, 1880-11-11
o,,a Briggs House Narrowly
Escapes Destruction
~, Huilding just East OF 1t
l"~ Cleaned Out,
u,o,n, LOSS Of About
$4,000 OIL Stock anu
Building.
o,oree of Wild CONSERVATION
and Alarm in the
Hotel.
qho Terrified 1'0nr'lers Unanimously
'p' rack Up and Rush Down
StnfrB.
L.
r,,s crowds on tho street-Excite-
ment ut Hooley's'
49,. rorsc Of the Fire Yet Unknown-A
'"' Mysterious Explosion.

ro,ot1s cOSrLAGRAT1ON.
- ..,o.t ,1eatructlvo Nro for several months
LUZ ,.roI IN tho business eectior last ovonlng'
oee ", h,os, *plUoO In propcrty-atock anu pnllh.
alu w.. wlnrd out IN lcss thnn MI hour. Ihc
nv 's,,,, r,as OH ltal,iolph street. cast Ut filtn
Itt'av" N.a two numbers, r1u md tSi, botng In
,srnd. Aunt twenty minutes hi IL O'CLOCK
v,,ccmap Mchau passot! tho r'acc, nut not'ce"
,o,h,nv. Whcu ho reached tho street ihtetscc-
Nan, less thun 100 tect d!sthflt, nose W"s ., u"
"u',' nnd he hcurd glasa fHil on tho side'
FaTS 9E', "nl suw i!nmcs burst from tito flrat
"sas w., ri tho structure. Several people
ho". '',,,,, otonr criel "1'lro!" md tho
,a.scnoer s".smn nj tho briggs liouso rushed out
S.,a cave NJ, aNrn, from Station Y. WITHIN
osa M.a 1n,,tc, tho district enEinca-ssx III ,tim.
hsr-wcru on tho gros.Nl, and In TINT short
~ .a,co NJ tI,uo tho trst and fIfth floors were
ahlnrc. and Randolph street was h!lotl WIN
smnkc. Appearances in'licatcd serious con-
"1vrat,ou. and at tcn minutes OF lla4 was
,nene,l IN. thts bringing twelve moro steamers
',,o truc, and tho work Of getting tho flro
.,ntIer E,,trOl wis begun. ........-..
Informative ns tho tiro was, It won1d, not hnEc
,,on so ,orp,,s and alarming In it's character
.nvo for It's ucarflcss to tho irggs House, which
WI. In Eroat danger for aotnc time OF burning
,iwn, The possibility Of such IN occurrence ~
,hf.. md tho excitement Minorg the lurso NUN"
Mr OF Ei1eat9 III &llt Aose!+ "cao lAo o1"o'"''"
and Interesting GoAtures or the esehlnR'
TIE NEl1lHT or An ExrrG}StON
,.o, heort, several blocks away from tho sceno
y, I'm rontIngrntluu souo minutes l,oforo tue
ui,r,u wus bouuhol. Charles Clifford. tho har-
secp,r II, tho NrYgs House Exchange. snys TINT
hr beur,l tic noise next door us II OF tic craek-
linz Ut gluss. The porter or tho hotse hot'ced
ituIso, ,.1ld asked Clifford wnnt ~ taought tno
noise meant. Clifford sa!d that NC oo!leVea
man hul. fallen out Of window. HoTusned OUT
and BuW 1taInos bursting from tao 'olFa 1'ooe VI
tho building. and ho ran to tho hro'alnrln bnS
ct tho eoratr Of Ha1ldoiPh Street anu fltth
avenue. Aluloas NJ the 1ame lust"nl'
Lieut. Hayes tur1cd III m @arm
from tho corner OF Nandoiph afa
Clark Btrects ai1d sono one e1so urea 70 sona III
an Alar1l IRON the ooftler OF Franklin. tne 9oh'
eral aIarm being sounded shorty nftcf. Ihe
titrmen wcru on fnnd win usaal pfolnptaess,
but tho wind was from tue wes.wfo, aae a,la,s me
S"r ,noro in,cn.u thun n,,ythlng lint mind Gun
ias mot' o,a,a ' In an,;,, hi s,ct md Fifth ovc.
nuo ] On Randolph street. Tho excitement ca,.scd
hy ,bts nxtraor,,!uury volume Ut s,npku, whlcn
ia erors,uiua frnn o,zt nn,l could not ia po1,.
etraea bY osen tue braHest aha tnosL aarang'
was Unparalleled In Its intonsity. Thoshor-
,uau House, f1uuey's Thcatrc, straglu's. and
aud they Ctl1ptletl thClr El4eHta QnA nuulGhCc9
,IDon ma ttrcets In a remarkably short spncp ut
.f~a Mr. ,,,,r,,, ro,,,Irr a,Ldouiv ,,nnr tho
ha'e. INV pc'p'a' eui,'lta eauus1'y ulun '1o
alstet, were awc"RtricR Dy the elant, anu ihntl,
hBexcIteiutnt, fell over the railing Into bnsc-
rnrut ,nd,r Inn shorr,n,, IIouss and WIS bnt,ly
h... I1' 1,a ,aas ,n.o t,tn thn hrtn nnfl cnr"1
a"'@ fo WIS '"he" 'oAo eAo "o1o' ""o oa'e"
tos
AFTER 01rrunD HAD u1vEN THE ALARM,
M, Cum,n1nus m thn ,,riv,rs House. tn,nnrc.
n".s"a 49,. s1.,,,,' ~ uo,. ,,,a All 49, iosa hIo
ncnoca 'Ho sna''o' y. o'eo W." wv ~. 4oao n,a
presence Of mind. lis house was hl1cu win
eomo 10 permanent MID transient quests, most
NJ wbom hnIl rrl;rcI for thn night. hcsLlss
w. "au". "1n w. h..,.'. NV r. ,,aI ~
tu' einp1oJts " tno House' Aio 4att n's
steward awukonGA ut once, md ordered hnl
10 send ali tho hell boys throughout tho house
and nvatcn nvcrv s,acnnv y,rst NM, nnnrtse
atI =. w. . s". '..a .,,a,'
al oi 1ao thrcatehea t1ahser. aha ahVa tuen
puck up tht!r UucGtB. but to warn them thnt
ihero WIS prnty Of time, and thus nyuli eyc1
tbc se,nhlancc IT n nrntr I.rforc tho l,ro m.
mart,nInt nrrivnh NJ t.,,,nmts,ws yr"f,.rni IA
rvc,v n,n,1s,s,t ~ ahn t,nsn ~, s.h ti,,r
n,lrKp,s "tr ,syo nns ,,s,i"r ~ n,,nmsnt, n
TIL III ~, ~ IN U,s ~,
started and ~" rnf G',s yulIs ilnnoj ran st't
lima acSa ~ - it,o s s'nris 's ~ I'M I'M III
hs M o',t ~ ,i ~" t ~ snao tns .
lii .ho ,sin3 .an g,.nr. ',.,svnunr ninau
inv tba % iIus e, "Me tn0 sE ,s" m
ia sratr,. nsa T,r,r ''1 H. III TX e. ,snr:.tn
nnIn for"is ~ w, ;h ht "s w. ,,,.r s orit,
tsstn,s ,t ny , .av no.u. ~, "i1 "9 .h t,i ~
Mtl,Ir ,hn ,,,,tsts ~ t1"ir a. ;"t~ Nm,S rnr II