The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-18

Church street to near Broadway and 10 composed Of
solidly constructed iron buildings. five and half
stories high. Each building is double number and
is separated from its neighbor by massive hreprocf
brick walls which opposed efficient barrier to tho
rrsHr OF THE FIRE BRIGADE.
The fhirl aia-m sounded at a quarter-past
ceht c'cocb he Gre then, though il had not yet
agreac aagsad tbs building in which it originated.
~, o..t sgh Intense l.aat to melt the snow on
- u $500 y. ~ ~ ~ " 'I I. ~ ''1 1,a
.n'e'r'aab y ii IT, e,utsLts rends1J1 the saving of
ile s.-eeteie ilp9ssiee end e sas rot many
tho ave ~to-ies was -i blaze. he
falnos haSM8 J1.ns sr2W taa iHisI aoos %
sh9se shove wilst ~faut falling -
uSri na goods All iet eet ~ af irou come
short tins nothing ass seas As, "a feor. I'D
and bare kei"foD sic faft1ls
Slowly but uniIi erUeteG he wooa
work fell from its pi. ali,t aet la, 81 rs tla
interior of the building files up ~ tho cud
story with mass of burning ga- gals il Sans
from this furnace shot high abs 700 sftF iAt
roofs.
By this time the adjoining buildings,
GO. on the west, and Nos. 66 and W, on the f
caught fire near the roof, and the main efforts
Fire Department We're directed toward saving tn
former structure. which burning more fierccly
than the latter. Every stream withdrawn from
into Nos s. So and Co. The entire block was sur
rounded with engines. and at one time as
roof of II. b. Clafin d Co.'s immense store
on the lower side of Church street. At fifteen min
utes past nine o'clock brick and iron broke
from the top of the front walls of Nos SO and 60 and
81 and "a, Worth street. and fell group of fire.
men, but none of them touched
BOUNDS.
Before this it was that the building, Nos. SO
and 60 Worth street, could not be saved aud the fire.
men rallied about the building next below, which
stands on the southeast corner of Church street.
Every energy was devoted to the work of
new sn
able to accomplish it, The roof caught fire and
blazed for WHILE but a few well directed streams
subdued the rising flames, and prevented the total
demolition of the store. This building extends
through to the of Thomas and Church streets.
and bears the No. g. the former thoroughfare Nos.
IS and GO Worth street correspond with Nos 66 and 60
Thomas and Nos. 62 and "a Worth are numbered 10
and ~ Thomas street The other building which
was Quilted Nos. &c and 6S Worth street. runs into
Nos. "a and 76 Thomas street The building Nos. 10
and ~ Worth was badly burned about the roof and
The only instance of bodily injury known that
Of Dennis Murray member of the Murray street FIRE
insurance patrol who was badly scalded about the
face and hands. He taken the Chambers Street
Hospital, where his wounds were dressed, and he
then left for home.
DELAYED by SNOW.
police officer. who of the first men at tho
fire. said that there extraordinary delay in
getting water to operate upon the flames. Nos. G3
and g. Worth street, where the fire originated
nearly Quilted before q stream of water brought
to bear This delay was owing to the terrible condi
ton of the streets down town, which. at this
time have acovering of snow nearly foot deep Many
of the engines We're stuck in the snow, that the
Great piles of snow covered many of the hydrants
hid them SO that delay occurred in connecting the
engines. When connection made few Of the
streams were sufficiently powerful to reach to the top
of the five stories. A'Y hose put in about
nine o'clock and for the first time an ehec-
tive stream brought to bear upon the
burning buildings in Worth street. When the second
and third alarms were sounded the response not
q ready one and the uptown companies found it
difficult task to reach the fire in decent time. 1t
deemed an exceedingly fortunate thing by the many
underwriters present that there was scarcely a, v
such as to make the fire memorable in this
dangerous gold mine known as the dry goods dis
trict."
THE SCENE FROM THE HERALD OFFICE.
As seen from the HERALD Office the fire presented
that drted the lower part Of the city contained
thousands of bright sparks. which danced in the
ing a ie be an IN @
threw the outlines of the Post Office, the Aston
House and the buildings on the. west
picture, while a reddish glare lay upon the in
the streets and on the copngs of the houses. The
light Of the e and St.
weird look the outlines Of the graves and
SS ,ns s,rs sharply n5ea, in the
church glstened and the feathery branches
of the naked elms could be distinctly
ject swiftly amid the sparks and went whiring
the house tops though possessed Of lfe only
to fall at last and be extingushed by the snow Now
and then fire engine went up Broadway, not with
its usual chatter upon the stones the horses finding
1t difhcult to drag the heavy machine over the
snow encountered pavement. Though the picture
full of activity and startling changes the silence
at this distance made the scene seem all the
terrible and grand. For nearly hour the city
illumned by the flames; then the smoke grew darker
the sparks disappeared and the fierce light went out
showing that the brave firemen had gained mas.
terry and it evident that the flames finally
under control
THE BURNED PREMISES.
The following diagram will enable the reader to
discover the buildings destroyed or partially de.
stroyed:-