The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-10
A GREAT FIRE DOWN TOWN.
THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUS
TRH THREITENED.
The Destruction Of Warehouse In Mission
| Place, and serious Loss 10 the Occupants of
the Dwellings mud torres In Park street.

The Destruction OF n Warehouse In Mission
Place, and serious Loss 10 the Occupants of
the Dwellings aud stores In Park street.
Early yesterday morning Ofiicer Barry
saw smoke escaping from NJ. A. Tayor's paper
stock establishment, In the nrst story Of the
brick building at and Mission place. lie
broke a panel In one Of the doors, and found the
whole interior nllsd with smoke and fumes.
The Ere ragged for two hours, and banled tho
nremen. II extended both right and left, and
soon rose to the upper floors and the roof The
existence OF the whole of the Five Ponta was
Threatened, and the nremeB, seeing that they
could not save the burning prOpcrty. turned
their attention to the buildings I'm tho neighhor-
hood. The side wall " the building AZ ! and z
Mission place was in Park street, on the south
side Of which are several two-story frame and
brick tenements. These were scorched and
tho inmates, many OF whom were In bed, were
awakened bl the police.
Tho Five Points Mission, at 6l Park street,
caught lire once or twice. About nfty children
and twenty-h Eve adults we're In the Mission house,
some of whom ran into the street In their night
clothes. The side Of the building, 3, T. >, and
Mission place, was IN worth street, nearly op-
posite The House Of Industry. Although the
Institution was over dfty feet from the burning
buildings, II WIS deemed unsafe to GLOW the in
mates to rem ain IN t. he heat was intense;
feet OF tho Gre. At one time the bremen could
not get nearer than 100 feet.
The outside doors and the roof 81 the House
OF industry were hlackcncd and hlistcred. The
windows were cracked aud broken. About 2l5
children and nifty or sixty women slept In the
place. Mr.. Smith one II the officers Of the in
stitution, gave the alarm In the BOYS and girls
departments and the nursery ann hospital. an
no and Mrs. irn nd, the wife Of the Superin-
tendcnt. got them all into the dining room,
where they were formed In line. Then they
were marched TO the Italian Industrial school
In Leonard street.
In the attic at 81 PARK street lives Mrs Nc
Gowan, AGED seventy years. She refused % 20
out of her room unless she could save her fuinl.
ture, and the police we're forced 60 carry her out.
At half past seven o'clock the roofs " the
burning buildings fell In, and tho walls soon
aftcrward toppled ana fell. The tricks were rod
hot. part ~ the side wall IN Park street T. II
aud demolished II. The horses were rescued,
but two goats siUhbornlv refused to leave, and
were either burned or crushed To death.
The site Of the fire T. tie centre of tho Five
S2j0,OJo, of which $1,000 win fill on he insur-
ance companies. The building at and Mis-
sion place was owned 10y the estate o. the late
II VI. Bailey, and shat at 3, I, and Mission
Columbian Iron Works. lie Il Insured for S5,-
60. Mrs. Mary \. Taylor kept PAPER stock NJ
and Mission place. The DIRE started In her
store. Her loss could not be asrertaiued. She
was Insured Tor $.O.0Ol. barrow X Son. pInpn-
let binders, III the sane building. lost 500 In
stock and machinery; Insured for $500 Ire
loss OF Donaldson CO., litnosrlphcrs, III and
| Mission place. WIS cstimited ~ $4,000, in
| million chrumus, made Tor Dund is, Dck Co.,
| which were to have been gwen away ON the lst
| OF January. George Dc Is .yoise. dealer ~ iron
work In the same building. lost 5000. lie Is
| fully Insured. The New York Newspaper Union
| and H. = Archer \ CO., boots binders at rs 80
/ aad iii Worth street. James Clifford, junk
dealer o. az: street. James SHAY, rags At J9t
| Park street, the I've ro.--s ..--i"n. Thomas
| wade. dwelling. at 81 Park stree, aud -.
| O'Cluu n, dwelling. at ., Park street, rad their
| pla :es slightly damaged 10y water.