New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-27
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fire bIry,nc on the floor very near 1ini nv IN" "
fine y cot mn 70 escape the hamcs; ran bach ana 90"
hs wv W. troui In which we wash the iclns im.
hoS I'd was thoroughly soaSed Win waser En ai 100
ar iSc se zed up nearly the ceiling, aud seemed 70
draw toward the elevator ana aLi 49, e,,n, yve
coud nor check them for my clothes ana then ior
lie srs the stairway was Ia the center u WV I'D
H. snd was inciossl IL bad door on the north anu
snsth SIDE The soath door fastened m ana was
obliged 20 60 around through the tl oT the
north door TO get out as Wen. OUT a., In tSe on
flames were coming through broken wlndOW III we W
oe door ed to 60 up s'G s% ST the ire and smoke
Increasing so rapidly That rfuesSS1I o tmos and
Ion ran down it was so hot when passed our door
;y down thai was Obliged TO hold my hat to my face
~ az, on her arm came down the stairway directly
AFTER me and crying for her dauRhter iooAo az
The stairs and saw tndt 1t then i52 or 6Os p nj
am not certain which had not been down sins more
than five minutes when the hTemen Games the nrse saw
was uuoh SUp f ~ NV Teme north window of the
upper door crying for helps the hrelnen tired 10 put up
ladder them, but did not nave men sn9g9,
some citizens helped when they got the ladder up
it was found TO be too short; when got down lho e
street il seemed e the whole building from our
foor mn was on fire. the smoke pouring from every
window; do not think that these q Is remained az inc
window half minute; think the walls leu ap'S"
IS minutes after the hremen arrived.
ONE WOMAN sMorHERED.
Louis c. GARNER testified live at No 26s south
Ninth-st brooklyn D. D., and am in tie employ OF Dun
Barlow g. Co. as a cOmpOsltor was at my case dstrlD-
uting type at the time the ufe broke OUT hVs" eO"O
cries in the pressroom and around there to see
what was the matter; great blaze OF a5ne rising
from the foor % tho ceiling; saw one man throw DIS
coat the flames &ld uy 20 smother mem our Iere ere
man had board " 5sfch he trying to put u ONT;
h Was after O'olr when got down into the street
the fire was comt 1ut Of the three south window ON
our floor there was smoke or IRE then coming from
any other windows II was five or six minutes ater
got down stairs when the nremen arrived h law obe
did not cry long; the smoke poured OUT OF the upper
windows very soon afterward, and thought she was
| THE FLIGHT FROM The BUILDING.
| John p. Hopkins testified au foreman for Ander'
1 SON. Archer & Co, boOkbinders; they occupied the
fourth ifth and slxth floors think had about IS
girls In employ and % men and boys they we're all
at work on Tuesday all of the girls worked the fifth
floor the floor above used stock room aud no
person worked there; the bindery on the fourth
hoor and an the men were that floor had charge
4 az me bndeS at the oe the menOers Of the firm hay-
ing gone nome some OF the were DESTROYS OF quit
TING work while wished 10 work full time, or until $50
D. n stood IN the middle of the floor looking around
10 inst all the men were at woIk @hen hSaiu
one the stairs call out " Get out We are AZ on mr.
and almost Immediately saw the Danes roiIng up OUT
eide OF our front windows went 70 ie Sa' a fS ny
some Of our people did escape by the stars although
they had to pass through flames on the landing below
thought Of the nre'eseape anu caod nPOn 1ls f
TO follow me by thaI llnle our hooE was iG VI
way the rls that were on tue nth ho0r az tAe e OF
the fire down TO the fourth moor 10 ge oul OF tne
recsoape; 80 and 40 persons escaped IN TINS
way this fire escape on the Leonardst side; do
~ tbn il rasrhod further 10 than the fourth floor; il
SiSd o9r balconies to the roof of the adjoining build
inc distance of about Is feet in doing there
great danger Of telling through large skylight in the
roof directly beneath the balcony l think there was
which extended froul fth floor to the roof Of
aud planingm distance OF about - feet; tat IRE
egeape did OF communicate with any floor except the
nth; Irenaned on the balcony OF the nre-escape on
| the third floor until everybody had passed me
got TIE roof belOE; some Of the girls were assisted
to the root by some men VINO placed snort stepadder
there and helped TO break their Ia was the last man
10 leave the building and do not think hsd been of
tie fre-cscape minute when the walls began 70 fal
wy a. ~ ~ tbe fourt, foor IL roof bel0yg a
distance OF % feet; brother jumped from
| 0 window the south side ABOUT the same dstaneej
this building had been FIRE twice previously within
Two or three weeks The last time was week or 50 ago.
the engineer told Inc the place had been Oh l,e that
morning It was on some moor DeiOW US my tih hot
sure which ne said that We had very narrow escape,
aud that was the second time within two or three
heard aud suggested that the reescapos 5hoaid he put
in order nui ia the hurry ana pressure q oar D0ueS' II
was forgotten.
Gas JET POSSIBLY Tns CAUSE
Joseph Payez testified: 1 sm oremeu OF the printing
Office Of DuD Barlow & CO.; at The time of the fire
was on the front part OF the third floor paying Of the
comDos0rs; went 10 their composing forms, and, as
paid them OF they would prepare to leave the buildings
two Of the men had left the building 70 my knowledge
aud ethers %9rS % ." room M Vas ON fire
handed the money-ox TO a man and to the press
room; I threw some wetting boards on Inc hre ana
aud that be excitement and that thought
could put out the hrei at THIS time the moor was
burning; I nothing on fire bat the moor; got
burned the face in putting the wettngDoaTds " the
fire. / do not know how the IRE orianateu
beIzne TO clean the presses and rollers aud there
or less always the floor ia most press
rooms; suppose about five minutes elapsed between
the tine the fire discovered and the moment
driven out by the flames and the smoke; other men
sisted IN the endeavor 10 put out the flames was the
last person out Of the third floor; it about
O'Clock when discovered the re; there three
four gas-buTners liz IN our place; believe the large
burner lit over the press which the men were clean
ing
The evidence Of this witness ended the Investigation,
L No Mos ir ia
any witnesses when the origin and progress Of the
fire had been so clearly described
IHE RARNITMS MIISCI-M EIRE.