Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-01-31
GENERAL NEWS.
A Serious Fire Prevailing in
New York To-Day.
Destruction Of q Number Of News.
paper Establishments With
Loss Of Life.
Fire Record.

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the building formerly occupied by the
New York World this morning in the
same block with the Times building, but
separated from it by intervening build
ings. Strenuous efforts are being made
to save the Times building, but the fire
is spreading rapidly and it is feared can
not be controlled short of the corner
where the Times Office is located.
There is an unconfrmed rumor
OF the loss of several lives.
Ambulances are on the spot. There is a
light snow falling but the air is dry and
crisp with light breeze from the north,
which increases the difficulty of con-
trolling the fire. The block in which
the fire is burning is irregular shaped,
with the building formerly occupied by
the World on its southeast corner, and
the Times building occupying the north.
ern angle. The Tribune is diagonally
across Nassau street from the Times
building and its Office is on the
upper corner ih the same block
with the Tribune. The fire has been
burning fiercely for an hour, taking hold
of the tops of buildings and sending up
q large mass of flames.
s. r. Prime sends the following to the
associated press:
The New York Observer has been
burned out; this weeks issue will be de.
layed; the Office was at No. 81, Park
Row.
In the old World building there we're
large number Of stores and advertising
agencies in that and adjoining build
ings. In one of these offices there were
number of women at work, aud it is
reliably ascertained that one fell or leap
ed from the roof of Pettingill's advertis.
ing agency and was killed. There are
rumers OF another woman being burned
in one of the Offices but these cannot yet
be verified. The pecuniary loss is
heavy on the buildings and stock in
stores, inclucing wholesale supplies of
rubber, machinery, etc. At o'clock
the southern end was in ruins but it is
thought the Times Office will be saved,
LATER.
The Times building is saved but is
considerably damaged. The flames are
confined to Beekman street and Parl
Row. Only one life lost, that of the
woman already referred to.
Among the occupants of the burned
building were the Scientific American
Scottish American Journal, Turf. Fieli
and Farm. and Thompson's Bank Note
and Commercial Reporter. Also the fol
lowing advertising agents: 8. NJ. Petten
gill & Co., J. Walter Thompson, Nicol,
Monarchy, A. r. Thompson, Leroy S
Desbrout.
The top story of the burned building
was occupied by various manufactures
and by weekly newspapers which EN-
ployed women as compositors. A woman
aud two men are said to have been seel
in the windows on Nashau street ant
then to disappear in the flames.
1t is 8 ated that four bodies were re
covered in Nassau street Of persons kill
ed by jumping from the windows. 1t i
feared that the loss OF life will be heavj
er than at first believed. The buildin
was crowded with employees and YER
few could have escaped by the stairwa,
1t is almost impossible to estimate til
losses ut this writing but it is believe,
they will exceed 100000.
Tht fire must have originated in til
engine room of the World Office w.,ic
adjoins the elevator shaft and tile Fl,
gained its impetus before the alarm wa
given.
Galveston, Jan. 3l.-All the wire
leading out of the city were PROSTATE
by the fire at Houston, in the buildin
occupied by the postofice. Bo1's ban
und the Western Union telegraph con
pany. No further particulars obtai,
able.