Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-31
A Fire Wipes Out McClure's Planning
and Box Plant, and HuSsey,
Binns & CG.'s Shovel Works.
THE LOSS ESTIMATED AT $4,000.
A Mansfield Widow Married an Old Love,
and Now She Is Looking for
Him and Her Money.
PINE STATION HOUSE FOR PRISONERS
Tie Advance Man Of an Opera Company Charged
With Stealing a Bicycle.

Two large workshops were burned out
Penn avenue yesterday afternoon. The
loss viii be considerable.
WorEmen in Alexander McClure's plan
ing mill ard box factory, located on the
corner of Twenty-seventh and Railroad
streets. noticed smoke issuing from the
large building owned by Hussey, Binns &
Co, Just across the street, and instantly
turned in an alarm from box IS. The en-
c;ne companies responded, but when they
arrived the entire building, which was
iron clad was enveloped IN flames.
Chief Humphries sent in the extra call of
three threes, which brings out the next
three engine districts. To do so the Chief
had 20 hunt for telephone and send the
alarm in in that way. Box IS was located
on the Hussev. Binns & Co building, and the
flames had already burned the box and the
next two boxes were thus destroyed.
The Fire Extended Rapidly.
The flames were so rapid that they almost
Immediately communicated to the large
planning mill and box factory, and despite
The efforts of the department both buildings
were in less than an hour burned to the
ground The force of the fire was so terrific
that the men employed in the planning mill
had barely time to escape IN their shirt
sleeves. They managed to get some of the
books out Of the Office, but most of them
were destroyed.
The planning mill and box factory was a
large iron-clad building about 60x240 feet in
size. It was stocked with the latest i'm
proved machinery, and there was large
stock of wood in it. Mr.. Mcclure stated
that his loss would amount to between
so. 900 and SEQ, 600, and there was an insur-
ance Of from $50 900 to $40, 900. which had
been placed by J. w. Arrott. but in what
companies Mr. Mcclure could not tell.
Tie Hussey, Binns & Co. building wa; un-
occupied, that company having removed all
their machinery to Charleroi last April
The building was 60x164 with an 81" BOX
800 feet The loss on this property was
placed by the members of the firm at $4,000,
on which there is an insurance of $4,000,
placed by Mr.. Edwards.
The Origin Not Explained.
The fire started in the Hussey, Binns
& Co. building and its origin is some
thing Of a mystery. The members of
the firm stated that there has been no fire
in the building since they moved out, and
al that time the gas was taken out. There
was considerable talk about the delay of the
dcparrment in getting water to the fire.
III Mcclure said there was lapse of 80
minutes between the time of sending in the
alarm and the time the first stream was
turned on. The foreman of the Mcclure
mill put the time at 35 minutes Superin-
tendent Morris Mead, of the Bureau of
Electricity, said that it was impossible for
such a period to lapse. There was some de-
lay in sending in the second alarm for the
reason above stated. but that not more than
10 miUutes could have elapsed from the
rnse the iirst alarm was sent in until there
we're streams OF water on the fire