The New York herald., 1872-12-13
TIE FIRE MARSHAL'5 INVESTI-
CATION.
Further Testimony Taken Before the
Fire Marshal.

Fire Marshal.
The terrible fire that occurred In the Fifth
Avenue Hotel on Tuesday night still continues to
be the subject of conversation throughout the
city. The authorities at the hotel are denounced
on all sides, and great sympathy Is manifested ior
the unfortunate sufferers The more investigation
is pushed into the sad occurrence the more the
neglect OF the prOprietors of the house
for the safety of the lives OF their servants
becomes apparent. The shutting up OF the SER
wants in the deadly cells on the attic noor is in
itself creating feeling of profound Indignation In
the public mind. Pretensons were made that
great care was being taken of the surviving and
| impoverished servants; but fact alone will
show how much they are worth. Mary Groves was
sent for by the Fire Marshal on Wednesday to ap-
pear before him, but the officer who went for the
woman returned with the message that all her
clothes were destroyed and she could not attend
the summons. That looks very like
DISTRIBUTING GARMENTS AMONG THEM.
The examination into the details OF the catas
trophe was continued yesterday by the Fire Mar
shal, and the following testimony was taken by
Mr.. Sheldon
TESTIMONY OF MARY GROVES.
Mary Groves, being duly sworn. stated II work
in the laundry at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; have
worked there five years; l occupied room No. sos,
on the landing of the servants staircase between
the parlor floor and the floor above on the night
of the fire went to bed at hafpast nine O'Clock;
was woke up by the fire in my room nobody called
me; there re- was & blaze IN my room; Jumped
there was no fire on the landing outside;
went down the servants staircase to the land
ing; saw no fire on the way down; there are three
landings below my room on each OF which girls
Sleep ! called them as went down to the land
ing when / got there ! saw three or four men
putting on the hose; passed through the laundry
and went up the stairs on the Twenty-ourth street
side the men Were taking the hose out in the d.
| about eleven O'Clock when was woke up by the
Sne 81 @ wao UP n IS namea e
duty in the main hall opposite my room at the time
of the fire; did not leave the gas burning In my
room when went to work.
| TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH p MORGAN
Joseph P. Morgan said - am watchman on the
second floor in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and was on
duty at the time OF the fire; at about eight minutes
OF eleven O'Clock was at the landing OF the
&c 70 a
way and then | followed party round to the
Twenty fourth street stairs; when got there
l fastened round tnere saw two or three persons
standing by, tue head OF the stairs; | smelled
there's fire; opened the door leading
from the main hall to the servants
and were e eoo sSs No up d n s
| stretched my hose at once; the gas man and some
one else took the pipe and turned on the water;
| don't think IL was more than i've minutes after we
put on the water before the fire passed us and we
went up to the floor above: found that some one
| had got the hose out on that floor; the fire went
up the stairway very rapidly; when was getting
| out my hose on the second door Giday, the second
nOO moor caed to the once that ' tnere ssn was as dre %
on the Twenty-thrd street side, and to
turn the engine on there; saw Mr. Griswold come
| up the Broadway stairs and pass around to the
Twenty. third street side about i've minutes before
heard the alarm bell; don't think it was more
than eight minutes after ! left the Twenty third
street landing before heard the alarm bell.
TESTIMONY OF A GUEST
Samuel Ten Eyck testified am & resident OF
/ salt Lake City; am guest at the Filth Avenue
Hotel; at the time OF the fire my room was No. %,
on the ,parlor door, on the Twenty-third street
about eleven O'Clock at ten minutes past
eleven was near the foot OF the
twenty third Street side; asked some questions
! OF the men on duty there and looked at my watch
at the same time; that is how fix the hour;
went up stairs to go to my room, and getting to
the parlor noor l saw smoke issuing from the
crevices OF door just west Of the staircase, and
som; girl and myself instantly burst open the
door; saw fire burning in a small inner room;
was Vuras vn ON nee m and ooa
were mass OF burning cinders the names drove
us out; the alarm was given; ! went to my room
playing on the fire; 1t was but very few mo-
ments after the discovery OF the fire that the water
was put on; am certain no ala rm had been given
at the time first saw the fire.
! TESTIMONY OF wATCHMAN.
Fifth Avenue Hotel; was on duty on the ofice
floor at the time OF the fire. when ! heard OF the
fire was in the yard, near Twenty fourth street:
| saw the steward run past me- and directly alter a
waiter told me there was IRE on the other side OF
! the house, went through the laundry to
the servants staircase; there was no hose
stretched in the laundry at that time; nor did
| see any person there; ! found they had got water
on from above; IL was pouring down the staircase;
went up the servants stairway TO the main door;
! then up the main stairway to the second foor and
! helped TO get out the hose the dire was burning
| between the paror floor and the moor above; the
| watchman on cuty on the upper moor was Michael
| Cruickshank; il Is his duty TO see that
ALL THE GIRLS ARE IN BED
and the gas put OUT he goes up there at half-pas
/ ten lor tlat purpose; can't tell the exact time