The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-18
SEVEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
THE BODIEs or TvO MEN SUPPOSED 70
BE BURIED IN TIE RUINS.


Two Uorsc. Imprisoned Alive and Surround.
ed by Flames and smoke for Uours-warn-
Ing of the Danger Given the bay Before.
There was another great fro yesterday
morning. due. in part at least. 10 the ncgllgencs
or Ignorance OF somebody. At 1921 A. NJ. tha
first alarm was sounded. Tn less than thres
minutes aftcrward Chief Gicqucl saw tho five-
story furniture factory OF Messrs. Alexandor
Roux Co.. at 16l 1G3. and l6j West Eigh.
teenth street. In fiamos. almost from cellar 10
roof The fire quickly communicated TO the
six-story buildings in its rear at 15i and 15d
West Nineteenth street owned by p. ]. Hardy,
and OF which he occupied tho first, second, and
sixth stories as furniture mandatory. Hertz
Bros. occupied tho fourth story, and j. Zoug-
boon. manufacturer OF musical Instruments,
occupied the nth. Next the frc extended to the
fvc-story brick building at 14i and 1i3 Seventh
avenue. owned by p. j. Hardy. and occupied By
George Hunzingor ns chair manufactory.
These three large buildings wcro entirely do
stroyed. Mr.. Alexander Roux's loss is estl-
mated at about 100000 on building and machine
cry and $4,000 on stock; insurance about
$4,000. Mr. Hardy's $4,000; insurance. s20.-
900. Hertz Brothers. tl2 900; Mr.. Zougboon's,
aIout $1,000. fully insured. Mr.. Hunzngcr's.
$4,000; INSURANCE. 100000.
15b WI Tihtcc,iih' strdhai iw9si9ry Slanlo g.
Lansing. loss 10000. fully insured; the
Wost Eighteenth street, loss sGOOO Insurance
$1,000, aud thrce- story brick building adJoin-
pied by Mrs Schmidt ns dwelling and fish
smoking house. So rapidly did the last mem
toned house burn that the occupants barely
escaped in their night dresses and had not timd
70 oven save their clothes A two-story brick
building in the r.ar Of lll Seventh avenue. oc-
shoeing establishment. was also destroyed
with wife and cisiiitt chiiiron' Anumber oi
iAF IL u 90 Al god
1t Is feared that the bodies of two drivers are
buried under the ruins Of Brady's stables
brought out a gray horse and II light wagon
anu then ran back 10 get "a uniform Of the sixty,
ninth Regiment Of which he was a member. II
was in the second story. and It H. supposed thai
ho went up stairs and was crushed by the fall.
ing walls before he could escape. Another
driver. named Owens. has not been heard o
since the fire.
:. in tlo nr-t stall hack of the carriage room Of
Bray's sutlie a horse WAS knocAed down and
so wclgcd in hy th' ruins THAT he could moi
move Tho ircmen kent q stream Of watei
were pilcl up On him. hut lt was some hours
lief Another hor-, further bn"k i'm tho stable
had his stall comp III closod In hy the debris
lut hc was not inJur' ], and could h1 soen
through ana opening muu. .hing his hay rs com.
iortahly as II nothing had hnppcn'd
Chlcf GiNqucl maih an examination Of tho
three large factories on Monday. llunzing.
ers wPrer9Q1ms were clenn and proparly ar.
ranged, and his workrooms In good order. In
J. uX'- factory the floors wcrn covered with
shavings and odds ana ends Of light timber. A
spark from workman : piir or lslicd \ match
carelcssly thrown on tho noor would. he told
them. certainly destroy ,ue entire building.
~ ilre In The factory. and that thor, wns nd
danger. There was only one iirn eNtiuguisher
in the place. that he tested and found ii dried
official report against the building il was de-
known hut the belief is that II started either il
ihr boiler room or in defective Hue IN the dry.