, 1881-10-11
Ctcnted atrol1R current whlcl, carried the
sparks. fragments Of binztng tlnlber, and

IMMENSE FLARES OF FLAME
directly over tho adjoining block, ncnactng
t', Gr s I'm, all c snt% s,'ss ta r ' W.4i. f1 AM. oS
missioner having. personally. go,1e IL tho
reservoir. the full supply Ut water was
furnished, aiNl tic !lre. was ss,ui, after
hru,g,t uHfer control. ,'ftn fire ragetf IN tho
tu.al cststictla. 'r!se lrun 'inors sGtnlrn.|il.f
tho twu buildings. Which firm the storaKl.
,warv|n,s'se >t21ses|, however, 70 plac'' q fair.
" rErctnal ,stny to lhe further, pr'gr.ss nf
tuwartl tho FnurtIt avenue thlrt WIS cut
or. The ilr, lpirtIed with great tu cct,pss,
destroying \ vast deal nf costly goods, n,i
tlici, The falling nf tln frunt wallis with csasll
walls !snre evidence OF tlin fact tint tho
iau,es Ind nothing inurc 10 t!eyurr. and Tint
the itrc Ind reached tho limit of its de-
strllctlvrliess. .......
T,1E l:EsIpEsrs Or THE 11uttsis
a!nnE Lexington nvciile md tie stt1o streets
becHtne pHt!c.strlckns as t!ley saw. thu
clouds Of sn,olku rolling over tho lousetnrs,
nntralg out nn actual shower 1f sparks tllnt
was, IT Its WY. nlg of i'io ,Hrantl-
hnld gtn!s wern !s.lrrErtty gathered toguthor
md ilurra int uf tho wii,ttnws tn tic side
walks. Women with children IN tlteir artns
ran ahoslt crying bitterly. evidently tnsast,-
strctioll. lii ali tile Mrcas trunks ,lcsks, alld
utilnr su0tls were l,!!etl III 1teAtis. ,iiltf men
n,lsi women were t1llrrylrg III nI,d unt, carry
ing their va!t11sbcs. When hla ttrelneli ttatt
tfsu lctsure ttiuy
WENT AMONG THE FRIGHTENED PEOPLE
aud wifi reasoning w0rtts induced them to
suspend their orMFatlons allA 10 return r!ls
Eyults tu tltelr tlOnles. Thu disaster Will long
be remembered, not only fur ,tlse scclrs vi
l,nnlc, exc!lcMent, niMl obstruction which were
that ut present thu metropolis has nut tho
means Mt Its disposal ut coplHE. ut thu
proper moment or In u sudden emergency,
with Il dangerous 0t1threnk Ut ttrr.
Mtl. iD1iS II. MOilltt:l.1-
the ownnr Ut the bnrued storage, warehouse,
his own iusses was TINT they vera very large
md nIlcl Iloru than tho insurance. ~
don't know. what / hayc lnst," sniA Atr. Nor
T!f, "and l tlm,t know ,yhat amount
a. nce. my 'evs @ got y t'sts% I" e' trSus '@H; i'y
l!oaks tpforc cali tell anything nl'out it., I
don't ayen iznuw witettur will gvcr l'c aGie
tn 'Il.t! the hoos l. a!,i .atraId nothtng y
About year ago." MIR. Morrell continued,
rndncetl tie nuiossnt of INSURANCE OH this
buildings Une-l,nlf."
TIE WAREHOUSE OCCUPIED FIFTEEN Full.
CIrr LUrS.
lnving II frontage tl Fourth avenue OF 1U0
feet, and Htt Yiitrti-sccaiH street df :ess3.
VI ti!S gr"und lloor wers sitaascd n''iaicr
nfsafety vaults, built Of brick, iron, stunu, md
steel, MD tiIlr.I with yalable property. Tho
vaults Ware " tue l,sdst r. q tie hottest ssitl
!iost tt'siriclive part nt tNe lre. mn. "cre.
l!AncS; TllN building WINS nbout le! years
old. Regarding tho aggregate oss!'s ~ the
Storage Mnfanouse' att. slorfel! SAW ny
MIS- WIS n.!I,s ~, ~ a'hhU III, VI. cS, y HIN ~ no
as muns ~. ~ ~ pers,,t,s s VII, l prnnrtv a sitr
III tile building. :it,a ,oloiy conIi say whit
n's,tSrs' i soiH Wr Sfnrr.,, ae aw"r.. s,,rh ,un,
] ~ "xI;ny. iinifI,Inn. William II. VANDERBILT. @
"y,In,ir., 1Iiii.,,,' Xhro,,, \ tl",vltt' f. IL
TnrsnIs and si.',c IT t. ,,ost famii'.s In Mi
sy~ri, MIA n ,,,lmSsr t1f tirn.sit,rs ifvfnr in
Euruur.n Among thusH Wlln Ind suffered
trD,ll the frs wis Mr., William II. Vu.tltr-
bit. who Ind stored III tho building
| A rA1Sr,S1 WHICH wAsyAt,,rn Ar S55, ,0s0,
Mr. Morrrtl ttl,l mor knnw thu t,,lp NJ ,Iu,
Sstrl .Gr the If aFisf nsinsr 0ssT Mas
e''i''s aaT Gin ooS rt Ii ,..sIii,,..
,,,1 WIZ mau Is, SU,v" "o5th IT., , o. we"!.a'ts 9a
',reSs,man ahr",n iicwitt i,,u1 ~,
tu5 WE, tst SiT H. Il ,ar,, Tue ,hiilg ~ n,4
I MorTS aso ,,d,i 1sng.,eTHa ;a t,llo, tlt
nt s&,5 a., st.,rWs,, ti1or. " sir. iiusscll SnS.,
Fnz @ @ ,r s s..Fu .fro,s 'i@rg IL e sI"rs ct r,.
: Ho'1 T., a., tini i, ~ ti,n t' ts, ~
49,. ~ 'ao '"'''' 'os' u '''s ''''''7"u" "a
ltr ut,rro,, ,o,1 TINT WIN, N, t,rc hro,,o
ouk itt. was In t.to wareIlHusa Win fdnr
| wntctl,leli md twenty lsalpers, Tiley lid all
| In tliair power to savn tic building, md tho
irun.el, did tl.e hest they could, bit It was
impossible to proyent thn spreading OF tie fire.
DR.. i. putni,la said Tint
ro,t,yo t'1 "f ,,n Int lnis Wasii,,,n !aH ,ry,,,p
Icto ~ tnT ~ f,s,,," f",o Ms''Eu ,,i ,ns,sE xs
u,., @ Il, W. nrreit ~ hniis na ~, ,I ,s;,;
,,, ,,a H. ,,!I v.,., ~ lin fr"t.is,, INT H.,
io t. te tha VI, y. III III MSSs' n = tban ~ en % not ~ ~
xt.s.t s t rc;,,, u s W ,:.,.,t is',! a,,s, ,o ~
s,,,,r H. ny. I{r," S ,;, ,s @ ,,t ~ .o '
mr,,n r. -, ,ho ipE nst 4"e' s" Ills ''o' se' H.
LOSERS.