The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-30
BIG FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
EIGHIEEN BUILDINGS Burned, THE
LOSS NEARLY SJ,0OO,O00.
Fire Started on Eighth Street, Above
Market-PartridRe a. Richardson, Dry
Goods. Lose Moro Than Si,OO0,OOo
Lippincott's Publishing House Gutted.

Fire Started on Eighth Street, Above
Market-PartridRe a. Richardson Dry
Goods. Loso Moro Than $1,000 900
Lippincott's Publishing House Quilted.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2o.-Ten buildings on
Eighth street. above Market. and eight on Fill
bert street were burned in fire that started at
4 o'clock this morning. and n score OF other
business Places were damaged. the loss being
variously estimated at from s20OO.OOO to
s3.OOO.OOO
so far IA il known. the fire started In tho
basement Of tho Partridge & Richardson
store. II North Eighth street. and 1t ia sup
posed that 1t was caused 10y electric light wires
crossing. There were eight watchmen In the
building ut the time. aud ns soon a. they dis
covered the IRE - the basement they ran INTO
alarms. Tho material in this basement was OF
an nilammahle character and by the time the
lshment. extending nearly two hundred feet
nnTihwarh, w4S blazing, Tho fro then spread
The esta6lishmcmt Of ri M6scback ( Co. o. and
Strawbridge Clothier on the west side were
iIn,tod. Lines oI hose were run through these
builiinES, however. and the flames were soon
The buildings occupied by Partridge & Rich
finder. In little more than an hour t". the
fire was seen with the exception a small
streets all The walls " were down, When the
flames reached the sx-story building OF tho
i;ipplpco,t rnhiishing Company II was irnrni
street was filled with network Of wires. and
being narrow. the bremen had great difficulty
in working. The flames spread rapidly through
the building. the vast quantities OF paper.
skins, 8c.. used In printing ana binding being
Two score Of streams NJ water were poured
into the building hut they had not the slightest
effect The lrc went through the building d.
loors. TN" heavy machinery sank to tho sur
face Of the street.
After finishing tho publishing house tho Are
went mt the adjoining properties OF the Art
man Irsichlrr ,omrnny and tho electrotyp-
ns TeS,r ,hs ,dh"mEsGn
burned in the two upper floors. Tho building
fronting on Market street formerly used as
used by Lit Bros. was also damaged. tho nth
AMI sixth floors suffering most severely
Bicnarisop. whose stock. valued at 81 W0J.OOO.
was entirely DESTROYED. The buildings are the
stock IL covered by insurance.
The loss OF the Linn mott COMPANY can only
cotf snld that in his Office there were plates.
prints; cnsrayinGs, g" ,hnt could not be re-.
said tina, these plates aud prints had been
placed in n vault with other valuable materials
and that i was possible that they were safe.
d"brs nrd machinery on the vault II
the plates SUPPOSED to have been In the Office
frn win not "xccci ssOoGG The insuranc S CO
Is about SijOnuO on the stock The build
ings, valued at s2OO.OOO. ar" FULLY insured.
other losses were Artinan & Trcichler house
furnishing. III Hilbert street. SbO.OOO. in
cured par,,sitge 4 Richarlson, candy factory,
~ to TES Fillcrt street. 5000. insured. and
dry goods store. : to ~ North Eighth street.
sIl:4,2.9To. insured; In Br!,hcls. dry goods.
1873 Markc' To Eighth street. SlOO.OOO. insured;
i0senherG. millinery. $1,000 Insured T. +.
Partridge x Son. restaurant. North Eighth
street building, S2O.Ouu, contents, S25.OO, in
surrd: Strhwhrdge 4 cothtcr. annex. chiefly
winter, $1,000: Westcott d Thompson. no
~ Flhert street, $1,000; to other struc-
turcs. 100000.
While the IRE AZ Eighth and Market streets
was raging another started in the clothing
factory ~ kene' On F"inbert rear ~ Iln Mar
ket street. The flames spread swiftly 70 tho
manu- acturng place Of l.. kat2 4 Co In the
second and third floors Of the building 40
Market. and thence to tn" building Az, orcu-
pied by. \. S. Dewie, stationery and blank book =
and l2l. occupied hv A. ! Bates, shoe manu-
iac.urer. amt sullivan. Hettrck 4 Co. The
damage 10 the stock aud buildings At this ire
was about $4,000. Fully two thousand poo.
rle will he thrown out Of employment owing to
the fires. All the firms will re- build