New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
MONETARY LOSS
is S2,OOO.0OO
baldwin Locomotive Also
a Heavy Sufferer
from Fire.
PATTERN SHOP BURNS
o,;Iding al Eddystone, with
sao0OO Worth of Designs,
Goes Up in Flames.

Ef0ht hundr6u Oty yo"o "'"V'0 ~
rr,.,, and Great Britain By the
g,,blehsm steel Company '0ere de-
,,roysd early yesterday, When ma
,sine shop No. 4 Of the plant at
s,,ll,hem, Penn, 10as burned. The
,.ox,,ory loss was only s2,OOO,OOO,
,v. the greater loss is in the time
,,,,ssary TO replace the big guns and
a, .tiN more vatuable machinery,
and the consequent delay in filing
var orders.
The Bethlehem fire had barely been
,vt ont pher flames started IN a pat
tern shop at the Eddystone, DEL,
oJcrf of the Balduin Locomotive
Works. and patterns Oatued at
$4,000 ucre destroyed. The origin
sf,kis fre is not pet k1,o1Cn.
s,sr Correspondent OF Tho Tribunel
ge,hlehem. Penn, Nov. 10-The
..,,,sst blow that has fallen on the
.ned arms within the borders of the
United States came At dawn to-day,
rbe, .he big four story machine shop,
No 4. Of the Bethlehem Steel Com
rsnv. went up in flames.
The fire is out. but il has left
n,,. of twisted steel and debris under
ebieb lie about 500 guns. shields and
,,rr;ares destined for France and
England.
According 10 a statement issued by
he company here, a short circuit
s.ar,ed the blaze and no suspicion OF
ineendiarism is felt.
The loss is said 20 be about sZ'ooV'-
20. and strenuous efforts are oeing
made 10 minimize its scope and impor-
fanee. The destruction Of machlne
,hop No. is described as mere drop
n the bucket. notwithstanding that at
,he outbreak of the war the plant was
eul.-red and improved at cost OF 3d.
gc0DoO. Austin D. Mixsel, q wee
pr,.iSent Of the company, declared
,hs, the burned shop was 24o feet long
and 90 feet wide. Persons here famil-
IT with the plant expressed the op'n-
jou hat the dimensions were closer 70
30 by 800 feet.
Tie shop was devoted almost eXclu-
.vsly 10 the manufacture OF 4-ineh
zuns for the Allies, and housed oOO
guns when il was destroyed, loo oil
ihen, with carriages and shields, beng
Grated and awaiting shipment TO New
York. While the loss Of actual mill
a7 property may be comparatively
unimportsnt, the great handicap IN
rspidly Duplicating them is said TO be
me steel company's chief concern.
Machinery Chief Item.
The Ere brought 20 the fore the
enormous importance of gun making
machinery, which is infinitely more
eineul. 70 produce than the guns them
ely.s The Bethlehem company re-
een,ly took over the DIETRICH Harvey
rsehln. plant, Of Baltimore, 70 facili-
at. its machine equipment. The pres
dent Of that company is Mr. Mixsell.
Another great concern which winged
% phoeni1-like from the ashes Of the
Destroyed shop was the alarming scare
~ Of safe and sane and tried labor
available east of the Mississippi.
The Bethlehem plant, careful though
= may be IN guarding It's buildings aud
ssiehng Us Workmen as precautiJn
sz>lnst possible strikes and incendiar-
AN, is covetOus Of Us wOrkmen, ard
bis vas made apparent to-day, when
scorts we're sent out % round up and
nold the 100 mechanics Of the day
shlft Nho were away when the hre
started The 300 men Of the night SHIT
we're sstBred that places would he
is1nd for them in another department,
snc they we're implored 10 stand by and
fDort for work tomorrow.
me IRE also accentuated feature
tnozn perhaps only 70 those in close
psen With the manufacture Of guns
sn3 munitions of war the vital neces-
ny W preserying patterns.
Eager 70 Save Patterns.
Cons already made and doomo !
.sste into significance IN the minds
nose directing the FIRE fighting, vino
rfe boxing ahead In their desire 20
1's property Svpsrntendents Of man
1sst1re ard Dficials Of the company
rssfsd streams % be played on the
Nsst pattern shop, which Vas danger.
sy''iI eloss 20 the cruDpling matrix of
as io1rtneh guns. Everything that
as,slo hinder prompt readlus,ment Of
~ i>tz already sustained wss guarded
s,e protected With energy. The four
fensrs could De made up In cOmparA-
'siT short time II The patterns and
%Jscsnt machine shops we're saved.
Up 20. had been q pattern shop be-
rs hs ~sr and The new pattern lart.
e W>cticslly all the patterns of tho
s,ffs, was within 4 stones toss Of tho
shs, 1h1se In charge of the FIRE
..tfs ...1fs Hfre greatly relieved Nhen ~
~*fn building yas declared safe.
nbit 80. 4 MAS being fO06ed WIN
yeritsble delBgf of stream, smother
''hf of bfs ngntsrs made pp ~ brig
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