New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-30
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IN AVENUE Gloss OVER $50, 000-sHvgRAL
PERSONS SERIOUSLY HURT


Shortly after noon Oh Saturday fire broke
Vut IN the fire room of the large rvesory building
kuped as q chair factory OF Messrs Mason Co., Nos
leo l88 and 1870 Avenue L. Owing TO the large guam
Gty of inAammabs maiefial in the building the flames
spread very rapidly cutting Oft all communication with
TIE street 81 peals of the stairways IL being the din
nerhow most of the absent and those In the
lower stories managed escape before Communication
BY means Of the stairways. was cut on; several nov"
ever. cut of in the upper stories Most OF them
reached the ground by OF hoist rope suspended
In front OF the building. Frenchman, name UNKNOWN
Attempted 10 descend from fifth to fourth story wn
fow While engaged, the smoke and flame burst out
beneath bin, and confused sufVcated, be lOosed HIS
bold and fell to the gronud He picked MP lnsen.
0ble and conveyed 10 Bellevue Hospital. Frank Strau
German Jumped from thiro'story window and broke
bis arm He was taken 10 his residence " Tvelsth-st
John MONEY! q boy, fesidlng at No. 294 FIRST ave-.
Jumped nom secondstory window and broke his arm
He was taken TO Bellevue Hospital Dennis Clifford. re-
Eding ct No. 2O6 Chufch-st also Jumped hon second
story window. and 50 badly injured that he IS not
expected to recover. He too. was taken to Bellevue
y-p1si several other persons were slightly injured
b. Jumping from frst and second story Windows. but
ehe above arc the only serious far as could be
escertsned The building burnt very rapidly and
was in short time entirely destroyed. The eide walls
IN falling crushed the UPPER stories OF the tenant
houses Nos 1874 and 49, The loss Of MessTs Mason g.
Go. machinery and stock. viii sinonA. 10 ABOUT
$3.50 which they have insurance of - 900 In
The following companies; Morris, 81 Marks and Ihaucs
o. so each; Grocers, Albany City, New. England,
Eainpden. Norwich Home tr Philadelphia, and Hope
NJ ProI. .""e. s2,ooo each; Atlantic, Relief, and
Western OF Massachuset:--, 81, 800 each; Harmony
Globe and Home OF New. Haven. 600 each. The
building 10 owned BY j. r. Butsrworth loss te0.OOo
insured for 81, 90 IL tie following companes Morris
o. OOo; Manhattan. Coun biz. Iroton and Breyoort
o. 90 EACH No le4 IL owned by Mrs Br'dget ncintee
and is damaged 10 tie amount ~ SVO; Insured 10 tnc
Merchants Company The tena1ts ioss IN iHrAthfo
Il sbout o., 900; 10 insurance No. lbx IL owned ny
Charles Eeeland, and s damaged to the amohnt OF
The ,ss bv the tenants tIfng. 10. ls2 Is owned
b. Jaco Fisher and occupied by him on Tie first hoor
q lager bier n,oon loss on building, szcc Insured
for 900 in the Iu.ges Company Loss OF ioi M
o300 Insured for 500 in the .a.ee's CoDps!' ~
tenants loss on furniture is about SlrD 40 insurance
The'Atlsntc Foundry, In the rear OF the inctDiy,
ewned by Mcssrs. Boyce e. Mcintyre caught nre Two
three times but the flames exngnished b foi
much damage was done. Loss machinery and stock,
$780, insured for 5000 in the Corn Exchange ard
Hope Companies. The building IL owned by Jugnot,
Daily Co, and Is damaged to the amount OF ESQ
insured The tenement houses Opposite the foundefy
were damaged 10 the amount Of 800 FIRE Mhrshai
aker 10 engaged In investigating tbe origin OF the IRE
IN AvESUB A.
Tie lager-beer saloon, No. Avenue A, occu-
sled BY 4. W. Boentgen was slightly DAMAGED by fire
Saturday morning. insured for s7co In the Kelef 90.
Hhe basement was occupied by William Nogng as
bakery Loss about So insured for 500 in the Rehei
Company. The proprietor Of the saloon was airested
BY Fire Marshal Baker suspicion Of having hred the
place.
IN EAST THIRTEENTH STREET.
The distillery Of A. Smms & Brother, No.
80 East Thirteenh-st seriously damaged by lire
Saturday morning. Loss about $1,000. Insured On
stock in the following Conpcnies: jersey City, Croon
200; United States 81 COO and Gebbard, O.. 500.
Insurance building ZOO in the Gebhaid and Cit.
sps Companies. A portion Of the building was used
~ stable, but the horses were got out uninjuTed.