, 1875-11-20
MARTlNE'S HALL.
The Old Resort for Dancing and
Politics Destroyed.
six Men Seriously Injured oi
Them Perhaps Fatally.
How tho Accident 1Iappcnct1.-.Cnpt. Bull
winklc's Statement.
Narrow Escapes. Origin and Discovery oi Tho
Fire...Tha Insurance..

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Asorous and disaslrous confederation occurrn]
]nat oycntnr, and resulted In thu ininrv Of ri.
arcmtn-t,,rce ,cr,ou.1v and thu othcr, .ovc,o,,
and Inn destrnct,on NJ Nfart;no'a Went gi,1r
DANCING Ac.demy, sjtuatod on Ada stroct, mid.
vay betwcon ,Iodtson and W.s,,ircton. rrhr
building w.e n larco frame ope, unon a atoms
foundation Inn flimenr,ons beng IN faot fran,
bv 100 feet dam. and w.s familiar ~ thu favor.
Ito resort for dancing aud other social as.eu.
h!tcs and po1,tic.l nocelincs 1t was buit ak
years aco. J'bnra ,y.. hall for ncctinrs m lin
first iloor mud aboye va, larao and we}l.a,.
ranged hall for dancing c,asscs. and l,s]lu. snd
ra,tlca. Divided from tho main lnlI, and chi.
bracur tho front eler.,on % mn ~ lin hni,ainn @ ~ vsro
| 49,, 49, - ''o.' ~ NV ''''a''H' "e'o
'"o i'"ofst tue tlrst OF which conth'ncd' On
etnof Edo of the entrnnce, reception aud
dressing rooms for 1adlea aud Eentlcmct,,
with doors leading into Tho ha,l' and on
tho sccon,, ,,oor anartm,n,. ,x,,,,, A.. s,ar,;,,a
49,, liz r.,,,,n .,....' ".'o" 't'' Jul i''''u ,
'' .sp eons'a''ns ot Blk Pereone' ''aeo
10 Afa IN. Yesterday afternoon wns the timo for
tho IatiIes' and misses class In dancing, and
thcra wcro about fIfty nroeont. There rx,'ro m
Indications of fro unt, o,o,,t a ,vortor ,,ast =
o,cock vhor ,,.a ,.d,.s .,,a ..., N"a1Ne. quo.
ocock' "hon l"o iaotee' VINO atonPed from lilo
rcccption'roon, into tho hallway, snloit tue
smoke lssuing from n small tirc which thoy saw
soon nftcr beneatl, tic register Tiny onc,,tr
called Mr. Atar,tnc. WIN ;3j.m;asca his 4 .,,,,,,.
.",.'S ."ou ". "no ''sus7ea ms Pap'9s
"ltHo"t cfeat'hg any panic among them, md
then. calling bis tanisor, Mr. Kennedy got water
1 in pails and poured 1t down betnoon tito ceiling
| md flooring, But the fire spread r.n1d,v, AMI
i .o,,. - e.. ,,a,,.sa "'u
'oo ~ uo 'ou"s "o'ae" "no fo'0a'hou
ont OF eufiosits began 70 ecamper OF.
Kennedy MAS instructed to run to Tho COT
nor of Madison and Ada strcots And tnrn
IN n, alarm yror, m, 9te ,vhi,,, H. ia 49,. T..
| ..,r,... .sts.a -. no -..,N, "l,' ".' =. -
"son'ens attet"at'f. A. o'ao e'ocK' ti1o oe!ls
gaFo tno signal and ilvo oognes and hook
hnd-ht1dcr truck ca,1lo ,1pou tho scouc The fIro
gained rand hcs,vav hctwcon N, co;1,nr AMI
fioors ,nd snros,,no ,a,.ra t,,o so,,th ,..',
'oo''' aaa' 't.oau'ns ~, .o"nsa tne 'ou'h "a't'
sonn teachea tno oEontnE bot"eon tho upper
Ge'a'1E ailo 'ne tooIr una hot tne "Aob interior
III o'a"o'
,...,, TIE Mhhs1So.
,orin ~ ~ "asor e.orK s Poruon Or tne nas-
nan " tpe t ce.ne 4 1e., 1o.loNea ps cracking
pa.rol men T. y, tlto building and few citzons It
seom8 Lnnt the htBt crash forwarncd thnso WHO
W. WY not cunaeetsa win tne flfe hfeaae'
i,. .ha .n1y 1eanpo1ca oms - .ass as thoy gould
tnlousA Wioao.e anu tho rear OF tho building.
secrecy nag eome Of them reached the s!'Ia Of
anothnr ano M'tu%s ~. IT, !Iom "non tney oumloa cse
aiosuet a.! OF tno "ot' eoegy plastaf'ng took
pae0 anu cnes,t .nen came 1nnn,r, Avn ,unnx.
-, sn"7,, i.nnt1Le nsn huppks'
d and ini' Marines beautiful hall Iay sno'dertng
~ aaa ~ n'ttt.ns Iu!o' "hcn threatened 70 prove
n o aossthesion ,s s q sne ofaso nremen Who went
tha nrsrtirni III nrcno oa asuay eaeun.o
LIN LIN paetsni Ply hlehou, ol iooR oArer'once
espneHela.s, ESPECIALLY anonla 50 N ihe centre OF Burning
n..,u!uh .h tunt Wah coveteu 9y tf!sa-fooF con-
n, ~ "9ous A'u tn.o llst. 11eis itfes.
,,n1t ~ -; nt ,,,at NV n'a.s ad'Sn oto Wy r.
r1 t"'.T IT, ~" tna. so'ao Hnu peeh kll,ea out
.1', .tRnt. INC tntno1 apread VIII remarkable ra-
p'o''5' anr ~ .nn,,a ,ul .a,lg 1ra,1, -
+, I'm vei,,;sr E1nrcl o1sGnS fnEEn s;.;
~! u9eisous: In aau casn que ln9snllca tne report
~ a'tien anu nouhoea as they paaaad 1t from
yorv - si,nrt Tim, .,,,.oa A.. H.. 81,
to or to tale er blnrc e5e o ,1 ~ @ dc
ono tnsea'enoa ,s,,1, aeata. d., 49, -
rn THE LIST or iS1u3Ep.
rherIoa n,'a. "ag' wo.e .aaen ons: A. ,r
rrsdonca Garaos 4 H. ~ e.. Ensno No. III
'e9.uonG' ~. 20 "est 4.aNo at1oel.
xos1Ja...n ~ ennI ~, p'pe:1an, GoGiao NO. ~;
seaaonco' zo9a fultoa esreot;
fnn vamos GaoaI' ~ 9s m9mpos 81 % ghemacM Engine
Iapas so ior.a III 20 "Sss ltake s.reet:
va.Ga ;. -. 'ones. ~, r,t1 lastol NO. =; lives Ut
Pa1eu..noaisS; 4e MS, ~, a.,. 1lo Ioot1a s!tee1,
homse aao' 'al'n"no0' p"'fo'a'0nner' taken 10 tho
noGse;
4y fatIfnr timhors ami nIastcr ~, I, Z hs,;ans
nouo SERIOUSLY. "e'''''1
The intmrcd man vorc a. onca ,.k., ,o. n
De1l'a tr,1.sforc nortfraat cor,nr - stsii q. ~.
md Wcat Mndso,, ntrsat, ~ ,,.d,,.i sn nnsnon
eical aid immcdiatoiv scne for ar A''s"' "oa 'as'
soyoral Of wi,np, werc ,,.asc ~ H.. ILL.,
rornt..;i, tao..a" 1nv ,panout ~ tAo slae, Ana
Fnsnr Knor to'i y n E;..', % a. IL. n
fn@si1s f n o. ~ Ml31, n, y, H. fncA aiasgnorat
o"' cn.r,@1ow 1 ~ n9.. ,,.o,.,..u>
Thu ,ocdirs1 nautia,non ~, - muasntp. o,oo ~
mexc eYsmin.t3ons ~ ~ ;n4.r.I ~ ~ "qIh ~
Dndv was fnn1 ~ h. var, hsd,v y uoi st G.'
Injured Is bsct wss int Nv f,i,nu NY ,faahnr
o'i htti n;s hosS .a - - . ~ aaln,e IMoe1b;
beaidos. lIo also tnhaled hot air. vbich IL IL
IA ,bt1t