The New York herald., 1877-09-04

against which it had stood. cook stove with the
cooking utensils arranged as If the morning meal had
not been finished when The fire occurred was still in
the lonely chimney Of another house. Everywhere
everything was charred and broken and blacKencd,
and the ex.cn. OF tho losses scarcely be appre.
cated by any ono who has not tho brs tho
ruins.
So far has been Officially ascertained only two lives
were lost, but the possibilities which underlie tho piles
of brick and mortar terrible to coutempla,c.
The money loss alone will exceed million dollars but
the loss OF life may rival the agonies OF the Brooklyn
Theatre fire. In that case no ono suspected on
the night OF the fire the terrible tragedy
which hud been enacted the stair ways and
IN tho galleries Only the pick and shovel on the
following day revealed the dreadful truth. In this
caso therc may be story terrible concealed in the
masses OF debris which the ground whcro Hales
factory gavc employment but yesterday to thousand
busy hands. 1t is encouraging however, that tho as
ccrtaned losses, both in lie ana property, not
greater than they were, and It tho crvent hope OF
those who looked upon tho yesterday that they
may not havo story to tell terrible than the one
that is chroncled this morning.
THE DEAD.
Tho names OF ouly two known to have been killed
were ascertained. They were:-
OLIVER PAsNICKER, aged thirty five, var
nshcr living near the factory; killed by jumping
from the roof
ALBERT LEE, aged nfty-two, a varnisher, residing
at No. 44I West 1hrty.sxth street He had been en-.
poye IN the factory Tor about threo years.
Oliver Pasnicker was one or the last men IN tho
building. with q number OF others on the top 1oor
when the fire was discovered he assisted to remove
lot OF ptano tops that had been varuishcd and
sxpused on tho bltcosies 10 dry. This de.
lay proved fatal TO most OF tho dozen bravo
mon who remained behind They ran down tho stairs
after they had accomplished their work, but tho
binding smoke drove them back. Pasnicker wont
again to tho top floor and wildly leapcd from herc 10
the ground. His death was almost instantaneous his
legs being broken and the bones OF his left forearm
also broken, proiruded through tho flesh. Al the
Morguc ho was found lying IN the dead house. his
hands and face covered with blood aud pieces Of clot
ted matter cozng from his lips Albert Leo's body
was not recovered, as will be seen from the Of
Paul Hcssc, who was the last man to see him alive
THE WOUNDED
Only three persons were reported 10 bavo been
wounded Their names aro:-
JAMES ROLAND, aged forty, married. a native OF
Ireland residing at No. IS Greenwich avenue, fireman
OF Engine No. IS; log fractured.
THOMAS LUDWIG, aged nineteen, single, varnshcr,
residing ut No. 527 Fth street; aceratod wound of
foot
PAUL HEssE, aged nineteen, native Of Germany,
single. varnshcr, of No. 463 East Houston street,
fusion OF leg and superficial wound.
Roland was injured by fall on the broken debris OF
tho wal in the afternoon. Ho sen, TO Bellevue
is pronounced to DO doing well under the crcuu-
stances.
Ludwig and Hessc both escaped death by climbing
out Of the windows on the top floor. sliding down tho
pipes oil tho leader and tbcn jumping TO the ground
Their injuries were occasioned by their striking the
top OF a wooden shed. Their feot and hands were
laceratcd; but their fall was broken by The mped.
meni, aud 10 this circumstance thcy their lives
had their fall been direct to the ground thsy would
have bcen killed outright, like Pasncker The story Of
their minutes adventure which will probably form
OF the most mcnorabls cpoohs their lives can
best be cleaned from their own words, spoken to
tho hERALD reporter, while they wore lying on their
sick beds at Bellevue Hospital
Paul Hcssc found IN ward No suffering
slightly from shock. His wounds had been bandagcd
aud expressed hope that he would soon be we'll
81 the top floor. )" said he. when we first knew
OF the lire. got out by knocking through u window
then slid down TO tho second floor. could get no ur.
thor, 50 had 10 jump down on to tho root of two
story house adjoining man threw rope tor me-
and tied Il TO pipe and then let myself down that
way. Albert Lee, tho old gentleman Was right behind
me when first tried TO get out by going down the
stairs found the smoke 100 thick and went back up
stars, Leo stiIl following me. lie coua ge, out
of the window, being sunocatcd by the smoke 1
tnnk there werc about lty at work in the upper
part Of the building. One man jumped down ju Il
after | did. In i've minutes The whole place was
in flames. stopped TO get my coat,
aud this prevented my getting down stairs
rs most OF the others did. the smoke
being too thick when ] tried II. | lost sigh, OF Lee
Just before stepped out OF The window. was en-.
ployed rubber, to rub OF the piano tops after they
had been varnishcd." 1t Will be seen from this ac
count that the hrc spread with terrible rapidly
Hesso slid down the leader far the second story
but Ludwig, who followed HIM Immediately, could
only slide down floors, by that time the leader
had become red hot,
Thomas Ludwig was found In ward No. Is on the
floor above Hesse. He seemed very little concerned
about hts wounds and spoke freely, IN natural tone,
ana not at all excited. eve did not know any.
thing at all about the irc' said he "un We saw the
smoke was the top floor and they say It besau
in the third story. There some persons there
VINO hao run up from the sixth floor There we're
about eight or ten persons in tho room wben left.
There was good trc escape in the building.
but as tried to get to the door OF tho fire escape
fell down, blinded by the smoke. | caught hold OF
the leader OF tho ppo ana cinchcd that and slid do
floor, TO tho seventh. As came down the flame
were striking out AID The pipe rcd hct. 80 had
TO let 60 and down went caught my lett FOO; a
shed, which probably saved my hic, although II
tore my foot badly. The roof oil the she'd
was Of boards, which sprung as ! fell