The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-14
FIRES.
Loss OF Life i'm New York.

NEW YORK, Jan, l3.-This morning fire &C.
CURED in the brick building North East Goth
street, the flames spreading with lightning
rapidity. 1t being known that number of
persons were in the house, second and third
alarms were rung out, and in a short time a
a large number of firemen were on the spot.
Every device was resO-ted to to reach the occu-
pants but the tiremen were driven off at every
point by the flames.
Jacob Stiner, one of the well known tea mer-
chants of this city, jumped from one of the
back windows of the second story and was
found in the yard burnt and mangled corpse.
servant girl named Mary Mcclure was also
found in the yard with both legs broken. She
was removed to Bellevue hospital, though but
little hopes are entertained of her recovery. A
fireman in searching the building found the
dead body of Mrs. Stiner and her daughter who
were smothered in their rooms.
The building was owned by Mr. Stiner. The
fire is said to have been caused by All imper-
feet heater, The loss is estimated at $4,000
1t is rumered that there are several other bod
les buried in the ruins, but so far searching par
ties have failed to discover them.
Burning of an Extensive Block i'm Bos.
BOSTON, Jan. 13-Fire broke ont at 8 o.
clock this morning in Trimmings book-bin-
derry, in the upper portion of the brick building,
Nos. 20, q, and "a Sudbury street, and inn
mediately assumed so threatening an ASPECT
that an alarm was rung calling out the entire
fire department The smoke was very dense
and sheaves of burning paper rose from the
bindery. The fire was fortunately confined to
the building, which was pretty thoroughly de
intact The building forms portion of the
Goldman buildings, and the occupants are as
follows: First story and basement of No. Y. by
BENZ. f. Sturtevapt manufacturer aud dealer
in pressure blowers; first story and basement of
No. "a, by Enoch r. Morse, safe manufactur-
.er; the second story, the entrance to which
~. a., NJ 1so1 hui Holt O.
Co., engineers and lnachinists; the third story,
occupied by H. McQuade, Cutter and others
and the fourth and fifth stories, by Fleming
book bindery.
The loss will be very heavy. In addition to
the property of occupants of the building, Lee
& Shepard and several other publishers had
works of value going through the process of
binding
The largest losers are Messrs. Fleming &,
Co., book binders, who gave employment to
about 100 persons, fifty of whom were women.
The firm had stock to the value of $4,000 or
$4,000 destroyed; partially insured. The firm
which has been in existence many years. had
accumulated large number of valuable APP
planes used in their business, and it will take
years to replace them. They had recently
Hawley streets, in conjunction with \ essrs
Lee & Shepard, and were to remove to theil
new quarters in about three weeks. The firm
also had on hand for binding about $4,000
worth OF books belonging to publishers III DUE
ton and New York. Among the losers are =
R. Osgood & Co., Lee & Shepard John T.
Shorrey, Jon gregational Publishing House, IL
S. Davis Il Co., and Estes & Lauriat.
Destructive Fire in Naiich.
NATIcK, Mass Jan. 13.-About half past
four o'clock this morning fire was discovered
in Sherman's frame block on Main steeet, from
which it spread to J.. b. Walcott's shoe factory
on North street. Going thence in westerly
direction, it took dwelling house on Sum.
mer street owned by the heirs of James fash
Oney Daniels frame block and the town hall
Spreading in southery direction, CLARK s
brick block on Main street, frame block ad
joining, were seized. From here, in another
direction again, on Central street. E. H. Wal
colts tenement house was taken. Crossins
Main street to the east, Winch's block, Unior
block, owned by James Morse, Rice's block
| the engine house, P F. Woodbdry's store, and
| the Congre gational church, were consumed
| Bartlett's dwelling house and bakery on Cen
trail street were next in order. On Washington
street, 1Iilburn's grain store, three dwelling
! houses, G. w. $hild's shoe factory, E. B. Saun
ders shoe factory, and on Railroad Avenue, @
| N Perry's block, A. w. Burke's coffin ware
house aud frame building, occupied as 8
dwelling house, grocery and baker shop, wer,
destroyed. The postof6ce, Natick Bulletin