The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-31
FIRE!
A Serious Condagration in
New York.
Principal Newspaper Offices
Burned.
Other Blazes,- General News
and Information.
DIsAsTRous rIRE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.--A fire broke out
in the building formerly occupied by the
New York World, this morning, in the
same block with the Times, but separated
from it by intervening buildings. Strenu-
Gus efforts are being made to save the
Times, but the fire is spreading so rapidly
that it is feared it cannot be controlled
short of the corner where the Times office
is located. There is an unconfirmed ru-
NOR of the loss of several lives.
Ambulanees are on the spot There is
slight snow falling, but the air is dry and
crisp with the light breeze from the north,
which increases the difficulty of con-
trolling the fire. The block in which the
fire is burning is an irregular shaped gore,
with the building formerly occupied by the
World on its southeast corner, and Times
building occupying the entire northern
angle of the gore. The Tribune Office is
diagonally across Nassau street frem Times
building, and the Sun office is on the upper
corner in the same block with the 1ra6ssne.
The fire has been burning fiercely for an
sending up large masses Of flames.
Ireeus Prime sends the following note.
To the associated press. The New York
06 ss-Uer 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-
Der of offices stores and advertising agen-
cies in that and adjoining houses.
In one of these offices there were num-
Der of women employed and it is reliably
asserted one woman fell or leaped from the
roof over Pettingilrs advertising Office. and
was killed. There are rumors Of all other
women being burned in the offices. but
these cannot yet be verified. The peeunl-
ary loss will be very heavy both on build
ings and stock in stores, including whole
sale supplies Of rubber machinery, etc. At
10 o'clock the southern end OF the gore Is
a mass of ruins, but it is now thought the
Times Office will be saved.
The Times building is saved, but con-
siderably damaged. The flames are con
fined to Beekman street and Park Row
corner of block, only one life lost, that Of
the woman already referred to.
The fire must have originated in the
engine room which adjoins the elevator
shaft, and the fire gained its impetus before
the alarm was given.
1t is stated that four bodies were recov
cred in Nassau street, of persons killed by
jumping out from windows. 1t is feared
the loss of life will be heavier tlsan at firs'
believed. The building was crowded with
employees, and very few could have escap
ed by the stairways.
1t is almost impossible to estimate the
lesses at this writing but it is believed
they viii exceed 81 100000
Among the occupants of the bnrned
buildings were the Scientific American
The Scottish american journal, The 1urJ
Field and Farm and Thompson's Bani
Note and Commercial Reporter and the fol
lowing advertising agents: S. M. Petten
gill s. Co., John F. Phillips & Co., Charles
Never 81 Co., j. Walter Thompson
Nicola Monachesi, A. R. Thompson, Lev
Desbron and Leander III. Grail.
The top floors of the burning buildings
were occupied by various manufacturers
and by weekly newspapers which employed
women as compositors. A woman ant
two men are said to have been seen at tn
windows on Nassau street and then to dis
appear in the flames.
One who escapes says: Two men, Still
and Brown whom he left behind him IN th
burning building must have perished ant
from the screams and cries on the uppe
floors and Railways he heard as he RAJ
along, he fully believes ten or dozel
women and girls were caught and were un
able to escape. Four or five hundred wer
in the building when the fire began Se'
aeral heroic deeds were noticed. The nnlic
ing destroyed was the Potter buiinin
worth s20O, 900; insured for $175,0 900. Th
New York Betting and Packing b.. los
$50, 600; insured for 100000. Willie
Wallacks stationery loss, $75, 900; insure'
Destruction of patents, models, etc.
the Scientific american, foot up $loo'oV
RATE TO MISSISSIPPI POINTS.