The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-04

NEW York, Jan. 3l.-AmOng the &C
cupauts Of the burned building were ID.
.Nc;ewfi6c americas Office. the Sc0tcj
american Journal, the 1"sJ. Field am
Faree. and Thon,psOn's Bank Note ant
Comniercia. Kr7,ortcr, the Advertising
Agents. :. NJ. Fettingili 4 Co., JnO. 7
Phillils 4 Co., Chas. Meyer K Co., J
Walter Thompson. Nicola Monachesi
\. Il. Thompson, Levi A. Des' row, an6
Leantler Ii. COuit.
The ton floors Of the burned building
were occupied hy various manufacture
and by weekly newspapers. which cnl
plOyeti women as ct'IlipDsttOrs. a w0
man and two men are said 10 have been
seen "a, the window on Nastsau street
and then to disappear in the flames.
The following statement regard NJ
TN. origin Ot the fire j. by one OF the Ot:
..ulunt. o.: the building: ws- passing
down the rear or the Nassau street
stairs. Of =. Park Row, and when neal
,l,,. foo: al the stairs the flames b"r>t ~
through, the new elevator shaft from The
i:,.,.,,.,,t. .S.,;!.iny had occurred indi'
eating an explosion up I" that honitht.
The i!;:,uc- :t.-A,,i up the shaft like a
ilu,!, o. lightning. and alIn' ST IA quick
jyup ,;, stairway. III terrific torrents
IT lire. viii, d.h~,, black sn."ke. which
;,Iu,o-, instantly cu, "ti' all possibility .:
cure Easing hack through the
i.ui;.Iiny :.m. calling the alarm. |
,.,,u,. on, on til. PARK Row side.
The engine rooms .'!ioins the bottom
al ll,r elevator shaft ana Ike fire must
ila.,. ia.ouu ,I,r. ANA gained HIS lnile-
Ia. i.:or. ANY alarm w:i> riven. | fear
,l,,. vu,i.li,v viii, wi.iciI ii,e flames am!
.,in.,r :iill the narUw >tairway> c'll
n;;'r.,:.ne itr man. q: the occupants .!
the uu,".r stories. An old gentleman
,,i.., wise hair got II U the fourth
.,urv window .,n lac hickman street
i'd. II. -l""! on the sill for nearly
iiy.. minutes i.n..:iny Oh to tile narrow
,;,...witi, !.is l,an.!.. fi.e faaic> were
,,. .,:.r..i:.. hin! la; il" saw no chance
ri c...,;u.. IiIr liz. :,IciI RAISED y ia'i'ier
i.,l i; only r.ari,ui 10 the story below
him. The crow, d in the street got tar
c,u,aiu and il store ri willing hands
i,a:t.i the dangers oi falling dc riS ami
.in.lcrs, AMI u shout went up plainly
pt..,uiy heard hy the old gentleman to
slump. juInl, ;"i Jour lie: wewiIl save
y,,,, :" bat lc lOr!, al al the ~ iCci dis
lance. below him. ami could not muster
IN, COURAGE IA niahc the attcHIif. Tie
,,,rn,I forward i:..iIIy the street ana
with his hand i.AiiN Lis. -trHl like IL
statue Drawing death. Meantime tw"
brave h.rh .,t !: short la'i'jcr, went up
the luuy fire ladder and held ii up t.
lin, and >,c:.ii Il j. while he slowly
,!in.;..i DOWN. Just Il. lie reached the
ION. Ia.i...r ;i,. iixi,u> burst through the
window where hc had stool; but h.'
reached the sidewalks il safety amid the
cheer, OF the crowd.
when t:.r flames did break out they
raced u ith extraordinary Jury. They
!ca,..i iron, ,,r. ;N,tO:n - the top of the
;,ui',lim" like flash and rolled upward
in great sheets. another Mcur:,l,t
said: I was in the ollie" this morning
wien | sn.cilcd smoke. went out in
Ia the hall and saw Il heavy volume OF
smoke coming up tn" M'i-tway. | went
i,uk into the Office and said to the two
i,,n Wi", were in the office. ''rl'c built
ing is on fire ami you hal better get out
a.. .l;!icn Il. N'u .an, AMI ! grabbed my
i:h and nvrr',r.' and rim out into the
naii. and there the i':lIi,e- w.r. rushing
~, .i;e elevated shaft ami HiS,, up the
we'll i,ulc in the centre Of the building.
| ran down tho stairway on the Park
row side OF the building, tor tlm. flames
were all about the It ,irs on the Nassau
stree! side. and il w:.> impossible t" e--
.:,,.. in tina. way. am certain ] wis
he last i.,:,I down ~iaiT>. for ] turned
:.in,;:i 49, | reached the door and looked
up stairs and tn. Whole ..nt rs,Dnrc to the.
building was apparently in flames.
The NV" men whom I lett in the
office were. tanned Still ami Brown.
The MAJ, VIII" gained the r'Ni anil
escaped Ly way ri the T1mcx building,
~i,mitrd !" his I.<..ners tina: other hui
man l"in.~ were l,cri>hing there. Chas.
White. "i the Pacific Newspaper Pull
fishing Company, had his office on the
fourth i!'n,r Nf the burned l,nil,iing. He
-ai,i. You can 81. ! lave been pretty
close (" The tl:.,!..s. w. my hair, lx,,r!l
AM! eyebrows are singeri; hut early
found that after my escape from the
niiEiinR the fire was not altogether u
surprise ~ me. In tact. an hour Or two
l,e;nrc it broke out ] spoke IT, the work
men in the building, AMI told them
that Something vi the sort was about l."
:.l,, l~.I, aS tiM:c WAS something WRONG
with the heating apl'a r.ttls, although I
can I say Just what it was. At all events
the walls about the closets were 50 hot
there was evidently danger at som"
kind. ~ ! concluded when ] Put my
hand upon Them
Tie one vii" escaped says: The tw"
men still ail'l Brown whom, he left lt.-
hind him in IL" burning building,
must have persisted, and from the
-.r,:'MIS xn.! cries ON the upper floors
and Railways lie heard a. he ram along.
Ia fully believes ten "r u dozen women
md girls wer.. caught ami were unabl.
I" ESCAPE. -Four ar five hundred We're
im the building when the fire is:ran.
several heroic deeds are noticed. The
destroyed WAS the PO:h'r .,uil.l-
ia. worth >:rn',mn'. and insured for S"i.-
M. The New York l;cliins ami Pack
iny a.. l'~r SiN.'.n': insured for S!W,-
Nh. Willy Nalicrk>. stationery. loss
t.Ea.Nr; insured. the destruction L"
patents. mu.iel>. etc.. OF the .>""nt;H"
.in. ,':."', ':h up SlhtNAl.
CONGRESSIONAL.