The New York herald., 1877-02-05
CONGREGATIONS.
FIRE IN BRoADwAY-THE SAFE WAREHOUSE OF
MARVIN PARTLY DESTROYED LAST NIGHT
THREE FIREMEN INJURED.

FIRE IN BRoADwAY--THE SAFE WAREHOUSE OF
MARVIN PARTLY DESTROYED LAST NIGHT
THREE rIREMEN INJURED.
At ten O'Clock last night a fire broke out In tho
basement OF Marvn's sato warehouse, No. 265
Broadway, which resulted in the destruction OF
stock to tho amount Of $1s,O0O and dam
age to tho building OF about $1,000 more. In
surance $4,000. Three nrcmcn belonging to en-
ginc No. T. Second battalion, were hurt by heavy
glass splintcrs-two of them very severely
John I.ulz, the janitor, who IS employed by Mr.
Marvin states that he accdcntly discovered tho hre
in the basement, under the show room floor, whcrc
the safes ana scales manufactured by tho firm
kept He was in his room on the nth floor at tho
time, aud his attention first called by unusual
vibration or noise near tho radiator. He looked
around, and, not noticing anything strange threw up
the window which looks into the rear Of tho
building. Then he smoke and knew that the
building fire. The jan0r found the
basement h,lci with smoke and flames and imncdi-
atcy gavc tho alarm. Onlccr Pierce, Of the F,fth
police precinct says that lac was his beat, near the
house, and to his utter asonishmcnt there appeared
issuing from IL volumes Of smoke The alarm rcing i'm.
mcdlatcly gwen the Fire Depirtmcn were promptly
the ground and commenced work. Engine No.
Z second Battalion the first to get into position
ON tho corner OF broadway and Chambers street
Foreman kcoe got his men TO work and broke IN tho
basement door
While they were engaged IN training the hose to-
ward The basement, where The lire al pears TO have
their hcads, the first floor, blew out II ,npelicd
by explosive force, shatterng atoms the single
pane which formed the show window, and scat
tcring Its destructive fragments about. The
glass being very thickabout tbrec-c oi an inch
the pieces fell with fearful effect upon the rcmcn who
working below John Driscoii was severely
wounded IN the back and shoulder, James Campbell
had his hands cut IN riphfu manncr, and James
Brady wns badly cut in the face. The suffering men
promptly conveyed TO the Chambers street Hos
pitai, where they received immediate attendance.
Tho explosion created quito sensation and some
alarm, naturally led to tho belief that u was caused
| by some explosive material Investigation showed
however, that nothing OF tho Kind was stored about
duo to the expansion of the superhca,ed air which
had been closely confined in the large upper room.
In tho basement several safes and scales were stored
and the wood work on the latter, with number OF
packing and q small quantity OF kndllng wood
furnished the only nilammable material IN that
part ot tho building. Tho fire burned stubbornly,
however. beng difficult to get at, and III
short time portions OF tho floor began to give way,
aided by tho wcght OF over sixty tons OF safes resting
upon u, which occasionally tumblcd with loud crash
into the blazing cellar beneath BY the time tho
flames under control the entire floor, to about
twenty feet from The front door, had fallen IN.
| AZ halipast ION O'Clock the IRE threatened to he
como very formidable, and in Two minutes aitcrward
tho third alarm gwen. Tho reserve iorco Of tho
district ire department got TO work with wil and
by haltpast eleven O'Clock tho aracs virtually
conquered and prevented from spreading higher than
the first story OF other parts OF the house.
Captain Cairoy, Of tho Filth police precinct, or
the ground with force OF forty men.
RESCUE.
During tho absence Of the jantor, who had gone u