New-York tribune., 1881-10-11
TWO BLOCKS IN FLAMES.
Continued from First Page.

tIs buildiny these were buried under neap I ~ as to
,Ps t nf ana Of 15 tbe yats Il VIII e RoSSe The
for twenty-four hours at least 70 md Il was rot
building was very sciay ng gus danger of its being
.ad oanu WSeo i've wears ago. four yeas
its erection under Mr. Morreps perscna com
re broke out in stored ~ goods it was easily y
nnstion 1 10 h al,Sonsh in the "a atifap' Iife But NJ
90 80 with m extingusler man man yyhont and the
the attack yestethe ~ Gerce wind and beaten agasD
sRi able. ouil1S ,.,,o ottor the fire had spannsd
m "a an nconSst non, il had consumed an s&oopd IA as
A.. bat we're 10 the leeward 0i the Miu au that
beating upon and leaping oyer the Ihirty-Grst-st.
t'Vesns threatening to sweep away es Sne The
hrrer between il and the blocks oI IN hn9 st
men who lad been Ssrs urSoh aps for more than hor
tbe fight was fierce and persstent po ~ tbreaf
Waer and the fire. the ANXIOUS tenants 60 u ,hs,r lives
vel 5,TeIiors meanwhile fleeing ior ticit .t f,,r;
Sou ~ ~ M conraoe and slIili prevailed oF tho 49, ~
ars eiement The side wall of the stoiSnov'e "a the
Bled slowly away. tell story ey yord s' tie row of
hre that pcae All through the night. however,
.h 6re,nen held possession and workeo u"0
to hold their ground.
Yossvs IN THE WAREHOUSE.
The other buildings In the block IN fou' - ths
.scaned injury. MorrelPs alone snncreu' ~ va 80
hasement and on tho ground moor OIL .'0 po-s' 80.
n that was saved were stored many ."iiS' - tho
- hu, tbe bulk of the property was IN 'lo
burned part This was stored at tue o"ho,' ,,ab
-, ,,,snr;no against fire for himself and much
20" NOT insured at all. Other properly
- frlIv covered by Insurance, anu
:. -. Ioa-ned that certain English companies
,.,a Sea-, or s;xty thousand dollars IN the sV9ro ore
honse Mr. Morrell had the buding iFsuo, s' ne,sons
no: nearly TO it's full value AUns Snae names rT could be
nt;ned were Miss Harriet IRVING ~ pIoso " To- @
I ono Rrancb who loses pictures Delohs,ns r,o Yer
brothers-n-aw, valued AZ $3.50 store valued at
snp o and MIS- Einstcin, wife OF the C3ngGSs
Tans brother and sister of Charity alSsS at
Hess who had si0sr @e wsSi Sa" lost furniture worth
s. 900 which was put in only last Saiufn,Sgc Sc IN IN
Ehroyy of Schuyler Wheeler, vai9ea AZ @9Js'f s frn;
bnrned strange man bewaled ms Sc .oS h;s u, name
"re worth 81 600 but would not give ms haa haae ~
n was NOT possible to gain even the teino.sS % e
the fun extent Of the sses, nu. 'n million to one
,H InIf millions The tenants In the llats III h ar
front ESCAPED without trouee, anu s1tedb ;,bt An
things only to carry them DaeK aiseI ne dead with
old lady was carried OUT III anu
fright. ,. - x,.s afteryyard ascer-
tained we're furniture ana pds aimed at S4 900,
stored by A. S. Hewitt, ana goooS '"tu0" ~
belonging to Mr.. Nln Reeves
ALARM IN THIRrY-FiRsr-sT.
Som after the fire broke out IN MoIreifs Duhoins
:be wind carried the flames IN the diieS"on
e ,r,,.r srst 81 Sharks were lifted high In
sha air and were carried as far as Lex
;ng,on-ave. and Twenty-ninth-st In Thirty
6rst-st.. between Lexington and four'h-
aves the pavement covered Win large
burning and between the houses on the upper
md lower sides of the streets continuous shower OF
burning Goals fell. The roofs OF the houses were
alive with hot Goals, and fears were entertained
flat some of the houses would catch fire from the
o...Ic
on the north side of Tbirty-frst~st, which
,sere only separated from the burning store
house g BY fire n saa Morres bndns could b OF
fained. The fire spread with great rapldlty IN me
direction OF these houses and al the occupants oc
can In remove their most valuable artcles. A
SSaoden fence connected each house with the Durn-
ing building and if one OF them sbould catcn IRE ~
was feared that there would Pe nnuses nU Ere
men carried hose into the nasements oI
several of the houses and played on ee tne
wooden fences and the rear walls % If Fame me s Wss
driven against the row of houses, and some OF lhe
shutters and other portions OF the WOODWORK ig
nited. but the prompt action OF the hreinen WIN ,
SEVERAL streams of water soon extlnguished the
h'lVSi WSiie the fire was thus in progress the oc-
cunanfs of the houses concluded 70 carry
most Of their yaluables to safer place.
II was shortly after 8 o'clock that the
danger was noticed and from that time until after
O'clock there were busy scenes in tie houses. Inc
buildings are all used as dwelling hoises Inc nrst
two houses from Fourth-aye are brick ana are oc-
cunied bv private families and the next are brown
Stone fronfs five stories in height and are occupied
Sy private families. The next. two IRE brick
houses ys stories high Scsup&eo I & ny ef is tbrne
story brick houses used by one CT more families,
No. 1O3 is boarding house, kept by William A.
Hunter No. 10. Peter L0onan, carpenter occu-
nes Mis- Steel and Mrs. Butch live in No. l07. and
Mrs NJ, A. Madison rents No. 1o9 iie next house,
which is owned by stephen II ohn, Is pnoccu-
feinq made in the interior. Nos. lib
and 1882 are apartment houses occupied by
DR. 5F1SgGsSn EasS ves sa in No. ii5 Mrs jolly No.
III: sydney Hunter and Mrs: Momiter in No.
I19 and Charles White, the circus manager; IN
aud several other tenants live. w: Il. keveTn and
John Scutter occupy No 125, >. Hamilton is the
owner and occupant OF NO l27, Nrs rory hles IN
Ne l29 and Mrs. Henry Moore IN No. l31.
PACKING UP THEIR GOODS.
For more than an hour the scenes in these houses
we're very lively, as all the occupants ordered
out by the police who stationed at the doors to
prevent the people from entering except to get their
goods. In all the rooms persons were busy packing
all the portable furniture, and men were employed
In the neighborhood to remove things to
a safe place. The owners who occupied the
houses together with their wives, sons and
daughters were not idle moment while the flames
were raging behind them. Very little damage how
ever, was done to any of the houses although they
were all moro or less scorohed. The fremen could
not .ell at what moment the walls of the
burning storehouse might fall and If that oo-
cured il was feared that the houses would
be in great danger. Shortly after O'Clock o part
Of the south wall of the burning building fell with
loud crash, and sheet Of flame shot high in the
air. Az the wall fell it buried under il a small ex-
tension in the of No. IL East Thirty -irst-st
owned b. Mr. Olin. The heated bricks covered
every portion of the yard and shattered all the
panes Of glass in the house. No. 115 was slightly
damaged but the loss is fully covered by
In Thirty -second-st. behind the storage house,
there are six OF seven tenemenf-houses occupied by
eighteen or twenty families. As soon as Morrell's
building was seen blazing, the iremen
cautioned the people in the house about the
danger of falling walls Some of tho workInen
were at their sappers when the alarm was given,