The Evansville journal., 1870-01-14
FTRE At s. NEYER & CO.'S FURNl-
TURE FACTGRY.
TWO MEN BADLY BURNED.


TWO MEN BADLY BURNED.
At o'clock yesterday evening .
fire broke out in the fourth story of
| S. Meyer & Cos Furniture Establish
ment on Main St rect, between First
and Second. The FIRE was caused in a
singular manner. Owing to the dan
ger of spontaneous combustion, it has
for some time past been the rule to
burn the rags that are used for wiping
the stain, turpentine. etc, from
the furniture. The rags used yester-
day, had just been thrown in the
stove. and enc piece Of burning rag
fell from the stove on the floor. A
little boy stepped on the rag, but the
blaze was not put out, and when he
stepped back the rag adhered to his
foot and set some stain that had
spilled on the floor On FIRE. The
blaze soon communicated to some
small vessels Of turpentine, oils, etc ],
and in an instant an immense fame
was created. which spread very fast.
The FIRE began in the front part of
the room, and the stairway was at the
extreme rear. Two men in the ex-
treme front were cut of from retreat
by the blaze, and one, named Louis
Rose. rushed through the fire and
was terelbly burned on the arms.
back and face. The other man,
named Adam Inkoff, made his escape
by climbing out of the front window.
and from thence past five other win
dows, until he was able to jump down
on the roof of Mr.. Hughes store.
Another, named Conrad Rnkermanu,
was terribly injured. He was burned
quite badly and fell from the hatch
hole in the third story, striking on
the first floor. He had no bones
broken, but was badly stunned, and
it seemed that he had suffered severe
internal injury. The Injured men
were promptly treated by Drs. Muhl-
hausen and Kennedy. 1t was feared
that Rekerman would not recover.
Rose got out the fou rth story window
Ia the rear Of the building, and was
taken down by Tom Hitch and Wm.
Wells, of the Hook and Ladder COM
pany. The usefulness of the hooks
and ladders was clearly demonstrated
on this occasion.
The engines soon extinguished the
FIRE, but the building was badly flood
ed with water. Each floor was stored
full of furniture, and, of course, it
was considerably damaged. One of
the proprietors informed the writer
that the loss would probably exceed
ten thousand dollars.
The entire building is used by
Meyer g. Co., with the exception OF
one room of the first floor. which is
occupied by Nathan Gross, as a cloth
ing store. Mr.. Gross loss will
amount, we understand, to only few
hundred dollars.
1he insurance agency or ". ~. Drew
held risks on the furniture for $1,000
in the Putnam, Of Hartford; and
So, 900 on the clothing, IN the Security
Of New York. Nexsen & Baker had
risks of $4,000 on the furniture, and
$1,000 on the clothing, both in the
Merchants Of Hartford Bennett &
Decker had an insurance on the
building for $4,000.
This FIRE created great deal Of ex-
element, and an immense number OF
people were congregated in the
streets. IF the fire had got under
headway, q disastrous confagFatiou
would have been the result.
LATER.-At one O'Clock this morn
ing, Mr.. Roekeman's condition was
consid red quite critical, and the at
tending physicians thought there was
little prospect of his recovery, He is
a married man, but his family reside
in the old country.