The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-04

Nam 1,.d, haaiss h-Ia.,sra wing cccwe.sstn
csoalc. t-chain ne cape. g--Lsdlcr nrc escape
n-yiin entrance to which a stairway irOm the top Of
Mr. Hale. owncr Of the factory Is ont oftown.
II II averrcd hy those who profess To have heard
him say So. that he estimated his capital in
vested here ut 900 OOu. the insurance on which
i- very small. Mr. Hale has been believer in
srlf-insurance. The only person who could he
deemed % rcprcseniative g Of Mr. Hale was ' very
stupid young man. who profcssed 10 be in
prScticaiy nothing. il he was to be be- BELIEVED. %
or for saving life in case Of fre beyond AN in
definite remembrance that there were two
stairways at each end Of the building.
from story to -, story; Ser and foSd re
IT was asceriained that of the hrc escapes
two wore outside iron lad lers and two patent
Thiry-nfth street end of the building, There
were no pipes arranged for fooding the hootS
men ia the north end OF tho old factory were
defective. Thcre /; is. under tho huge pile Of
the structure stood that il Is feared the charrei
remains Of the missing workmen will be found
. There were about 2.5oo pianos IN the factory
finished and in various stages OF completion
together with a very valuable stock OF seasoned
wood and other nalerlals. NOT an ounce OF
which was saved. Not even the books in the
ONCE were Rescued.
Dena anu " ou"avs ...-v".'.
The first ambulance that returned to
Bellevue Hospital brought the only dead body
that reached there from the iire. multitude
had gathered about the Twenty street
gate by the Morgur, among them being several
women. who had been sent from the Thirty
seventh street police station to Bellevue. after
inquirng there for their friends who worked in
tho factory. These pushed forward TO look nj
the body. but none OF them recognized it, The
features were not disHgured and the body had
not been burned but the man had evidently
been killed by jumping from window. as many
bones were broken. At noon the body WAS
identified ns that Of Oliver Pasnicke. hut his
brought Thomas Ludwig. aged l9 Of 527
Fifth street. His feet had been badly
acerqtcd. as he had jumped from the
comfortable after his feet had been dressed.
He said that b. WAS at work in the vanishing
room. and suddenly there came strong smell
OF smoke 1t seemed hardly second before
the room was filled with dense black smoke
that nearly sufocat,d him: He did not see his
the window, for lie saw that escaped lly the stairs
was impossible, he Jumped. expecHne that the
brought in. another AMBULANCE ,srflysd win
Paul Hess, aged Is. living at 463 East Houston
se H hsh sGh, 2i rS es &
o'clock had recovered sufficiently TO talk.
u was At work in the vanishing room he
said. with Fred Heinser. George Gerstoin. and
two others whose names | don't know 1t was
soon after O'Clock. suddenly smelt smoke.
aud then saw n great cloud Of It pour into the
room. | looked around. and saw nothing Of the
other workmrn. ! don't know where they
went. went w stairs 10 the eighth story Ia
ge, my clothes and whPn got them got back
as far AZ the seventh story but could g't down
no further because Of the frc and smoke, which
had so: To- the top OF the building as quick as
that. | went into II room on the seventh story.
Nobody wns IN it,. looked out of the. window.
1t WAS u fearful distance to the ground. hut the
smokc and flrc pressed mo and | Jumped. and
! landed on the top NJ u two-stOry house on the
| Thirty-siNth street side. 1t was not i've min
utes altcr smelt the smoke first that had to
| Jump"
Ala o'clock the Inst ambulance that went out
| reached the hospital with James Roland. OF 80
| Greenwich avenue, a fireman belonging To
! Steamer IL. His left leg was broken in two
| places. Roland said. as he lAy on the stretcher
This don't trouble me- am glad 1t il no
worse | mad both legs and nm arm broken in
! 1871. We were out on third call this afternoon.
| and were playing on Il tenement house in
| Eleventh avenue. No one suspected the walls
Of the hrick house adjoining were not safe al
| though the house had been burned out. Sud
denly the walls fell but the boys had Just gone
| away from that side. and | was going, but got
| caught. II big pile Of bricks falling on my leg.
| II il had happened two minutes sooner there
| wnulI nave hppn more hurth