Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-17
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Nearly Half a Million Dollars Loss in
Philadelphia.
FIRE FOUGHT WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY
Narrow Escapes From Death at
Grand Haven, Michigan.
IN RIES AT WORK

PHILADELPHIA, February 1.-THE big
soap. lye and coffee essence nlanufactory of
+. G. Thompson & Co., 9.s5 95J and 9J1
OtSego street, was totally destroyed by fire
this morning. The dwelling houses Nos.
81 S; and 81 Washington avenue, adjoin-
ing ThCmpson's factory, were completely
gatted. and the works of the Philadelphia
Co1perage Company badly damaged. The
total loss Will be about si3J000. L. G.
Thompson & COS loss is about sio,0Oo;
s22J,OG0 on the building, s10O,00o on stock
and $Ij,OoO on the machinery. Thompson
& Co.'S loss is reariy covered by insurance.
The loss Of the Philadelphia CooperaSe
Company is $1,000; partially insured. The
dwelling houses adjoining Thompson's
works and those directly opposite on OF
sesD street are damaged 20 the extent Of
$lG.CUJ
The fire originated in the main building
of Thompson & Co. and was first seen by
a man who lives al 81 Washington avenue
he went TO the police station and turned in
an alarm, but before the engines arrived
the briIding was a mass of flames.
The firemen fought the fire under great
ditI.-ulty. as the weather was bitter cold
ana the water formed huge cakes of ice
every: hing it touched. Three hundred
han 5 are thrown out Of employment
GRAND HAVEN, Mich, February IL
The Iiouseman block, en- the corner of
Pearl and Ottawa streets, burned this
mo- -iing. The losses VIII aggregate about
s. 'Ho: partially insured. Among the oc-
ctIpdnts OF the building Were the Grand
RaIElS Fire Insurance Company, the
GE.1ll Rapids DeIaocraI. United States and
National Express Company's Offices, ard
several famil:Is.
TIE fire started from an exploding lamp
ON the tEird f1oor. about 5 o'clock, and
MAJ of the occupants had narrow eS-
caIvs. T.. J.. NedgcH0od and wife We're
PAM ally burned and were taken 10 the
hos .ts.L Mrs. Raymond and son were also
injured.
The Democrat Offices were wrecked, hut
the paper was gotten out from the Herald
Office this morning. The building was own
ed 10y the Ho,;SanIan estate, and valued at
slt=h;Jn, with an insurance Of $ilGoi.
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, February IL
The Buckeye glass works were destroyed by
fire this morning. The works were to have
started up today with non-union naucS.
The fire was OF incendiary origin, and the
huii,.ins was doubtless set on fire to pre-
vent the resumption. Several previous at
ten,Dts had been made to bum the works.
1t vas owned by 4. ID. Seamon Of Wheel
irg, and was worth S1JD,ts@ The fire was
discovered at 1 o'clock by Night Watchman
Stewart The building burned as if satur-
ated with oil.
BOSTON, February 1I.-By the exploding G
of Stove in the office of the New York
and Boston Dispatch Express Company in
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad station on kneeland street today,
II fire started which threatened to destroy
the entire station and surrounding build
ings. BY good work. in spite of the IN tenSely
cold weather, the firenIen confined the
flames to the train sheds and express Of
flee. and the loss Will probably not exceed
Si..'aD. This is covered by insurance.