Building Name

Warehouse 23 High Street Manchester

Date
1924
Street
23 High Street
District/Town
Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Client
Shevloff Brothers
Work
New Build
Status
rebuilding after fire

FIRE IN A HIGH STREET WAREHOUSE - The top floor of a warehouse at 23 High Street, Manchester, was discovered to be on fire at half-past seven o’clock last night. When a strong force of the Fire Brigade, under Chief Superintendent Corlett, arrived flames were coming through the windows at the front of the building and also at the back of the premises in Mardsen Square. An entrance was forced into the building, and it was found that the floor of the top tier and the roof were on fire, and that the floor underneath had also been damaged. After two hours work the fire was extinguished. The premises affected are tenanted by Messrs L Eastwoood and Company, millinery manufacturers. [Manchester Guardian 24 October 1923 page 5]

 

Fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs E B and S Shevloff, High Street Mamchester, on Saturday afternoon and was only extinguished with difficulty after the fire brigade had been working some three hours. … This is the second time a fire has broken out in the building within two months. The earlier outbreak occurred on the top floor, in premises occupied by one of Messrs Shevloff’s tenants. [Manchester Guardian 31 December 1923 page 11]

Fire Salvage recovered from the fire at 23 High Street, City, in the occupation of Messes E B and S Shevloff, manufacturers of lace curtains, hosiery, and general soft goods, warehousemen. [Manchester Guardian 5 January 1924 page 5]

Reference    Builder July December 1924 page 71
Reference     Manchester Guardian 24 October 1923 page 5
Reference     Manchester Guardian 31 December 1923 page 11- basement fire
Reference     Manchester Guardian 5 January 1924 page 5 sales by auction