l. Baxter, No. 73I
Irch street, second floor, dealears
! ostrich feathers, SO, 600, all of
Inch are nearly covered by in
The scene of the fire was
ut short distance from the dis
strous cOniagratiOn which visited
.rch street, between Seventh and
lghth streets, about two years
go, the ruins of which have just
zen covered with handsome and ,
np0sing business structures.- y
ortunately these were saved from
lin tonight. y