New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-02
voL.XLl. No'l2,s6a.
STILL IN THE RUINS
,o ponrrs TAKEN FROM THE WRECK VI
NJ DoDi''T THE POTTER BUILDING.

RODIES IAhi-' III
~ THE POTTER BI BIlLpi.N',', ov nv
I'M nnrvrxrING ANY WORK OF En-
'hh n.r,ox-slx PERSONS KNOWN ~ DE ,',.r
s,,,,v ussiNG-PROBABiL'if ihNi OF
n,, ny THE MISSING WILL BE AC0 ,.,cs nr, rpop.
pI,,,ixG DOWN THE WALLS
rRrY ALMOST 81 'ooo.oVO' s, tho ruins of
NJ potter Building yesterday, the names
WI, nreyenting any attempt "' "h
sun g., them. An immense crowd
ehs IA obout the place during the day ana
Iehla, 1nnJ tho work of pulling down the parts
W. tho wall which were left standlug
Tho work of digging for bodies Will
ho hecun to-day or tomorrow. III
80. vet sure that more than SIX lives were
io.+ the same six mentioned in The IRlB-
wis list yesterday. Seven persons are miss
mo but the circumstances III regard u
tbose are such that it is prODaDle
that most of them will be heard
from. Several newspapers yesterday pup
lisbed rs missing number of people VINO
were found by TRIBUNE reporters to be at
tbcir homes miniured, on Tuesday evening.
The rcports as to the number of women III
tho buildino are now known to have been
greatly exaggerated Not one employed Oh
the ton 1OOr Is IlllSSiuS, anu WV
where in the building was not large. CareiuI
;nrnst;cotion of the losses makes them
n little larger than they were reported
n he Yesterday. They almost touch million
3,,lars. The Coroner and Fire Marshal have
not vct taken action. 1t is still believed that
tbo fire was caused by a defective 1iue'
rI-PTHER DETAILS OF THE DISASTER
The conductors of TkompsOn's Bank Note and COM
,ncrciol Rcporter. weekly publication, occumed
rooms Nos % and 26 on the fourth hoor oI ,ne
Potter Binding. They were on The NasSau-S'' siuo
near The Times Building. The entrance 10 'he
roons was at the head of the stairs leading up from
Nassau-st. but there was another door leading INTO
no III, fo,n tbo room adjacent to the party wall.
Tb,s latter room was occupied by compositors'
+bo room near the stairway being used as business
office L. p Haver is manager and publisher Oh Inc
Ppoorfer At the tme OF the fire there were e!eVen
rersons in the rooms. Two of these, 1t is DeheVeu
by Mr. Haver, dead; third mas MOI pe'h
heard of since the fire and fourth' young
woman, was seriously injured by jumping IRON inc
third-story window clerk, who had only oecn III
the Office a few days is missing.
Mr.. Haver told the story OF hls experiences d' 'u'
,iroo Of the ire TO a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday.
81 was sitting at my desk, " he saiu' WIN
my hack TO window overlooking Nassau
81 when I heard a cry Of fire. Looking out
of the window ! saw smoke curling up from below
At the same moment | saw flames at the top or the
partition Immediately over my head. lmS parliuoh
eeparated the cfce from the and the ii'heS
were rushing up the we'll ! picked up my cuiis'
slammed the safe door TO, turned the cOmbinaloh'
and ran TO the door which opened at the head
Of the NasSau-st. stairway. There was
a broken window tie elevator III
the hall. and the wind carried the
t--114 ~-N.lf f1nt ODD nf
saw NJ glance that il was impossible to go down
that flight of stairs, for the flames and smoke were
rolling up them, so gained the hand-ralllng around
The Ggbt-well in the centre of the main hall, ard
made nv way to the head of the Parh-rOw stairway
At that point met about twenty-five people, all
uusbing and hurylng to get down the stairs.
We tumbled over one another TO the
third landing, and slid and rolled
down the stairs TO the second hoor.
Wlon we cot so far we felt somewhat safer and
people called out not to be in too great hurry L
reached the street in safety in my shirt-sieeyes
con leaving the Office l called to the people who
were in the room to hasten ont. There were three
men and one woman employed as compostorS III
tbe nrintinc office. The names of the men were
Charles Steurer, yelling and George Hurst
The woman was Miss Ryers0n. She was about
forty wears old and her home was somewhere
In Harlem She had a cOmposltoTs caseln the hor'-
west corner of the composing room.ohe wore Sha"l
and from the description of the woman who was
seen at one of the windows and who fell back INTO
the flames have no doubt that 1t was MISS hSer-
son. She had been employed for more than year
in the Office and was of retlcent disposition. She
never told us where she lived, and as she did her
work satisfactorily, we never asked her any ques-
tions prcsume that she waited TO secure her
,rrans and that when she got to the door OF the
office she met the flames and was compelled TO re-
turn. Ihave no doubt that She perished
"Wilham Fahrenholz, our Office boy, is also miss
,rc and think he is among the dead. He lived in
Doboken with his parents. He had been away from
the office through illness, for week. ana only re-
turned to his work yesterday morning. lie was Ill
teen years old. When the cry OF fire was
heard he was standing near me with his hat
md coat on preparatory to taking message for
me down town. That was the last that was seen OF
him. and | imagine that he remained to pick up
some of his things and shut Oft by the tiames
know that if | had hcsitated TO get my coat
would not have been able to get out. Those who
were in the Office with me were George
NJ. Cone, clerk Emma Green. Juliet
OKeefe and Mary Doughcrty, copylstS, and
Young man whose name L do not
know, and who is missing. lie had been
IN our employ only a few days. lie was about
twenty-three years old with dark complexion,
and was about hYe lect ten lhcHcS t~lI' H'''
not given up all hope that he is yet alive.
when got to the street and looked up at the
building saw Emma Green standing on the ledge
of one Of the windows of The ObscrtT office. There
were two men with her. She got as far
as the third floor with us, but instead OF
continuing on her way down the stairs
She iran into The Obserrp office. As stood in the
street heard her crying for help. Some persons in
tbe crowd were calling to her to jump, but called
Z sNr HQun IN
and some Igen got out of it a taTpauhn IT was
held for her to jump into, but she still he,Itated