The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-07
CREATURE IN BOND STREET.
THE GORHtN WfNuFiCrURTNG CON-
IINl'S RI iCE DESTROrED.


ONtf "
At :4j last evening. Officer James Sulli-
wan. of the Mercer street police. saw smoke is
suing from the basement Windows Of the seven
story buildings and 3 Bond street He in
stanty gave the alarm. and in a few minutes
engine SO reached the spot
by this time the fire had made great hcadway.
and before the iircmen could burst through the
doors a1d into the cellars. whose hatch covers
were also of sheet iron IL had got beyond their
control \ Adcnsc bacf smoke such as comes from
the most rcsinous of yellow pine. drove them
back II, often a. they tried to- reach the interior
/ of thehuidng. Other engines arrived Chief
Bates sent out second and third ALARM and
! the Whole force of the lower part of the city was
| summoned.
AT lngth. by dint Of breaking through walls
OF bri'k and plaster and hatch covers of
iron. tho nrcmcn succeeded in gaining
entrance to the cellar; but this WIS
SO full of smoke that anything like SUI
ccssful work WIS impossible. Part of their
| number. accompanied hy the insurance patrol
were sent to the upper floors ~ make the neccs-
Sary preparations for fighting the flames.
should they ascend. and to secure thc property
, ~ ih' ,0uan's. Even 'r those upper floors tho
.moke was dense and almost uub 'arahlr
ts.va- over an hour after IN" arrival of ih"
| nr"m roman brfor" q stream could he brought
10 Itlili illllf~ ill liif' if'ilIs NJ li@
time tahout oclorkl it WAS discovered that the
adjoining buildings . and 7 Bond street. were
also on fire. Not long at.rwtrl heavy
crash WAS heard. showing that ilc flames had
| broken through into the suh-rcllur - 4 the
| ircmcn worked on, drawing ou' now AMI then
~ get a breath of fresh mir; hu' the flames
seized upon the dividing wall between Nos. .
and : and slowly crcpt upto the seventh story.
| destroying everything ~ thrt ~ ut.
ltt't lao "A
were at work III the store of j u~-up. chen
Co.. and Bond street, some p'. King up the
ir, aEing a hole through IL" wail t,s,t al tio
ilanos there came sudden hast ol hot smoke
whose n0N"us tunlcs uN'r'hiur inrn instantly
/ prompt rush of the frcnI IA from the outside
fortunately saved them. hut all suit r"d from
nausea ana Two were lon- Time in D. tNDins
MranwhIlc i, had hccn aserrtainrl that the
ste1m WIS ON in the boilers which uuirriiN AN
iuur oi Gag huiinys. Nnui iw' w-"N- uEn thc
GlrhHm Silver Manufacturing COMPANY. i'm
whose building the iir" broke out, Dir harS"d
thor old rnslnr"r and hired NV ONE Ihi-
ofii 'u went o. hlS supper az d3D. and 20 Ms
engine in charge oi his fireman. Tn" hitter, 1t
j. -li, smrlt tine smoke. AMI dis nN' rcd III"
fire at : 10 or 7.2n. hui. instead of giving th.
Z alarm locked the doors forgetting O. lrt on tlr
steaml, ami wnt in soar of tine engineer.
TINS fireman lad not beon seen up t. a Ht'
At 1880 ,'c lire was spreading rapidly. AMI
| the men were Nalnly cniguNnrinE ~ Erf n
w. nrnaiyl,y ,i.,r1 ~. 81 Chnro. Unin /,
occur al almost any moment fonunat. nii
the inmates. III iulng a number OF tncalr. al
,eii',. e- aped sni ely. and az i' lat" hn9r the
IirH department. mad saved tho hotel lt-rlf.
The Wilcox Gihbr Duilling. o5i Broadwnv
wis at one time deemed in danger, H. were
others below. but they were not damagrd ~
c"lf iy the lass ng through oi lir'm"n with
their hose. These wer, carried from tn" IN
gincs below to and arross the roofs Of the five
-lory nildnss IN YrJsr To- .ommana 'ne nu,n.
Wilcox binding hy u nurrow alley.
Al / % the fir, was al IL height. and all lopr
OF -aNln- the buildings wu~ Es 20 up If"v
nrrprsuf nNlttriul and W"r" .N"n stories iI. 81
Nu-. | An 3 formed one huiililis ANA lon 3,
nuOih"r. n"lh. separated hI "a pnN wal. h'-
lul f,f lt.uf ,y atnut l3o fe,t depth. Wore '.I-
lar nnd "a sdh-oclNr. ~" lhu'r wiS lIIirl ~ it
'arra PAPER gr p"eS,n ,5ni,,r ma all ''
Tine hu.id,n-S wrr' Owned D., Nj hoAn AZ
pl'tln. who -u,- tl-y cost HIM i3ll.ulr.
NNs l and Bond street were occupied rs
l'i-t noor: Gorham Silver Manuin,mrns
sixth roor ms inot'ry. Their loss 81 nin''rial.
such US heavy plated ware and works oi art. .=
''t', t,rtrr M A}awkin- 4 Co.. silverwarc
| The Adams shaw company, sllyHrsmiihS.
Baldwin. Sexton Peterson. diamonds and
Th'inas G. Brown. manufacturing iewrllcr.
Je~snp. Chryn"y X Co.. physical instruments
Eobbns ( Appi' ton. icwclry and waichos.
\tW \ A-- II. 4.
Rohnr,a wnt.h.4 and i.vrlrv
pi.r,. Kur.h A DO watches and iewrlry
Dnnlini.k Hal, * Co. uuuufit turprs OF silver
VAR.
Slvrrwnre Manufacturing Company Of New
York
M~ssrs Horstmann Brothers 4 All,n ocet-
ninI th. whole of 7 Bond street and tho o.,.-
nnnnis of 3 Bond str~t were Tayiur Broth.r.
nlnnufarturGrs of wntchr, and lewriry and
dealers in diamonds and bron1,s
Al ii 10 the fnmos had obtained complete
mystery and tho npors were rapidly b.cofnin ing
in-ecur. shortly afterward tia noor of iho
nitn story gave wny and snt.s wrr. hoard
= rrnshinp ihrough tn the ,,.llnr h.n.aih'
AtIl:45 the side wall Of G5i Broadway fell
with "A crush and il became evident that il.
Residents in Bond street. H. well as persons o.-
cupying tn. buil llilss on the south
-IdH Of Broadway wcrc in danger.
Tho police took measures accordingly.
it this time the Old Blrcckcr street Bans
who's, rear building il within a few feet of th,'
> iirc was fist cousiIrr.d in danger ana mea-
sur.e were taken To- protect il nS far ns p0-s ilin
At " :03 the rear and side walls Of / ana D.
and the roar wall of and went Within "A
f,,y seconds the iron fronts of ull four Iulli-
. ms curi"i outward toward Eond stree, INA
fnil forward with n ,lrntening crush srpafai A.,
, INTO seotions as They I'LL. F0riunutrly, TIC
Il i'nlien nrr1ng"mrnts wrre superb. and the
ttra,t- mad been cleared long before the L.ll