New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

the roof few minutes previous 10 d. falling He
u believed To he among the debris Ills mother,
Ecr chief support.
WHAT Mr.. HALE's MANAGER SAYS
About midnight a TRIBUNE reporter called
upon Charles stone. piano factory, the
residence Of his fahernaw, John Hale, No. 1l2 West
Thirty fourh-st Mr. Stone stated that %lile engaged
at his books about half past nine o'clock, his at
icnon was attracted by the crowds OF w0rkmen rushing
down the stairway crying "Firei" lie gather
ed up bis books and papers, and removed
taem to aneshborng factory and when he returned TO
inc street the main factory was in blaze, and the
flames were ieapng from every window Every precau-
/ non was taken to prevent fire and every means
/ ~ escape afforded. There were four escapes.
| two wire ladders, and two OF the Cakin end
less CHAINS. At each end Of the work-rooms
there was large starway but MI Stone stated thar the
men became panc-strcken and rushed for escape, IN
many instances by the most distant way Of egress. No
smoking was permitted on the premises. and even
matches were not allowed 90 be in the shops.
Inc cause OF the conGagration was mystery, and Mr..
stone knew Of no way in Wa ch t could have occurred
Tie toors were unusually strong and sae and fires were
male and cared for with great caution. Respecting
losses he stated that s2jOOOO would probably
/ everything. and that the insurance Will not exceed
100000 most OF which is in home companies. H. ex-
\ presses the belief that most OF the workmen
escaped from the building, and the only man
mentioned as likely To in the ruins Was
/ Mr. Lee, who worked IN the finishing room. As the
future, Nh Stone the business viii 90 usual
Mr. Hale owns thirteen lots OF ground and as real estate
in that part OF the city could only be made
available when improved no thinks that a new
/ factory will be built soon, ami the business
conducted on more extensive scale. MI Stone states
that there were over 200 at work in the
rooms OF the factory when tine fire broke ont, and be
regards it rs snguarly fortunate tnat the loss Of life is
slight.
! STATEMENT OF THOSE WI ESCAPED.
Theodore Stoetzel. boy aged eighteen, liy-
ing at No. 90 West Thry-e ,hth-st was employed in
Iiae's piano mandatory o varnisher Of piano tops
He is very intelligent ad and tells stri chfforward
story He said: was working in the southwest corner
o. the old building, on The top door, where varnsh
the tops OF pianos Somebody gave alarm, and we
all ran towards the staircase in the southeast Of
the main building Then we ran back for our clothes.
This staircase led down the first 0o, ana thence any
one cOull ont 10 the street. When we got there
we saw the stairs were on fire. We ran back 70
tie chain reescapc led down into the yard the
Tenthave. size. There ladder escape, too close
b. but it was near the ire II impossible to 20
down &C. There only three four working in the
room where wasand guess were all got oUt, except an
old man named Crepe. did not anything Of him
when were going down. We found that the wheel
about which the chain should reyoive would not turn
Q staircase in the northeast OF the building
That not in use, and know that it locked be-
tween the fourth and Ath floors for down
there tired tine doors and back and went down the
chain. When reached Thirty-hfth-st opened the
windows IN the basement on h2t street. under the new
building aud lei ont Harttl the boss lo0r and
some Others, don't know how many. They had de
seconded by ch1inescape which was 10 tie Of the
building As Ihc yard there is shat or from Thirty
Inv hfrf fta win
dows aud came by the basement TO the windows on
Thr yGfh-s-I dome know positively that any
lost bur think some Of them could not have got out
A man whose name don't know, but who lives 90 No.
SOC on this street has not come home7
Adam Ei,r residing on Thrty-eighh-st, near Tenth
ave. was ut work IN the finishing room the second
floor under the superintendence OF Mr. Gicncr and his
SON Eler chat h. knew nothing OF the fire until he
saw the flames rapmg through the windows The smoke
soon euveiope1 them az, the flames reached the
var1ish and other conbusliOc material, aul
10 was with great difficulty that they could
breathe. He says that ne sprang to the stairway and
70 tie time there no One in this room bu. the TWO
Glickners aud himself The elder Glckncr became
fused. and partially sudocltod, and Eler dragged
bin from the burning room ana saved his life. Two
weeks ago. according to Elfers statement the
force in the factory was cut down fifty per cent,
aud the number work the time of the fire there
fore comparativel, small Re thinks that a
men on the top floor were buced in the ruins n
served several 10 the window who seemed fan back
INFO the building. overcome by heat and smoke Elrer
los a Ls tools. dill all tie Others employed in the
rOo.D
Elias Anderson a workman the second floor OF the
man building OF the piano manufic0ry, save the fol
lowing account % Jae origin OF the fir to TRIBUNE
rerortrr last evening" large stove occupied the centre
of the fourth OOF i'm which fire KEEP burning eht
nd lay for purpose OF drying the s0undngbOards.
placed ~ "A large box over the and the ceiling.
The stoys-ppe pass i through this box. Short
y after O'Clock yesterday morning M Anderson went
ND 10 TINS floor % Cet some piano Tyres. AZ he ap-
pacbcd the too OF the stairway discovered that the
driving box was ire, and that the room rapidly
filling with smoke tie ut ran down stairs, crying
Fire fire 2" Toe alOr hlled with sounding boards.
piano plates and other dry material, but water
kent there Mr. Anderson said be the first give
tbe alarm TO the occupants Of this building After be
et tine building he boy escape from the ninth story
bv climbing down from window 10 the next until he
reached the second third story when he jumped TO
the ground. He thought there about 500 unn-
,hed pianos the building in addition to 500 pianos
which were almost completed.
some of the residents lived opposite the factory,
said that they saw about twenty at the windows.
Lee a varnsher was at work the top floor. and APP
peared al a window signalling for help. The flames
were behind him. aud ne suddenly threw up his arms
and fell backward. That the last We saw Of HIM.
George Grser hnisher, sixteen years old, living on
Thirty-eightst. above Nnth-ave, stated To TRIBUNE
reporter last night, that he at work on tue first
door when the fire broke out number Of men came
running down stairs crying " FireW Those at WORK on
the first hoor about number. rushed into
the street. but could nothing. Some OF them
thought the alarm to be hoax aud went back
70 work He remained outside and about
hve minutes saw flames burst from the windows. The
mind soon carried the flames ~ building opposite and