The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-01
FIFTH ED|lIO|



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The Furniture Establishment OF M
Megary q Son Badly Damaged by
Firs-NearIy ali the stock Ruined by
water-Loss Not Less Than $4,000.
Shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, great volumes OF smoke
were seen pouring out OF the windows
on the fourth floor OF the large furni-
ture establishment OF NJ. MeRary q
Son, at Sixth and Tatnall streets An
effort was made to stiike an alarm
from box No. 80, on the corner, but II
was found that it was not working. 4
man then ran to tho City Hall, but as
this circuit was also cut out Operator
Wallace struck an alarm on the bell
with hammer.
In the meantime William Z. Tuch-
ton despatched messengers TO the
Friendship, Washington and Wecoa-
coe engine houses, and ran to the
Fame Hose house himself. Tho lire-
mon responded as quickly as possibly,
but there was, otcourse, oonsiderable
delay, during which the lire spread
and made great Roadway. Mr., Me-
gary expressed the opinion that II box
so had been in working order. his loss
would not have exceeded &l00. When
the iiremen reached the scene Sixth
street was so filled with smoke. that 1t
was almost unbearable. and the crowd
that had collected were obliged to beat
hasty retreat As the smoke cleared
away little, 1t was discovered that
the Delaware had their large ladder
reaching to the roof, while the lire
men mad already drawn up lines OF
hose and were playing on the fames.
As usual the tiremen worked nobly,
and risked their lives TO save the prop
erty OF others. but they were obliged
to work uudor the greatest disadvnn
tages. The large building OF Megary
and Son, runs for a long distance on
Tutnall street, and at the end Ii tho
old store, 5i8 Tatnall. which runs
back as an l. to the new building, and
reaches to the firms stables. the upper
Tor surplus stock. When he fire was
first discovered 1t was in the r.ar OF
the fourth story OF the man building,
where the electric motor which runs
| the elevator was located, and 1t ID
| thought the fire was caused by the
electric wires. While some OF t1e
companies were doing good work In
the front of tho building others had
streams on the rear.
from the cupola, and 10 seemed as
though the entire building was DOOM
ed, but the firemen poured the water
I on In torrents, and the flames were
soon subdued. The main trouble tho
Z flremen had to contend with was the
fact that the fire was Immediately UNI
der the roof, and it WINS some timen
fore they could reach IL. Ano
hind-ance waa tho dense smoke, W
settled In such heavy clouds on
street that it was almost impossib
h,natha MT pnfkrIi la n nd Inn nil
difficulties the flremen succeeded
getting the flames under contrd
| less than ono hour after the fire ~el
discovered, and several OF the engines
were ordered to cease playing.
During the time the ilremen,
were at work on the upper part OF the
building, scores OF men were busy re-
moving the stock from the lower iloor.
whore It was being deluged with. mo
water which poured through the noors
from above.
Just as 1t was thought the fire was
completely extinguished, George Ain.
scow, who was in the upper story OF
the Wilmington stables adjoining,
called for water, saying that tho place
was on fire In IL o loft.
Before the wa.er cold be obtained
the flames burst through tho roof, aa
over three tons of hay were on lire tnl
the loft. There were several streams
of wateT turned oil the place at once,
and the fro was soon extinguishedt
hui not before the INV was totally de-.
stroved n sIeivh and n lot of hafness
and blankets burned. There were
twentv.ilve horses in the stable but
tbev were nil rot OUT.
The entire DAMAGE to the stables Ia
estimated nj ss0O0. which Is fully GOV.
ered Nv Insurance. tho oullding beir q
ineured in fine Niagara COMPANY and
The stock in the New Castle Mutual
Gnnnnnv. n
Mr. Ms9arv cannot. as vet estim
the amount Of his loss, which he 8
will not be less than S55, 600. but n
probably ranch $40. nno-a whinh,t.hassX
Is an insurance on, stock OF