New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
A FACTORY IN FLAMES.

LARGE FIRE IN WEST TWENTY-FIRST-SE
DIELMANN's PIANO FRAME WORKS ENTIRELY DE.
sraoYED-rHE LOSS ABOUT $1j0,000-A FIRE
MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
The large factory building at Nos. 547, $40, 551
and 553 West Twenty -tirst-st. owned and occupied
by Charles +. Dielmann was entirely destroyed by
fire last night The flames broke ont about &c
o'clock in two-story frame extension in the rear OF
the main building hut they were not discovered
until they had made considerable headway
The main structure was four stories
high, a mere shell without much ath and plaster
and filled from top 10 bottom with highly combusti
bic material II had been used for several years as
a mandatory for pianOfortc frames Mr.. Dielmann
having large contracts TO supply eases for the
trade.
Three alarms were sent ont soon after the fire was
discovered, bat when the irenen got 10 work the
flames were bursting from the roof, and al hopesof
saving the building soon vanished. The whole
interior of the structure soon in
flames, and the intense heat drove
the tremen quickly away from the walls. As .
spectacle the fire has rarely been eqnaled. There
very little wind. and the flames shot up to
great height The torch-like glare was plainly Wis
ibe from Harlem to the Battery, although there
no clouds to reflect the light. The locality of
the fire not easily reached by the crowds that
usually flock TO witness such scene, yet
several thousand persons present 10
watch it, Many came from great distance
Surrounding the factory two sides were high
piles of lumber, which sO0n caught fire. Near az
hand was the large umber-yard al John II. Bu' SELL
extending from Twenty,trst-st. 10 Twenty-second-
ST.. along Eleyenth-ave. When the freIncn saw
that they woulI be unable to the factory they
turned their attention 10 the lTmher-yard and 10
the adjoining four-story bull ing, No. 545, occu-
pied by Feigel Il Brother, manufacturers
ar and several several floors of ph the burning fac:
tory fell and in a very short time afterwarl all
the walls fell in. The building Was Ia ruins az
1880. When one Of the walls fell Fireman Dayid
KaitringeI of Engine No. ., was bali burned lie.
nc Ith hot bricks He was badly bruised and
burned when he was rescued that il was believed
he would die. He was taken to the New FORK Hos
pitll in an ambulance. At midnight the flames were
still raging amid the ruins OF the factory. and IN
number OF lumber piles adjoining. feIgel \ liroth,
er's building was safe, and the iiremeB believed
that they would be able to keep the IRE from BUS
sells lumber yard.
The cause of the fire was not known, and some
anxiety was felt abOut the fate OF the Waterman,
who bad been abOutthe building shortly before
the fire, but who had disappeared. he loss by the
fire estimated at about S1J0.OOo. lie stock
and machinery in the factory were valued al
100000, and the building cost 10000
About $50 men were employed m the
factory, and they lost their tools. The
lumber owned by Mr. Delmann outside the build
ing was worth about $40 600. Much OF IT was de-
stroyed Mr. D.lmanns insurance aInOun ed to
ony 100000, few insurance agents having been
wiling to take risks on the building. Damage of
about 5000 was caused by water III the building
of Feigel & Brother.