, 1876-02-11
An Insurance Of $4,000, ,00o'..Two
Firsmen Killed and Five
Injured.
Some "Reminiscences of "444" and fhe
Old Olympic Theatre.

Il can bn aacertatned tho fire was fsst seen at
G:u6. Whom tho building wAs entotcd " was
found that, owing 10 the comluastblo nature OF
tbe goods With which tho building waa fillod, tho
flames had made such rapid hoadway as TO
DEFY TiIH EFroATs or THE Yi1sEMEF
TO check them. Tho flames spread from tloor to
floor In an incredibly short nrace Of time, aud
wcro aoon busting out OF ali tic windows, both
on Crosby street and broadway. Chlof.Enginoer
Dntcs and his assistnnt. Engineer Shay. had by
this t,mo arrived. and, comrroheuding at onco
that terrible cop1agratlon was imminent, sent
out in rapid succession SECOND and third alarm.
In few momonta tho selnforcements called for |
by the Chiof began to arrive, aud tho steamers |
reaching tho ground with n full head Of steam on
wcro placed In tho most available positions. aud
In less than ton minutes ten powerful 8tEcnrns OF
water voro bcing poured into the burning build
lug. No visible cf7oct wAB produced by thss vast
volume Of watcr, for tho flames sped on with
fearful velocity, and soon burst forth through
| tho roof, shooting high into tho air, and
| Illuminating tho wholo nclghborhood. Tho
lamcs then oxtonded 10 tho adjoining buiId,ug
Nos. 44s anil $50 broadway, running through 10 NO.
Ii Crosby street. T,!a elegant aisstosy do'bs
building with massive iron front, and was occupied
| br number Of arms In The cloth and clothing bust
1,c... The ITO had burned through the AImry walls
pHS ooe We III f,o speed q ie wtnd md Tho most de-
tern!ncd efforts Of s 1anen tee,ned to to T. waahot
and every available hsdrant for many blocks around
was put III uro. notwithstanding all this,
hut IL u.taorna Strength a they spread Threatened
With obstruction tho ent3ra bnek on lroalw"y from.
Hsn 70 lloT9rd ssrset: NJ o. tunne
THIS was fve-stoty ts1tk mud ison.fEont illaint,
and in Tery 'hort time W. in flames from tAe .
H. hsteh @ tho rsseT,sa @ ,.sov1me W. 9fs
| a.. tnIf fLn Ikcuha
namcd iron. front 70 rear and from ba.smsns Up 70
roof Out Of each Of the many windows belchcd forth
| volumes OF flames. accompanied by deiiao smoke.
Ai,oys tho roofn u tic burne buildings the flames
blot up = groat hsEs and shoxsrs y sari. ;nsS wS,
The heat became in.euas that tho remcn conl not
stud In front Of tho burning tud!ng An could not
oeevc Il was areatiy feared that tls nAnex would
cross tAc street. and re tie Lofty buildings on
tho net ss s ~ e ess Il
1nel,a,ely opp s.o tho burning building, had takcn
nuc Company No. 10 prevent Tho .asrnc,inn Of thia
uildg, 4ud the adjoining property on CFasoy street
would not avail 10 the buildings ares1y on hro
and all astepts IN Tint direction eeaseu nha lucy
). "s'' AnAxpoxEp 70 THEIR FATE.
o That tha uaa Il vise decision the raut shou1. 3nr
sssn s Ss5s a p,xy a,e ~ I ~ N hg
wcrs highly successful. lines Of hoeo writ ear oSer
tho roofs Of tho threstsne. i!aln9s and so fronts
but e.e efforts wonla hare heen :. Certain 15
tent but for thu falling o wala " ts ut'lnes Wuaea
occurred et T O'Clock, within lcaa thnn h,
hour Alter the are broke out. Tho roofot Nos ~ and
10 Broadway fell in nrxt With loud ernaa mi, f"7Is
el ~nls 'ts of noa ssS'. 10 sIu i 70 M Tie front s
y Of trcu fell into broadway. cosest1! T.: TsI
Witch formed the font Of tAs building lAs4a:
considerable ,lstanee md ncumemrsd M n ,. or1
ca new tho stt.ck II close qu.rscrs At ho O'clock h
rc under conerol, and n!l tanRer or IL e1tdnulnt
H. ipu In auy other lfrectlUn was past.
or 1.oas OF life.
o. TIs fearless fsel1on oypl forward sn entered h
o vacant sracu totvocn Nos ~ and 452 Hroadwsy !e's
"a lsteIv unon IT, they proccede inward distance
Of ten feet from tho sidewalk Adjoining Tho north si
n inc a' oniy nj s rena,uins 1snan. ef whsn ~
he wills of Tho later building fell VISA generally su
gu siso fallen. rhu areen ai no. teen u their dan
de gerous position moro than two m1nnoa when norr
ero. x fs e 1s' ers, bs,ias
sssps sb.a % Sae H1as a9sr s 'ss q essss %
q tho hravsss @ .ssa h in tho depsss p't, II, WI
o o'n MASSES ~ ~ q ei sn mortar In tow
another victim, ThemAa J. cortesea fots,nS'i g. v
eonany ~ aus o, w. ,a aa. tae ne1o ora
rcytys s!cieny 10 oen s tyes tn .na ,a mn 1
.ud was drai Ills bead st!l ttceiinE from, fras
fu cut on tho s!do. md he ~ ae,nmsa ~ Hong H
i,ash, assstan. fofcnsn was nr1 brolah. forth, FL
Sa a.ey he sln hut g o Fr1xs ea es9 ne
hs the PATROL wan subsequently found ~
im jurtes wcro OF not eoous character. cona;*
se: mainly Of cuta and brutrea Oil tho arns anu Doa
na Adam Me*.sr foreman q engne No. n VT @ asn
na jured about the body but nut sesous!y: Iho aa
mp WHO wan serrrrly bEc both hands ~hi!s desecn
I'd: IosBEs AND ,ssunAscB
acly vi, i"rk I, f'..e, Fss.
Tho loaa stock wa. roughly eft!matat ss nt %, 9,
rae '. is,sr. Siaes shs to.i h'sh stN.0f
ling ranrskl 1na Insurance VIA reported to DO s'<
cd IL near - could bc loarued TIM are started In
tho ta1r Of lilo p.olnlses Of leschcr, Whitman CO.. de
eEa III @ hasos s o ;nst ant aot In .x aud her
,oil. ,.oai va. roughly sstlinatsl Il saouo. r,
dca, ,,ors, noyutou, dealers As' sa, h4ak.foai.
ON .nI 5aury 1,p1s Thtir loxs IL e1i~l at f1an
teh Williams B'na C.; 1s7lsr' ,asr ~ ssGy et. ~ - -
* eselltnb,ch, scav..s 3 Co. occue, ths fourth
tluatcl II sy,u6o.
rssto, Knmef Co.. manat.esu5eF' ts ns Of clo1fs
Hoy TIE nsss r. S1f s,1,o OK G isu5st Nv Co. i@poIrrs
,osts 3po,ah to crsty street and their .oei
hcs n hass been very aras and valuable ThsiF los4
Itiou s@. t asa s.ms door wsso Mr. Solomon, dealer
Ten CLOTHS, aud A. Ahcrnethy, Zach hsWa loss beng
bni1s ''1. d < s.ns had u,. move nso tho second t
shot and hi los. VIZ n9t ssee7tasned; , .,,,,,oa
10 IL n,q,o y shorridso c., dealers aud importer
tho cinlng aud wooteH goods. Thcs loss IA estsnas~
,mo. SS' ia broadway wa. occupied The h..t floor
ato roNcFa oa.ten e. ionleEs, s,l., ~ snoc' hsf
aro Will not escsed ', w InsrI amr. occ
Ssa aea TIC second aoos ~ nannss,aS purposes
lt0es Hnr,,tnal WAtrAcad Co, On tho third door
rat reported haye had very ht4sy stock of Giotnt
.ntry wooeas. aud their loss II sotA'' ~aa esa"a'e
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