New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02

road station AZ City Hall, and the fourt1-aVe. io
of cars crossed from the down town 10 Tue o up
town track at Centre-st. AS there was much snow
the ground all the lines provided WIN 49, "a
horses TO aid In pulling the cars from one u"'A "
another.
THE coRoyERs INQUIRIES
Coroner Herman, who will investigate inc loSS y,
life at the fire. visited the ruins yesterday an"
made inquiries among the police and hreIneh IL,
gardng the recovery of the bodies. lie was toiu ,"'
that work could not possibly be begun until to-uaS'
and probably not until Tomorrow. HIS alIe Ii"
was called to the fragments OF beams stu ourhpIS
amid the heaps of bricks stone and iron which hait
filled the cellar. He assured thar tne WI 1911
clearing away the rubbish would be pnsLeu a had
cooled sufficiently to allow owcrKhen .;o ~
enter the place. The only oflcial ai ;sdun
taken by Mr.. Herman. therefore was 20 % Mrs
Ellen Bull and Richard S Davy from the Chambers
Str et Hospital The body of Mrs Bun WIS am"
to WmterbOttOr's undertaking shop III Spite a.,
and prepared TOR burial. Arrangements we're maui
by her relatives for funeral at No l94 SprinIg-S,;
Hin be- a. hn1ed 'oIS"f The Pasade Cemetery on
Weehawken Hill, n. J. Mr. Davys body was taken
to an undertaking shop at No. lG Chathaln-s5. AS
rangements of his fun raj were taken charge OIL ny
members OF the Forsyth Street Methodist Episcopal
C4reh wgGT ne was sad Kan DTobab} he would
not begin his actual investigation until the "orh oi
searching lOI bodies in the RUNS had oeeI com com
pleted. The inquest Will net be held uhtll htAV
week. When he began mis- investigation ne sal'i
he would summon not only the owners ana
occupants Of the burned binding, ouV alS ',
any outside person who might be able 10 throw
light upon the origin of the lire and the causes
which led loss OF life in the building. lie intended
to select jury of men who would be competent 10
form correct conclusion in the and he would
make the investigation thorough ana searching
He said that he regarded the statements OF DtIp
scy, the engineer as very important, cut he dI ~
proof that the fire caused by the man cdTelSSS-
ness Under circumstances he DID not intend 10
cause the arrest OF the engineer III Denlpsey al
.4..t l.o .aItr he
easily. 1t is probable that one OF the cleli ,Ie
CoroneI's Office will make selec ION OF lor
! jurymen AMI submit them to the Coroner
| THE CAUSE or THE FIRE STILL INK
Very little Information of value was ~
terday in regard TO the origin of the ia re
| Marshal Sheldon sent notices to Mr.. It the
owner of the building and to Dempsey. ,u' en-
cineer to appear before him to-day. tie Wis
the ruins and said he would make an exhaustive
investigation to determine how the flames DrOAe
ont To that end he intended sumInOnlng UahS
tenants of the bull ling and other persons VINO were
nresent soon after the fire was discovered. 1t was
difficult task to get at the truth because there were
| so many conflicting stores ana rumOIs' me s'd'c-
! mentS already made by some persons VINO were III
tho building indicated that the flames staried rom
| n defective tue The slight fire in the building last
| Monday was caused by the ignition Oh q Deain
| which extended into fiue ana had nccIiut
charred by the heat in the chimney 1t was Said lHI
| an unusual degree of heat had been n0iceG III me
walls Oh the NaSSauSt. side OF tue Duldlng IOI uJ
| or two The theory that the fire was caused Dy
careieSsness the part of the engineer was louucu
chiefly upon DempSeys conduct at'er 'Io iata2,iU
phe There were several rumOrs of an explosion III
In. cellar OF sub-celar, and some persons VINO were
| in the building when the fire broke OUT sal1 'ey
| heard a loud noise, ike that prOjuce9 ~
| am explosion. A young man, VINO salu ne
| had been employed by the NeW-lorh
Betting Company, stated Yesterday lhat ne Sd" an
explosion III the suh-cellar Immediately peIolS w
| buIlding took fire. NOrkmen IN the employ OF llIr
| company were in the sub-cear testing new Ietoft
Tor dissOvlng gum rubber. / he ret0rt eApoueu dnu
| cat fire; IN a /
refused TO give his name. Members OF Jhe company
| who were questioned yesterday salu me young
| mans statements were false III every particular
! I'm the afternoon Il large safe, belonging 10 MUM
| & Co., publishers of The ScientQtc d"6itaH' wa
taken II III the runs. IL had idlleh IIohi tllY .u
story, and when found 1t was close 10 le btei,uld
| St. wall of the cellar. 1t weighed 1000 pounds ana
contained valuable records ma draWlnss. me neIt
had aelted away the handles OF inc uOoI9 illu tIJ
| diais OF the combination locks Toward
evening the wcrkmen also removed the sihail
safe which fed yesterday non us on mIen 9beir
| work was not completed until alter darA. boln
safes were taken to the salesroOuS OF inc mdhoI'
the Marvin safe Company, IN BroadWay; ior@e
men there uegan the task of breaking INTO The ittgo
| safe at D. H., in the presence Of Nil. LuicOIt,
| clerk in the employ OF Mum ~ Co MI Lnrcott haa
| placed several drawings ana record. pOohs
| m the safe after tine alarm was gwen III
| the Office of The Scjeatlhc american. lie, Hlch
locked tne safe and made his escape from the build
| ing When TINS safe was opened II was lOuhu thdU
the contents had not been snged by the ure' sew
! eral larse packages containing 1000 drawings Oh
|
had not been injured by ire or water IN DON III
| winch were several hundred donarc was Tree rom
injury. The mail-lIsts, winch were valuable BECAUSE
they could not be replaced were III perfect oiucL.
I'M, -1te OF The NeC- OTk OOScrrT was taken from
the ruins laie in lie evening, 1t nad been b1lit m
tie wali wncn ran through the centre OF the Duld-
ing and when the wal! was thrown gown ~ Nm, 'lo
trrnen the safe fell distance OF forty leet', Nhen
taken out il was much dcnted because II had struck
| the top OF another safe. NOrkmen look II 10 Tue
! makers Marvin * Co., ana WhGn opened tuc con-
! tents were free from injury. There were m@Dy
paper documents inside, and they were all III perfect
MIDNIGHT AT TIE RUINS.
| As the night wore the number OF people around
the ruins grew less but all through the small hours
| there were a few who gathered Ill knots III Park
row and Nassau-st and gazed into the smoking Gel
lar. The fire engine i'll front OF HE TRIBUNE Build
ing and the one inNassau-st were running all mght,
| and FROM them three streams OF water KEPT Playing
| ON the minis AT $50 gang of men began To clear
the street railroad traces in Park-rOw, over winch
the was tramped hard ana tue cars TerJ soon Op
| deserted chOked up by the fallen waits ana HiiGQ
| by the dense smoke. Now and thenthe wihd woul1
| cast aside the heavy curtains and the HghI Oh
the gas, burning brightly III the runs "Oulu nisu
| On tIA hi III buildings which line the street. Two
| policemen kept guard over the entrance 10 iIio
weird place but did not TO he needed. On The
Park-rOw side people would struggle one pS 1 1ho
| slnokinG and steamlng pit. Then the poicelneu
yyouId charge up and dispense them, although they
were dong no harm inns perform 5nce tooN pit1oc
| tween Park-Tow and NaSsau-st. was parity cIedTeu
| of distractions but no one was allowed 10 pass
through -.
| ANOTHER TALK WITH MR.. POTTER.
A reporter of TIE TRIBUNE had another CONVEX
ation Yesterday with o. B Potter in regard to the
| burned building.
- wish y said Mr. Potter, after little prelimi-