The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-11
NOVELTY IRON WORKS
PARTIALLY DESTROYED
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dry and core room made the wood
work very inhammable 1t furnished
good fuel and when the fire apparatus
arrived, the fire was very hot. Sew
eral lines of hose were run into the
building between the burning foundry
and the machine shop and as the
foundry presented solid sheet Of
flame, it was thought best by the fire.
men to devote some attention to saw
ing the other portion OF the works.
tween the brick building and the
wooden warehouse, and none too soon,
for the heat from the burning building
had already started small blaze on
the warehouse. This was put out and
the building was closely watched. An
the building by No. A company and
several of the men from central ran
another line into the interior.
FIREMEN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Tho fire. was very fierce about the
cupola in the core room and this line
was taken as close as possible Sud-
denly, without a moments warning,
a huge piece of the cupola toppled off
the top of the stack and fell beside the
firemen, grazing the back of Capt. e..
j. Baxter. Firemen Frank Simms and
w. Noraker were standing beside him
and they had a narrow escape from
serious injury. The falling piece was
heavy cast iron affair and If it had
fallen slightly different would prob
ably have killed one or more of the
men.
A big crane standing in the middle
of the building burned partially and
when the heavy arms fell they sprung
the walls. Shortly afterwards the
cbarred roof fell into the foundry and
the brick wall along Eighth street fell
out into the street. JEFF Reed, a min
ute man, and Charles Pence, driver OF
No. 2 company and q spectator made
narrow escapes from the falling walls
PATTERNS WE'RE BURNED.
The fire was confined to the foun-
dry and core room, but all within these
boundaries was totally ruined. The
walls on all sides fell in and nothing
remained after the flames were eX-
tinguished but charI'ed rafters and
piles of loosened bricks. Valuable pat
terms and machinery were totally ru.
ined and much of the loss is in this.
Seven lines of hose were played up.
on the fire. Central and No. 6 com.
pany had two lines attached to the
sole engine which Is in commission
while the other companies were at
tached directly to the plugs. No.
company had line attached to ;
plug on Eighth street on the west sid,
Of the railroad tracks and the trains
on the Fort Wayne road were tied VI
for some time. The through trair
from Chicago for the east which get:
to Canton at 2:35 a. m. was held III
for about 90 minutes. When the fire
was somewhat under control, the lin,
was cut and the trains which were helt
up were allowed to go through. Chic
Mesnar said that the water supply wa!
good. No. company had littl'
trouble with its hose for short time
but this was soon remedied.
THE HEAVIEST LOSS.
All of the working patterns whicl
were in the foundry were lost. All o
the drawings for the patterns are il
the Office of the company, which Ii
across Eighth street from the plant
and are intact. The pattern shop, be
ing located in the warehouse building
was not damaged and the patterr
makers will be put to work at once t.
make new patterns.
A supply of hot water and stean
boilers and radiators which has beer
in the machine shop for finishing will
be assembled and sent out. The com
pany has orders for months ahead an,
the business will be severely cripple,
for time. About 155 men are EN-
ployed by the company and about 10
of these will be thrown out of worl
by the fire. The rest of the men will
be kept at work to clean up the worl
now in hand and to get the place il
shape again,
A gang of men was put to work earl.
in the morning to clear up the debri
and save as much as possible of tn
machinery. The salvage in the burned
portion will be but little.
William f. Sherlock is president an,
general manager of the Novelty Iroi
cnmnany u r MpCallum ic yica nres
. ident, and H. f. Sherlock is secre