, 1877-09-04

a, 1877.
fire was 1t fts height. water waa 10 scarce TINT !
the tenants of houses which caught fire frou. |
sparks we're unable 70 obtain water In pals. CT. |
eept by dammtng up In the NuttrE the water |
which came from the fire hose. TIE firemen
made every cycrtion possible, but lack Of water |
constantly hindercd their efforts. They sue.
ccedct before noon. however, In getting the fire
under control. although It vas still turning
fcstcls In some ot the buildings. The walls Of
The brick buildings fell from timc to time With
heavy crash.
~ THE CONFESSION
prevailing It vas impossible to obtain an7 de-
tails Of the losses. mud very difficult to make
even An approximate estimate of their total
amount. The lowest estimate Of the latter IL
I ,00O, coo, aud many persons place the amount
At much higher figure. 1t Is reported that
many
LIVES WERE LOST.
but The fumors on this Point are very con-
dict!ng. It ia probable that some woskmen
IN the plano fsctory rcrc unable to escape,
but the humber Is not yet known by any one
The fire IL believed 10 llavc broken out In the
hfth story Ut thc building, anil II IL known
some ~otkmen In the upper etorIes had great
difficulty In escaping. Onc workman, natnc.l
Edward Paekmaster, Jumped FROM the upper
window, and was taken up in terrible condl.
ttop. His skull was fractured and many bones
broken, lie was carried to tho station-house,
and died in few rnomchts. A few othcr work
men, whose names are not ascortaincl, were Sc
rfously injured. They were sent to the Bellevue
Hospital,
| A woman ls known to hare died during the
fire, but reports dltfcr as 10 whether sc was In.
or died from illncss aggravated by excitement
aud the shock.
It is believed by many persons In the neigh
borhood that from twsnsy to forty workaIen
| persisted ii, the pfanoiactory, but thus fur this
IL merely q suppositoo.
Three alarms were sent out in rapid aucces-
sion. mud large force Ut lircmcn, engineers.
and trucks responded to calls. Heat produced
by the fire Was intcnsc, md the firc1ncn were
Obliged 10 keep at considerable dEstnnco from
the burning buildings. 1t IS probabie, however,
that they could have prevented the fire from
spreading II they had ha1 a sufficient supply Of
water. Tho hydrants supplied onty scanty
streams, aud some became eutlrcfy drained In
short time.
TIE YtRE ORIGINATED
through the care1rssucss Of Nicholas Monk,
varnisil-rubber, wilo was heating soine varntsh
over stove. Willie his back was turned, 1t rot
abIaxe, and the fumes spread like flash. He
fcd at once for Ills life, gtrin. the nlarin he
ran, but. the windows bciuy oj@n, the dalpcs
swept through the building, finding fresh fuel
| at every step. It Is supposed that
about oUO mcn vcro employed IN the build
ing ut tic time. On the seventh ilour were ~,
on the fourth floor 81, and the fifth, sixth,
mud other floors about 100. 1t canuot ret be
asccrtalned how many have bccil burned In thu
building Inc hatehwass IN one corner wcfc
stories rs II through q uuc. seyernl freucu
that fro, III, ,nner xtnrv of thc factorv man
.s,,,ae. n.r.Ita". ~ ,,,,s f.. nsss. .aho
"e.e saa''1 ,ot ,a .o' ns.p ~. W. saHs'
pus thas ,' saaaess ~efe no. long ehousn s 70
not bs PLACED lu q position owing to the intense
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"s@'' .oxr rr,,, m rur p.vrursr.
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anu othefs. a1ter wi'dly Waving thssr atms' 1ci1
| back into The burning mass behind thcM.
The great c!gllt-story wa]t On Thtr-
tr.,txth street fell almost witlout
n.tn., .ra ..h, ~, ,,u-io, ,,n~ !, ,r,,, ,,,t H..
not'ee' ahu WIZ a.e pusico utues ~ WI no' w
| known Until tue dcofls Is cleared away:
The widest excitement prevailed as tho
sapsa to tue sao"ns , eu!la!nF: a!"'y
! lrrn led for their lives, They SAVED nothing,
and were fortunate to oycr escape with tlleir
lives.
| UP TO 1 LATH 1tQuH TONIGHT
the number Of casualties wus:
KilieI-Olivcr Pasucker, who Jumped from
tho Ton story md was INSTANTLY kiitcJ; and An.
nic Emith chIIl, snaothcrud ln Ihe tenrn,ent.
housu nd iutning the fartory.
Tlc Injured werc Puul Hess. employed in
the factury, who iutnpcd fru,n lie seventh,
storr window to a .;unI} adjoining buiilinr. but
not dangerously hurt,
Thumas Ludwiv iutupcl from tic f]fth a,orv
and escaped Miracuousiy w!th Int si,sht injury
James Roland Irenlaff 1t Enctug is, jad both
lcfs brokGn. II, iii ho Ind tf,sni hrokun at u
dc,
John F, Taueuest, cnploycl in tho factory.
Gurne,l and hni lrr brs,ken hv Ii" iii
Tho folinwInv ncrsnus. ali gtnnloyci in thu
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