Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-04
TELEcRAPHIc.
Provisions Of the VIII Of
Brigham Young.
his PROPERTY ESTIMATED At TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.
The Great Fire In New York City
Yesterday.
oas Hundred Men Supposed to Have
Been Killed.
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The Oreas Fire In New York.
NEw yoRx. Sept. 3.-The fro origina-
tel through Nicholas Monk. q varnish
rubber. who was heating some varniah
over = stove. While his back was turned
Il got ablaze. and the flames spread like .
fash. Ne fed at once for his life. giving
tho alarm as he ran ; but tho windows
being open the flames swept through the
building. finding fresh fuel At every stop
II Ia supposed that about 200 men wsrc
employed In the building at tho time-on
tho seventh floor twenty-six. on the fourth
thirty-one. and on the fifth. sixth and
other floors about $50. II cannot yet DO
ascertained how many have been burned
In the building. The ~hatchways In q
corner we're open and the flames rushed 70
the upper stories a. II through . due.
Several fircmen say from the Windows OF
tho upper story Of tho factory men were
calling for ladders and for help, for Gods
sake, but that tho ladders were not long
enough IN reach them. and even II they
had been they could not have been placed
In position, owing 10 the intense heat.
Some oil tho unfortunatcs fell 10 the pave
ment, and others. after wildly waving
their arms, fell back into thee burning
Mas behind them. Tho great wall on
Thirty.sixih street fell almost without
notice, and whom are buried under II will
not be known until the debris IN moved
away. Tho widest excitement prevailed
a. the flames loaped to adjoining build.
ings. mainly tenement houses. and men.
women and children fled for their lives.
They saved nothing. and wero fortunate
10 even escape with their lives.
I'm 10 a late hour tonight. Of Casualties
reported, wero /: Killcd-Oliv P%ausucker.
who jumped from . top story u was In.
stsntIy killed, aud AMMO Smith. . child,
smothered In q tenement house adjoining
tho fantnry. Injurcd-Panl Hess. en-
ployed In tho factory. jumped from . sew
euthAtory window b. . small building ad-
Joining, not dangerously hurt; Thomas
Luding, Jumped from q fifth story, escaped
with slight injury; James Roland, fire.
man. 10th logs broken; John y. TAnguest,
employed in tho factory. dropped from .
second story. severely burned and leg
broken by the fall. The following persons.
all employed In the piano factory. are miss
InR, and there IL but littlo doubt they have
bcen burned II. Bede. John dunberser.
John Kutsch. James Smith and Patrick
Trainer.
Over hfty buildings in all have been de-
stroyed. The loss 10 very heavy. with In
surincs probably covering about half tho
amount.
Some VI the most terrible scenes OF tho
Are occurred In the tenement houses. Ono
fireman rescued an infant and Its helpless
father from . fourth floor. and then went
back at the peril Of his wi life and found
another child Just expiring from sufoca.
tion. Annie Sweet, al occupant OF q Ten.
cment house, died Of fright. IL IL said
that many Of the employees lived IN Hobo
ken. and on escaping ~ they did went
homo ut once.
DIR. Tyng's Gospel tent, which was de-
stroyed. IL 10 DO replaced. -.
Hsle's largo piano factory. Watkins
charcoal yard. Connelly's barrel factory.
several tenement houses, several small
stores, and many residences and liquor
-. -. i,,,.l Tho flames swpnt
shoPs, NJ Sin,L, .,,os, anil burncJn
number of tsnements in the center Of the
block on North. between Thirty.sixth and
Thirty -scyenth streets. and \ row Of brown
stone front apartment houses, and Ora
hams hoop skirt mandatory In the CEN
Ter Of the block between Thirty.fifth aud
Thirty.fourth streets. Many shanties
fringine thcso larger houses were also
eohsumeu. na ~. i.,cs hricL
the nro oiis, ".ss. A. MON, g,v;nr
suiIuins' o,sn n.n ~, 49, MI, arr mi
iton.aes VI SS' 49, ,rs,r.x. I'll .,,so,
aoon. tne s.m ~ vi a'.fha T'iLass ..v. d.
Wv aoa H. AZ far A. ssccr.
ah 49, ~ nSrh, .ro a. follow. Hale.
'sheu ,onlsn'' s'ss 400 hsIt ,rsrreJ .
piano IAs'ol'' aon nnds,,ater.' vim
1onn nan 900 tai, Insured. Jsm.. nav.
minss. s ~ g. ca oon. Ncu..t.,
W 1870. ~ ,on.msnt builJinv,. 500. OOo' in.
o.ns' soo ma Henry E,ernan. ten..
suIo en- ono il,tin Insurance. AMI /.
arss numSer Of smaller losses, with but
iitiIs insurance. Total losses, Sass, 900
insurance. Slgs, 900.
II ID reported that 100 lives wero lost In
the FIRE, Int facts cannot I've obtained TO-
night.
The Ee,aiaq Po.t says Tho scene Of
the great iiro yesterday Is wilderness OF
ruins. The burned AREA between Tenth
and Eleventh avenues extends from the
middle Of the block ON the north side OF
Thirty-fourth street 10 tue middle OF ine
block on the north side OF Thirty-sinth
street. In addition q number OF buildings
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