The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-07
EVENING HERALD AN EXPENSIVE BLAZE.
It Destroys the Grand Stand Of the
Philadelphia Ball Park,
SPREADS TO ADJOINING BUILDINGS

The Loss 10 the baseball Club wm Reach
Eighty Thousand Dollars. While other
Losses viii Aggregate Thirty-thFs'
Thousand Dollars More.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. THE pavihons
and spectators stands at the Philadel
phia Baseball park, and the large stables
of the Omnibus Company General wer,
destroyed by fire yesterday, and the cal
depot Of the Thirteenth and Fifteenth
streets and Twelfth and Sixteenth stresti
division of the Philadelphia Traction
company, the saloon property of James
Boyle, and many private residences were
more or less injured. The fire was discov
cred in the wooden panelling Of tn
women's retiring room in the main pa.
vilion Of the ball park at 1870 in the
morning, and is supposed to have orig
mated from infammables left by some
plumbers.
The great tiers of seats were deserted
at the time, but had the fire been discov-
cred few hours later, when the local
club was scheduled to play two games
with the Baltimore team, a terrible STAN
pede and loss of life would have ensued
for a few minutes after the first small
tongue Of fame was discovered the entire
mass was a roaring furnSce.
The Philadelphia teah was practicinp
on the diamond when he fire was discov
cred, Three Of the plfyers, Reilly, Fan
ming and Taylor. gayS the alarm, and at
tempted to eXtingedsh the blaze. They
were quickly dr. Zen back by the heat
however, and mgde rush for their clothes
The players he'd narrow escapes.
A general farm Of fire brought all the
engines in 6he city to the spot, but the pa.
vilions ara open seats were already crum.
bling rder the roaring flames. The fire
next jumped Fifteenth street and attacked
the stable of the Omnibus Company Gen.
eral, which covers the entire adjoining
block. The offices Of this company were
socn Quilted, and then the flames made
tn sir way to the great hay mows on the
second floor of the new brick and iron
structure, where over 200 tons of hay were
stored. About $50 horses were in the
stable when it caught, but the animals to
gether with the vehicles stored there, were
all saved.
The next building to 90 was the pro
duce shop of William Bantom, at No
l,50l Tucker street, which is a tota
wreck The drug store of Thomas Park
Oh Lut toIuti VI II llItEuln anu Iluullll8
don streets, narrowly escaped meeting the
same fate. The windows were broken tc
atoms and the woodwork scorched anC
burnt Mr.. Parks loss will be heavy. A
number of adjacent dwellings were sim
ilarly damaged.
Meanwhile the Traction company's cai
depot on Huntingdon street. opposi te the
main pavilion, caught fire, but wal
quickly extinguished. The saloon of J
j. Boyle, at Broad and Huntingdon street
was similarly damaged
The following were severely burned
while saving property or trying to extin
guish the flames; James McGee, a fire
man, overcome by heat and injured by
falling down a flight Of steps; Charle
Boyer, a horse shoer, severely burned
Assistant Engineer Ellinger and FremeI
Tn omas Clayton, George Reese, Harr,
Thomas and John Elliott, badly scorched
The Philadelphia Baseball park viii
loose $50, 600; insured for $40, ,OOO The ON
nibus compauy's loss will be $40 900, tn,
Traction company looses 81, 600 and j. J
Boyle 81 600 The total damage to tn,
other property Will aggregate $4,000
The games scheduled to be played will
Baltimore in the afternoon were post
poned, and last night the Philadelphia
club left for Boston. The club will pla,
two games in this city with the Wash
ington club on Saturday at the Universit,
| of Pennsylvania grounds