The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-18

Tho Large sfsrs Of r.icheusssin and
Hart Damaged to tho Extent Of $50.
900.
The large dry goods and carpet
house Of Llchenstein Il Hart, No. 22s
A. Fuld. No. 220, were damaged by
fire. smoke and water last evening. to
the extent OF e28. 900. This amount is
partly covered by insurance.
At $40 o'clock q still alarm was dis.
patched to the Fame Hose and wash-
tngton companies. but when they ar
rived the tire had gained such head
way as to be beyol | control. A gen.
eral alarm was sounded from box No.
81 ten minutes later, which brought
out the Reliance. Ph@rix and Della
ware companies.
The lire was still gaining Roadway
and the flames leaping from the rear
windows, threatening destruction to
the large paint factory Of the James
Bradford Co. and the business houses
OF j. A. Fuld. NJ. Sondhetmer and
Charles Il. Dubell.
The firemen carried line OF hose
through the second story and played
on the lire from that point The lire
laddies fought well but. as the flames
leaped high In the rear OF the ldg store
1t looked as II the entire building
woald DO Quilted. Still the hremen
worked like Trojans and at o'clock
there was not a spark OF fire about.
The origin OF the fire is supposed to
be defective hue. The house is heat
cd by two heaters, one being In the
rear Of the store. Directly above 1t
was the cloak department. In which
there was several thousand dollars
worth OF outer garments. A coat rack,
on which were several garments OF In
fiammablo material. was standing near
the register. These may have become
ignited fro IN the heat, but tho most
plausible belief Is that the wood work
adjoining the iiue took fire fret.
1 On tine first floor OF the building
was tie stock OF dry goods. which are
total loss. Fine silks and velvets
which were not burned are damaged
by water and smoke making them
lvalueless. Down was scattered aboht
the floor to depth of ak inches and
ruined by water. On the second floor
was the stock OF carpets. which was al
most entirely destroyed by smoke
and water. The stock which was
stored In the rear of tho room was
:. licked up by the flames. The only
department OF the building which es.
capped any damage was the drapery
department,
Here was the offlco and In the room
was stored thousands OF dollars worth
of stock. Several places OF drspery
which were left In the carpet room
, ware burned. but outside of them
there was no damage done. Mr.. Lich.
enstein said this morning that he
|, could not give fair estimate of the
! loss. but thought $780, would cover
1t. He and the junior member OF the
hrm. Mr.. Hart. were In the store until
twenty minutes past 8 O'Clock. but at
TINT timo there was no fire about.
j. A. Folds will amount to $4,000.
Tho fine stock was stored on the sec.
ond floor and this the smoka and
water damaged. He was fully insured.
! The stock OF Llehtensteln and Hart
was insured for $1,000 on fixtures
and $3.50 on stock with Gilpin 4
Company.
A policy OF Se50O In the Farmers
Mutual expired January la t. but it had
, not been renewed. Tie building Ia
owned by j. Hood Wright, and Is In.
, sured for $4,000 in the Imperial.
American and Commercial Com anles.
/ The shoe store OF ]. A. Fuld will moi
be opened until Saturday. all the dam
aged stock being assorted TO begin the
1 sale on that morning.
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