The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-02-01
WALTHER'S CARRIAGE FAC
TORY DESTROYED BY FIRE,
Andrew Murphy's Grocery Store Reduced to Ashes.
Illinois Leather Company's Factory Damaged
GALLANT RESCUE FROM BURNING BUILDING.
Policemen Heroically Go to the Rescue Of Murphy
and His Wife. Lack Of Water Interfered
With Fremens Work.

4 said it was one of the times when
the Department was badly handi-
capped. The water supply was
poor and the streams were small
and without force. The Water
Witch Company succeededin getting
at the plug on the north side of the
bridge and was the only company
that sent any sort of stream on the
burning buildings. Owing to the
hose OF the different companies be-
ing frozen it could not taken home
on the hose carts. The different
companies will suffer loss aggre-
eating $500 on account of the hose.
| When it was thawed out it will
practically speaking, become USE
less. Chief Sasse, on the part of
the firemen requested vote of
thanks to be extended to Bridge
tender William Green. He kept
open house for the tiremen all night
and supplied every fireman for
hours with an abundance of warm
coffee. Had it not been for the
warm coffee, the firemen would have
succumbed to the cold. Chief Sasse
expressed his regret for the, condi-
ton of the carpet in Green's resi-
dence. The tiremen's shoes marked
the carpet every time a step was
made and he favored the idea of the
different companies purchasing new
carpet for the man who so kindly
Kept them supplied with coffee.
Captain Black and the sergeants
and the officers Of the districts ad.
joining the scene of the fire were on
duty and suffered intensely from
the water sprays that got on their
clothing and before long they were
covered with ice.
Officer William J. Davidson Slip
ped on a flag covered with ice and
received severe fall. His back
was hurt and his face severely
bruised.
John Ries, Mrs. Murphy's father,
vas asleep in the back room OF the
second story of the Walther's
dwelling. The police officers did
not pay any attention to the smoke
or the danger of the building COL
lapsing. They placed ladders to
and carried the man from
the burning building. He was then
to a friend $ house at Front
and Market str eets.
CARPENTER SHOP ON FIRE.
Wllmin gton was visited by anoth-
er fire this morning and consider
able excitement prevailed, lest the
1ames should get beyond the con-
trol of the iiremen. At II. 80 o'clock |
an alarm was sent in from box 152,
oy Elvood Farra, as the two-storv
ramc carpenter shop in the rear of
No. 207 Jefferson street was on fire.
TO get at the burning building,
he lines of hose had to be taken in
an alley way. The building is
'wned by Cornell Bros, and they
estimate their loss at $400, on which
here is an insurance Of 5000 in the
Niagara Fire Insurance Company.
|. V. Cornell had been in the shop
4 few minutes before the fire was
discovered. He had been heating
glue and went to the house to fix a
The fire started IN some
manner from the
stove. Building Inspector Cassidy
viii inspect the building this after
'oon and the property owners will
'equest him to refuse to grant a
'ermit for the repair Of the shop.
While returning from the fire one
II the wheels came off the Phoenix
lose carriage at Eleventh and Mar
iet streets. Vim. Murphy was
brown off and received slight IN.
lurlcs. The front OF the hose cart
was badly damaged, as the horse
an away for two squares.