New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-22
THE FIRE RECORD.
MAD STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

BVLNiNG or inv ATLANTIC MILL At CoHoEs-
.NARRow Escape OF OSy HUNDRED EMPLoYEs
IhEoVGH rHE sKY-rIGHr AND OVER THE ROOF
-IOTAL Ioss ABOUT 100000.
CoHoEs, y. Y, Feb. 21.-At 10 o'clock this
morning fire broke ont IN the picker-room OF the At
lantc MI on hohswks! CohOes. bnt tl- employees In
tna; department quickly erGngu!5hed the flames and
supposed hat the danger past. spark from
the pckrrToOn had communicated however, 10
The eaTt--oom on the next floor above, and before
any one realized the Situation a FIRE had been
started, watch threatened the destruction Of
the entire block bounded by CORTLAND, Mohawk
Factory and Oneida-sts. AS soon as the DANGER was
discovered On alarm sounded but the Fire Depart
mcnt al not reach the scene until about half hour
a'erVard Ali hone II saving the building had ten
PASSED and the efforts o; the department directed
sC.e!y 70 the saving Of adjoining property.
About 100 employees. mostly women. were in the mill
when the fro discovered and their efforts to escape
resulted In panic. winch, for time, threatened 20 add
tie calamity q loss of life 10 loss Of property. The
naniS "a ae pickerrOon which ia located In the base
meIt " lie Nil. escaped by rear door, but
those IN he upper departments were unable,
account o. the flames and smoke. 20 descend by the
main stairway and were obliged TO seek safety by way
OF the s0Of The frightened crowd clambered up the
stairs IN desperate effort to reach the skyght. On
reaching - the opening proved 20 be go small a. only to
a!iow one person TO pass through at a time. Those
hH't'"s b-4oNi 10 whom minutes setulCu cu-sIchcu
Into hour. shonted for help. their cries thrilling the
thousands people IN the street OF whom many we're
snz Ouy iLqulrns for relatives and friends known 10
Dc IL she burning building The struggle on the stairs
Was mai eight or lie but the last OF the hundred en-
dangered people finally succeed In making his way
safely across tue adjoining buildings before the flames
had burst through the roof.
The was none too soon for a moment after the
flames were shooting upward from the tor OF the building
TO height Of city feet and sending dense volumes OF
smoke the southeastern portion Of the city. The
flames poured Of the windows the west side and
gained Roadway every moment, despite the ehorts OF
the rremen, vIo had now succeeded IN get
ting eighteen streams 70 bear upon the
IRE. The fremen were Cnca=ed IN ice aud almost
b. numbed with cold, while the flames steadily
aimed ground At IL o'clock the wall Of the mill
fronting on MOhavk-st was seen 10 totter and -bOu
% warning afO-e rrOu the street moment later the
eutre acad" fell out ward with terrific crash. Through
the breach thus made me nosemen directed their
streams with such good effect that fifteen minutes later
Il We believed they had the flames under control
Inis opinion was quickly reversed hy the discovery
south was also on FIRE: The tired hr,men responded
CALAMITY 10 TINS new call aud directed their enerEles 20
wall fell outward with tgemc ndOus force and number O
hremen barely escaped being buried IN the runs A
Will crash and Size flames lesped high above the ru
ROUNDING buildings. A. o'clock the fire had enVe'oped
thu upper stores OF the North Block and steadily
making heaGvay. To add 20 the danger OF tue situation
the Johnston steamer had 10 be Withdrawn owing 10 "a
VIII the annwledca that the hrcmeD were nearly eN-
hasted d-e mined the Cuef Of he Fire Department TO
10 Try fOr Assistance, aud dispatch was ac-
cordi1gY ChiCr Ingram asking FOR IL Slnes ana
men. which were promptly furnished.
The loss Of property was great the structure having
been occupied firms. engaged m various Kinds
% co,unprc al and manufacturing business Inc DIl.-
ing with machinery In the AfanTc MIL aud stock
In process Of manufactures worth $4,000 GU which
there Is AL Insurance Of 900 II had frontage OF
% feet On MuaawR-st., ending back 100 'Cet 10
Iolrflsni-sf. The seven sets OF machinery therein
froucrd annually about 20 900 dozens II shirt and
drawers worth $780, 600 The insurance Is distributed
Sartt Tr',i.b ~ 900 commandments 500
Hamburg ........ 3 600 Imperial aud North
Commercial Union. 5000 Amerg an LOU
Farm rs ~. ! l..... 1000
North. block which four stories high end covered
a. areu - 100 feet, dt-trOyed. The Ohcrs OF
Tie Udsiy Courier and weekly DemOcrG we're burned.
Al O'clock the ire was still raging fuTousy with tie
prospect Of another block Of buildings beng swept
away but little Late the fire got under control
Tle tyta. .yss WIZ foot Up 100000 partly insured