Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-23

nickcY & CnnipamIs Flour Store
HuFped Ont.

DichcY * GumpamY Flour store
Burned out.
EeAt TAO O'clock saturday morning, when
hundreds o. people wers going TO work
an alarm OF Ore from box 90 called the
tiremsn TO blaza in the big hour and
feed store q Dicksy i Co., at tae north.
east corner o. Front and Orange streets
Great cloud4 OF st.ltng smoke buag yer
portions Of the city, obscuring the vision
fur any great distercs, aud psoul4 who
hurried to the toens were led TO believe
that almost the entire lower section o.
the city was on Are.
This dense ycums Of smoke was caused
by the burning OF about 80 tons Of bsisd
hgy and about 10 tons OF bgled st!aw,
which completely filed the second story
OF the Building. Il was stubborn ME
and GltGough under thu eircuu stancss
there was no danger Of its spread, il topS
Job like patience to extingGish '! and
Il Was 1890 o'clock before the fire. c5m
panies Glased work Enough water was
poured into the building 30 Btart NINA
ture Niagara from q second door door cat
to the sidewalk, bat the hay was so
closely packed Ard the fire WAC so in
volyed in il that tho water ccGid not
roach 1t Gsosps by SOAKING the eatl.e
floor
The fro wa' discovered hy john
Mcguire WHO Tas in DJugAerly'S siLb,e
On tie opposite corner. IEomss F.ial
driver FOR IicSey It Company had jasS
started tie in the GfiicS Rad kneg p2sL-
ins Of The blaze OYER heai. Waan BIZ.
Mcguire discovered il, slUgs W. ta,asrg
from under tte ROOT Just a. t5e eeggs
above Tie cGi'q, although tl9 Yea 81
blaze voF in ;re othor end Hdip liag the
Mai;oa = Ebhnn Comptny'l Ufila. Ia
ward Farley La7 juRt coms GU, o. the
hoaso wien he tAw the sD0ae isSailg
from various paris OF tho root and H.
gave the alarm. the Famt House 1on-
paay had alTehiE hrrred 10 the 3sa9p hs.
fore the alarm waa stuck. All six erEiues
OF tho depsr,nani wsre IN Serves
tsr2uRLoct me IRE and the Wash Gs tOn
end Tame Iosr each put iva tsta ms
apiece on the burning bnilGng, thus
UaK ng eight solid streams Of wafer.
l'uz almost al aoor this immense valama
o. watsr secuted 70 have but li;t!e sSucs
in subduinR the fame. Immense volumes
OF gysYish smoke Issued ftom every
ct.6ne in the building, curling beautifully
dEyward aud pragGnting c grand sight
frJ1 Ec Hstistic standpoint.
Sill, it WAS Gully d!siuserestei spscta-
tors who viewed the fire il that litat IS
the trstuea were kept husy 10 trying TO
fad ont where their stEeGas could play
to the beSt s-,iS.Itage.
Tbs hts "a. rendered intelligent ard
effective qgAs :. aad o cu.ious inc;leu:
in tho iuidt 81 the FIRE vas more service,
able In sut9Ilpg il than is generally
| appreciated. While the blaze vas i. lis
height, tbs Eteem generated within the
building or serne ether force, completely
severed part OF the roof from the main
frame WORK Gu The Front street siia for a
considerable disisncs, Wrapping tho r0ai
and leaving an aperture varying in wiith
| from few inches to O foot or more.
This gave the i.emsn an opportunity
I which they had been seeking i'll vain frcm
the beginning and the Washington then
! played steady RtreSm through this
openlrg on top of the Are rendering
/ effective service. The powerful streams
81 winter then found opportunity to Strif
the the roof OF shingles and soon the fire
men had ample access to the fames.
The hre was confined sllely to the
\ upper ti0ar and this damage On the frs,
/ floor is Gil caused by water The fire,
( door wns yell stocked with -four, feed
cats ard similar products, iRoludiua
some more hoy. Aouut two dozen barrel,
of -four in damaged condition, 200 Q,
| 800 grlsll sacks Of four aud few cific,
utensilH were saved. Otherwise the entir,
stock is tnla! loss.
Msssrs. Dickey and Neary, thssgex
county tax collectors, who comprise thu
firm Of Dicksy Il Conpsny, viewed tibet,
los phlldgopbically. Mr. Dickay stated
that they had Rhout So $40 worth OF
+, stock in tbs builltne on which they haze
en- Insurance Q. $4,000 10 the Kortl
American Insurance Company OF Phila.
delphia through 9ilpin & Company. 5e
remarked TINT they had soldaud emoyet
considerable goods within the past few
weeks and thst they have had as high o.
$4,000 worth Of stock there ut one time
DicksJ 4 Company had intended L
vacste the building on Marsh % Ii, wha.
they were going 20 retire from ths tl3ul
and feed business, TO engage in the
clothing business.
The building is partial loss. II is
substantial, two story Structure, rs fee
front on Fropt strest and about 40 foe
deep aud belongs to the James alderdia,
estate for watch iIenld y Company AZ
agents. The mBia franz WORK is no
burned, although the roof is tntRll,
wrecked. The loss OH the building vii
not he over ~ 500, which is coysro1 b,
Insurance. The tGla, loss fSota tho fir,
is aDunt 5000 III origin ia unknown
% taero Va unfre IN tic huilding bu
a. IL.