, 1879-01-15
DestrustRe, Blaze in Grand st,es,
New York, Near Broad
way.
Clothing and Fancy Goods r.
Establishments Effectually
Cleaned Out.
Loss Estimated at Nearly IT,,
Millions OF Dollars,
Several Persons Believed to uaya pr
ished in the Ruins,


IN NEW yonu.
NEw Yonx, Jan, t4,-A fire brotr m, .,.,
10 O'CLOCK Til. evening in the larrc ,,,,,,,,sA S'A
tho north side Of Grand strcct, erten,l,nr 10 "
Broadway to Crosby. ocr,,ntc,f IN fhc I.N Iva
foora by Howard, Sanger l. Co., ,notton.. ,nA -
tho upper lloor by Naumburgcr. Kraua, 1.n...
TO-, clot,,t,Ig. The entire building "a IN a,r.a
The fire Ia still burning Gcrcely, Thr,th.'
linuc Ut saving ans of It, hut tic tIa,ne, h.s'
nnt extended In any nthcr stores.
Nav YoRK, Jan. 14-12 .. m.-Thc tIrt I, IT,.
spreading rapidly. Tho whole block II IN d..
ger. Two other buildings arc burning. r..
arc entertained that tic flames will sprc,a ~
the south sido Of Grand street. An the ,r,,t,
bio engines attl tircmen from Harlem ~,
Brooklyn nrc at work. Tho Pa.
Bank md Levy Bros. store arc bu,u,,
Naumburg.r, l{rauss It Laucr, manutactut,,
OF clothing, occupied tho three flours 1h,,
stock Ia reported to be worth fully St,50Q0n
and Is total losa. It IL very heavily insura
amount not known. Howard, SAnEcr & Ia
fancy goods and notion dcnlers, occupied II,
lower itoors. Stock reported to be Nor,
s5O0, 900; insured fur at lcast SH00, ,0o0 Etsa
Bates tS Co., stock worth SOL, ,000; tn.uA
about s:95,0oo. Thu bnildlnK was Ia
property Ut Mcsafs. Brooks, clothicrs: VI. [ult
insured. It is worth scscral hundred taoa,sd
dollars.
The fro was discovered by police oGn
nbout 10 o'clock. WHO saw sudden sheet d
tlalno hurat through the corner window on fl
fourth aoos. III n scco.,1l na.ncs hurst ir,
tic entire row OF windows on tho tl,Is,l fox,
nnd before tho enginus responded aud xe,
atlo to takc pus!tlons tue upper po;,.,
Ut tho building *as wrapped In lama
Tho vast building extends Though The ealte
block frum Crosby IL broadway Oh Granl tin.
and up 1,rou,lwuy AMI Crusby 1U fcet. n,
firm Ut clotntcrs,' Edwin Bates d Co., occ,pkd
fifty feet Of tho building un the Crushy nra
sldu. -,
llolf an hour nftcr tue fro stortc.l, the !ou,h
floor windows On tho Broadway side wero ss,t.
tered by thc prcssuso from within, With e.,
pfosions TINT resen,hlct tho t1ril.g Of eaInoa,
1Ae Elasa WIS scattered over this Street, .t4
simultaneously Crcal sheet Of tlanu shot bill.
way nuross the STREET.
Dy IL o'elnclt t!,r cntlro building IA, On.
mass uf s!alNc. The Pacific Daak, No. N
BsorlwaY, md Levy 1}ros.' etoro were p3
much damaged. Unrc broadway was rcarhea,
the fro seemed to expend all its frcnzy thest
It .ctzcd uf,ou every tuor Win n sudfrn .nnss
md tho Third Goor f.li in viii, a c,a,h ,rs
CRUSHED a}l. uuurr It to n,ous. Th,
hrn. waa intrnsc. an1 Tim mir n,
l,urts arount thick with ,mn;,
md 1ytnr tfntlers. rho ,m,,rc forre5
tn lines md ctrer,i,a,ly ken, horl, ,nc surg,er
crowds of snreta.ora. r., The ntccc. Inn. r,psnt
c,trfnc. wrro kcnt worh,mt to tl,rtr utrs,-t
,u,wcr. Amid thu roor Of tir ffnmc, rxn1ot,,,
syerc heor,, Ut tn,rrva,s NJ min ,oor ord nnnth.,
,frii In. :. ~. ,
r1r,ocrntc rirnrt. wcro mn.ls In kaye th.
,m,ldfor. Tho morb1c. front an t;rouI ttnt,
fucInr lin hurn,nv block w,o saved h, rrcut 4.
tort. It r. ,uwr,n.ri hr Wc]rhnon 4 Ia.
,yrnIe,a. and Vornxer 4 E,np,h,rv. rtothin,.
IN n,tdnirht Tho fro wua o,,,arrnt,v uu,,
,.ontro1~ i'm, ,ho .lomuvo wna far frum bxt.
,,a. ~'
ofes'
N4u1nbuFs. Ara''a' Latter q GO. tad a s'at
of uluthngt partly mado up and In pr0ccss d
manufacture. estimated to Lr worth t1,b0,0i.
r.. ~, TO-. >xo. ,,.,I ,,a,,,,r -. a
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