New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-23

As the last tram rusned paS' '"'
flames licked the windows of the After that.
owing to the dangerous condition OF the wa''s'
the Fire Commissioners iorbade the run
ming OF trans. Portions Of the walls did
fall and an adjoining building was crushed the oc
cupants barely escaping with their lives.
SERIOUS LOSSES AND ANNOYANCES.
The new building at No. IS BOwery which has
been occupied about month was destroyed Dy hfe
Yesterday 1t was erected the summer BY Ferdinand
! Mayer and Isaac Mack. The owners Of the land
The ground door have been used for about
tgo months by the L0nd and Liverpool Clothing Com
pany Of wnich the proprietor is Isdor Rosenheim' Ih
five floors over the store nave been vacant un'l whh
| the last few Gays. The second third ana 1'rih
floors were rented November 1. by Conrad Ecknardt'
furniture manufacturer, who has a store at No. -
Bowery and a factory al 30 62 Attorney-st lie mas
been moving furniture tor the last two weeks ana
had the bu Of hc stock Transferred 10 the new build
/ lug J. W. Hamburger & Co., who have a furniture
factory AZ No Ezabethst. which IL IN the rear OF
tie buTcd Du ding aad recently rented tue hth ahc
.iYth floors They had not yet begun to move their
stock but few articles had been stored on the top
story
Tho fire was scovered about in the fourth story
Eckhar.t hal few at work thero, vanishing some
furniture. John Ne o. the workmcn' sad that
in lttc room III the or the h2or there was SIaI
stove u.ed for heating ue. he work when one
NaTn4ncr- cilicu ont ihdt lh' A''W vas W. nv
He saw tnat tie rear part Of the room was III blaze
f ,a.t from where the stove stood and he ran 10 the
| lower floor 10 get some water; but when he
ret;fncd me rear Of the bddine burning rapidly
TIE shavngs paper used in packing the furniture
had caught fire and quickly carried the flames IN every
direction Three alarms were then sent out. ana twenty
! engines and SIX trucks responded. When the engines
J arrived IN. building was OF h1me and smoke.
Flames ,lot our of the windows in front ana IN the
rear. and i a Few inmates spread to all the hoors
THE NFiGHBORs N DtNGLR.
The hremeu's effort we're chiefly directed toward pro-
tecting ths adjoining honse as rue hre hAd gained 700
uucn nendvay to saye burning building In ABOUT
r,f ~ neur the roof fell IN with a crash, carrying
win il the beams on every aoor. Other reports Of
! ,l,,r timber we're heard rapid succession until
lie contents Of all the floors hal io.ien
i,to the clothing The icur walls stood unsuppor
| ted.
T-ndo1 the south wall small frame building two
| .os b,,b occuried Dy Kinavan q Walsh. shOcmakers
"a r,,ruel Isaac "a dealer in meu's furnishing goods
I,c ived N part OF the second story and the Other
| portion used "a sA"rlhl hlke' SHop, , WIZ
| twenty-five men We're AT WuIA- INC occupau,s @
." ram. buldHg had just saiciy reached tue street
g,rcf fhr -outn w1l of the burning bn aing te ou-
/ -, fr,e .uaII nadirg was mpetDiy demolished
a,d ne burning timbers which tril on TIE wooden strut
- u would also ian while tne tte was raging and
w. sIorr time the work the hreDen wa- retarded
iin,p, however and poured water On The sm1udelinS
the ,rorress OF the fire had checked. f.
,.lrJ thgf tne walls 10 Great danger ot tuu 'lnS
down sJnle persons, VINO claimed 10 Oe Apetts, sun
tt,t fuiriug from Gamegr whlch TIE lie had dOne
,~nt-r materials had not been used IN erecting the
PSIs In tae rear was q t-lemenl-nousr. which was
n siory lower than the bur med building. Tue wall
| on mat side leaned over me tenehcht t-!1uSe aua
seemed likely ru at any moment. CAPTAIN heay
and some nj officers compelled all oi the occupants
eavc the mouse, and one sick man VINO had Dceh IN
bed FOR weeks. "as carried by the umrs 10 Il hesii-
bc, 4 e. nremen rlisd four or ave ladders on the top
OF au.bcr-ers lac orr .u a,,el IN r,Is W.,
tue trnecn,- house irom danger Portions OF the otter
walls also thrown uO"''
THE LOs-Es.
rto damage done by the fire amounted to about
s1no 600 Mr. Mayer on Of the owners OF the build
m sad that 1t had cost $4,000 to erect H. The bud-
pc ia total loss and was insured III SIX Englsh Com
n,n,e. for S34 900. The entire stock OF the Lon
don and Liverpool Cl'tIng Company WIS esti-
! ,o+ed at about $4,000 II impossible To
- how great the loss was as proprietor
,it uot eurer the store. Mr.. Eckhardt stated that
h va ned tine had removed INTO IN ou ing at
o ~ al lost The -tock o. Klnyan & Walsh was
tinafrd al 5000, on whch th re wa onE tIiu ng
tnsurancc l,aIc- stock "as ydiucd II 9iOOO hu nucu
of 1t was saved lie vas insr d iof S4OOo hamburger
& co.'s loss viii be- ao"uI e@Oo'
srOPPI>G M ELEVATED TRAINS.
train On the TAir,.-ave Elevated Rad rushed past
t, hii -, wnil, the nlm-s great volumes were is
ching oif Of the front windows. II was not damaged
The a nj al the Grludst station then Ieiegraphed To
rho onr STATIONS about the fire, and trains were stop
, n vas supaoecc mat this would Ouly be for
| .tnrt
tn FIRE Commissioners said, forbade the use of thu
,iroa1 ,ntl the walls Of the hui ii thoroughly
| evanuei. The frat VII erned tOwafh the talrnaI
and looked dangerous The lnsurdnce agents piOl's ed
n,ved goods ON tie has 'uen In consequence
of these circumstance no tram "sed over ,nt IN
Avenu.. R"ad between Ch"tha'.sqnare aud Nnih-st
| oet,Seru and 10 p N A. 10 ,. III, the hrs II IN
was dispatched n0ftnw ri On the etsl useA, d, ons
{ inIqrylis aiterwafd untl midnight othcr ualn.
foio0+d IT, No Trains were sent sOuthWarI
aong he track and ~ Midnight me aatnts al le
various dcpOts were unaN are vino ne ROAD Woud re
put IN oueatOn ITS en Ire length fiHseu gsIS "no
entered The depOts above Nhth 81 were elIeiuY III in'
ana were advised TO patrOnize lhe SECOND avenue
Road Most PASSENGER. eomgs south non hara arG
Rad al Tn.rIy-fOurtl-t, we're tran> Itfu 20 lhe
No. ,cnue road and thus reacnei their desfina
So IN th lower part OF the cy. Passenger travell ny
nnrfnyari from the South Forty desiring 10 rtach
places Thirty our 81. ,olIoSed te ndo p,'d
ur III the Second Avenue koad-masing the !,s I'm m
pass over road a. $50 MID no go 20 nU y
rn - r'eir po,rs iast mis- IT, and tn Thrdav trains
could IL ~" second Ayepn' koau, u, ~.
| Grrar mcouvcnienc, WIS caused D, leisoHs VIM ny
in fnc nus OF taaing the IDlfd-iVe foid ~ me oi
Hal. They were compelled 10 wax ~ @ ,ae Gt,
snr ,pot II the SrcOnd-aye road or 10 the Chalhan
s1nre un IN DEPOT The CIV Han Or men J. u'eu t'
Inc -ri a. u extent dur the commission hOurs. D.
th,ongl, tnc gates of the CITY Hall depot over $500
! daty taNen III there. Last night the thrOng seehe'
nnusualy large. The four eae-k keepers were satone'
D the foot OF the stars inform people OF th tiac
Ih1t 40 trains running and tEc eau. rul ~
-, m ,uu,lee bv "A argc crowd Of persons seealnS
= cain ad,uitla &c. A. tile gate keeper SAID EVrr
,in, uf oar NOT ruhulh
ana - We had to repeat the same staiehct Iunutes
times some men were enraged. declaring that lle
bJ ade r1pises to home at certain me, reyla
unn me regularity tna rsnn ning 0f the trains "
e 49, ram cad SAID: rniS is Gods judgment On Ia
director or tuning 200 poor men III their employ m
a | the streets to-day
~ ,or,rrD ST4ECS FOR W1SHINGTOX