The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-09-06

New YORK, September 81. P. Hale's
piano iactory,on West Thirty.firth street,
was entirely destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The fire originated through Nicho-
las Monk, a varnish rubber, who was
heating some yarnish over stove, While
his back was turned it got ablaze and
the flames spread Ikea flash. He fed at
once for his life giving the alarm as he
ran but the windows being open the
flames swept through the building find
ing fresh fuel at every step. 1t is supposed
about two hundred men were employed
in the building at the time and on the
seventh floor were twenty-six, on the
fourth floor thirty-one and on the fifth
and sixth and other floors about one hun
dred and fifty. ItCannot yet be ascertain
ed how many have been burned in the
building The hatchways in one corner
were open and the flames rushed to the
upper story as it would through Aue.
Several fremen say that from the win
dows of the upper stories of the factory
men were calling for ladders, for help, for
Gods sake, but the ladders we're not long
enough to reach them, and even if they
were they could not be placed in position
on account Of the intense heat.
Horrible Scenes.
Some fell to the pavement, and others,
after wildly waving their arms, fell back
into the burning mass behind them. The
great eight story wall on Thirty sixth
street fell almost without notice, and
who are buried beneath it will not be
known until the debris is moved away.
Great excitement prevailed as the flames
leaped to adjoining buildings, mainly ten.
ement houses. Women and children fled
for their lives. They saved nothing and
were fortunate to escape with their lives.
List Of Casualties.
Up to late hour tonight the number
Of casualties reported as follows: Killed
Oliver Pasquirt, who jumped from the
top story and was instantly killed, and
Annie Smith,a child, smothered in a ten
ement house adjoining the factory. The
injured were as follows: Paul Hess, en-
ployed in the factory, jumped from the
eventh story window to small adioin-
ing building,not dangerously hurt. Thos,
Ludwig, jumped from the fifth story and
escaped miraculously with but slight in
jury; Jas. Roland, fireman of engine IS,
both legs broken. In 1871 both his legs
were broken at fire; John F. Toughest,
employed in the factory, dropped from
the story severely burned and leg broken
by the fall. The following persons, all
employed in the piano factory, are mis-
sing,and there is but little doubt but they
have been burned up: H. Bede, John
Gunberger, John KutsGh, James Smith
and Patrick Trainer.
Over fifty buildings in all have been
destroyed, and the losses are large. with
insurance probably covering half the
amount.
The Tribune says The block between
Thirty fifth and Thirty-sixth streets was
almost entirely destroyed On it stood
Hale's large piano factory, Watkins char
coal yard, Connelly's barrel factory and
several tenement houses, small stores,r res.
licences, and liquor shops. The flames
swept across the east and west streets and
burned number of tenements in the
center Of the block on the north between.
Thirty.sixth and ThiIty.seventh streets
and a row of brown stone apartment
houses and Graham's hoopskirt manufac-
tory on the centre of the block between
Thirty.ffth and Thirty-sixth streets.
Many shanties,fringing these larger shan
ties were also consumed.
The Losses and Insurance,
as far as can be ascertained tonight, are
as follows: Total, $458, ,75e; insurance,
$l0S 800. Principal losers were Hae's
piano factory, $l85, 900, half insured; John
Graham & Son, undertakers' trimmings,
100000, fully insured.