The new North-west., 1882-02-10
THE NEW YORK FIRE.
. A LARGE NUMBER or PRINTING or
FfCES SWEPT AWAY.
Several People Lose Their Lives I'm the
Conhagration.
Losses Agsregating Over One Million
Dollars.


NEW yoEK, January 3l.--The fire which
is reported ~ breaking ont In The Times
Office, originated In q building formerly oc-
cupied by the New York World, In the
same block with the Times building, but
separated from 1t by intervening buildings.
Strenuous efforts are being made 10 saseshe
Times, but the fire Ii spreading rapidly and 1t
ID feared II cannot be controlled short Of the
corner where the Times Is located. There Is
m unconfrmed rnmor OF the loss Of several
lives. Amkulances are on the spot. There
lisa slight snsw falling, but the air In dry
and crisp, with light breeze from the north
which is increasing the difficulty OF control
Ing the fire. The bleck In which the fire is In
isan irregular shaped gore, with the building
formerly occupied by the World on It's south-
east corner, and the Times building occupy
Ing the entire northern angle Of the gore.
The Tribune Office Ii diagonally across
Nassau street from the Times Office, and the
Sun Office is on the upper corner of the same
block with the Tribune The fire has been
burning fiercely for an hour, taking hold in
the top of the buildings and sending up
large masses of flames.
Irenens Prime sends the following note
to the Associated Press: "The New York
Observer has been burned out, and this
weeks' issue will be delayed" The Observer
Office was at No. 81 Park Row, In the old
World building. There were large num-
ber of Offices, stsres and advertising agencies
In that and adjoining houses. In one of
these offices there were large number Of
women employed, and IL IL reliably asserted
that one woman fell or leaped from the roof
oyer Pettingill's advertising Office and was
killed. There are rumors OF another wo-
man being burned In the Offices, but these
cannot be verified. Pecuniary loss will be
very heavy, both on buildings and stock In
stores, including q wholesale supply Of
rubber, machinery, etc. AT IL o'clock the
southern end is q mass of ruins but IL Is now
thought the Times will be saved, though
the danger ID not ever.
Times Office - The flames are raging
flercely and no doubt the building win be .
total loss.
The Times building is saYed but consider
ably damaged. The flames are confined to
the Beekman street and Park Row corner Of
the block. Only enc life Is lost, that Of the
woman already referred to.
IL Is stated that four bodies were recovered
I'm Nassau street OF persons killed by jump
Ing from windows. 1t Is feared the loss of
life will be heavier than ut first believed.
The building was crowded with employees,
and very few could have escaped by the stair
way. An oil gray haired weman was seen
In the fourth story OF the World building,
appealing for help. Her lips could be seen
TO move but her voice could not be heard.
All who saw her were horror-stricken. The
flames ragged about her person, igniting her
hair and clothing. She fell back into the
flames and was not seen again.
A young girl, wearing blue dress, who
was cut of from the stairs, ran to the fourth
story window on the Park Row side, and
stood hesitatingly while the flames and
smoke encircled her. "Jnmpi Jump y
shouted the spectators. Casting frightened
look below she threw herself out and fell on
the stsne pavement. When picked up life
was extinct and her head crushed beyond
recognition.
A few minutes later q negro woman ap-
peared 1t = third-story window Of the World
efice, onthe Park Row side, and also jumped
to The sidewalk. She was badly injured and
was taken to the Chamber-street hospital.
Several men and women saved themselves by
jumping from the windows on Nassau street.
The woman who was killed jumped from d
window. There were two meH hanging from
window sills by their finger ends. Tie lad
den were too short TO reach them, and they
were rescued by the firemen mounting on
each others shoulders, and the men let
themselves down by their aid.
Scenes 1t the time when the occupants Of
the upper floors were making their escape,
were often exciting and touching. Men could
be seen holding the hands Of women, EVIL
IDENTIFY encouraging them to be calm. Three
women'ra over the roof and fell through
The skylight Of an adjoining building, re-
ceiving serious injuries. A bootblack on th {
corner OF Beekman street and Park Row,
seeing ssme men entangled In the telegraph
wires adjoining the burning premises,
climbed the pole and cut the wires, releasing
them from their critical position. Several
people descended from the burning building
on tho Nassau street side by reaching tele.
graph pole. One boy leaped from the fifth
story and would doubtless have been killed
but for the wires breaking his fall. He va,
hurt, but not dangerously. An express
wagon having canvas covering drew up un.
der the windows and several men who were
about TO leap TO the ground we're told BY the
driver TO jump on the wager, which they
did, and escaped any serious hurt. One
young woman stood upon window sill ol
the fourth story until fireman arranged to
i ladder 1 piece Of canvas. which they held
II the ENDS and sides. When al was ready
she threw her hands straight over her head
and jumped. She fell upon the ousstretcled
canvas and escaped injury.
II Ia almost Impossible 10 estimate The
losses Ut this writing, but II 10 believed they
viii exceed 81, 100000.
NEW YoHK, January sl.--Among the oc.
eapants Of the burned building were The
Scientific american Office, the Scotch Amer.
tcaH Journal, the TutJ. Field and Farm, and
Thompson's Bank Note md Commercial
Reporter, The Advertising Agents, y. M. Pet
tingitl y Co., John r. Phillips u Co., Chas
Meyer = o., J. Walter Thompson, NIcols
MonachesI, A. \. Thompson, Levi A. Des.
brow, snd Leander II. Coult.
The Top doors Of The burned buildings
wsre occupied by various manufactures and
by weekly newspapers, which employed
women ~ compositon. A woman md twc
mon Are said % have boon .seen u Tho win
dow On Nassau street, and then 70 disappear
iii the flames.
A man who gained The. reof and escaped