New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-04
THE ERE RECORD.

IN THIS CrTY-GREAr FIRE IN ELMsT.-Two FIRE
MIN INJURED.
The buildings upon the plot of ground
bounded by Elm. Grand. Crosby, and HowardSts.,
4st OF large factories and densely inhabited tenement
group OF buildings Of similar character fiji
up the center OF the square their outer walls only few
feet distant from the back walls Of the buildings facing
the several streets At s:l5 yesterday fire
discovered in OF the back buildings mentioned,
threestory building in the OF No. 40 Elmst,
occupied by William TYrre Co.. boxmakers and car
penpeners pot OF glue boiled stove in the
second story, shavings caught fire, and before
water could be brought the entire room was in flames.
The frame building abutted tenement house, six
stories in hight, into the windows OF which the flames
quickly passed from the roof OF the burning carpenter
shop The families living the tenementhouse had scarce
" smomcnrs warning before the entire upper floor OF
thrir home on fire. Through the united action OF
policemen and remen the lives Of all the occupants
were saved although many we're nearly sufocated by
the dense smoke which filed the building. The flames
descended from the upper the lower floors OF the
building and blown by tho wind into the windows
Of twOstOry brick buildings adjacent The fire
threatened 70 destroy all the buildings the block
Tho iremen found IL almost impossible 20 keep tho
flames from setting fire 70 the exposed woodwork Of the
surrounding buildings, and the rashness OF ap
preaching closely the burning buildings the walls Of
which seemed 20 crumble beneath the fierce heat. As
Foreman Edward Wihems OF Engine No. 20 and Martin
Walsh OF Engine No. 30 passing through
alley-way the tile roof OF No. 1913 lElm-st. fell
and buried them beneath its ruins. They quickly
released bv .Lbeir companions and taken 10
Park HOsUit anywhere 10 found that they had
ceived severe injuries. Chief Bates after the acct
dent summoned by Telegraph two divisions OF fire en-
gincs to the OF the hre By the aid OF this
enforcement the flames confined % the buildings
spoken Of and last suDdued In the buildings
themselves late tn the afternoon.
TIE building where the fire originated was owned bv
Johu Brown and damaged 5000 insured for 81 500
The occupants, TyTren * Co.. had stock worth N.sCO
destroyed insured in the Harvard and tuyvesant
Insurance Companies. A fOur-stOFy frame uildng az
No les Elm-st, also owned by John Brown, was dam
eyed $500. The building il occupied by Hartich &
sohOttt, brass founders whose stock damaged
500 Insured slO01 IN the LTcomng Insurance Com
uany The brick buildings, Nos 49, IS and II
CrosbY-st, owned by DR.. John Burke were damaged
5000 insured for 5000. The rstand second floors are
occupied bv Arthur Ksnnard dealer IN dyeing goods,
whose stock was damaged 5000; no insurance por-
t0n Of the second floor was occupied by Baker Me-
KinDe dealers In military goods, whose stock was dam
aged 81 OOO insurance. The third floor OF the same
building occupied by A. . Russell, dealer In mat
tresses, whose stock was damaged S,OOO
The sx-stOrY tenement house back OF No. II Crosby
a. was destroyed; loss, $1,000; Insurance not known
TIE building inhabited by 20 families, chlenY or
French birth, whose furniture was destroyed loss,
200; insurance, $1,000
ire In The basement OF No. 100 ClntOn-st., occupied
as a residence by Michael Mullensbor yesterday, dam
aged furniture $50.