New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-22
FIXES.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BROOKLYN, AND LOSS
OF LIFE.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BROOKLYN, AND LOSS
OF LIFE.
About o'clock on Saturday morning the
fOurstOry brick building OF Orange and Furman
sts Brooklyn, discovered 10 be fire. 1t was &C.
cupied by Messrs. Anderson, Douglass Pierce, white
lead and zinc manufacturers and the building aud con-
tents totally destroyed Involving loss Of about
$4,000 The building owned by Mr. j. j. Merritt, the
garden attached to whose residence upon the roof
The fourth story occupied by the ianor. Thomas
Wallace, his wife Ann and their Thomas aged 9.
They awakened by dense smoke issuing from the
together eaped from the window, and found lying
upon the ground In front. dreadfuy crushed and man
ged the husband dead and the son so badly injured that
he died shortly after being taken TO the City
Hospital. The Soman was still alive last evening
burned and by the falling Of three members Of
the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department lost their lives
fell through, and two workmen were killed The
building furnished with means OF escape and the
stairway being cut off by the flames, the family terror
stricken jumped from the window rather than be burned
death Assistant Fire Marshal Ready has commenced
an investigation to ascertain the origin Of the fire. Part
Of tho testimony taken was that OF William Anderson as
live at No "a Safest Brooklyn; part white lead
fctoTy Nos 80 and IS Faman, Thom,s Wsars vas
kss employ about AUD sober aud uasT
himself and family lived the fourth floor Of No o. IN the two
front hot bad the OF The whole ao0r yard and dried
clothes there the floor reached by wooden ' there vas
garden all the top there the
ends and hoe wtatsverR ID. roof there possible Of
stairs or jumping Windows; the building
get from, O tie stars ham tue che
BeIt floor above were taken ou and the opening boarded
could not have been reached above the
No. 95 the patches this
building originally from Mr. Merritt hat Aitrriy into
Of
they bad charge II about two pay 600
building;
for about 1000 nschnerr
tell 10 what Offices 81 present. know notg ~ the IRE
a. ronTo Of NO
don't but
that yeedAy II stood about the pipe
outth the
sodeng so tia, h"or aud ssi
stood Table which zpc,
was us Yesterday.
the following is list OF the assurances stock:
Yonkers and New York sE5 $50
Prov, H. L.. ZjhI lradsstptns
800 lrtsis .iosa ,cD
Niagsn....... Pregiss............. 3rD
H"r.Iy....... 2l Tp',......... ...~4.ro
Coroner Jones VIII hold AZ 9Ins cinF pu 90, Dudics
of the father and oUn.
GAS IXpLOsIOE.
ON Saturday afternoon un rSui0-ion az !,Is
st. Occdpird by VIM. io-,i" ~. t1,lns-l "u-'. ad
tllc proprietor ana JO!d AcC .rty q" NJ 20 New IHau.
bersst were severely burned bDu tIr #-ur aid hstc
The place was sci n - l.I uEru i.ir ii"'u ".Tn.l
the door atOthrr Xll tJn occurred, t"t'1b banning
Assistant Foreman ,'..ups E'OCr, Ibrhyf l's y, aHd
JGIp 3ckeOwn, iicln .rrs II Engn" C'hr"iL ", O..
Police surgcon Andit So dressed tHuir iiii- H'' art
was taken to Bellevue JiJspitl The pi"oe w"sdsi"nL'd
10 the amount Of $50
~ COrULhNpI-sr.
On Saturday morning % W" ncrnfl'd "p ihe
AMI be upper Moor WaI lidy 6y as9d -" rear ha,"-
mont second thirl, and foutA f'Jls IRE "rCr!r1 ~
NH u. Uiak" * Co ~ .'.i, Lt@r l'Dc's~t l'sr 90
tUgk auQ uiaC iHCflt iIfv: lBsaTt. IIJ jf'W last