New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-28
RAVAGES OF FIRE.
CHOCOLATE FACTORY BURNED.


A CHOCOLATE FACTORY BURNED.
THE IGNITION OF BAGS FROM HOT COCOA SHELLS
THE' PRoBABLE CAUsE-NARRoW ESCAPES OF
oCCUPANTs-L0Ss ABOUT SSOOOOO.
Another large factory has fallen prey to
,n aaes and while the disaster has not been attended
NV loss of life property has been damaged tasoO on
which the Insurance companies have s2Oiooo at risk
Fames and smoke we're discovered issuing from
basement window in the confectionery establishment OF
Henry Maard at Nos 1GO and ie2 Mercerst at e2o a.
M yesterday. An alarm was at once sounded pus "e
fore the first fireman reached the street every room IN
me mandatory was fire. Great efforts were naue
nv the hremen 10 prevent the fire from ex'enulhs W
other buildings an attempt which was AeeoinlnSneu
srter several hours Of most intense labor Inc manu-
factory although It faced NerceTst ran PACK ana COT"
nected with Mt Maard's restaurant aud hoteI, wncn
auhopyh not reached by the flames were greatly dam
aged by smoke aud water. -,
A portion or the middle OF the hotel iseeu an oIu
graveyard formerly the property OF 81. Ihomas r. T.
Church. The graveyard opened out upon h's' hous'o
At greatly 70 the delight OF the fremen, who carried
chair hose through the Enclosure and poured torrents OF
a.r into the side rooms Of the mandatory thus In
reptng the flames in their progress toward the hote
In rooms on the third floor al the servants OF the ho'e
were sleeping the time but most Of them SUCCEEDED
An escapinc into the store. 4 few women, however
we're unable pick their way through the Railways ana
appearing at the windows shreked for help.
TWO NARROW ESCAPES.
One Of the girls Olga Jeuening who was employed as
asaieswoman in the confectionery store jumped out OF
the window OF her and fell TO the ground tree
stories below. The Aremen ran TO her. and 10 theH
ssonishment found that she had apparently only re-
csved severe shock and that none OF her limbs were
broken. she placed IN an ambulance Anu 'AAeh u
Bellevue Hospital
Cant Rowe OF truck No. brought long ladder and
sttemped to place against the building Tue snow
say in great drifts in the graveyard however and the
ground was so slippery that for several moments the
nremen we're unable to raise the ladder. waiter
who was az one OF the windows above upon
seesug this failure Of the remen attempted 10 descend
nv hedQut which he had fastened 70 his window, In
tending 20 drop 10 the ground reaching the end OF the
quilt The fremen shouted 70 him TO get into the room
again rs they would have the ladder up but he was
unable do tins, although he chung TO the quilt SUR
mons brought several remen 70 the spot and by
their aid the ladder last lifted against the side OF
she mandatory The waiter at once rescued rom
ms dangerous position and four women carried
ont of their rooms and down the ladder into the grave
yard.
Chief Perley sent out a second alarm which brought
smother division OF reennes TO the spot The hose OF
te second division was quickly stretched over the heaps
81 snow which filed the streets, and more streams OF
water were poured into the windows Of the burning
mandatory The Hremen almost exhausted by
their in putting the great fires OF the three pre-
vous days and maintained their posts around the burn
ing building with much difficulty
The tenementhouses Nos. lJ6 and l5s Mercer-st also
saught fire. and poor families who lived within them
were compelled 70 abandon all their household property
90 the flames and 20 fee into the street. AT last the
Games died in the building, ano leaving several en-
eines pump upon the smoking ruins, Chief Perey dis
missed his men 70 their respective engine-hcuses.
,LossEs AND ASSURANCES
The mandatory of Mr. Msilard was crowded with
valuable machinery and large quantity Of stock was
STORED in the upper part of the building Mr. Malard
estimates that mandatory he had stock destroyed
which was worth 500 OOO and machinery worth $4,000
The tenement buildings Nos l5s aud l5S Mercerst.
9ere owned by W. " d J. OBrien Of No 55W4llGt, and
WE'RE damaged $4,000
the hotel and confectionery store Nos. 6l9 and el
Broadway. furniture and stock damaged $4,000.
The fou-stOry brick buildings Nos 100 and 162 Mercer
ST. owned by the stuyvesant estate damage SIS
The fourstory buildings Nos 619 and 62l Broadway
also owned by the stuyvesant estate; damage,
$500
A. Halle, tailor. occupied the first floor Of No. Go
Broadway, and had stock damaged 5000 BE in
sured by the following companies Brewers and Malt
sers s25OO Merchants Mutual, t25OO Manufacturers
and Builders $500; Glens Falls. $500; Commercial,
v2b0; Merchants OF Providence s2.5OO Black River,
15O0; Commercial Union Of London $1,000 Alps s. 500
Alemapis, $500; Manhattan, 5000; Merchants of
HewYOrk. $780, Peoples of Newark, $500; Adriatc,
$500; North American OF Philadelphia, $780, City Of
Newark, s., total, $4,000
The following. is list Of the insurance companies IN
which Mr.. Malard had his stock and machinery in
sured: