Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-01
The Old New York World Build
ing Burned.
The Observer Burned Out and the
Times Office Damaged.
Thrilling Scenes and Narrow
Escapes.
Fifteen Persons are Reported
Missing.
The Loss Estimated at Million
Dollars.
NEW YORK, Jan. 81.

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New YORK, Jan. 81
The Times Office is now burning fiercely.
The whole building occupied by the Times
Office is in flames The hre evidently Is
burning downward
The building burning Is the one ioiheIiy
occupied by the New iorK "oliu' MOI .ha'
OF the Times. III Is occupied py lhe We"
York Rubber CO., variety OF offices, etc
No daily newspaper Is evolved Inc nre Is
very large one. and great damage Will en-
sue. Two men are reported injured from
jumping from the fourth story. several TEL
egraph wires connecting WIN Ne" E"giahd
are IN close proximity 10 the hre anu posi-
bly will soon be destroyed. Inc IRE oias
fair TO burn the whole immense block.
The Times Office is at the other end OF the
burning block, and every effort Is being made
to save it. The flames are apparently spread
ing. Ii is reported that three ilVes nave Deeh
lost Ambulances are on the spot a shsh'
snow Is falling out the ar Is ury anu CRISP
with light breeze from the horth. winch III
creases the difficulty OF controlling the hre.
The building is an irregular shaped gore,
with the building formerly occupied by the
World, on its southeast corner, and the Times
occupying the entire northern angle OF the
gore,
;. lreneous frime senus inc ioiioWihe
note: The New ! ork observer mas been
burned out ana the week $ issue wiz oe ue-
layed. The Observer was at 81 fark Row.
There were large number OF ofhces, stores
and advertising agencies in that and adJoin-
ing houses. The pecuniary loss will be very
heavy On the building and IN the stores, in
GLIDING The wholesale supplies OF rubber,
machinery, etc.
The Times building Is saved but consd-
erably damaged. The fiames are conhned 10
Beekman street and Park Row corner OF the
block. II is said that several men and WON
en- were compelled to leap from the windows
IN Nassau street wheh woman VINO was
killed jumped from the thlrd story WINDOW
on the fark Row sioe. lhere were TWO men
hanging from the wihho" sliis py their hhg
ers ends. The ladder was to short TO reach
them, and they were saved by the fremen
mounting on one an0thers shoulders until
the men could drop in their arms. The wom-
an eaped for the ladder, and striking it was
turned around, and falling upon the canvas
which the firemen were holding went clear
through II and struck on the sac Oh her heau
The hre broke out about III a. NJ, on the
lower hoor of ~ fark kow, corner OF BECK
man street, and burned so rapidly that before
any serious attempt to check it was made,
the whole of the Beekman street face was III
volved.
Three alarms were sounded, andfour general
calls sent out, but the engines and ladders
were slow in reaching the scene, because the
light snow and frosted ground rendered going
difficult. The fire burned fiercely, even after
large volumes of water were directed upon
it, and at II o'clock. after burning an hour, the
southern walls fell with loud crash, filling
that whole part of the city with black smoke
and cinders. Inc ROOF oil inc INES ouiidlne
was On fire several times building on the
south side of Beekman street, corner of Park
Row, until lately occupied by the Evening
Mail, and now vacant, was badly damaged
by fire and water. Several persons descend.
ed from the burning building on Nassau
street side, by means of telegraph pole
One boy leaped from the fifth story, and
would have been killed, but tor the wires
breaking his fall. lie was hurt, but not dan
gerously. Some OF the occupants OF the
burned buildings were the Scientific Ameri-
can; Scottish American Journal Telegraph
Turf, Field & Farm; Thompson's Bank Note
( Commercial Reporter
The following advertising agents were
burned out: 5. NJ. Pettengill Co, John
+. Phillips Co, Charles Meyer Co, }
walker thompson, Nicoio Monachesi, A. A
Thompson. Leviad 4 Bro, and Leander II
Call. Some of these are in No. 81 Park
Row, which is badly damaged, as the firemer
on the Times building cut holes in the ad
Joining roof and flooded the building. The
offices of the Forest & Stream. Baptist Ex
aminer. The Manufacturer, The New York
er, Belletnische's Journal, were also on y
Park Row. Eugene kelley's new bankJbuild
ing, corner OF Beekman and Nassau streets
is somewhat damaged bv the heat, and the
Lovejoy building was also at one time OF
fire.
The scene when the occupants of the up
per floor were making their escape were otter
exciting and touching. Men could be seer
holding the hands OF women, evidently en-
couraging them to calmness. Three women
ran on the roof and fell through the sky
light of one of the northern buildings re
ceiving serious injuries. A bootblack on tn,
corner of Beekman street and Park Row