New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-09
THE FIRE RECORD.
IN THIS CITY.
A LARGE PIE BAKERY AND THIRTY HORSES BURNhD
LOSS, S183,000. ....l

LOSS $4,000.
The large three-story and basement Dli0N
building on sullvanst, between Broome ana Sprins-
sts owned and occupied by the EeY-York Pie bAkihs
Company almost totally destroyed, yesterday morn
ing, by fire which consumed 90 horses, and inVovea
total loss Of ts3 CO., The building known a. NO. "a
Suliyans but 1t extended back $50 feet toward Ciark
st. and had three-story brick extension toward
Broome-st, In the of Nos "a "a 70, 70, ana 30
sulIiyan-st The flames discovered about
$40 a. M, in q large pile Of kndlinRvood'
near an oven in the bakingrOom, in the north
,Vest corner OF the basement They had already
gained great Roadway and were burning nerceV'
Five engines and three hook and ladder companies re
sponded TO an alarm which was telegaphed from Fire
Department Headquarters at $40 a. M On their ARRIVAL
the fire had made such rapid progress tnat OneH
Engineer Bates ordered the Immediate sounding OF
second alarm summoning three additional engine
companies and one moro hook and ladder
company. Acknowledgements Perley, no" freSlaens
of the Department, sOOR arrived, ana ING GU
tire block OF infammable tenement-houseS winch
surrounded the bakery being menaeed' thru aafn
WAS sounded and three more engine companies ano
another hook and ladder company we're sent ior mean
while an immense crowd mainly composed OF coiored
persons residing in the neighborhood, had assembled
and great excitement and CONSERVATION prevailed DO
tails of officers from the Eighth, Ninth FourteeDth t-
teenth and Twenty-eighth Precincts were found
necessary, and upon the great danger ana
excitement becoming known TO superintendent
Matsel, he assumed command personally, assisted
by Inspector McDermOtt and Captain McCuuagh' IN
whose precinct the fire occurred After endeaVorngh
vain to the bakery, the fremen directed their e-
forts TO the protection Of the surrounding property and
the flames still burning with alarming ferceness. two
extra engine companies and hook and ladder COM
pany were summoned. Through the arduous exertlons
of thirteen gnes and six hook and ladder companies,
constituting nearly one-third Of the active force Oh
the department, the fire brought under
,1.,t hnFr hfff
several of the adjacent buildings had gnted Upon the
discoyery OF the flames the employees Of the com
pany tried to rescue 81 horses which in part OK
the building used for stabng but only seven OF the an
maIs we're saved, the others having become terror
stricken and unmanageable. While investigating in
formally the circumstances OF the fire, FlreMarshal
| sheldon acquired the following information:
The building No. 81 sullivanst.. owned by ths Pie
| Baking Company, not damaged seriously eXcepi
near its extension It's first floor was occupied Dy the
| company for Office purposes, and the remainder by
various families, whose furniture was damaged extern
sively by water The extension, which occupied as
"A bakery, stable, and wagon-nouse, was totally de-
stroyed with large quantity Of stock and machinery,
70 horses aud "a wagons Tie buildings Nos. IS and So
also owned by the company, were damaged aoout soO
| President Thompson, OF the Company estimntes ITS
losses as follows: On buildings aud improvements, $780,
/ COO; stock, $4,000; machinery, $4,000; "a wagons,
lure So 90; total s78l6O Nj Thompson states that
the ony policies Of insurance held ~ me company
for $4,000 on the building ana 5000 On s.oeK;
These amounts, he says. are distributed among severn
OCT
pany to-day. The remaining losses are divided among
Inc c5arret Of the S-sory brick building No. 10 Sui
liyaD-st owned by Mrs Brooks and occupied ~ seven
coored families damaged $500 by he, and the lr-
niture OF the occupants $40 Oy WateI ing -
No 81 Suyan-st damaged $500 BY hre' supposed 10
I'm the Quor store of Thomas Murtha IN this building,
| was damaged $500; insured for $500.
ZIG sprng-st owned by James Guen damaged 500
The rear Of tue wooden ana brick hmdlug No p Cark-
Inv Dr J4s
ing building. No. p, owned by Abraham Beakey, was
damaged $780, and the adjoining structure owned 10y the
Trinity Church Society, and July Insured was damaged
'1IXrER-Fre Marshal sheldon in continuing lis pre-
limInary investigation last nglt. estimated the total
loss OF the pie company $4,000 aud learned from
total insurance is SOOOO divided equally among local
companies whose names could not be asceraincd. He
used oil refinery and that the floors aud woodwork
| saturated with OIL which accounts for
the remarkably rapid progress OF the hanes lie was
also informed that aeyway leading from sallgan-st.
to the yard of the bakery crowded vita wagons,
whose removal delayed tue nfceb several minutes; and
that when the tcmen reached the building they found
the doors locked and the President OF the Clmpary
inside with few employees, trying TO extinguiSh
fire with small hose The gemen also reported TO
the re In the liquor store of Thomss Murtha on the
first floor OF the fOrstory brick tenement No
Suivan-st., owned by Robert Watson which sup
Is now believed to nave been OF ucendary origin. It
appears that IL not discovered until after the fire.
| men lad Tie flames from the bakery under complete
control and nearly extnguished. Murtha. who esti-
mates his loss AT $780, said that he had been insured for
1 200 but that he did not know whether lis policy had
expired or not. The FIRE Marshal estimates MuFtha's
loss at only $3.50 aud has discovered that ne was IN
sured for 81 5Ou IN the Exchange Insurance Company.
On account Of recent order Of the Fire Commission
dscharging the beringers and dispensing with tho
ringing of Cells below FIftyinthst no bells we're rune
for the fire yesterday. This caued great complaint and
is LEGGED 10 have resulted in serious delay and danger
The IRE was discovered in the bakery at an hour when
one hall the remen are permitted TO 90 TO ler homes
for breakfast The alarm having been the en-
CINE houseS By cegraphq quietly most OF the Gremen who
had gone 70 tner MONIES were ehaNare OF lLe nre NJ
the aarm and they were thereby delayed In reaching
the fire. TIE police reserves also home 10 breakfast
at the came hour, anu were similarly delayed. 50 that,
while, during the early progress VI the re the number
| Of ftemen In atiendlnce was July one-third
sounded by bells the number OF policemen eOrre-
spondingy small, and both ire and spectators were
difficult to control. The matter viii probably DO
made subject OF formal complaint 70 the Board OF
Commissioners.
OTHER LOCAL FIRES.
At 0 p. M, on Saturday, a loss of $500 re-
suited from fire OF unknown origin in Richard Hes
ters rag shop in the basement Of the building No.
Euzsbeth-st, near Bayard-st.; insured for 1900,
AT GIO a. H., yesterday, fire OF unknown origin
Cured on the fourth floor Of the sixstOry building
No 125 Maiden-ane, near water-st, occupied BY b.
Fisher Rust tobacco dealers. Damage, O. insured.
At 9:45 a. m yesterday. Gre, supposed to have been
caused by the accidental ignition OF matches.
Cured closet on the top floor Of the threestory
brick building No rs East Fifty secondst near Fourth
ave, occupied by Mary Fox; damage, $500.
Al 10 a. yesterday, the roof OF the threestory
wooden building No. 333 West Twenty -hrst-st.,
Nnth-ave, occupied as livery stable BY Thomas Fitz-
simmons, damaged SIS by lire OF unknown origin.
AT / $50 p. m, yesterday, IRE OF unknown origin
Canalst, Forsyth-s The hames were extngoished
by officer % the Tenth Precint without alarm Dam
age 70 stock s5; insured Tor OVO III the Feopes ana
Pacific Insurance Companies
The dwelling Of Thomas Benton, at No. 50 Tompkns-
place, Brooklyn, caught hre from gas JET and was
damaged go Yesterday; insured by the Citizens Com