The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-21

A-aarelay street front which was blow OUT by boiler
B-Thc l. On College place.
C-Grcccrs Bank
p-el Barclay street blown up total lo-A
81 sarcia, street PARTIAL, burned
~, 9 h.Tcil.S H., +, :,rss irse EsInaI' 1afo'd.
k-iJ barclay street Injured
The first alarm Of fire was sent out from box
Ga. al the corner Of Barclay and Church street
at 5;o3. To this summons Engine 20, Hook and
Ladder TO- Engines 9. 7. aud 4. and Hook nni
Ladder responded. Chiefs Fisher and Rowe
brought Engines 27, ~. 81. 32. Hook and Lad.
der :. and Hook and Ladder 8. A third alarm
hoos and mPiei aa a'e and sapSnS
In five minutes OF the first alarm.
Chief Bates then sent calls for special en-
In about two hours after the first alarm had
been given the fire WINS under control. although
The flames were still bright in the interior OF
INC ruins. Commissioner Brennan arrived
with his amhulanccs soon after the first alarm
aud was active in his Efforts 10 convey the
A. Little. Of A. 4 ". Little was in his store NJ
2il Greenwich street when he heard tn, explo.
sion. lie rushed To- the back building and tried
to close the iron shutters. seeing ilai The flre
was already under way. At one of the windows
OF the Greenfield factory he saw Il German who
asked his aid. Mr.. Little pusheda ladder 10 him
and the German came down. Mr. Little nsk cd
him TO go back and see II anybody else was in
need q help. He DID 40. calling loudly through
the hallway but there was no reply. By this
time tho building had grown too hot to hold
him. and he came down. Mr.. Little says there
II n clnuse In tho charter Oi Columbia College
forhidding TINT institution to rent its lands for
factory purposes and intimAtes that property
owners who have suffered 10y this fire and ex-
posion intend to sue the College.
&. G.. Leisinger, one OF Greenfield 4 Sons
drummers. was selling goods to "a customer Mt
the time or III" explosion. He was about 1O1
feet from tho Barclay street entrance. lie think,
the boiler exploded bnck of him tthAt In in the
~. Either that. or 1t must hayo risen high In
the air and fallen through the roof, for he was
sure The noise was from behind him. He lnadr a
rush for the door noticing As he went that the
front wall was falling and the raftors coming
down end foremost He escaped with slight
bruises. He heard three girls crying for help
but could not aid them. The factory employed
eighty hands he said. and tho communication
between the two buildings was excellent.
Pauina, a servant OF Ludwig Eiser Of 237
Greenwich street. was hanging out clothes on
the ilre escape at the moment Of the explosion.
She ran into the house. her hands bleeding from
cuts madeby pieces Of broken glass. She was
not otherwise injured.
II is feared that many OF the girls employed
In the building were either crushed or burned
10 death. OF the large number OF wounded re-
ported at the hospital. there il not u woman or
girl. and all the wounded cared for in Hall
J. Rucker's drug store by Drs. j. N. and i. q.
Merrill were men or boys. What the exact
proportion OF the two sexes was among the EN-.
plOyees Ia not known, but It Is believed that the
females outnumbered the males
Philip Herzberg. the engineer. is said to have
lost an arm. and 10 have been injured about the
head. He could not be found. He was not at
amy OF the hospitals.