Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-15
Incidents of the New York Fir,

Following are some of the incidents
connected with the recent fire in New
Y'rk, which destroyed several newspaper
uific,s and caused the death of seven per
SONS:
+ rmer emnlove. in the building say
that the new fine which WAS being built in
he plrtllion wall emitted an unusual heat
hu ing the PAST few DAYS, and they are
now more than ever convinced that the
fire was caused bv the ignition of the
wood work through which it passed.
Arthur w inflow. q compositor in the
''bst ruer office. says that ne SIN He'd burn
ing wood on line with this fiue on Non
day. "fhe course of this & 10 y he sald.
"up The prrtltIon wall WIS marked hy
Intense heat, and | and other took nd
vanlag" of it and warmed our hands by
placing them n ainst the wall. On Mon
day morning smeleh burning wood, and
when | went into the O6>e,rer composing
room said TO tine BOYS Fins building is
on tire somewhere and you had all better
wash your nards and 90 homn.' They all
laughed 1T me and | went to work. Il il
believed that the woman who was seen to
tall back into the Il tmts after Il vain effort
TO escape is the buok keeper OF Mr.. Todd,
The lawyer"
Rev. Edward d g Prime of the New
York Observer, thus describes his escape :
~ was sitting at my desk in the inside
rooms the third Il Dor on the Park Row
side, when some one in the outer office
cried fire, and at the same moment Il wnff
of smoke told US how far things had gone
had long expected just such fire, and
| know thar w fNp Co.,
the building was an old tinder box, and
we were on the third floor seized IL
bundle of papers of personal value and
putting on my coat ran after the clerks in
the outside office They had all gone in
less than two minutes, just taking time to
close the safes. My brother, DIR. s. Ireneus
Prime, ran without his Int, and his son
and he crowded down with the throng.
The smoke and heat, when | got to the
hall, was so strong that l was afraid to
try the stairs, fearing that | would not
get back again. DIR. Stoddard, who was
in my room at the time of the alarm, and
| opened window and got out on broad
stone ledge, which ran along the World
building to the Times building. adjoining.
We held on by the sign of the Observer
that runs along the front of our building,
and made our way to the Times building.
When l reached the street could see
that my desk. at which had been sitting,
was on fire, and the sign by which we bad
climbed out was burning"
Mrs. Ellen Bull. colored woman
ianitress of several offices, was next seen
at a window on the third floor on the
Park Row side. The smoke had become
too dense for her to stay at the window
any longer, SO wrapping her clothes
around her and gesticulating to the crowd
to move away from beneath, jumped into
the air. She made two revolutions before
she reached the ground. and then struck
head foremost. Blood covered the spot
instantly. The woman was then carried
into an adjoining Office and died within an
hour. A Mrs. Allen was hemmed in on
the second story. She walked around the
caves, and being ouly short distance
above the ground descended safely. Many
other persons escaped from perlous posi-.
tions. whose names were not known A
bootblack climbed telegraph pole and
united wire which connected with the
roof and had been used 10 swing political
banner. BY this act communication was
established between the building and the
ground. Three men in the windows who
had almost given up hope caught the
wlre and slowly descended to the ground