The daily gazette., 1882-02-01
SECOND EDITION
NEW YORK's eREAT FIRE.
A MILLION DOLLARS, woRTH .,

; MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
PROPERTY AND TWO LIVES LosT
IA MISSING AND EIGHT INJURED
New York, Jan. 3I.-The World
pudding, occupying half the BLOCK
petween Park Row, Nassau and
neekman streets, of which the Tfmss
building nils out the other half was
entirely destroyed by fire this morn.
ing Ia less than halt an hour. The
names started on the Nassau street
side, "a lew minutes before ten O'Clock
anu almost before the on-lookers
couid catch their breath ,swept along
the 'front.' to the Beekman street coro
ner, and in ten minutes included the
sntlre pile, reaching round into Park
eow Wild an irresistible fury that
threatened the destruction of the
whole block, Kelley's large new
building opposite and everything
else IN the neighborhood. From
every window in the five stories of
the building the flames ragged with a
threatening sweep that drove back |
tne advancing Gremen andthe crowds |
lnat gathered from every adjoining
avenue to look at the spectacle.
FROM distance, where they could |
DrlnR no aid, they beheld men and |
women spring from the windows of
the upper stories into the street and
others Vainly eDdeavoring to follow
their example, hanging ON the win
dow sills with despalring cries. 1t is
whispered that some fell back into
the furnace and perished instantly.
How many lives were actually lost
1T is impossible at this writing 10
tell. The structure was honeyscom
bed with business offices, and how
many persons may have been tran,
ped 10 still unknown. No properly
was saved by any one in the flight
for life.
The building was the propertv of O
b, Potter, the President of the Singer
Sewing Machine Company, and was in.
sured for large amount. 1t was old and
hlied wildwood partitions aud stairs drv
as tinder aud as inflammable. The " orzd
newspaper, after which 1t took IFS name.
occupied the upper stories and norton
OF the ground floor until few months
ago, when it moved to its new buIlding
on Park Row.
TEhhIbLE SCENES. ,
From the Park Row side the tenants !
bad warning to escape and used the
time we'll. Those whose rooms were Z
contiguous to the elevator Oh Nassau
street, or whose offices looked out upon .
that thoroughfare were not ali so fortun- !
ate. The terrified on lockers in Beck
man street, below Nassau, saw half a
dozen spring to the windows in The dlf-
terent stories and endeavor TO swing
themselves. One stout man fang him. ! '
self from third-story window, struck
aud tore asubder telegraph wire in the
fall, Taken into Beckman street bar
Der shop he was found to be so badly L
cut and crushed that bis death seemed n
% be only question of hours. Other a
orms gesticulatlng wildly appeared at .
he windows nearest Reekman street, az
Ladders were hastily thrown up aud u
everal we're taken down. Then the U
'sscuers were driven back and their y
adders burned. Out of fourthstorv -
window, thirty feet above the pavement, o'
wing The body OF colored woman. I'd
She grasped the sill first with one hands az
nen with another, Her shrieks rent ne u
he air Prom the window a burst of ci
lanes swept over her aud she fell. Her
'ody was crushed on the street, and she
cached the hospital In 8 dying condi-
ion, re
A woman and a man were seen clutch th
ng the sills OF the FOURTH story window
piLh desperate eflsct TO Gloss lt,aud are Ne
aid to have peFished.
On the Beekman street side, and oD
he Park Row side OF the building SINH
ar scenes were enacted. A man who
aimed the roof end escaped by way of
be Times building shouted to his res
aers that other human beings were pei ~
shing there. Three men appeared at q eis gu,
1urth-story window implcring aid with In,
arms None was possible Cl
'om without. But quick wtted negro. nu
boot bl .ck in Park Row, named mt
lharles Wright, climbed the large tele- Of
raph pole in front OF the Euening Mail Iai
fice. and cut the wires, enabling The mr. mr.
len to slide down them and escape. spir piI,
There were brought to the Chambers wi
treet Hospital hrce persons, two men a i
nd q colored woman. The latter, a wo
.nitress Tor one of the many offices in tbs
le building, was engaged at her work an
hen she became aware of the presence ap
fire. She with two men rushed to ~, ~
lie window of the top floor on he Park sa1
ow side, and climbing out gained a
iotiDg on the cornlce of tine window =
Glow. In this position, the smoke ever an
nd anon elou ling them from the gaze an,
the thousands in the street, they re- dol
aimed for at least five minutes. Mean auC
bile the tremen aud citizens haliooed thi
them encouraging words aud bade
em retain their hold {
A little while longer, and the citi- will
ms helped to raise the ladders to of
IA place where the nersons clung for VIII
y 9rddanlv tha oo1onoa .,, has
- ~ ;It ooAolou woman del
80 uprlgIC On Ine cornice and fail
Iouted to clear the way. She gath~
od her clothes tightly about her and A :
'rang, striking the pavement with a
ckening thud. Several men imme-