New-York tribune., 1882-03-13
THE FIRE RECORD.
CUT OFF BY TIE FLAMES.

A fire broke out about l p. III. yesterday on
the fourth floor of the avesory brick building at Nos
40 and l42 Attoncys, which is occupied by several
firms engaged the furniture business. The damage to
the building and the stock comparatively light.
One man killed by jumping from five-story win
dow and two others injured, Of them severely
The ground floor of the building occupied by George
Bromlorst as a planning mill The second floor Oc-
cupied by Charles Raumbuccr. manufacturer OF piano
legs the third aud part of the fourth floor were rented
by Philip Lahm, cannctmakcr II. p. Laugwasser, a
turner occupied the remainder of the fourth floor and
W. Procfred carried the Same business Oh the one
above.
About o'clock Max Loeb, German, Of No. 300 East
Houstonst was passing the place and noticed volumes
Of smoke issuing from the windows tho fourth and
fifth stories of the budinI lie at TO give the
alarm The fire had made such headway that second
and third alarm sent out in quick succession The
hremen responded promptly As It was Sunday, it was
supposed that there one I'm the building man.,
however appeared at window on the top floor soon
after the alarms had been Gven and at there was
great excitement among the people In the street. The
man was Francis Krass eighteen years old, OF No 100
stanon-st He had been at work IN the part Of
the top floor sharpening tools. With him
were Fritz stanwertz. age thirty-hvc, OF Williams
burg, and George Dober, German, age about forty.
Their first ntimation of the fire was the volumes Of
smoke that came pouring into the from the floor
below by means of the stairway. Flames almost imIne-
datey followed, and the dry wood work OF the room a
once took fire. The made rush to save their lives
Stanwertz started for the stairs. The smoke was so
dense that he first inundated but thinking this
was his only hope rushed down through the smoke
and the flames lie fell and rolled part OF the distance
but got through to the stairs leading from the third floor
in safety. and then easily made his way to the street.
He received some slight burns about the hands. ana
was somewhat bruised. He was taken TO Bellevue Hos
pta Dober thought of the scutle In the roof and ran
10 that. lie found It fastened; but by excrting his
strength he succeeded in forcing II open He made his
way and thence adjoining roof where the fire
took him aud assisted him to the street HIS mar
and beard snged and be had 7prained his wrist IN
opening the scuttle. lie able 70 20 home, however
uuasslsjcd. Meanwhile Krass. who it seems did not
think OF The scute, and who appears % nave become
hcwdcrcd by the smoke had made bis way TO the front
window where the people below first saw him. He
smoke cnveioped him and the flames were close
strong for him. and he got entirely ont of the window
and stood the sill His face was turned toward the
turned again toward me window ana thcn suddenly et
90 his hold. As he tcl he turued sonersal ana fe
head downward He struck upon the pavement with
sickeung thud. He was picked up linmtdlately ana
the Thirteenth Precinct station An ambulance
was summoned from Bellevue Hospital, but before 1t
arrived Krass had died An eLalnlnation showed that
his skull had been fractured. He was terribly burned
the m ss & Eaa Sgr e S SG station f not kno%n
who the dead man was, and hundreds OF people went
face much burned that the officers covered II with
newspaper An affecting scene TOOK pace when hrass
father to the station and recognized hls son.
The damage from the hre was MOI great ~ started on
the fourth floor and did not extend below ths III was eX
tinguished i'm n short time Its cause was not known:
The brildng owned by George BrOmh0rst was damaged
the amount of $1,000 The insurance on IL was
hOor was slightly dahdgeu Dy w. ~ MP ~ tilin 9 u
the third floor. sustained loss OF 800 on MS stock lie
floor when the fire originated lost his entire stock which
was valucd at 81 coo. He was insured for $1,000 W.
STOCK This was not insured Owing to the rapidly
with which the fire got under way II was thought that
the Varnish I'm the cabincroOm OF HP iaugWasscr may
have exploded No report was heard however, by the
three men or by anyone in the nelghDorhoOd.