New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-11

to have a larger supply directed into the the
Eastsidc mains. Mr.. Han took carriage pag ana ana
drove rapidly to the reservoir IN Centrai fark. anu
The Fire Department soon had all the water IL
needed 4 or5
The burning building was large in extent ,, ana
the wind was so strong that the firemen were soon
driven from the Thrty-second-st. side ana were oo.n
PEELED to let the building burn -, aoTn; sbs
houses in Lexington-ave opposite the stables and
kept them from being ignited. There MerS ~ no
buildings opposite the stables in
and from this point, being favored by the uIecton
of the wInd the remen continued to throw streams
upon the stables. ..os 90
work until the stables became heap OF runs. p,,
The heat of the fire made the front OF the faTk aI
Avenue Hotel very hot. As the hotel stood directly
opposite the stables in Fourtl-aye. the occupants @
had good view of the fire. Had the wind been pesn
blowing in opposite direction the noteI iIk' t
have been in danger in spite of its strong iron 'front.'
the employees of the hotel were set 70
work with a fire apparatus to Keep .no
iron wet There was much excitement put very
little alarm among the guests in the hotel I9GS tSa
stood at the front windows for hours watching lhe
flames. Judge Hilton was in the hotel at the lniie'
and he watched the fire with the rest. . ,o
w. III. Vanderbilt was at he spot until nearly ~
o'clock. He had nothing to say, and calmly watcneu
the Of the IN oedcf he drove
to his house, at Fifth-ave ana rtns rol,
teth-st., in coupe. A few minutes t,
he declined TO say anything about the fire until t0
day.
GATHERING OF THE CROWD.
The fire illuminated the streets aud houses for
many blocks in every direction, and its glare could
be seen in every part Of tho city. An immense
throng Of people gathered after the fire started
and by s p. IN. it estimated that
nearly 100000 persons were standing IN the
streets watching the flames To keep in check tins
great crowd Inspector Murray ordered out the re-
serves from eight of the uptown pre-
cncts and went to the scene of the hre
himself TO superinend the police arrange
ments Fire lines we're established across the
streets and avenues leading TO the burning block
and against these lines the crowds surged 1or hours
The press against the policemen was so great at
times that the officers were obliged to use their cIuDs
At 8 u. m. the roof of the stables began to give
way, and the crash of falling beams was added TO
the other confusing sounds. Ambuances from the
Bellevue and New-York Hospitals had been
summoned and they dashed back and iorIn
inside the FIRE lines IN DSs readiness of life i weat a{
through the waiting crowds and we're repeated with
many exaggerations. IL was said at one time that
three men who had gone into the building 10 rescue
horses had failed to return, and it Was believed thai
they had perlshed in the flames The nlmor cond
not be corroborated at the time, and II was NOT he
lieved by the tiremen and Others who had watched
the progress of the flames from the beginning.
conductor named Kane was said 70
have had his leg broken while helping TO
get a safe out Of the Office. boy was
trampled on injured 80 badly that hewas sent To
hospital insensihle, and two fremen were injured
At 1850 $50 p. m. the walls on the Thrty-second-st
and Thiriy-thirl-st. sides of the stables
were down, and only portion ot,o OF ,ne ne
the Lexingon-aye. side Of the building stu re-
NAMED upright but the fremon were unable to get
the flames in this part under control The interior
of the building was then mass of ruins Heaps 0i
hay bales burned and smouldered slowly anna rag
ments of half consumed beams ana roohng maIeIlal'
The three dwelling houses at LeNingtOn-eyt.
and Thirty y-secOnd-st. remained untOnchod by
the flames. Theylwere owned by, Herman Bohlen
who occupied of them and kept liquor
store on the first floor Of the corner house. The
third house occupied by Mrs. curry. Inc
fremen drenched these buildings while saving them
from the flames, but the losses thee were triling
The houses were saved from destruction By strong
wall which separated them from the stables.
pIsposIrISo or THE RESCUED ANIMALS.
The saving OF the horses from the burning build
ing. troublesome though it was, was the smallest
part of the labor connected with them. IL was iu-
possble for the men who engaged in the work Of
freeing them to do more than to turn them INTO the
omen air. When all that could be saved were without
the walls, and safely heried in the tunnel and
in other places the men in charge Of them were con-
fronted by the problem OF providing Tor them
shelter and food. Some were taken
nj once 10 neghbOrlng stables, the Broad
way. Ninth and sixth-ave. companies promptly
Offering 10 take many as could be provided LOT IN
their stalls Before tue general disrlbutlonw nado
the horses were taken To the Madison Square Gar-
den There was so much confusion however, andthe
animals had been 50 widely scattered in the early
part OF the evening that at no iiinc were III 'nat
had been saved brought together. This fact made
N impossible last night 10 state the exact number
that were burned. The best estimate made up To
midnight placed the loss at from 200 To 200 head.
By 10 o'clock three four hundred horses had
been housed in under the roof Of the old concert
hall The stalls underneath the tiers OF seats were
filed and two hundred stood hItched 10
n rope which had been stretched from
post 10 post on the main floor. As fast rs quarters
were found they sent out in detachments under
the care of hostlers and drivers Seventy five went
to the Broadway stables, fifty to Ndth-avc., thirty
TO Sixth-aye. and forty TO Whitsons stables be-
fore o o'clock and still several hundred remained
10 be provided for. About n quarter before 10
o'clock Mr. Vanderbilt came in and took look at
the singular spectacle which the garden presented,
but he did not remain long.
BURNING OF THE WAREHOUSE BLOCK.
A GREAT QUANTITY or VALUABLE PROPERTY DE-
sTRoYED IN THE STORAGE RoOMs-OCCUPANTs
or HOUSES IN TinRTY-FIRST-sT. MUCH
AIARMED-CARRYING OUT THEIR FURNITURE
A brigade OF liremen WAS thrown from the first
into Thirty-second-st to fight back the flames from
the huge storage warehouse OF John H. Morroll.
which extended from tho of Fourth-ave.
ia feet east toward Lexington-avc, presenting ts
broad side rising TO height of five stories, to the
flames that were driven directly upon it by the
strong wind. Property valued ut nearly or fully
two million of dollars stored within its walls
and it was felt from the start that this was the
weak point of the dcieDces which the iremcn were
Al