The times., 1888-01-27
MILLIONS In MILLINERY.
TIE FLAMES REvEL FOR HOURS
AMONG BONNET MATERIALS.

An Aggregate Loss of Property Amount
ing to $500. 600 In the rhiiadeirhI,
Feminine nead-Gear Distr 'ct-Excitin
Scene mt Chicago Fire-seven,y-G Gv,
Boys In n ranic--No One Badiy Hurt.
PUILA,ELfnA jim. pa -An alarm o
tiro was sounded from Ei ,hth and Arc
streets at o'clock Monday night The fir,
department responded promply. Tns Ii :,
proved 10 bo la a caimney, AMI, az sup,n l.
was put out without bringing the Il part
ment inio service At II D. m, anot eI
alarm was sounded from ths ss,ns loc,tioa
In a few moments the entire structure ol
Marks Dros.' millinery all lan,, wear,
northwest corner E ghth anI Arci, WI, re-
duced to ashes
The confiagration spread with almot in
credible rapidity and the heat was most In.
tense, the contents OF The buildings beng il,
the highest degree H. n ann ,ule In a very
fev minutes the fire hal made snc pro res,
thai tho fame, leaped across Wnrii til p'ac.,
little alioy separating MrkS b rs Iuirl-
ing from tlas OF Shonem IA B ~, -xten t,g
ON Eighth street from no TO i.2 anI selze /
upon it Their ferceness WAS checked, how
ever, by the Hrenen, and though the huil,l.
ing was ba,ily gutted il was not so enJirely dc.
siroyed as that of Marks Bros
AT the same Tins the inienss heat and the
flames act fire to the buildings on the east
side OF Eighth street These were oc upied
oy Adolph Heller. importer aud dealer in
milliner's goods, from No. i0i to liz, and
Strause, Thanhauser e. Co.. Nos iIS to Ilo
also dealers in millinery goois The build.
ings were old three story structures and we're
filed with the same class Of good, as the
buildings first on fire. Strause &c Than
kiauser & Co. also had front at 73s Arch
street, and tho rear Of this building also
caught
Shortly after Il o'clock violent exposiou
occurred said to have been caused by the
chemicals in Rodrigo's establishment After
ne walls on either sde of Eighth street. had
,nmoied In the fury OF the fire began to ex.
hanst isso'f, aud the tirenen were better
able TO put ID some effective work. The heat
from the fire for some tiE was so intense
that 1t was impossibls tostand wi hin several
hundred feet OF the burning buildings The
.mas shot out OF the Marks building 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 Kaapple, confectioner 1t was
with the greatest difficulty that the building
End several occupants were saved. Knapple's
toss can not b, estimated, but 1t will TO sew
pral thousand dollars; covered by insurance.
No 500 Arch street Il Shustcr's cafe aud
confectionery store Tho building is en
eLP.shaped one, and extends through to
Eighth street The roof and woodwork on
the Arch street front Of the house was burned.
Ne. Shuster has an insurance Of $500 on 1t
Other firms losing by fire and water were
William Mencke; Abel &; Co., importers Of
feathers and flowers, sOi Arch street; L.
Dounenbaum & Sons silk and millinery
goods, sos Arch; w. FL, Clark, Butterick's
patterns, aud Mrs Avornt, boarding house,
SOD Arch All the abov, were well Insured.
Al $3.50 a M. Tnesiay the fire was well
under control The estimated losses foot up
g.. zoo 600.