New-York tribune., 1880-10-28
THE FIRE RECORD.
4 CLOCK FACTORY DESTROYED


BURNING OF THE ANsO>A CoNrANY's WORKS IN
81 ooKtYN-TuE loss HEtrIY $1,000 600
TWELVE HUNDRED PERSONS THROWN OUT or
wolK.
One of the most destructive fires of recent
years IN Brooklyn occurred at an carly Yesterday
monug completely 'siOyiug The large faci oi thc
Ansoria Clock Company, ana involving loss Of nearly
million doliqrs. The building covered entire block
bounded by Seventh and EiEh h-avrs and Twelfth and
Thirtecnth-sts. The fire was discovered about a. m
on the Twclf'h-st. side of the building. BY
strcc,-clr conductor, who WAS his way
home He cndcavored TO find the watchman Of
the building but beng unsucces fuI, aroused the pio
pr tor OF a quorstOre in the vicinity and with his and
rs into the where the blaze appeared. and tired
to put II out Acr an unsuccessful attempt Of two or
three minutes the watchmen appeared, and an alarm
was sent out. Successive alarms were sounded, unu
tie whole fire force Of the city was at the spot Bui the
1ammatIe nature Of the contents of the factory gave
the flames such neaiway that the forts The Fire De-
pariment were comparatively futile The nremcn were
crippled also by the feeble pressure q tn
wafer on the high ground where the factory
stood when so large number Of engines
was drawing from The supply. Tie lack OF other
building. I'm The vicinity OF the factory, which stood IN
q sparsey settled portion Of the ely, scr Us im
rclmrnt to the work Of me rcmrn, the intense heat
from the burning stu.turc would not permit hcr near
approach 10 TO- Every cG ri made however. by
the FIRE Dcpar meu but iu less than an hour from the
outbreak Of the fire it had cXtnded entirely through
the hud,ug ana The whole interior, seen through tho
windows m tho lofty walls was glowing OF dame.
which extended high above the roof and coud be seen
for miles around In this city appeared a- II much Of
Brooklyn was burnng
By O'Clock the fury Of The fire was spent. Meanwhile
tie flames mad conmun Gated to the lumber yard of
the company, N T.irccnth-st., whcro many thousand
feet OF lumber stord, and ta added to the bril
fancy the flames. The G-ca ext ndcd TO number OF
dwt ings occupied by cHpiovc, of he company On the
opposite side oi Twrlitn-~t. wuich were DESTROYED.
Tne entire loss is iultrd at about ~SOO.OOO. The
Insurance amounts To ABOUT F"1'oVo' di,tFpuc"
among ujncty-iiye companies IN TINS cly, Btook yn,
Phlladclpuli. Boston. Cincinnati ana New Orleans
Among those tht VIII sulirr hraVF are chsidctah'e
number of Cincinnati aud New Orleans companies.
special meeting Of tAc Board " Underwriters was held
YESTERDAY afternoon 10 make arrangements Tor tht
adjustment OF tie losses. committee was appointed
The Ansona Clock COMPANY. thc principal Office Of
winch is Nos Q and 2l Ci ST. ihis cfy has oXteu-
svc works al Ausonia Conn, IN the Naugau'k Val
ley. Ihe Brooklyn factory Vas mace necessary Oy th
extension OF tie business OF the comlaiy and |oGk
upon it was begun IN February, 1879, ana completed
five months later II nad ronlaee o 800 feet, with
depth OF 200 built around an interior qladrn
Iular courtyard. the bui dug liSeH Del1g ony t'fy
feet from front TO 1t o. brick five stories In
height. with stone trimmings and eitcentrdl tower
we're made in IT, There employed the factory
GOO and many boys and giiis all ot whom
The building was heated 10y steam and supplied with
gas made from uapnthh. Tn m1ehincry va. driven by
Cor IS steam-cucne or 2JO-boTse power. In addition
TO clocks the pany made bronze mantel ornaments
An extension OF the works had been already planned
and II was expected ttat about 10OO more cmpoyrs
would be needed The Of the fire is not exactly
Known hut IL believed to baVr originated I'm the room
where the gas made from naphtha, the machinery
for when had been ont Of ORDER for some
time About sixty barrels OF n1phtha stored IN
cellar in the vicinity OF tine building, but tho fire
did not reach terrible explosion would have
cured The loss ON the bindings lwcnhst. osti-
mated AT $1,000 They were owned by \. +. GOOde-
noush. OF No 80 ReInscnst. Brooklyn. Ii- loss Il
covered by Insurance The occupants met with losses
aggrc eating about $4,000.
The destruction OF ibis factory throws out OF employ
mcnt 1000 persons W. l.. Dodge, of the hrm OF
Phelps Dodge Coz OF ;hc largest Stockholders In
the company sand yesterday that without doubt the
company would take measures tor rebuilding the
works.