New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-16
LARGE FIRE IN BROOKLYN

H'brEc NEARLY DESTROYED AND THE BUILD
INGs Much fNJrRED-rTg Loss ESTIMATED AT
NEARLY HALF A MILrIoN-soME OF THE ISsUR-
ANCEs
The second great fire this week Oh tho Brooklyn
water front occurred Yesterday afternoon. IL broke
ont about . o'clock in one of a long row Of ware
houses krown as Perrep1nt's Store. 81 iated in
furman-St., just north Of the Wall Street Ferry.
Frn Fuiton-st. 70 Atlautic-aye. distance Of
nearly onc-thrd of mile. Fuuuan-s'. q tends Ike
deep dltch. with no ntcrsectIng streets On ono
side are lofty warehouses and the oibrr
wall, thirty feet IN height, supporting the towaced
gardens of the mansions on Columbia l,isilts tho
foundations of which are above the level of tho
roofs Of the warehouses Pirrrcponis stores aro
among tbs most extensive Of the warcluu-es on tho
water front. They consist If six bonded anl ifeo
Warehouses numbered from t. T., and divided ~
heavy partition walls five feet thick, Laid in soih
cement. The entire building has a frontage of / -
feet and depth of 30 feet. extending from Fur
man-St. to a broad wharf on tine river side. The
buildings three stories high. the two central
stores rising little above the others and being
covered with Slantng roof al an obtusc angle.
The fire was discovered in the top Goor 0f No. I.
one Of the central buildings. which is
bonded wanhouSe and is believed 10 haye
originated in a pile Of jVt" bales. A gang
Of wcish"rs, in the employ of Do1ne Il Tuck,
W., 'nga.d in weighing >omc lleccd on the Fur
man-st. side of the huildng. 1l"r Immediately
raised The alarm aud the Fire Drrarturri was
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poni. lr ~ 20" wa. ln tie office. frird io ihc luor
where the ire was. hut va, driven bark bv 10
a.no'" ali fam. with his h9nl, -ryc,"l bnrn i.
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of the nye mcn IN ihc weighing
gang crnplo,rd on the floor where ths
lr. occurred after l,ayiug the fourth floor
wont hack aft,r hi- weighing rie T,fnrc be- con1
r,ti'r,, 20 a ,,,. of safety The smoke cut him oT
,,l io ..i. l,r.I to rc,cl a win,loy on the Tf,r-
mat-,t. Side. lie was. howcvcr. sufocatcd hy ITO
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