, 1880-02-01
MORE FIRES,
Burning Of a Large Chair Factory
~, =. on the West Side, :
Loss. on. Building and Contents,
$14,OOO-Largely Insured.
john siakuaky, a Youthful Employe,
0romated.


F Carpenter, owned by Fred Herhold, and oc-
cupied by Niemann, LEM & Co. as manu-
factory Of chairs and bureaus. Some thir-
teen years ago portion Of the building was
first erected, and since then, notwithstanding
frequent fires, the building has been enlarged
until it became mammoth drertrap. The
building fronting Erie street was 44x50, and
four stories and an attic high. Adjoining in
the rear vas threestory structure 2ox35,
together with two-story building, the lower
half Of brick, of smaller dimensions than the
other. Itwas In this latter building that the
fire broke out, but exactly how is not
known. The lower story was occupied
as an eng1ne-room. and, owing to its peculiar
construction, with double floors, was consid-
cred quite unsafe by the owner himself. The
engineer was on duty at the time, but he did
not see the fire until the alarm was given. It
is supposed spark from the boiler fires got
between the floors and set blaze, which ran
up between the walls until the intlammables
in the varlsh room on the, second
floor floor we're reached Some boys at a.;
looking through the doors they saw quite a
brisk fire. The employees ran out, and by
some one Of them the alarm was turned in.
The fire spread so rapidly that q second
alarm was sent in three minutes after the
work the fire was bursting from all four sides
Of the factory. The firemen worked
earnestly, and at $40 the signal for
out was sounded. The factory was only
partially DESTROYED, and the owners loss viii
$500 insurance in unknown companies, for
which 4. Loeb & Bro. are agents. This in
cludes all the heavier portion Of the ma
chinery. The first and second floors were
stands, and the third and fourth doors for
finishing and storage purposes, The tools
and machinery are to great extent damaged
by water only,
Niemann, LEM d Co., in which Mr.. Her
hold is partner, state that their stock was it
quite large, as this was q busy season with
them. 1t was worth from 5000 to $4,000,
and was insured for 5000 In the following
companies: Lycoming and Farmers, $50
each, and 81, 100 in the Hecla, Standard, and
Mechanics 8 Traders, Of New Jersey. ,Te The
They employed about forty or fifty men and
boys, and the tools belonging to them are
thought to be all safe.
Mr. Herhold bought the factory tor $4,000
last November, and has to show for bis money
age house, a dry!lhouse, and an old two~story
frame house used as an office. Some time
ago he was. prevented by nelghbors from
!, putting up improvements which he calcu-
: lated would render 1t more safe And again
two days ago he took building permit to
improve the defective engine house, but de-
ferred doing anything because the citizens
held meeting to protest, without really un-
derstanding his motive
uesa ss re aSost Ss nsa5y Eat out 5oy ThsR i %si
s'Cherrie," i" who was employed In the attic,
had not been seen, and that he had perished
in the flames. This attic, in which he was at
work 'first-coatfng - chairs, was low apart
sn fe2 padeF eF the T29 s I dea saeaaS on S Hots 5s
thought to warn poor 'Cherrie" that the
neither windows nor doors to the
attic, he was given up for lost;
blackened body was found BY Marshal Petrte,
and was taken to the home OF his parents, No:
$40 North Carpenter street. Poor "Cherrie
was about Is years OF age, and was nick
named thus because Of his clear Polish COM
He was a great fayorit with every one, and
his employers wept when he was found, say
ing that they would rather have Cherrie"
alive than have their factory restored. His
real name was John Siskusky.
surance Patrol reporter has the following:
q Building owned by ]: ". Scovilll, and IN
surance, which is as follows, payable to II.
4. Hurlbut: New York Alliance, $4,000;
Rutgers, Westchester, and Firemen's, Of New
York, 32,o0O eaon; total, SlU,oo0. Inc Dn1id-
ing is considerably damaged. Occupied by
F. Field & Co. as bakery and candy manu-
factory. Insurance: SIC, ,000on stock, $500 on
Furniture $500 on engines and boilers, and
$1,000 on machinery making total of
sci, 900, which is located as follows: Fire As
socfatfon, American. State Of Pennsylvania,
Star of .New York, Kings County, La Caisse
Generate, New Hampshire, Peoples, Fire
mems OF New York, williamsburg, and Re
lief, $4,000 each; Mechanics' and Traders,
S1,5O0; Lafayette, 81, 500; and Buffalo and
Toledo, S., ,00 each. The stock Is badly
damaged. Fire originated on second floor,
from unknown causes"