Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-19
ELEVEN MOTOR CARS
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on tho first floor TO the street. On the
second floor were eight touring cars.
two trucks and one motorcycle, with
side attachment. These cars. stored FOR
the winter. carried practically little or
no insurance and each was destroyed.
Many Cars Destroyed.
The following owners of automobiles
suffered the loss OF their machines |
Electric Speciality Co. two Ford trucks, I
| valued at 81 200: Warren w, Seims. ono |
new Essex. valued ut $4,000: r. w
steel. one Ford. valued at $500: a. u. |
/ Cartledgc. one Overland. valued ut $3.50; |
| four touring cars belonging TO Warren |
! simon. valued at $1.400. one touring |
/ car property Of II. Rogers, valued at
! 81. 900 No insurance was carried on
| any Of these machines.
Loss To stock and fixtures suffered
/ by Mr.. Solomon viii reach 10000, which
is covered by insurance. Damage To the
/ buildiug alone will total 100000, with
with some insurance.
| In the building at tho time of the
fire was considerable quantity of oil.
The upper floor, also used aa work
| shop, contained innammahlc nntcrtai
also. In conjunction with the loss sus-
tanned on the machines - autouondte
tenders were rendered useless. c. {.
PfefTer. a mechanic employed by Mr.
Solomon, suffered the loss Of tolls vnlued
at $40.
Series of Explosions.
shortly after the arrival of tho IRE
men and following the second alarm.
residents in the vicinity Of the garage
were atarIed by a violent explosion,
which wat followed by series of minor
| explosions. These wero accounted Tor
when an investigation revealed gas
tank on the second floor To have ex-
ploded At almost the same time the
gas tanks of many ot the machines
went off under the terrific heat. The
entire second floor was a mass OF
ruins this morning md only the wallis
and the partition Of the second floor
were left standing.
Fire officials have been unable to as
certain the origin and further inves-
leation has been ordered Louis le-
vim. night watchmnn. states that he
found everything in order during his
: | rrcyious rounds and the odor Of smoke
vaa not even detected. considerable
wiring is required for tho lighting OF
tho garage and II IL probable that
crossed wire In the raficrs under the
roof lgnltod the woodwork. The fire. u
il understood. was first discovered on
th, second floor directly over the Of.
lice At this point there Is consider
atle wiring
RaduI~ky Store Burned.
The third nre occurred a. .l6 O'Clock
& Tins morning when Htnake was seen
iouriup freu the graceft stofe 81
| Maurice lsaaui4Ey tat Bennett street
+ MIR t,adulsky had left earlier IN the
faara#ne rs Uanh. sfIr' haaes for tht
i ali. +. trade anu Aita IadltlsAS. alone u
81 ~
+ .. aret Is discover ~. FIR she im.
fnediatei, telaIhuncd 1" The police foi
Ia 5. ahbora. aiso seeing the smoke
.r f43rrs..I fr Hu aIaru from hos tbS.
ii %inth and Church streets pon IN
arrt,af IL the district ire companies
f. IS. ,rttr, store portion war nnss Q
aannea ana practically nothing q yala'
,yae ayed I'll. damage Il estimates
a. ..y.4,ira,ion ~ tho Isadulaky stor
f,ifed Il reveal tie origin q the hfe
lo,yex.r. Ii II tho opinion q tho aa
.hori.l,s that mice ribhling II mat he
n ,,a. til. cause = further iuvestlgh
y 4ur NIL T., made
= Fire AZ Mlnquadale
p4rIne the series of carly mornin
s~.s the Fame f-irc Co. was prohahl
[ Is
o'clock tim lame members wef
,s,,t.3 from their beds when fire tc
rIi> ss.royrd small bungalow
si.noataaIc. tine home # Tony Salient
Te eh.rtcal engine vas sent the'
nat tue blaze had gained such heas
,.4- .uai uothms eould he done 70 sa J
Ill. ua.aIns IL Sgjeut stated n;
S, ,<ts Inable 10 state the origin Of Il
are lis loss win not exceed $1,000.
Jsaa thcir retmn from this fire 4
.'l I.af.o WIS aEah called into sersi'
~ ,>hcn are was discovered II a garage
s" ef- r.ttrau street Fighting the FAM
fr.,a fgom ~ o'clock uutn o'eloe
.h.< were again called INTO action
e. \.ata aaa Bennett streets and later
EaEhtL ard Vest
a. Tree on Fire.
ted 81 \ o.cloc#> this morning. imtned
rly afes following the ire at Ninth Al
81. Bennett streets. the Fame Fine 60, a
~ 8urntas Mas called into service to q
ftrcaish i. burning tree at the mort
tor west corner af F.shth and West stree
vn During Tn. ,arly morning fire IN I
-ss laraea III sI- Tatnali street a steam
en- ~ one n tae Local companies was 81
In