Daily Republican., 1888-09-10

L. Il. 0uiKlsy's nxcFooee Factory in
Huius-Ihe EstimGtodl Loss About
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A"t"5-AH~ A~AAA@t0N5 Ses@ AD~HN ,
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About 3 O'Clock yesterday morning
the watchman At the morocco factory
OF ]. T. Quigley, Fourth and Monroe
streets, discovered that the building
was on Gre. and ran ont In the street
giving the alarm, Merris Taylor, who
happened to be passing along, struck
box "a, at Fourth and Madison streets,
but from some cause this was only CON
10 uniuAted 10 the WeooAooe engine
house. At tho Friendship house No. 81
was registered, and that company,
with engine and hose cart, proceeded
out Tenth street to Broome before
they ABctrtAined where the Are was,
thus causing q loss Of much valuable
time.
Tae same WAS the case ct LeArly all |
OF the other engine houses and conse.
quantly considerable confusion ensued.
The WsccAcoe wEB on the ground In |
Ave minutes after receiving the alarm,
and As soon 81 the engine WAS in ser.
vice the horsea were taken 10 the
Phmnix house, one of whose horses has
been out of service since July 4th, and
the apparatus OF the company taken TO
the Are. By the time all ths OomPAAiss
had reached the scene the large six story
building Was burning Heroely. The
tire shot out from every window and
the heat was so great as to drive the
crowd of spectators back, but notwtth.
standing the intense heat the tiremt n
worked nobly and kept the streams
constantly playing on the burning
mass. The wire ecreans On the lower
windows were greatly in the way Of
dremtn and finally were broken do wn|
and tho streams turned in.
Several barrels OF oil in the Rtore room
exploded with loud report, and added
moro fuel to tho flames. Tue scsne 1t
this time was gtaad beyond description,
and was Viewed BY thousands OF specta.
tors. Frcm avsy window In the large
building huge tongues Of flames leAped
forth, 50 though In search Of mole to
dettroy Showers OF sparks were rising
high In the air AND falling on the roofs
Of the surrounding buildings for squares
around, and some were even carried by
the wind TO the p, W. b B. Railroad
station. The roofs In the vicinity were
covered with people who kept them
continually wet TO prevent their igni-
} ting, while those residing on the oppos-
J lite side OF the street from the fire had
: their garden hose attached to the wash
payes and wet the fronts Of their houses
to prevent the paint being bltstered.
Notwithstanding the Efforts Of the
hremen the flames burned stubboFniy,
and for time 1t seemed as though the
water thrown into the burning mass
did NOT hAvs the slightest effect. The
fiTemeD, however, continued TO work,
and although 1t was evident that the
large factory could not be saved, IL eco i
became evident that the Are would be
. con fined to that builiinR and the prep
eFty in the vicinity saved. In two
hours snd half after the alarm was
given the hre WAS practically extiD-
Rulshad, and sll the oompSDies except
tho WeD ,Aooe left the Ccsne. That com.
pAuy still continued to play on the
ruins until O'Clock TO prevent any
possibility OF the Are breaking out
again. After the steamer OF this com
pany was taken to the engine house a
plug Bt.snm was kept in service nearly
all the morning.
There was no Gre OF any description
10 the building, As eYsn this fires under
= the boilers hnd oeen drawn on Saturday
: night, consequently there is no clue tc
Its origin Ths wAtehmAn says that he
! discovered the fire ain room In the
= second floor near the centre OF the build,
/, leg, and Immediately ran to the street
> and gave the alarm Harry Wilson, q
finisher employed Ia the building, who
. | vts In the vicinity, heard the watch
man when he cried FIRE, and immedi'
: ats!y rushed from his house TO the ffe
> He buried through the Ctfi5e to the
second hlor ard found the FIRE abont
. the centre. The entire room WAS Ablazet
. and upon finding that the wind wa
i driving the flames through the dool
i which he had opened he closed 1t and
: retrsated to the atrsst From this TooH
! the fire rapidly spread to all parts OF th'
!, factory.
The building was erected In 1881, ANT
= WAS ; slX-atOry structure, five Of Thict
Il were brick and one wood. 1t was abou
4. 120 feet long and 35 feet deep, with
Y wing so feet In depth and OF the SAM
:, height. At the east end Of the Quigle!
NJ building was lve-Story brick buildinl
!. abont GO feet front and extending Daoi
,e about the same distances, owned an
formerly conducted by the j. II. Tay 10
Company, but lately leased and run Q!
Hg, @ sigley in connection with hi
other building. Both OF these building
10 with their contents Eere destroy ed ,onl,
=, the walls remaininR sssnding.
!" Mr.. Qaigley aud hr Bookius, th
y superintendent, were apprHsd Of th
: lire about o'clock Aud hurried to tn
sosne, where they remained untll lat
y yesterday attsfnoGn. Mr.. Qdtgley st
~ cured his books aud papers from tn
. safe unlpiured, and In snswer to
~ question said that his loss on stoe
.. would not bs legs than Sl00 00Oi bat b
u was not PREPARED to estimate bis loss
= the buildings Competent judges, how
10 ever, say that it cannot bs less tha
As S35 coo, and probably mere.
q There were 500, 900 worth OF tnishe
= ekins boxed aud piled up In the sho'
u, room next to the effi SO, besides 5000
O. O. worth Of Tampieo skins piled up In Ii
rs s,s storero I'm at the end OF the building
~ ls which had only been received wee
~ befOie laet.
q. All the skins that are saved are thol
ne that were In the lime, and these will
on worked ont this week at the works {
10 the Pusey q Scott Company, the insu
ID auos companies having given permi
aion to have this done.
Thers ia an insurance Of $50 600 Q
the building, machinery and stoc.
ty $40 900 Of which lie placed with Il.
o. Gnpln q Go -, and $50, coo with Il:
,rt Van Trump, On the Taylor butldiI
N there is an Insurance of So 800 with
"a. l. GIlpin 81 90 and 1000 with Il
IL New Castle Mutual Insurance ooI
St psny.
OF people yesterday, who were kel
from yeDturinR intl danger BY fop
N, which vera stretched soIoss the stret
w w. and by the presence of several poll
w. offi lers. There Ia very little OF '
building, except the walls, leit stSn
.n ing. and portions OF them nav, nav ~ III IL