New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
FIRE PERILS.

- CARELESS UsB OF INFLAMMABLEs IN
PRfNTING-ofFgCBs.
The Fire Commissioners received yesterday
sae following reports relation the inspection Of
dangerous buildings. from O. s. eilderseeye Chief Of
sAe Bnroau Of Engneers and from the foromen Of fire.
saganss; Tbe Olympic Theater inspected Jan.sis.
MA The thcater has entrance in Brosdway e iee'
wide gas-stove heats the room under the Stage t"
was found need protection with tin OF zlnc anu W"
hight wood around 1t was charred mp. large hea.eI
under the stage found TO be safely constructed %
use OF uncovered lights in any part OF the tneS,ei -
hidden; smoking is also prohibited, as wen Us '"o
uae OF matches There are eleven buckets oi ""'9l
under the stage. There also two hreeN''"s s
In the night wing Of the stage floor; 'neS "0ie ,
INT were useless in consequence Of the pipe oehg oro
~ TNa too,.ngbrs are covered with glass, and
hava strnpe in front OF them saIeV
chain for the balletdancers. There are TWO
outlets In Crosby-st. from the stage, ono in
the center being five feet wide, ana one III
the side three feet wide. There are coal stoves IN e
aressing.rooms but they seldom used. There are
st Of movable border lights made Of tin and iron.
stove in the scenepanters' room is too near SHELF
the propretors promise TO remove the she'll me nre
place IN the rear wall opens on the stagei IL VIII oe
breked up In the carpenters shop the glue is heated
nv gasstoye there large quantity OF shavlnSs
around i There is large stove on the eIt OF the en-
trance 20 the parquetto The furnace for heating the
,ront Of the house is in basement of No. GO Broad
way There is an outlet from tue parque'te
through the cellar to Broadway. The en-
trance TO the parquette is feet wide; the
man entrance the theater is 16 feet wide The starr
way to the family A feet wide; it is thought to
be inadequate for a crowded house. All the lights
throughout the building properly covered. There
are two watchnen duty at night aud one during the
day The house can be empted in seven minutes ana
accommodates 2,OcO people when full
The Paran stevens Frencb-hat building at Broadway
aud Twentyseventh-st. was inspected Jan IL, 1873
nre occurred in this building the 18th ns occasoned
by CRATE being placed IN the floor without proper
protection beneath. The house is protected from IRE Dy
hose every floor, which supplied with water from
tank the roof which holds l6ooO gaons OF wafer
The main stairway is of iron the basement TO the
roof There are two wooden sarways for servants from
the fret floor to the attic There Is one passenger eie
vator There three boilers in the basement Tor the
beaing of the house. The gas-meter is in the base
ment underneath the sidewalk in C~enty-seVenth-st'
Fire axes are needed on each floor.
The foremen Of engiue companies handed in reports
concerning the results Of inspections they had maze oi
buildings during the two days before:
Foreman Patteu OF Engine No. IL reported as follows:
Tie four.story building No. sos East Houstonst is
owned by NJ MargTaf the basement and first hoor are
occnped by him as cabinet shop; on the second moor
there shop. where Is girls are employed; aiso
the third fourth floors are occupied by tnOrs VINO
employ girls; the windows on tue toy Ioors are odreo
up winch otherwise could be used as means OF escape
in case Of hre the stairs OF wood and there is no
nr,-escape Ira re originated down stairs there would
he no means escape except by the roof and thence
lump of 20 feet TO adjoining roofs The building NO
4s2 East houstOn-st, fOur-story 0nek used as
atenement was fonnd to have 6re-escape The fol-
loving tenement also had hreesoapes No %l1
East Hcnstou ST. three brick, owned by a. Held
enhem; No 40 East HOustOn-st., threestory DrcK'
owned by Hugh James; No. 45 East Houston-st''
three-st0ry brick owned by Frederick Young NO. SIs
East HoustOn-st threestOry brick. X Dorson' owner
No S9i East HousiOnsl threestOry brick j. Afhemer
AM East "a
JG Aftrdcc. agent; No. 363 East Houstonst a three
story brick, J. q. Attridce, agent.
Foreman Eiward ". Wilhelm OF Engine No. 2s re
ported that he had inspected ve-story brown-stone
building al No 50 Dey-s, occupied in the fourth and
NTH floors by NJ s Herman dealer in who employs
as girls sorting rags He found no ladder leading to the
roof enable the women TO escape in case tne pululDg
was lire beneath
Foreman James Walton of Truck No. II Inspected the
fourst story building No 12i Chambers-st.. occupied by
VIM Blythe trunk and bag manufacturer There are sc
men and women employed the upper floors The
sarways leading 20 the upper floors are "a feet vide
The ladder TO the scuttle found blocked up with
rubbish As this building is Is feet below tho bulld
inps on either side a fircescape should be provided
Foreman Geo W. Erb Of Truck No. 6 reported as fol
lows: No 400 Grandst Is three-stOry brick; on the
first floor Is drug store the second the chapel ofthe
Immauuel congregation; the third floor German
school attended daily by children in case of fire the
CHILDREN would be IN great danger, nasmueh as there is
Fureman Thomas II. Griffith OF Engine No. - in.
speeted Grammar School No. 81. He found the stair
ways TO be of wood; thought that the building
otherwise safe tho children drilled chow 10 act IN
case OF a FIRE.
Foreman Patrick DOnahue OF Engine No. inspected
several buildings. The buildings Nos l6l l63 1866 l6 and
I69 Pearlst occupied by George i. NesDitt & Co,
printers aud also by George Reay, manufacturer of
stamped envelopes for the United States Government.
Mr. Reay occupies the fourth fifth and sixth floors of
Nos l6 63 aud Pearst, aud the fourth and attic
floors Nos G7 and 1863 Pearlst. He employs 200 wo-
men and $50 The starcases are Of wood. The
scuttles ladders IN good condition. Messrs.
Nosbitt Co also occupy the buildings Nos 49, IS, and
n Pine-st and employ 60 women and 80 men. The
pot says 1.-THE buildings old and have been patched
80 suit the business and in fire should get head
WAY they would not be very safe.
Foreman william Mclaughlin OF Engine No. "a in
spected the yestory buildings Nos. and 2O6 West
Houston ST. occupied by several carpenters firms and
found that there reeseapes, no ladder 10 the
roof the building heated by steam, means of putting
out FIRE, no way OF escape for 80 girls employed Oh the
upper floors except by the main stairway.
Foreman Joseph F. McGin of Engine No. 80 inspected
the fourstory building No 800 Bowery. owned by Rob
ert Irwin. The third and fourth floors used
hoopslirt mandatory. and 60 girls employed There
are DO nrescapes aud Of escape 10 the roof in
case of fire the ground floor The hve-stOry build
ing No 354 Bowery also has ireescape, although
large number OF persons employed in cigar manu-
factory the upper floors. The vestory building No
sSs Bowery owned by Maria Higgins has no fre-escape
In the upper floors tasse mandatory over 40 per
work.
Foreman Robert King OF Truck NO. inspected three
sx-stOry brick buildings at Nos IS 80 and 80 Centre
The second, third and part OF the fourth floors
occupied bv R1sses steam prntinghouse and the rest
of the building by William c. Conner type fonndery
TIE stairway In the is Of ron There are l6 print
ing pleeSes n third floor printers